Download Web Design and Database Technical Standards

Web Design and Database Technical Standards 10/01/09
Screen Resolution
• base resolution of 1024x768
Browsers
• Firefox
• Safari
• IE v.6
• Google Chrome
Naming Convention
• always use “.html” for the extension
• no dots in the file name except for the dot before “html”
• no special characters (!, @, #, $, etc…) alpha/numeric only
• filename cannot begin with the number zero, “0”
• filename in lowercase only
Images
• 72 dpi
• "alt" description text for all images
• gif for graphic art
• jpg for continuous tone images and photographs
• png – only when tested on all browsers
• no transparent text backgrounds – text must be integrated into the background
graphic or have a solid background
Size Requirements for Gallery
• thumb – 72 dpi, 150 pixels longest side, jpeg format
• screen – 72 dpi, 600x700 longest side, jpeg format
Authoring and Publishing Software
• Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 for web site authoring and template design
• Macromedia Contribute 3 or 4 for content maintenance
• Web pages should be based on Adobe Dreamweaver templates to ease
maintenance and to reduce the time required for site modifications and redesigns
• Create editable regions if using Adobe Contribute
• You will need administrator rights to install or upgrade Adobe Contribute
Template Development
Header
The Web template header is composed of the block M, and U of M wordmark in the
upper left corner of a web page and the campus links in the top right. The University
wordmark is the official logo and must appear on all electronic University publications.
The wordmark should not appear anywhere else on a site.
• width 960 pixels
• tableless XHTML coding
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centered - this does not mean the body text is centered but that the 960 pixels
background is centered
print style sheet
Color and Graphics
Always use the graphics and colors included with the U Relations website. Never
change the color of the block M, wordmark, or header background color. Never create
alternative versions of the header bar.
Editable Regions
• Create templates in Dreamweaver with editable regions.
• No regions should be named “title”.
• Insert editable region for metadata (keywords)
Frames
No frames will be used on any of our web pages.
IFrames
The internal scroll bar frame will not exist on any of our pages
Development and Production Sites
Changes will be made only on a development site. When the site is ready to be
transferred to the production site, only Theresa Tichich, Tom Thao or John Grosen can
move the files to the production site.
Design Domain
College, department and research and outreach centers must be in the
“design.umn.edu” domain.
Other applications
Flash Player – version 9 and higher
• Actionscript – We will develop and support Adobe Flash Actionscript
CSS2 is the current standard
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
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XML
PHP - 4.3.9
Javascript – should be enabled on all browsers
Apache version 2.0
Blogs – Movable Type 4.5 (as of 06/09) http://blog.lib.umn.edu/
Wikis – https://wiki.umn.edu/view/Main
Moodle – https://moodle.umn.edu/ or http://myu.umn.edu
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WebVista –http://webvista.umn.edu/ or http://myu.umn.edu
Video – MPEG formats, Windows Media format, Quicktime. Will use either UM’s Media
Mill or UM YouTube channel.
Third Party support – We will not support sites that are not on the umn.edu domain.
Please contact CDes IT if you have questions.
Outsourcing web design help – please contact us if you are thinking about using a
designer from outside the college.
Web-Database Support
These standards are in addition to the Web Technical standards developed by the Web
Support Manager. Website applications that require a database backend should follow
these guidelines:
1) Website Server:
a. Windows 2003 Server.
b. Internet Information services(IIS) 6.0 or later
c. Supports the ASP.Net 2.0 framework
d. Development in Visual Studio 2005.
2) Database Server:
a. Should support SQL Server 2005 (express or full standard version)
b. SQL Server Management studio should be installed for 2005.
Database Support
For Database application support, database standards recommendations are as follows:
1) MS Access 2007/2003 databases
a. Files should be located on a shared space.
b. Data should not have Social Security numbers or credit card numbers.
c. HIPPA and FERPA data must have the appropriate security protocols.
d. Database files should have…
i. a Master copy
ii. include a Readme.txt file which explains table setup and use, and
contact information.
iii. Version folders of the database.
e. Limitations:
i. There is no MAC equivalent. Users will need access to a
Windows environment, whether it’s a Windows Emulator(Parallels)
or to the MAC Remote desktop client to a windows machine.
2) SQL Server 2005
a. Data should not have Social Security numbers or credit card numbers.
b. Documentation on…
i. usernames and passwords for database access.
ii. Purpose of the database.
iii. Table schema.
iv. Connection setup.
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v. Explanation of SSIS packages for data transformation (if any
exist).
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