MRI Resources
Dreamweaver Template
Striving for a more unified, accessible, and usable presence on the web, guidelines and policies for Web sites have been set forth by Penn State (AD54) and the federal government (section 508). To this end, MRI IT has developed a Dreamweaver template which is section 508 and AD54 compliant, 3WC, Hera, and Hermish approved for accessibility and usability – and we are offering it for free to all sites on our servers!
The benefits of using this template include:
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a clean, consistent, usable and accessible experience for end-users
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Section 508 compliance ensures you meet federal funding guidelines
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AD54 compliance will bring your site up to PSU’s required standards
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the Dreamweaver Site Manager and template functions will make it easier for your webmaster to maintain and update your site
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the built in Google site-specific search appliance will make finding information easier – this search appliance is capable of searching even PDF files on your site
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scripting and code which will hide email addresses on the site from spam-bots (automated crawlers which harvest email addresses for spam lists)
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editable page-level keywords and descriptive phrases
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improved Google search rankings
For ideas on ways to customize this template, visit the Template Examples page or one of the sites which has already adopted the template:
- CCMD - Center for Computational Materials Design
- Dr. Elizabeth Dickey - Faculty site
- Dr. Gopalan - Faculty site
- Dr. Carlo Pantano - Faculty site
- ICAT - International Center for Acutators & Transducers
- MCL - Materials Characterization Laboratory
- MPEC - Microwave Processing & Engineering Center
- MRI - Materials Research Institute
- NanoFab - Nano Fabrication Laboratory
- NNIN @ Penn State
- STM - Susan Trolier-McKinstry Group - Faculty site
One other opportunity to take advantage of: I can update the content of your site for you as part of the process of moving to the template. Simply provide me the information and I'll do all the work!
Contact the MRI Webmaster if you would like more information.
If You Are Not Under the MRI Umbrella
You may freely download and use the generic version of the MRI template. The downloads below include a Dreamweaver master template file, associated image and CSS files, and basic site structure in a compact ZIP file.
NOTE: The template download is offered free of charge - it is also free of guarantee and warrantee. We (MRI IT) will not provide training, support, or update the code.
