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Tools and Resources for Editors

Use these free resources for ongoing help while you work on University websites. If you want to learn more about the science of writing web content, check out the books and articles listed here.

Websites

Quality assurance

  • Silktide - full quality assurance platform for content, SEO, readability and accessibility (University subscription)
  • Check My Links - check for broken links (free)

Readability

Accessibility

SEO

Images and image editing

Video, infographic and presentation embeds

  • Iframely - optimised iframe embed for websites (free)
  • Canva - easily create graphics, presentations etc (login required)
  • Infogram - infographic creation and embedding - please contact Marketing Web Services

Document optimisation and embeds

  • I Love PDF - compress PDF files (free)
  • YUMPU - flipbook embedding for brochures (free)

Books

  • Content Design – Sarah Richards
  • Content Strategy – Kristina Halvorson
  • Killer Web Content – Gerry McGovern
  • The Stranger's Long Neck – Gerry McGovern
  • Letting Go of the Words – Janice Redish
  • Don't Make Me Think – Steve Krug

More about readability and accessibility