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Read documentation
Assess your site
Dcide on navigation
Review your content
Choose template
Review template
Organize template
Create graphics
Add common navigation
Create/insert navigation
Test and review
Review with web team
Deploy
Maintain
Visual Style Guide
Web Presence FAQ
Template Request Form
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STEP 1:
Read All Documentation


It is crucial that you read all documentation associated with the common look and feel before implementation begins. This includes the following Web sites:

Step-By-Step Guide--Assists Webmasters with some of the technical issues that are involved in deploying a Web site and facilitating maintenance of the site; suggests best practices for organizing a Web site's content and describes standard yet effective navigational schemes to reach that content.

Visual Style Guide--Provides information regarding the various stylistic elements of the template, including colors, fonts, and font sizes.

Web Presence FAQs--Answers some of the most frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the University of South Carolina Web Presence and offers an overview of the Web look and feel.

Editorial Style Guide--Lists USC standards for written information.

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If you are new or relatively inexperienced in the development of Web sites, the following books are recommended:

HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide, 5th Edition
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/html5/index.html

Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, 2nd Edition
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/infotecture2/

Learning Web Design, 2nd Edition
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learnweb2/

Designing Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity
http://www.useit.com/jakob/webusability/

Don't Make Me Think: Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition
http://www.sensible.com/

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