GUI Team Best Practices Document As of 7/17/07

1. Google Analytics should be installed on every site.

GUI Team Best Practices Document As of 11/02/06

2.       CSS div layouts should be used for developing templates when possible

1. Table should only be used for very complex designs and/or tabular data layouts
2. .html should be used instead of .htm unless specified
3. all flash objects that require interactivity (click, hover, etc…) should be outputted by a javascript (iePatch) to bypass the “Click to activate activeX control” in IE browsers.
4. Emails should be encrypted when possible (http://automaticlabs.com/products/enkoder or http://www.dynamicdrive.com/emailriddler/ )
5. All no html pages (i.e. PDF) should open in new window
6. When ever a page opens in a new window takes the user off the site, should be explained to the user (graphically or texually).
7. All Javascript and CSS styles should be served by external files.
8. The main logo should always be a link back to the homepage, unless specified
9. The main navigation on the secondary pages should have a link back to the homepage.

 

GUI Team Best Practices Document As of 3/21/06

 

1.      Text navigation should be added at the bottom of the page when possible.

2.      Any long pages will have “Back to Top”.

3.      Anything that can be text should be text.

4.      No publishing after 12pm on Friday or 4pm weekdays.

5.      Enter width, height and border whenever possible.

6.      Whenever possible links to external pages should be to Main/Homepage, rather than individual files or pages, unless there is explicit permission to link to those pages (Copyright concerns).

7.      Email links should include subjects if that content is provided.

8.      Framed website page or content will have no frame substitutions or information.

9.      All pages shall contain appropriate page links (References in content shall be linked to appropriate pages.)

10.  In larger sites a site map is preferred.

11.  Whenever possible, a thumbnail should be used in the place of the full image.

12.  Site should be checked by bobby or some code verifying script or website. (removed 11/02/06)

13.  All pop-up windows should contain a close window link.

 

GUI Team Production Standards As of 3/21/06

 

1.      Any and all images that contain text, navigation, and direction to actions or logo will contain appropriate “alt” tags.

2.      All pages must have an appropriate page title (Even if they are in frames).

3.      All phone numbers and addressed (physical & electronic) will be verified.

4.      Any direct links to files (PDFs, SWFs …) shall include:

a.             File Type

b.            Size

c.             Links to any file specific software with logo

5.      Page and or scripts should be compliant with browsers/platform specified for project.

6.      All links to other web pages should open in a separate, new window.

7.      URL’s or emails represented, as Text should be linked.

8.      If content is provided, all pages should have keywords and description fields.

9.      All forms should have “thank you” or “confirmation” pages to redirect to after the form is processed.

10.  Sites with Flash intro pages should have an HTML link to the HTML content of the site (Search engines do not follow the links in the flash element).

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