School Guidelines
Website Design Process
At a minimum (depending on how your school's web process is established), the Web Team is involved during the web design phase and prior to the launch of your site. All website designs must be approved by the Web Team before they are implemented. Any non-trivial changes to existing designs must also be approved by the Web Team. Such changes include, but are not limited to, changes in color, imagery, organization and navigation. Our goal is to help you put your best foot forward as we ensure your school is best marketed consistently and functionally from a University-wide standpoint.
Website Design Guidelines
The Regent University header and footer are required on all school websites.
Header
The header includes the Regent University image, the school name image, and the colored horizontal line(s) just below those images. The header shall appear on every page and is not to be modified or altered in any way. The Regent University image shall be a link to the Regent homepage. The school name image shall be a link to the school's homepage.
Footer
The footer includes the Regent logo image, the horizontal line, the address and
contact info, and the "Quick Links" select box. The footer shall appear on every page and shall not differ
from page to page.
The actual links in the "Quick Links" select box may be determined by the
school, with the exception of the "Regent Home" and "School of X Home" links which must be
present. The intent of the "Quick Links" select box is to provide an easy and convenient means for navigating
the website for users familiar with the website. It is not intended to be the primary means of navigation.
Links
As much as possible, limit navigation links to a single line of text. Any links that go to pages not within the Regent University website shall open in a new browser window.
Document Titles
All pages shall have a descriptive document title. This is important because this is what is used as bookmark text when the user bookmarks a page.
Regent University logos, crests, etc.
Regent University logos are subject to approval prior to usage. If you require the logo and/or have any questions about the University's usage guidelines, please contact Patrick Wright, Creative Director of University Marketing.
Technical Guidelines
Each school is strongly encouraged to abide by the guidelines below; however, this is not intended to be an all inclusive listing of technical guidelines.
Templates
We recommend that templates are used in building websites. Templates make website maintenance tasks easier and help to ensure a consistent "look" from page to page.
Filenames
Descriptive filenames shall be used. Filenames shall not contain spaces; use underscores to separate words in filenames (ex. financial_aid_app.htm).
File/Folder Organization
Files and folders that make up the website need to be organized in a logical manner. Non-HTML files such as images, scripts and stylesheets shall not be located in the same folders as HTML/CFM 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 "images" folder may also contain special subfolders for images used throughout the website. The same or similar can be done for scripts and stylesheets.
Stylesheets
We strongly recommended stylesheet usage to control font treatment rather than "font" tags. Stylesheets make it easier to create a website with a consistent look and they promote faster page downloads.
Contact Info
Web design issues -> Kim Halbrook
Technical
issues -> John Reddy or Duane Walker
Regent logo usage -> Patrick Wright
