UMass Boston

You are a valued member of the UMass Boston web editing team! After this training, you will play an important role in maintaining the front door to UMass Boston, helping create strong first impressions and support the daily needs of our website visitors.

How to Access TerminalFour

• Log in with the same ID and password you use for UMass Boston email.
• Consider bookmarking the login page..
• Chrome browser recommended

Log In to Terminalfour

Troubleshooting

If you get an error message "HTTP Status 401 – Unauthorized," first log out of the UMass Boston Single Sign-On email system and, then log back into Terminalfour. Single Sign-On is your UMass Boston email login and password.

• Overview of the Dashboard
• General Content
  Learn how to edit using the general content component.
• Accordions
  Learn how to edit using the accordion component.
• Contact Cards Basic
  Learn how to edit contact cards using the contact cards basic module.
• Media Library
  Learn how to upload a document to the media library and insert a document link.
• Inline Images
  Learn how to add images into the main content area. Note, first reach out to the designers to make sure your images are formatted correctly.

• Spellcheck: Did you run a spellcheck?
• Links: Do they work?
• Link language: Action oriented language? Concise?
• Writing: Review UMass Boston Web Writing Style Guide.
• Plain Language: Are you using acronyms? Remember to write things out.
• Headings: What is your content hierarchy note any blank spaces, could be an empty tag.
• UX Check: Review your web page on your phone, share it with a friend how is that experience? Avoid tables.
• Docs/Pdf: Review best practices for creating accessible documents and scan documents with YUJA before uploading to the website.
• Images & Alt Text:  Did you check with a designer? Strongly recommend working with designers on all images.
• Title field (H2): If multiple 'general content' elements are on a page, then fill this field out on only the first instance. For remaining headers use H3 and subsequent headers in the main body field.