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Department and Special Programs web page guidelines

Steps to creating Administrative Web Pages

Step 1 - Design

Please print this design worksheet and fill out all sections prior to going to the next step. Also, print these detailed instructions to help create your web pages.

Step 2 - Customize Template

Using your design from Step 1, you will create a department specific template from which all new pages in your website will be patterned. The following will guide you through the template customization process. We recommend using Dreamweaver for Steps 2 and 3.

• Opening the sample template
• Saving your template
• Adding a title to your template
• Adding a header graphic to your template
• Adding a banner graphic to your template
• Changing contact information on your template
• Adding links to other pages in your site
• Adding photos to your template

Step 3 - Create Individual Pages

Using the customized template you created in Step 2, you will create individual web pages for each of the pages you designed in Step 1.

• Creating a new page from your template
• Inserting text in your web page
• Working with text styles

To finish your page remember to save it, then check to see how it will look on the web by selecting “File” - “Preview in Browser”. Be sure to preview in both Netscape and Internet Explorer.

Step 4 - Review

Have your web pages reviewed by your Vice President for content, and by the Public Information Office for adherence to standards. Once approved by both, the pages are ready to be linked to the Blinn website by the Public Information Office.