| About
the Template || Downloading the Template
Customizing the Template || Viewing Your Page in a Browser
About the Template:
The Template consists of five sections:
- URI text box and URI navigational buttons
- Department title information
- Department picture and table of contents
- Main content area and notes area
- Copyright and end of page information
Template Colors and Fonts:
Color specification in the Body tag:
| Background color: |
bgcolor=<"#FFFFFF"> |
| Hyperlink color: |
link=<"#330099"> |
| Visited link color: |
vlink=<"#000066"> |
| Active link color: |
alink=<"#330099"> |
<body link="#330099" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" vlink="#000066"
alink="#330099" TOPMARGIN="0" LEFTMARGIN="0" MARGINWIDTH="0" MARGINHEIGHT="0">
Font specification for text:
<font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Verdana"> text </font>
Downloading the Template:
Create a new directory or folder and give it whatever name
you'd like (e.g. www). Download and put the template html source file and all
related image files in the same directory or folder.
PC Users:
For your convenience, we have archived the HTML source file
and related images used by the template into a single, compressed .ZIP file. To expand or
'unpack' the file, you
may use either PKUNZIP (under DOS) or WinZip (under Windows).
Downloading department template
in zip file (dept_template.zip)
Mac Users:
For your convenience, we have compressed the HTML source file
and related images used by the template into a BinHex archive. They can be decoded and
expanded using Stuffit Expander by
Aladdin Systems (for Macintosh or Windows). Netscape Navigator, Netscape
Communicator and Internet Explorer will usually decode and unstuff these files
automatically as long as Stuffit
Expander is installed. Eudora and
Fetch can decode these
files even without Stuffit Expander.
Downloading department template in
BinHex format
(dept_template.zip.hqx)
If you have trouble downloading the template from the
compressed files above, try downloading the HTML source file and the images separately.
Instructions:
Click on the html source link or image links to open them in
your browser. Then use File>Save as to save the html source file
and the images in the directory or folder you just created using their default
names shown below.)
Downloading the template
html source file (dept_template.html)
Downloading Images:
Customizing the Template for Your
Department:
Start your favorite HTML editor (WYSIWYG HTML editors such as
FrontPage or Pagemill is recommended). Open the dept_template.html from your
directory or folder you just created (e.g. www). Customize the template following the
rules below.
Section 1 - URI Text Box and Navigational Buttons
Area
DO NOT EDIT SECTION 1.
The URI text box and navigational buttons provide links back to the URI home page
and other URI Web pages maintained by the university.
Section 2 - Departmental Title Information Area
Edit this section to include your college and departmental
name and other related information.
Section 3 - Department Picture and Table of Contents
Area
Change department picture to a picture or logo from your
department. If your department does not have a picture or logo, visit the URI ImageBank to select
and download one that applies to your department. After you download the picture,
resize it to 140 pixel in width using an image editing program.
There is no requirement for height.
Edit the table of contents items as deemed necessary for your
department.
Section 4 - Main Content Area and Notes Area
Edit this section to include applicable information from your
department.
Section 5 - Copyright and End of Page Area
Keep the copyright statement and end of page information and
add any elements as deemed necessary by your department.
Viewing Your Page in a Web Browser
Save your work as an HTML file and launch your browser.
Select File>Open and display your page from your local disk in
the browser. Now you have created a beautiful Web page for your department.
Congratulations! Enjoy your Web work!
Next proceed to create/update Web
pages on URI server
For questions, contact webmaster@uri.edu |
