Using the PWCS logo on your school Home page and using the template and standards for your department's
Home Page:
Follow the Communication Guidelines for Web Site Development location on page 17 of the document on the Intranet at:http://portal3.pwcs.edu:7779/InfoServices/PWCSCommunicationHandbook.pdf
Find the PWCS Logo graphic files on the Intranet; click Communications & Technology at top of page, then click Community Relations, then click Logos and Templates or go to: http://portal3.pwcs.edu:7779/portal/page?_pageid=73,54176,73_62553&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
PWCS Departments should use the official banner, navigation, and text content format that has been distributed by the Webmaster for the PWCS Web Wite.
Adding Space Between Words in a Web Editor:
One way is to create a small transparent graphic
square with pixel size of 4 x 4 or so. Save/export the graphic as
a transparent gif format (GIF89a format). Inserted below is a small graphic
that is 4x4 pixel size, that can be used as a spacer.
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If you use web page editors such as Lectora,
Dream Weaver, Netscape Composer, or other applications, be sure to review
the web pages in both common browsers--Netscape Navigator browser as well
as the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser. Some tags, scripts, and file
types used in these programs do not function in both browsers. For
example, some effects such as mouseovers and audio in Front Page do not
display in the current version of Netscape Navigator.
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JPEG Format Issues -- Maintaining Best
Visual Quality
When creating or editing graphics for the web, it's better to use another
format other than JPEG as your initial source graphic, such as PSD (Adobe
Photoshop), BMP (Microsoft) or TIFF (scanned file). After editing, then
save a non-JPEG version as your editing file and also save a copy in JPEG
format for your web page. The reason is that every time you open
a JPEG to edit it and then resave it, it actually deteriorates and looses
visual quality (looses digital information) the next time it is saved.
If you only have a JPEG version of a graphic to start with, as when
you have used a digital camera, convert it to the format of your graphic
editor and save any changes in that format. Then before inserting
it on your web page, save a copy of the edited graphic as a JPEG again.
If you need to go back later and change the graphic again, use the non-JPEG
version for all the changes.
Using GIF or JPEG Format On a Web Page
There are always exceptions, but in general a
JPEG graphic format is used for a photo or a "continuous tone" illustration
(one that has lots of color shading). It maintains more than 256
colors.
A GIF file format is generally used for simpler
illustrations with fewer colors, since it only maintains 256 colors or
less. It is also used in a graphic that has no background, so that
an irregular shape can overlay or be more easily formatted with other graphics
or text.
Graphics File Size on Web Pages
Graphics files are larger than text files and
can slow down the access to web pages. Therefore the size of each
graphic and the number of graphics on each web page should be limited.
It's recommended, if possible, to maintain a standard of approximately
30 KB (kilobytes) of graphics files per web page. This is followed
on many web sites, since it decreases the access time for web pages.
For example, using a 14.4 modem, it takes about 1 second per kilobyte as
the image downloads to the user. Some tips on how to maintain small
size are:
- Scale down your graphics in a graphic editor before
inserting them on a web page.
- Keep the visual page size of graphics relatively
small, then the file size will also be smaller.
- Check the file size of your graphics by looking at
your hard drive list of files under the Size column (in MS Windows).
- Don't use too many graphics on each web page
Keep your page designs simple, with the graphics
complementing or enhancing the information, not distracting from the main
message.
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