Test Run your Guide!
Ask a colleague to review it!
Ask a student worker to review it!
Ask anyone to review it!
Questions to Ask:
- Is the content useful?
- Is the most important content appropriately placed?
- What pages are most useful?
- What catches your eye?
- What do you just skim past?
- Is there too much content? Is it overwhelming?
Switch & Deal
1. Go to your LibGuides dashboard. Click on the guide you want to switch to side-nav.
2. In the top right corner, click on the image icon. Then choose "Guide Navigation Layout."
3. In the Guide Navigation Layout Box, choose Side-Nav Layout. Click Save.
4. Now you're in side-nav! Congrats. Consider where boxes will fit best.
Click "Page" and under REORDER / MOVE, click "Boxes."
5. Start shifting boxes where they make the most sense. Drag and drop boxes to the column you choose.
Step 6: Do that on every page. Preview often to check the look/feel on the user end.