Guides & Standards - Style - Resouces - Checklist
Web Page Guidelines Checklist
The following "Guidelines for Official Pages"
are taken from Wright State University's World
Wide Web Policy. Web page owners are responsible for presenting accurate data and for updating any
university material they publish on the university's
Web servers or on any third-party Web servers. Page owners and publishers who maintain official WSU Web pages must adhere to the following publishing guidelines:
| Check | Guideline |
|---|---|
| Accessibility: Web page owners and publishers must adhere to the Accessibility Guidelines linked from the university's Web Accessibility Information Web site located at http://www.wright.edu/web/access/ | |
| Identification: The words "Wright State University" must appear at or near the top of the top-level page of the department/unit Web site as text or a graphic image (be sure to include a text alternative -- see the Accessibility Guidelines). In addition, academic area Web sites must clearly identify with which college they are associated. Spell out the college name rather than using the acronym. Subsequent pages of the site must identify, minimally, the department name. | |
| Description: Every Web page must include a descriptive title. This is the title that will appear in the <TITLE></TITLE> tag and is used for indexing/search purposes. The title appears in the bar across the top of your browser -- it doesn't appear on the Web page itself when viewed within a browser. Within FrontPage, in the "Normal" view, right-click on your Web page; choose "Page Properties." Click on the "General" tab. Type the title into the "Title:" window. | |
| Contact Information: Include the name and E-mail link of a faculty or staff contact person or departmental E-mail address (not a student address) at the bottom of each page. | |
| Date: Note the date the page was created or updated (if more than one person is maintaining the page, the author may want to include the name or initials of the person who made the last modification). Use a "server-side include" to add the date automatically. | |
| Navigation: Link each page to one or more previous pages; include a link to the Wright State University home page at http://www.wright.edu on the area's "top-level" page. | |
| Copyright: Respect the copyrights of text, sound, and graphic material, remembering that the appearance of material in print does not indicate that the university holds permission for use beyond that appearance. | |
| Commercial Links: 1) Wright State University Web pages may provide a text link to a commercial site if the university has an exclusive contractual relationship with the business. Logo links are not permitted on university pages unless an exception is granted by the Web Advisory Committee. (e.g. Barnes and Noble College Bookstores, Inc., site for WSU.) 2) Wright State University pages can provide a text link to a commercial site if the site provides a service to the university's primary community (faculty, staff, or students), as long as the university is not receiving any goods or services for creating the link. (e.g. http://www.brittanica.com/) 3) Wright State University pages must not link to the site for any commercial Web developers who have created the site or the pages contained therein. This principle applies to situations in which the university paid for the service and in which the service was provided free of charge. Attribution can and should be listed, but no links can be provided and no commercial logos displayed. |
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| Maintenance: Check pages regularly for dead links and outdated information. |
Review the document, "The Web at Wright State University," which contains links to the Web Style Guide, design and content suggestions, and Internet resources.
