Basic Site Standards

• February 4, 2011
• 1:00 pm
• Ph: (xxx) xxx-xxxx
• Fx: (xxx) xxx-xxxx

Contact on Department Pages

Contact Information Layout: info advanced without image

General Information

• Font:Arial
• Hyperlinks and references to for-profit entities must be approved
• Hyperlinks will be set to open in a new window unless the hyperlink is a link to a page on the client's website
• Use mailto: use name for link
• Clip art is not allowed unless approved by the website administrator
• Avoid using the terms click here and under construction or using all caps unless it is an acronym
• Only use underline for hyperlinks
• Use & in headlines and subheads
• Use serial commas
• Spell out months in the content area
• Abbreviate addresses unless in a paragraph
• Use numbers in addresses
• Use the % symbol
• Do not capitalize the word city unless it is stated in the name (the City of Frederick)
• Website (one word)
• Alphabetize all areas of the site (lists, pages, etc.)
• Contact with questions