University Web Templates >>
Getting Started

Follow the steps below to familiarize yourself with and begin using the official University web templates.

1. Review the information on this site
   
   
2. Decide which approved University design option you will use. See the Design Options page.
   
   

   -	Site Design Option 1
   -	Site Design Option 2
   -	Custom designed home page based on Design Option 1 When you create a custom designed home page, you are required to use Site Design Option 1 for the other pages in your site.

   
   
3. Decide which content area combination you will to use.
   
   

   Content Area Widths		View Template with this Option
   Main	Secondary
   350 px	200 px	Design Option 1 - 350&200 Design Option 2 - 350&200	» largest optional secondary content column  » provides the most design possibilities for creative designers
   400 px	150 px	Design Option 1 - 400&150 Design Option 2 - 400&150	» medium-sized main text area & secondary content column for creative use  » best option for most sites
   450 px	100 px	Design Option 1 - 450&100 Design Option 2 - 450&100	» widest area for main body text  » good choice if you will not use optional secondary content column

   
   
   
4. Download & install the templates from the Download Templates page.
   
   
5. Go to the appropriate directory and begin working.
   When you downloaded and installed the templates, a set of working directories and files were created on your computer. The chart below shows which directory you will go to (based on the design option you chose) to begin working.
   
   

   Approved Design Option	Main & Secondary Content Area Combination		Corresponding Directory
   1	350 px	200 px	design_option_1/350px_content_area
   	400 px	150 px	design_option_1/400px_content_area
   	450 px	100 px	design_option_1/450px_content_area
   2	350 px	200 px	design_option_2/350px_content_area
   	400 px	150 px	design_option_2/400px_content_area
   	450 px	100 px	design_option_2/450px_content_area
   Custom Home Page			design_option_1_custom

   
   Within the working directory, there's a entirely text version and a graphics-enhanced version of the University web template file.
   
   index_text.htm - text version
   index_graphic.htm - graphics-enhanced version
   
   Most units will want to use the totally text-based University Web template file, index_text.htm, to build their web site. The text-based template file keeps the task of building your site as simple as possible since it requires no graphics program or web graphic skills.
   
   See the Download Templates page for details.