To insure
a site the is visually attractive and user friendly, you should be able
to answer YES to all these statements after you have completed your web
page(s)/site. Certain items, as noted, are required by university policy
to be included on all departmental web pages. They are not required on
the personal home pages of faculty, staff or students.
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University
of Northern Iowa home page link on every page. (REQUIRED)
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Footer
listing contact information including office maintained by and an
e-mail link to a full-time staff member or department e-mail address.
(REQUIRED)
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Title
in the title tag. The title tag is what shows up in search engine
listings and bookmarks, and is extremely important in identifying
your page.
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Meta
tags listing the document description and keywords. Required so pages
can be found by search engines.
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Background
color and background changed to white. This is not necessary when
an image or color is used in the background of the page. It is necessary
if you want the background for your page to be white. Mac browsers
do not recognize the automatic background tag. Always set the background
tag to white unless using a color or image as noted above.
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Light
background and contrasting text. Pages do not contain solid black
backgrounds or dark backgrounds with similar text colors.
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Every
image has an alt tag with text describing the image.
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Navigation
system that allows user to go directly to UNI homepage from your page
as well as easily navigate throughout all pages in your site.
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Text
is easy to read on the page.
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If scripts
are used, the page will still work if the user disables scripts on
their system.
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Color
alone is not used to highlight important or timely information.
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Only
the standard web compatible colors are used.
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When
using tables, always use the correct html tags and add the summary
tag.
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When
using multimedia or other dynamic content, ensure either a text version
or alternative method of delivery.
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Spell
check the pages.
