Home

Web Standards

We have developed a more consistent look for Web sites throughout the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and working with academic units to redesign their sites to integrate the new Web standards. Templates are now available in both Drupal and Dreamweaver format. Academic units and centers may choose to use Drupal (recommended) or continue using their existing format for Web delivery (Dreamweaver Contribute in many cases). If you or someone on your staff would like training in either of these programs please attend a UTO training session.

Branding Guidelines and Policies

Design Standards | Templates

Academic Unit Common Navigation

Units will have three to five links they can choose with the following links mandated (in this sequence on their home page):

  • Home 
  • About Us
  • Undergraduate Studies
  • Graduate Studies
  • People
  • Research
  • News & Events
  • [3-5 department specified links]
  • Supporting the School (or Department or Program or Center or Institute)
  • Contact Us

Creating Content

E-commerce Payment Processing for ASU Web Sites

Web Standards for Research Centers, Institutes, Formal Research and Academic Labs

  • Research centers, institutes and labs with an exclusive affiliation to the college shall follow the college’s standards for the header and footer. Other college standard elements of the site (such as navigation) will not be required.
  • Research centers, institutes and labs with cross-college affiliation shall follow the ASU Web standard and templates. (See commguide.asu.edu/web and template info)
  • Research centers, institutes and labs that have multi-institutional affiliations shall show their ASU affiliation through the use of a logo or text. The Web site should meet the university standards for professional design and messaging, usability and accessibility. 
  • Labs that do not reside on asu.edu Web space and research projects that are grant- or government-funded shall show their ASU affiliation through the use of logo or text. The Web site should meet the university standards for professional design and messaging, usability and accessibility. 
  • All Web sites are subject to review by the CLAS Web Editorial Board.

Resources for Research Centers and Institutes

  • Basic: Section of an academic unit Web Site: The PCG team will help redesign the site if it is built as a section of the school or department Web site and does not have an exclusive presence.
  • Internal Resources: If a research center or institute wishes to employ internal resources to create and maintain its Web site, assistance will be provided through training sessions hosted for the college. It will be expected that the internal resource follows university and college communication standards.
  • Contracted Services: A research center or institute may build a Web site through contract services. UTO maintains a list of trained service providers at commguide.asu.edu/web/vendors. Any costs incurred with the design and maintenance of the Web site shall be the responsibility of the research center or institute. It will be expected that the vendor follows university and college communication standards.

Templates are available for centers and institutes in their redesign efforts.

Web Standards for Faculty Web Sites

Personal faculty Web sites, including those that document their lab activities, are not required to follow the college standards but may be required to follow ASU standards if housed on asu.edu (See commguide.asu.edu/web). Formatting of personal faculty pages is under the discretion of the department or unit.  Please note that these sites are a reflection of the college and ASU and therefore should meet the university standards for professional design and messaging, usability and accessibility.