Besides having a firm grasp of the information to be presented, a web group may need expertise in graphical design, layout, hypertext organization, HTML coding, and CGI programming. It is unlikely that all publishing groups will have all that expertise, and so the Computer Center web team will provide detailed reviews to assist publishing groups. Don't waste your time reinventing the wheel. Familiarize yourself with ISU's web site , and take advantage of information others have contributed by making links to that information rather than duplicating it. Academic departments should utilize the online undergraduate and graduate catalogs .
Most groups can benefit from links into our online campus telephone and email directories .
Provide navigational aids on all your pages. Other pages in your document set should have links that point back to your top level page. If there's a problem, people should be able to report it directly to the person who can fix it. Identify pages that contain time-sensitive information, and implement a regular procedure to update that information. Periodically run HTML and link checking programs to validate your web documents.