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
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 unique and 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 Dreamweaver 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 same or similar can be done for scripts and stylesheets. It is recommended that a folder named "styles" be used for all stylesheets (CSS files) and a folder named "scripts" be used for all Javascript files.
Stylesheets
We strongly recommend 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 -> Felix Schlater or Brook Chalfant
Technical issues -> John Reddy or Duane Walker
Regent logo usage -> Patrick Wright
