Standards, Guidelines, and Help for CHS Web Authors

This page features everything you need to know about building web pages for the College of Human Sciences and its subdepartments. Please review all the documents below and check out the links before designing or re-designing your site.

 

Tools

• CHS Page Maker - A quick way to create new pages with proper CHS layout. Use this as a template and then modify to your own needs.
• Image Rotator Script - Image rotator script similar to the one on the Human Sciences homepage.
• Link Checker - Useful online tool to check broken links.
• Xenu Link Sleuth - Very useful program to find broken links.
• Web Page Speed Analysis - Tests how long it takes to load your site.
• HTML Tidy Online - Cleans up messy HTML.
• Accessibility Tools - Accessites.org offers these helpful guides and tools for ensuring that people with disabilities can access your site.

 

PDF Documents to Download

• Getting Started - How to get started in building web pages for CHS.
• General Tutorial - Booklet that walks new users through the CHS template process, including helpful tips for avoiding common problems.
• Dreamweaver Tutorials
  • Create a Managed Site
  • Creating a New File Inside Your Managed Site
  • Set a Page to be a Template for Your Site
  • Create a New Page Based on Your Template
• How to connect and upload pages to the virtual server
• How to password protect a directory
• Streaming Media Instructions for Audio and Video
• Listing of virtual locker pages by unit or department

 

Help Forms

• CHS Communications Job Request Form - To request help from Cathy's group.

 

Others (Guides, Templates, and University Downloads)

• Iowa State University Web Guide
• Iowa State University Downloads - Scout, Sidecar, etc.
• Sample Pages and Templates

 

Online Resources

• W3Schools.com - HTML, PHP, JavaScript, AJAX, etc.
• PageResources.com - Links to tutorials for HTML, PHP, JavaScript, etc.
• HTML Tag Reference

 

Free Icons, Buttons, etc. for Web Sites

• http://www.icofree.com
• http://www.iconfinder.net
• http://www.iconseeker.com
• http://www.iconlook.com