Procedures for Website
Georgetown’s Web site provides many opportunities to promote, but there are also certain limitations. The following guidelines were developed to help you understand what can be accomplished as part of a college Web project.
What you should bring to a project consultation
- A scope of what you are needing in writing
- Any information you have, such as dates/locations of where you are planning to announce the site, time frames of when events are happening, data that you have already gathered, etc.
- Photography in either a printed format or a high resolution (300 dpi or better)
- Any text you want to include, in electronic format (Word), preferably without tabs, bullets, and/or bold/italics treatment
- Any designs that the Web site needs to coordinate with
- Questions you are unclear about
- Exact Web site addresses you want to link up to, including http:// prior to the www.
What to expect from the web coordinator
- Provide expertise on Web site usage and usable design/layout
- A graphic treatment of your home page, prior to its being wired live for the Web, for your approval and/or feedback
- Photographic treatment such as touch ups, scanning, etc
- Creation of active Web templates to drop your electronic text into
- Layout of your copy into the templates for your review
- Proofreading within communications and marketing to ensure compliance with the AP style
- Launch of site to Georgetown Web server