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Guiding Principles

(originally developed by University Web Committee, 1999-2003)

A. Accessibility:
We want to be able to communicate to all our students, potential students, alumni, donors, and the public. In order to accommodate as many different web visitors as possible, the university web site administrators and designers should be aware of the standards of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) as well as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Additionally, people with different browsers and platforms should be able to use our site.
See Section 508 at CSU for more information and instructions.

B. Local control of information:
The control and maintenance of pages should be as "localized" as possible so the site can be kept current and accurate. This means that, as much as possible, departments and offices should have the ability to enter and update their own data on their own web pages as well as the responsibility to ensure that their own data is correct.

C. Redundancy of Information
Redundancy, duplication of effort and out-of-date information can be avoided by linking to the responsible department's web page instead of recreating the data in multiple locations.

D. Navigation:
A set of common graphics and links should be standard on University web pages to provide a consistent interface across the entire web site. This will allow our site's visitors to find what they are looking for faster and more intuitively.

E. Image:
Consistency with the University's image as portrayed in other University marketing and promotion efforts is essential to good communication. The repetition of graphics and marketing messages has been shown to strengthen an institution's public and internal identity.

F. Free speech and creativity:
These guidelines and principles are intended to enhance communication and encourage creativity both on-campus and off.

G. Existing University policies:
All web pages on the University site must comply with all applicable laws and University policies even if not specifically outlined in this document.

 

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