Maxims of Design
- Images are for accentuation, not content replacement
Website Specifications
- All pages must validate at least as HTML 4.0 Transitional
- All Style Sheet information will be external (under /css/)
- All presentational markup will be in the Syle Sheet instead of the page
- All images must have sufficient alternative information for people
using non-graphical presentations
- Only one link per image (no imagemaps)
- All document internal links will be relative path from /*section*/
- All pages must be fluid (no static widths)
- All pages will use SSI for .header, .navbar, .footer and last update variable
- All static pages will use the full .html extension
- All server-parsed pages will use the full .shtml extension
- All documents intended to be printed will be available in PDF format
- Homepage not to exceed 60K (40 is target)
Style Sheets
For the most part, in addition to the base Style Sheet, there is a specific
Style Sheet for each section of this site. The following Style Sheets are
supported: