Introduction Oakton Community College recognizes the value and potential of publishing on the World Wide Web. Individuals and groups associated with the College may create Web pages that carry out official college business in support of the College's mission. Contents of Web pages must be consistent with OCC policies and local, state and federal laws. This includes links to other pages or computers. Electronic publications are subject to the same College policies and standards as print publications. Oakton resources may not be used to create web pages for personal business or personal commercial gain. Content & Design Standards Oakton Web Site pages have been divided into three basic levels of standards compliance.  Level One pages include the OCC home page and most all the pages directly linking from it. These pages have the least freedom of content and design. Level Two pages enjoy a little more freedom of design and Level Three pages the most freedom. Check the examples listed at each page type to see what sorts of pages fall where. Pages at all three levels must comply with the standards listed under "Page Type: All Levels" PLUS those standards listed under its particular Page Type.  Page Type: All Levels The following applies to ALL PAGES on the Oakton Web Site. Rules and guidelines listed for the three specific page types are in addition to these.  Definitions: The following titles should be used for people involved in page creation in order to minimize confusion and streamline communication. Page Coordinator (person responsible for content/design decisions relevant to a particular page or suite of pages)  Authoring Assistant (person providing technical assistance to the Page Coordinator)  Webmaster (person responsible for issues relevant to the entire Oakton site) Required: Name, title, department, email address, mailto link, of the Page Coordinator  All pages (including links) must be checked for accuracy/validity no less than every 6 months by the Page Coordinator  Date of last update. This date will be considered the date when the information in the page was checked and approved by the Page Coordinator  Relative links to other OCC pages. (This shortens download time. Links using a full URL should be reserved for non-OCC pages.)  Destinations of links should be obvious before clicking on them.  Mailto link to the Oakton Webmaster  Must Conform to OCC's Responsible Use Policy.  Must Conform to all OCC policies including those on sexual harassment and equality of opportunity. Recommended: Copyright statement and date where appropriate  Statement of document status if in progress  Pages (including its graphic files) should not exceed a total of 200K  Graphic files should be limited to 16 colors to improve downloading time Warning statement if link will lead to large document or image  Visual (color) difference between body text, link text, and visited links  Pages should not exceed 6 screen lengths (3-4) printout pages in length  Long pages should have "return to top" or "jump to" anchor links (logical tags) as frequently as needed to guarantee easy navigation of the document. Not Allowed: Web pages on the Oakton site are not to be used for commercial purposes.  Non-college related activities not allowed without written permission. Notes: Page Type: Level One  + These are in addition to the rules for All Levels. (Examples: OCC Home Page, Administrative Departments Home Page) Required: OCC Logo and other Level One graphics  Must spell out "Oakton Community College," "Ray Hartstein Campus," etc. for first citings before using abbreviations ("OCC," "RHC").  Full name of unit/department (in title heading, document text, address or graphical link)  Link(s) up to parent page(s) Recommended: Indication of links to restricted pages, where appropriate.  Use Oakton Style Manual Not Allowed: Browser-specific codes/commands. Pages must be viewable in 98% of the browsers in general public use. Notes: Page Type: Level Two + These are in addition to the rules for All Levels. (Examples: Pages for specific departments) Required: OCC Logo  Must spell out "Oakton Community College," "Ray Hartstein Campus," etc. for first citings before using abbreviations ("OCC," "RHC").  Full name of unit/department (in title heading, document text, address or graphical link)  Link(s) up to parent page(s) Recommended: Indication of restricted status where appropriate  Do not include information which is the responsibility of another organization and is available on that organization's page; provide a link to the page instead.  Visual and navigational consistency among pages for a single department or other suites of pages. Not Allowed: Notes: Page Type: Level Three + These are in addition to the rules for All Levels. (Examples: Employee & Student personal pages; Course-specific pages) Required: All personal pages and all student organization pages must contain the following statement: " The views and opinions expressed in this page are strictly those of the author. The contents of this page and the links therein have not been reviewed, approved or endorsed by Oakton Community College." If a link from any other page on the Oakton site is desired, permission must be gained from that page's Page Coordinator (not just the Authoring Assistant).  Student pages must not violate OCC policies and local, state and federal laws and/or regulations and policies as stated in the OCC Student Handbook and elsewhere. Recommended: Spell out "Oakton Community College," "Ray Hartstein Campus," etc. for first citings before using abbreviations ("OCC," "RHC"). Not Allowed: OCC Logo or imprint on personal and student organization pages. Notes:

Please refer questions and comments about this page to Dann Foster.  General questions and comments about the Oakton site should go to the Webmaster. Copyright © 2000 Oakton Community College Last update 6/12/2001