{"id":853,"date":"2026-01-20T11:25:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T16:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/web\/?page_id=853"},"modified":"2026-01-20T13:01:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T18:01:57","slug":"content","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/web\/standards\/content\/","title":{"rendered":"Page Content Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-page-content-on-citadel-websites\">Page Content on Citadel Websites<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Page content standards define <strong>how information is organized and presented on a webpage<\/strong>, not just what content is included. 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