The Illinois Web Toolkit is a collection of pre-built components that help to create websites that are:
- Accessible to the widest percentage of the audience
- Compliant with the latest branding standards
- Presentable on the widest variety of screen shapes and sizes
Using the toolkit
Some components in the toolkit are more essential than others. This guide will walk you through the basics of using the toolkit before introducing the more specialized components.
- Begin by learning to create complete pages.
- Add the standard campus header to your page and customize the main navigation.
- Add the standard campus footer.
- Divide long pages into sections.
- Highlight special content with featured sections.
- Prompt your visitors with calls to action.
- Highlight important pages with heroes.
- Preview content with cards.
- Share interesting statistics and quotes.
- Arrange long content with accordions and tabs.
- Assist navigation with breadcrumbs, pagination, and a back-to-top button.