Web Style Guide (2006-2007 version)

• Introduction
• History
• Glossary

Technical Standards

• Markup language
• Semantic Markup
• File and directory names
• Cascading Style Sheets
• Metadata
• Optimizing Search Engine Placement
• Browsers

Graphics

Components of the standard template

• CVMBS Top navigation banners

Image sources

• CVMBS Image Bank from CATS Lab
• CSU Stock Photos from Bill Cotton/University Relations
• Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine Image Data Base The images in this data base are for educational, non-commercial use only.

Web Site Roles and Responsibilities

• Identify Roles and Responsibilities from San Diego State Web Style Guide
• Who Plans for Accessibility? from CSU Access Project

File Download Calculators

• http://www.bandwidth.com/tools/fileTimeCalc/
• http://www.martindalecenter.com/AATimeCalc.html

Web Templates

• Web Template Styles at
  www-docs/webmaster/redesign/
• Redesign Instructions (for webmasters)

Check Your Work

• Grammar and Spelling
• CSU Web Site Requirements
• Automated testing tools
  • Validate Markup
    • Why Validate?
    • Why Validate Your HTML?
    • HTML Validation: Being Friendly to Search Engines & Browsers
  • Validate CSS
  • Check for Accessibility - Just Ask
  • Check Links
• Manual compliance testing
  • View in Multiple Browsers
  • View in Multiple O/S
  • Accessibility Tests with Firefox and WAVE
• User testing

Usability References

• Bad usability is like a leaky pipe
• Criteria for optimal web design (designing for usability)
• What did we learn this year? from UI Design Newsletter December, 2006

Resources

• CVMBS Webmaster Committee
• CVMBS Training
• CVMBS Webmaster Listserv (members only)