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ChatGPT Meets LibGuides

Working together to make our LibGuides smarter.

Design & Branding

Create a cohesive, on-brand experience with pastel cards, gradient banners, reusable buttons, and accessible layouts.

🎨 Style Guide

Establish your core decisions once, then reuse: primary/secondary colors, heading sizes, card spacing (12–16px), rounded corners (10–12px), and consistent button styles.

  • Primary: Headlines, banners, primary buttons.
  • Accent: CTA highlights, links, icons.
  • Surfaces: Pastel card backgrounds with strong contrast for text.
Tip: Save your banner, button, and card snippets as Reusable Assets in LibGuides so every guide stays consistent.

🧪 Palette Playground

Try three ready-made palettes. Choose one to preview how banners, buttons, and cards will look. (No JavaScript—radio buttons + CSS.)

UF Banner
#0021A5 → #3b82f6
Primary Secondary
InfoCard
Pastel surface & consistent spacing.
ChatGPT Banner
#10A37F → #34d399
Primary Secondary
InfoCard
Soft green with strong text contrast.
Neutral Banner
#64748b → #94a3b8
Primary Secondary
InfoCard
Calm greys; works with any banner art.

🏳️ Gradient Banners

High-impact, low-code: a headline, a short subtitle, and colors that match your palette. Keep text large and contrast strong.

Example prompt: “Generate a gradient banner using UF Blue as primary, with rounded corners and a subtitle. Provide HTML I can paste into LibGuides.”
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Business Research Hub
Fast links to databases, tutorials, and AI tools
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<div style="background:linear-gradient(90deg,#1e40af,#3b82f6); color:#fff; padding:18px; border-radius:12px;"> <strong>Business Research Hub</strong><br><span style="opacity:.9;">Fast links...</span> </div>

🔘 Buttons

Use pill buttons for primary actions and a lighter “outline” style for secondary actions. Always use descriptive link text and add aria-label when needed.

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<a class="btn-pill" aria-label="Open Company Databases" style="background:#2563eb;color:#fff;border:1px solid #1e4ed8;border-radius:999px;padding:8px 14px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;" href="#">Open Databases</a>

🗂️ InfoCards

Short, scannable cards with a bold title, one-line description, and a CTA. Keep spacing consistent; use the same corner radius as your banner/buttons.

Example prompt: “Create three pastel InfoCards for Company, Industry, and Market data with CTAs and ‘show code’ toggles.”
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Company Research
Filings, profiles, analyst coverage.
Open Resources
Industry Reports
Size, growth, key players.
Open Resources
Market Data
Trends, segments, forecasts.
Open Resources
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<div style="background:#eef6ff;border:1px solid #cfe2ff;border-radius:12px;padding:12px;">...</div>

🧭 Layout

Keep the default side-nav for page-to-page structure, and add an on-page Quick Nav to jump between sections. This improves scanning without changing the global template.

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Section Title
Body content lives here…
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<div class="two-col" style="display:flex;gap:14px;flex-wrap:wrap;">...</div>

♿ Accessibility

  • Check color contrast for text on banners and buttons (aim for WCAG AA).
  • Use descriptive link text (“Open Company Databases”) and aria-label for icon-only links.
  • Keep headings in order (H2 → H3 → H4) for screen reader navigation.
  • Ensure focus styles are visible on CTAs and in Quick Nav.
Pro move: Add a one-sentence alt description when linking image-based banners.

♻️ Reuse

Save your banner, button, and card blocks as Reusable Assets. Name them consistently (e.g., Banner / Blue Gradient / v1, Button / Primary / v1), and update centrally when brand changes roll out.

Example checklist: Create Reusable Assets for: Banner (UF Blue), Primary Button, Secondary Button, InfoCard (Blue), InfoCard (Green), Quick Nav.