College of Education web site standards

The following supplement Univiersity web site standards.

Font styles

• Body Text (Verdana, 10 point)
• Small Body Text (Verdana, 8 point)
• Main Title (Georgia, 14 point, bold)
• Subhead Georgia 1 (12 point)
• Subhead Georgia 2 (10 point)
• Subhead Verdana 1 (12 point)
• Subhead Verdana 2 (10 point)
• alpha list (can be applied to a number or bullet list to convert it to alphabetical order)

Note: Subheads in a site should use font and size consistently.
Note: ONLY links are underlined.

Graphics

• Images must be in JPG or GIF format.
• Image resolution must be 72 pixels per inch.
• Images must be optimized for the web.
• Images must be surrounded by a 1-pixel “stroke” or border.
• Images must have descriptive text (ALT) to make them accessible to people using non-visual browsers add. If an image is only decorative you may enter a blank space (using the space bar) in the Description (ALT).

Colors

• As set by the template, all type, except as noted below, including links, and image borders must be black (#000000), and visited links are gray (#666666).
• Page backgrounds are white (#FFFFFF)
• Highlights, such as table cells, rows or columns, may be black (#000000), gold (#FFCC33), or light gray (#CCCCCC). Text in a black-background table cell may be gold.

Other elements

• Page titles
  • Page titles must conform to University policy, and follow the form of Subject – Department – “The University of Iowa College of Education.” For example, “Contribute Training – Educational Technology Center – The University of Iowa College of Education.”
  • Note that the exact name of the University must be “The University of Iowa” with The capitalized. “University of Iowa” is not acceptable.
• Horizontal rules
  • Horizontal rules may be any width up to 100%, 1 point high, shaded or unshaded.
  • Horizontal rules may also be made with a gif image, in gold or black, any width up 100% of available width, 1 point high.
• Bullets
  • Bullets may be automatically generated by Contribute in bullet lists (i.e., • or °) or made with a gif image in gold or black with a size similar to Contribute-generated bullets. Size will depend on the text style (i.e. smaller in Body Text than in Subhead 2, etc.).

Content management

• Content management is the responsibility of the department or service unit. Information and links on the site must be kept up to date. Sites should be checked often for outdated information and broken links. Pages should be checked for quarterly for outdated material.
• Web content is typically shorter than printed content. It utilizes smaller paragraphs of text and bullet points for easy readability. A good rule of thumb for Web content is that is should be about half of what would be printed.

Editorial styles

• See the College of Education Editorial Style Guide for information on the editorial style.