June 2010 Web Standards Change Log

Department of Education Administrative Manual Section 3900, Web Content Approval
(PDF; 68KB; 11pp.)

Tabs

Tabs can be used, but should conform to the tab example in the following ways. They may only be used below a standard heading, standard breadcrumbs (if any), and the standard <h1> (application title) and <h2> (page title) headings. Tabs must also be in a single row, contained within the width of the page header/footer and the content div, and they should conform to the shadow, light, and dark color usage of the example.

Command Links

Command links, such as "edit", "delete", and "details" that appear in a data table row must be placed to the right of a column or columns that contain unique row identifying information. In most cases, the CDE best practice is to use the right-most column(s) in a data table row for command links and either place the links in a single column with an appropriate identifying column header label, such as "Action", or place them in individual columns with column heading names that match the link text except with the inclusion of a question mark (e.g., "Edit?", "Delete?", or "Details?").

6. If developed by non-CDE staff and attributable to another organization:

1. Common legible fonts must be used.
2. Font size should be reasonably large.
3. The difference between background color and foreground color (font color) must be considered accessible following the guidelines of the W3C.

1. Optimized (fast Web view).
2. Tagged for accessibility.
3. Created with bookmarks if the document is a multi-page document with sections or is more than 15 pages in length.
4. PDF documents that have been scanned rather than converted from an electronic document must either have an Accessible Alternative Version (AAV) or utilize Adobe Acrobat's OCR feature. If the OCR feature is used, the Downsample Image Mode must either be "Formatted Text and Graphics" or "Searchable Image (Exact)". In either mode, all text from the scanned original must be available as selectable text, be setup to read in the correct order, and be free of OCR errors.
5. Organized so they read in the proper order.
6. If developed by CDE staff or where CDE is considered the author, the PDF content must be available in the format of the original authoring tool (Word, Publisher, etc.) and kept in a location where multiple staff can access the file (e.g., a shared drive).

1. Use the CDE approved seal and logos when appropriate. Other seals and logos are not generally allowed. Use of the CDE seal or logos must be approved during the appropriate approval process for the Internet (DEAM 3900) and Intranet (Intranet Content Approval Standards) Web sites.