Publications Policies Index

Statement of Practice

1. A shortcut bar may be placed on the department's top level home page.
2. A Home button may be placed on each department web page.
3. Hot buttons may be placed on the department's top-level home page only.

• Shortcut bar. A shortcut bar with buttons that link to frequently visited pages may be placed on the top level of the department's home page. Once the Publications staff determines that the buttons/links are indeed stable over time, discussion may be brought back to the Publications Committee and to the Associate Chairman for Academic Affairs regarding the suggestion to replicate the shortcut bar on lower level Publications-staff-maintained pages.

• Home button. A Home button may be placed on each department web page, preferably at the top (for less user scrolling), only if the button is small and unobtrusive. It will be required only on the department's officially-maintained Web pages.

• Hot buttons. Buttons with links to current or forthcoming department events, late-breaking news, etc., may be placed on the top-level home page only to simplify maintenance. These links will, of course, change as events and news dictate.

• Site map. A site map may be implemented, as time permits.

• Search engine. A search engine may be implemented, as time permits.

Note: 2/21/01: Items 1-3 above rendered obsolete by implementation of new design in Fall 2000. Item 5 implemented in Fall 2000.