This guide was developed to assist EIU web publishers meet minimum standards for web publishing. Administrative and departmental web pages represent a unique part of our campus, yet collectively combine with those in other units to create one EIU web site.
Users appreciate predictability and structure when browsing a web site.
Having some common elements helps accomplish this. There are no requirements for curricular pages or individual web pages. Every effort should be made to balance creativity in web publishing with the need for consistent elements in order to maintain a professional, cohesive look and feel. It represent the university and will incorporate the following elements. This section describes required formatting elements and the rationale for using them.