OUB Digital Communications

Digital Accessibility is now guaranteed for everyone, ensuring that all people have equal access to web content, mobile applications, and digital tools when visiting a site provided by state or local government.

The April 2024 ADA updates reinforce the requirement that public entities, including George Mason University, provide fully accessible digital experiences by adhering to WCAG 2.1 AA standards by April 2026.

Digital Accessibility is now guaranteed for everyone, ensuring that all people have equal access to web content, mobile applications, and digital tools - at least when visiting a site provided by state or local government. Both the SiteMasonry and Mason WordPress themes meet Section 508 and WCAG 2.1 standards. To maintain digital accessibility text, images, videos, audio, and documents must be formatted to meet WCAG 2.1 guidelines.

Use the custom ‘Breadcrumb’ feature to add a wayfinding option to a 'Packaged Program' Landing Page

Use the custom 'Academic Program Content' block to import text content from an Academic Program item onto a 'Packaged Program' Landing Page.

SiteMasonry Site Owners are able to add FontAwesome icons to a site media library. Icons can be used to customize CTAs and Mosaic Tiles. Social media icons can be used to configure the Socia Media Display block in a site's footer.

When creating a profile, you can add in topic tags, much like you would to a news article. This can be utilized with the profile list block to create dynamic lists of staff members.

Some older articles are using a content block setup no longer compatible with the current system. Here's how to fix those.

Guidelines for how to best use heading elements h1 through h6 to structure your content for accessibility and SEO

Academic program pages let you make a centralized promotional page that can be called upon from any SiteMasonry site connected to Content Hub. This is particularly handy as news stories frequently mention academic programs tied to people or events going on.

This content type is formatted to display a person’s name, photo, position, contact information, and bio, among other things. Once a profile is made, it can be connected to news stories to highlight those featured in the story.