SIDEKICK

Your ally in improving Concordia’s web presence one link at a time

New and improved CUBe colours for Concordia's web pages

Our improved colours are Cool, Urban, Bold, edgy... and accessible! Learn more about the new colour palette and how this might affect your web pages.

Discover the new colour palette

What does it mean to have “accessible” web pages?

Learn more about creating accessible web pages and the Quebec law requiring universities to maintain accessibility standards throughout their websites. Read more about accessibility.

UX and heading styles. Why they matter.

Heading levels are very important for accessibility and user experience (UX), because it helps readers digest the information. Learn how to set headers correctly.

Security on the move

The Security and Emergency Management web pages were merged into a brand-new Campus Security & Emergency Services subsite.
See details about the revamp

Back by popular demand — AEM trainings are now on Zoom!

In addition to our AEM sessions, the Writing for the Web presentation will be offered on a rotating basis. UCS webmasters Sarah Sookman, Shelagh Peden, and Lai Yard Lee will facilitate these sessions. Find the schedule and registration information on Cspace.

Next dates: Writing for the Web on Sept. 23; Hero & Card component on Sept. 30

The hype about links

Internal links should be relative
E.g., /content/concordia/en/../page.html

For internal links within the same domain — for example, from one concordia.ca page to another page under concordia.ca, or one Cspace page to another Cspace page — always use relative links. This ensures that the links will continue to work, even when a webmaster moves the page.

Links between concordia.ca and Cspace should be absolute
E.g., https://cspace.concordia.ca/../page.html

Links between concordia.ca and Cspace must be absolute because they are on different servers, and Cspace uses a secure subdomain (https://). So when you have links going from public (concordia.ca) to private (Cspace) or vice versa, make sure to use absolute links and to check your work on the live pages after you publish.