Updates and information to manage your USC Dornsife website.
Updates and information to manage your USC Dornsife website.
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May 19, 2026
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News and resources for USC Dornsife website editors.

Website Resources & Support Hub: dornsife.usc.edu/website
Contact: webproject@dornsife.usc.edu
In This Issue: Summer Plans for Your Site
Welcome to the Dornsife Download. In this newsletter you’ll find:
  • New pre-designed website layouts
  • New Dornsife-branded PowerPoint and flyer templates
  • Four tips to refresh your websites so they're ready for fall
  • Tips and tools for managing your site
As always, if you need assistance with your site you can visit our website support hub or you can reach out to the web support team directly at webproject@dornsife.usc.edu or via our Slack channel. We're here to help!
Now, here's the download.
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New Pre-Designed Website Layouts


Choose from three new pre-designed website layouts when you request a site. These layouts are intended to help our users take the guesswork out of building a new website on the Dornsife WordPress platform, while offering the flexibility to customize the design to reflect your unit's priorities. They are also helpful if you’re looking for inspiration on how to structure a page.
Choose from three layouts:
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Variety of PowerPoint slide layout designs Variety of flyer designs
Dornsife PowerPoint & Flyer Templates
We've made easy-to-use Dornsife-branded templates for class and event flyers and updated PowerPoint decks with a variety of slide layout and color options available for the Dornsife community.
You can download these resources in MyDornsife.
  • Go to Dornsife Applications > USC Dornsife Graphic Identity Downloads > USC Dornsife Files
There you will find links to download the PowerPoint Templates and Event and Class Flyer Templates.
The files include instructions for use and image resources. You may also use our new image sizing tool to re-size images for the flyers.
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Content & Design Resources + Best Practices for the Web


A website with clear structure, compelling copy, effective use of images and accessible features makes it easy for visitors to find what they need and leaves them with a positive impression of your site. We’ve gathered our website best practices and resources in one place.
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Four Ways to Refresh Your Website for Fall
Website management is an ongoing process. Here are four things you can do this summer to ensure your digital presence is polished and ready for visitors.
  1. Review your site. Click through all the pages of your website to ensure your content is up to date and everything is functioning as expected. If you haven’t yet, activate your site’s global contact footer where you can add contact information to the bottom of each page of your site.

  2. Add alt text to all of your images. Alt text is an image description read aloud by screen readers making visual content accessible to people with visual impairments. Digital accessibility is required under federal ADA guidelines. Here’s how to add alternative text descriptions to your images. Our content management system now requires all images to have alt text before an image can be published.

  3. Review your published faculty and staff lists. Are your site's people listings up to date? This is especially important if you built the rosters on your site. Dynamic listing pages automatically update with any faculty or staff changes but it never hurts to check them, too. Learn more about People pages.

  4. Check who has access to edit your site. Does your website administrator list need to be updated? If so, here’s how to view your site's editors and update who has access.
Tips + Tools

✂️ New Image Resizing Tool

The new USC Dornsife WordPress Image Resizing Tool was created for our website editors to easily resize images specific to the design components on our website.
You won't need Photoshop or Canva. With this all-in-one tool, you select a web design component from the dropdown, upload your image, crop and preview the new size, and then download your image file correctly sized for the component. Use the image tool >>


📖 Review Our Digital Accessibility Guides

Digital accessibility is required under federal ADA guidelines. Learn how to build your site so that everyone can access it without barriers. Learn more >>


😄 Add Social Icons to Your Website Footer 

You can easily add social media icons to your site’s global footer with a quick copy and paste. And if you haven’t yet activated your site’s global footer — the contact information bar at the bottom of each page of your site, which can be edited in one place — now is the time. Learn more >>


↪️ New Link? No Problem. 

When you change the URL for a page or post, website visitors who use the old URL will get an "Error 404" page or have trouble finding the new page. Setting up a redirect automatically takes them from the old address to the new web address. Here's how to set up redirects >>


💻 Request a Training Session

We offer on-demand training videos and website help guides online but if you need a more personalized introduction to our WordPress content management system you may schedule an individual or group training session on our CMS. Submit your request >>
Quick Links 
Log into WordPress
Help guide library
On-demand training videos
Website content & design best practices
Website accessibility
Update your directory profile
Take a professional portrait
Image size guidelines
Image resizing tool
Website Resources & Support Hub: dornsife.usc.edu/website
Contact: webproject@dornsife.usc.edu
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