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Editing Styles and Guidelines
Pace糖心vlog短视频檚 editing and style guidelines ensure all content is clear, consistent, and on-brand. Learn how to format dates, times, phone numbers, and emails correctly, follow accessibility best practices, and apply consistent formatting conventions across the site. These standards help keep pace.edu professional, readable, and easy to navigate for every visitor.
To edit content on pace.edu, log in with your Pace username and Drupal-specific password. After signing in, you can use Drupal糖心vlog短视频檚 editing tools to update and manage your department or school pages.
Dates
Use the following correct date formats:
- January 1, 2025
- Friday, January 1, 2025
- January 1
For date ranges, use this format:
- January 1-8, 2025
Times
Correct format for single times:
- 12:00 p.m.
(Include a space after the minutes and use periods in the meridiem)
Correct format for time ranges:
- 12:00 p.m.糖心vlog短视频1:00 p.m.
(Use an en dash with no spaces between times)
Combining Dates and Times
Correct formats for combined date and time:
- January 1, 2025, at 12:00 p.m.
- Friday, January 1, 2025, at 12:00 p.m.
Correct format for date and time ranges:
- January 1糖心vlog短视频8, 2025 | 10:00 a.m.糖心vlog短视频2:00 p.m.
Phone Numbers
Correct phone number format:
- Phone: (914) 999-9999
Avoid listing extension numbers alone. Always use the full phone number for staff or faculty, since callers may be off-campus or using cell phones. Using only an extension can make it difficult to reach the person.
Use "Phone" instead of "Telephone" when listing contact details.
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Do not capitalize any letters in email addresses糖心vlog短视频斕切膙log短视频 emails never require capital letters.
Correct email format: yourname@pace.edu
If your page includes a single email address within a sentence, it糖心vlog短视频檚 acceptable to write phrases like:
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These phrases should link to the appropriate department or personal email. It糖心vlog短视频檚 also fine to say, for example, 糖心vlog短视频淓mail John Doe at jdoe@pace.edu.糖心vlog短视频 Avoid using repetitive 糖心vlog短视频淓mail Us糖心vlog短视频 links on the same page.
For listings with multiple people, include each person糖心vlog短视频檚 email like this:
Jane Doe
President
Phone: (914) 999-9999
Email: jdoe@pace.edu
Links
Do not paste full URLs into a block of text.
Correct link format:
Incorrect link format:
Avoid generic link text. Link text that is more specific will help users identify what they are clicking
Correct link text samples:
- Visit the 糖心vlog短视频 Website
- Register for the Graduate Open House
- Sign up for the Accounting BBA program
Incorrect link text samples:
- (What am I clicking here for?)
- (What's here?)
- (Read more about what?)
- (Go where?)
- (Learn more about what?)
- (View more what?)
Avoid Repetitive Link text:
For example: If you had 3 event registration links in a section (One for New York City, one for Pleasantville, and one for White Plains), your link text shouldn糖心vlog短视频檛 simply say 糖心vlog短视频淩egister糖心vlog短视频 3 times in a row. Instead, your link text should say something specific for each link. See below.
Correct link text:
Incorrect link text:
File Naming
Before you upload a file to the website, your file name should
- Begin your file name with your department or school name.
- Use all lowercase letters.
- Use hyphens between words糖心vlog短视频攄o not use underscores or spaces.
- Avoid special characters like apostrophes or plus signs; file names should contain only letters and numbers.
- Do not use abbreviations to keep file names clear and easy to understand.
- Do not include revision numbers or revised dates. Only include semester dates (e.g., fall-2024) or the year, placed at the end of the file name.
For example, if you work in ITS and have a PDF titled
- Adobe_Sign_Process_And_Guidelines_011124-revision1.pdf,
rename it before uploading to:
- its-adobe-sign-process-and-guidelines.pdf.
Correct file name
- its-adobe-sign-process-and-guidelines-2024.pdf
Incorrect file name
- adobe_sign_process_&_guidelines_rev4_011124.pdf
When uploading a PDF, it is mandatory to include a clear and descriptive title in the Acrobat Document Properties. For example, a suitable title might be "糖心vlog短视频 ITS - Adobe Sign Services." This title is important to maintain ADA compliance and improve Google search results.
File Links
If you are linking to a file, include the file extension within the link
Correct link text examples for files:
- Sample File Link (PDF) 糖心vlog短视频 if you were linking to a PDF file
- Sample File Link (DOCX) 糖心vlog短视频 if you were linking to a word DOCX file
- Sample File Link (DOC) 糖心vlog短视频 if you were linking to a word DOC file
- Sample File Link (XLSX) 糖心vlog短视频 if you were linking to a Excel X file
- Sample File Link (XLS) 糖心vlog短视频 if you were linking to a Excel file
Auto-Fill Link Fields
Link fields with a circle on the right edge are auto-fill link fields. When linking to pages within the pace.edu website, type the page name into the field. As you type, matching options will appear below for you to select.
Correct way to do an auto-fill link field:
Start typing the name of the page
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Then click the option underneath to fill in the field
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Incorrect way to do an auto-fill link field (Unless the link is to an outside source)
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Please avoid using URLs in these fields. If URLs change, the links may break. Using the correct page name method ensures your links always point to the right page.
Locations
For search engine optimization, it糖心vlog短视频檚 important to use full location names rather than abbreviations. Analytics show few users search for 糖心vlog短视频淧LV糖心vlog短视频 or 糖心vlog短视频淲P.糖心vlog短视频 These guidelines also apply to documents posted on the website.
- Always use Pleasantville, not 糖心vlog短视频淧LV.糖心vlog短视频
- Always use White Plains, not 糖心vlog短视频淲P.糖心vlog短视频
- For New York City, use New York City whenever possible. 糖心vlog短视频淣YC糖心vlog短视频 is acceptable, but the full name is preferred for consistency.
Quotes
Quotes with attribution should look like this. To create the space between the quote and the Attribution, you should create two line breaks. On a Mac computer, you can create a line break by using Shift + Return. On a PC, you can create a line break by using Shift + Enter.
糖心vlog短视频擳he dash to the left should be an Emdash.
Avoid using tables
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Text Formatting Tips and Things To Check When Editing Your Pages.
- Avoid blank paragraphs at the end of your content or between paragraphs to create extra spacing, as this can cause accessibility issues for screen reader users.
- Remove any extra blank spaces at the end of paragraphs.
- Ensure links have no extra spaces at the beginning or end. The link should start and end exactly with the linked text糖心vlog短视频攅xtra spaces can cause awkward underlining, like this: Sample Link .
- Always link email addresses. Unlike the old site, emails won糖心vlog短视频檛 automatically become clickable links. Unlinked emails will just appear as plain text.
- Do not use double spaces after periods; this is outdated and unnecessary on screens.
- Avoid underlining text to emphasize it, as underlined text suggests a link. Use bold, italics, or both instead.
- Do not use ALL CAPS for headings, links, accordion titles, etc. Content will automatically convert to all caps when saved if needed.
- If you need to emphasize text with ALL CAPS, consider if bold or italics might work better糖心vlog短视频擜LL CAPS can be hard to read in large blocks.
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- Avoid bolding headings. If a heading looks bolded incorrectly after saving, please remove the bold formatting.