Web Styleguide

Web Styleguide

The Web Styleguide is a collaboration of Marketing/Communications and Web Services serving as a series of templates and solid examples for Web Editors to reference when creating pages and editing their sites.

The following links serve as standardized examples of how the Providence College pages should be constructed in order to be consistent technically and to follow brand standards.

Academic Sites

Administrative Sites

Advancement & Alumni Sites

Academic Sites

Administrative Sites

Navigation

Main navigation must include the following-

  • Left-most navigation item must link back to the department home and be labeled as such- example “Web Services Home”
  • Must not link to 3rd party or other providence.edu sites. Main navigation links must link to either sub-sections or major documents within the department.

Home Page

Administrative home pages should be set up to use the following elements-

  1. Page must use the “Landing Page- No Sidebars” template
  2. Must have a web-optimized 1900 pixel wide by 400-600 pixel high banner image.
  3. Must include generic contact information for the department
  4. Optional page elements include the panel of links (if the department needs to link to additional pages, subsites, or documents), News/Blog feed and other elements/blocks as determined.
Thumbnail example of an administrative site home page

Advancement & Alumni Sites