General Page Layout

Main Content Region

This region of the page is called the “main content region,” the section where you add the main body copy text. You can also add design components to the main content region; however, images are not required.

Here are some ways to structure your text for a high quality user experience. Chunk your text using headers and bullets.

Heading 2

Heading 2 is the header used to break the main sections of a page into easy-to-read chunks of information. NOTE: Do not bold or add links to headers.

Heading 3

Heading 3 is the header used to break a content section into subsections. NOTE: Do not bold or add links to headers.

Heading 4

If you need to break content into further subsections, use Heading 4.

Bulleted Lists

Help users scan your page by using bulleted lists. Bulleted items are easier to scan when they are short, easy-to-read sentence fragments. For example, short list items are:

• easy to scan
• quick to read
• direct
  

If the content for your bulleted or ordered list requires a complete sentence, use punctuation.  

1. Make each item follow consistent rules of grammar and punctuation.
2. Keep your sentences as concise as possible.

Using Sub-Bullets in an Ordered List

On rare instances it might be necessary to use sub-bullets. Policy documentation, for example, often refers to specific sections of a webpage by their respective sub-bullets. There is an option in the ordered bullet list drop-down menu for adding sub-bullets as upper case alphabetical or numerical (Roman) bullets or lowercase alphabetical, numerical (Roman) or Greek bullets. 

Please consider carefully the number of levels of sub-bullets you require. We don't recommend it unless there are no other options for your content. Using sub-bullets can negatively impact readability on mobile devices.

Note: For the best editing experience when using sub-bullets please use either Firefox or Safari.