The World Wide Web is a primary tool for information at UW-L. Though diverse, UW-L departments and programs should incorporate a few common elements into their web page designs to add continuity to all UW-L pages and to improve the quality of online viewers' experiences. To better accomplish this, please follow the guidelines presented below for UW-L web page navigation.
Standards
- Each page should include a title that distinguishes it from other UW-L web pages.
- All pages should have an official UW-L logo with a link to the UW-L home page. The logo (like all other graphics) should include an alt tag.
- Each web page should have a link to the page or pages from which viewers arrived. For example, a faculty member's page should have a link back to the department web page.
- Each page should contain internal navigation links to the related pages within that page's program or area.
Recommended practices
- Include links to other UW-L web pages of interest to viewers.
- Viewers will appreciate having links to off-campus sites (e.g. professional organizations) that are affiliated with your page.
- Search capabilities may be added to your site to help viewers quickly find specific information.
- An index or directory is useful if your site uses multiple pages
- If you have any online forms that your visitors may need to use, have an index page to list them all and be sure to link that page to a "Forms" link or button in your navigation bar on all of your site pages.
