Illinois Framework - Website Tutorials
A collection of training material to walk you through using an Illinois Drupal Framework powered website.
The Illinois Drupal Framework (ILFW) is a product of the WIGG Drupal working group. The goal of the ILFW is to let content creators across the university rapidly create and deploy an accessible Illinois branded Drupal website that includes a common set of features.
Requesting Access
To request access to an LAS website running the ILFW, please send an email to las-web@illinois.edu with your unit's communication coordinator or unit head copied. Include the name and NetID of the person who needs access. If they need access to edit directory information, please add that in the request.
Upcoming Training Sessions
- LAS Web training calendar - Check our training calendar for upcoming sessions on using the Illinois Drupal Framework, best practices, accessibility, and more.
Illinois Drupal Framework Documentation
Choose one of the training pages below to get step-by-step instructions for editing your content. For further guidance on web content including brand compliance, SEO, and accessibility visit the Web Content Guide on the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences website.
Video Tutorials
- Changes and updates to the Illinois Framework (video recording) - This is a brief overview of the changes you will see in the ILFW vs. the LAS Framework.
- ILFW Basic Training (video recording) - This video is about 1 hour and covers the basics of the framework structure including examples for adding and editing several types of content. [Recorded 2/6/2024]
Recorded Breakout Sessions
- How to create a landing page - This is a breakout session recording demonstrating how to set-up a landing page along with some recommended tips for finding images and adding student-focused content. [Recorded 10/8/2025]
- Adding a Webtools calendar - This is a brief tutorial on how to add and configure a Webtools calendar. [Recorded 3/21/2024]
- Uploading Documents and CVs - This is a brief video demonstrating how to upload a document, update an existing document, and upload a CV to your directory page. [Recorded 4/25/2024]
Step-by-step tutorials
- Getting Started - A collection of tutorials on using the ILFW, includes instructions for logging in and adding content.
- Navigation and menu settings
- Accessibility on the web
Directory tutorials
- Editing directory profile information
- Adding and removing people from your site's directory
- Adding or editing a CV
Additional documentation and examples
- Paragraphs - provides examples of each paragraph type
- Icons - a list of icons available for use in the ILFW
- Live websites - a list of websites currently running on the ILFW
- Creating a Webtools Skin - how to create a new Webtools skin for calendars and applications
- Web Content Guide - Guidelines for creating content for the web including accessibility, navigation, branding, or search engine optimization
- Navigation guidelines - Navigation guidelines and best practices for unit websites
- Search Engine Optimization - Guidelines and best practices for boosting traffic and optimizing content for search engines
- Accessibility guidelines - Guidelines and best practices for making your content accessible for the web
- Page templates - A collection of page templates we are using for examples of what content blocks to include on your landing pages and content pages.