Templates

The Online Media team offers a complete template-based website package to the University community.

Not only does this website package include a Template Management System (TMS) to manage content on the University's websites, it also includes the set-up and maintenance of one of the University approved templates.

Customisation of Template Design
It is highly recommended for the University's websites to adopt one of the University approved templates. Design customisation of the templates can be negotiated based on individual site and branding requirements, however this must be done in consultation with the Online Media team.

New Faculty Template

Figures 1 - 3 (below) show the new academic template available for all faculties, schools and disciplines within the university. Using this template has a number of benefits for you and your website:

• Fixed width content area -  to ensure your pages fall within typographical guidelines to maximise readability.
• User friendly - removes any difficulty the user has when reading content using a large screen.
• The menu on the left-hand side (navigation list style) is created and updated from a single 'nav.html' file.
• The template allows for the breadcrumb trail (e.g. You are here: MSC Home > About University Websites > Templates) to be created automatically when you have updated your menu navigation.
• The promotional image(s) above the menu navigation can be selected by you in order to reinforce your local identity. If you choose to have more than one image, these promo images rotate when the page is refreshed/revisited.
• The text situated within the search field can be chosen by you, the web maintainer. The search parameters can also be customised.
• A grey promotional 'widgets' column can be included on the right-hand side of a page.
  Widgets add customised content to a page and may load randomly from a collection of files when a page is refreshed/revisited.

Fig.1

Homepage with Widget

Fig. 2

Homepage with Widget and TAB Navigation

These TAB navigations are recommended for complex sites that contain a few subsites.

If you feel your website requires these TAB navigations, please contact the Online Media team for advice and assistance.

Fig. 3

Content Page without Widget

Basic Site and Page Template

Figure 4 (below) shows a basic website template currently used on existing university websites that have not been upgraded to the new faculty template above.

Fig. 4

Homepage with Widget

Figure 5 (below) shows a variation of the basic template above, with the inclusion of a topbar for TAB navigation below the pagehead banner.

Fig. 5

Homepage without Widget

Standards Compliance Statement
The University of Adelaide website is best viewed using a browser that complies with web standards. Every effort is made to keep all layout/content available within such browsers, but it is possible that such layout/content may cause some pages to not conform. Users of Netscape 4.x will have trouble viewing the site as intended because this browser does not comply with web standards. It is not singled out for any other reason.

Supported Web Browsers
Mozilla (Firefox) 1.4 and higher for all operating systems. Safari 1.x and higher for all operating systems. Netscape 6.0 and higher for all operating systems. Internet Explorer 6.0 and higher for Windows or 5.0 and higher for Macintosh.