Department Guidelines
The following guidelines have been established to ensure a consistent look and navigation system throughout the Regent website. Any deviations must be approved by the University Web Team.
Filenames
All web page (HTML) files must be named with a "cfm" file extension. This is so the webserver will treat the file as a ColdFusion module and the ColdFusion tags will be processed correctly. Use descriptive filenames. Filenames shall not contain spaces; use underscores ("_") to separate words in filenames.
Images, Scripts and Stylesheets
Files and folders that make up the website shall be organized in a logical manner. Non-HTML files such as images, scripts and stylesheets shall not be located in the same folders as web page (HTML) files. One way to accomplish this is to create an "images" folder in the document root and then build out a folder structure under that which mirrors the folder structure of the content. The same or similar can be done for scripts and stylesheets. It is recommended that a folder named "styles" be used for all stylesheets and a folder named "scripts" be used for all Javascript files.
Templates
Use the provided Dreamweaver template for creating new pages. Do not "detach" pages from the template.
Navigation Links
The "navigation links" on the left-hand side of the template pages is to be used for navigation within the department's website. The wording and order of the links shall be the same on all pages. If this is not possible because of the size of the website, then divide the website into subsections and maintain consistent links throughout each subsection. There is no limit on the number of links, but keep the number as low as feasible.
Every reasonable effort should be made to limit links to a single line of text.
The first link shall always be a link to "Regent Home". The second link shall always be a link to the department's homepage.
Document Titles
The department's home page document title shall include the department's name as well as "Regent University". Each underlying page shall have a unique and descriptive document title. Remember, this is what is used by default as bookmark text when the user bookmarks a page.
Stylesheets
The stylesheets linked by the template provides the stlyes for the content. Do not use "font" tags or create your own styles to style text!
