Best Practices for Website Design & Web Content Management

NO Frames Do not fit the web Model Frames are not picked up by Search Engines As an alternative use div tags with CSS Do not fit the web Model Frames are not picked up by Search Engines As an alternative use div tags with CSS

Flash Based Websites Websites built solely using flash are not indexed by search engines Use CSS and HTML and embed flash in the HTML if necessary. Websites built solely using flash are not indexed by search engines Use CSS and HTML and embed flash in the HTML if necessary.

No Broken Links Websites should not have broken links No Black hole pages – Use proper Navigation How to fix Broken Links Please see the tutorial on webhelp Websites should not have broken links No Black hole pages – Use proper Navigation How to fix Broken Links Please see the tutorial on webhelp

Meta Data Keywords Think of the words that users might use to search for your material and add that as text to your pages or as meta data in header of pages Description Add description of page in meta data Keywords Think of the words that users might use to search for your material and add that as text to your pages or as meta data in header of pages Description Add description of page in meta data

Dynamic URL’s Dynamic URL’s are not picked up by all search engines Better to use static URL’s Try to keep parameters short in length and few in size Dynamic URL’s are not picked up by all search engines Better to use static URL’s Try to keep parameters short in length and few in size

Web Content Management

File Naming Conventions Short & to the point Logically connected to the content Do not include special characters e.g. `, #, $, %, ^, &, *, ~, “, ‘, etc Short & to the point Logically connected to the content Do not include special characters e.g. `, #, $, %, ^, &, *, ~, “, ‘, etc

File Location Should not be more than 3 levels deep As a rule keep it as close to the root as possible Should not be more than 3 levels deep As a rule keep it as close to the root as possible

File Type Do not upload educational material as images, images are not indexed What to do about Scanned Material? PDF’s are preferred because they are platform independent Do not upload educational material as images, images are not indexed What to do about Scanned Material? PDF’s are preferred because they are platform independent

File Information Title Title should reflect the content of the file Author Name Location University name should not be included in title of paper, because Google Scholar might consider them as different versions of the same file Title Title should reflect the content of the file Author Name Location University name should not be included in title of paper, because Google Scholar might consider them as different versions of the same file

What About Copyright Material Upload only an abstract for reference on how the abstract should look like please visit the link below Upload only an abstract for reference on how the abstract should look like please visit the link below

3 Simple Steps to Increase your Web Content

Step#1 If you don’t have a website Create new website ITC-Website Builder Front PageTemplate Sample Website Any Other Tool Or modify existing website Keeping in mind the website design practices If you don’t have a website Create new website ITC-Website Builder Front PageTemplate Sample Website Any Other Tool Or modify existing website Keeping in mind the website design practices

Step#2 Map To your Web Folder on the Web Server Map To your Web Folder on the Web Server

Step#3 Add Content to your Web Folder Create a new Folder Drag and Drop you Files to the created folder Create Hyper text links to the files on your site. Inform ITC WebHelp Team when you finish with adding content, so we can take appropriate measures to get your site indexed Add Content to your Web Folder Create a new Folder Drag and Drop you Files to the created folder Create Hyper text links to the files on your site. Inform ITC WebHelp Team when you finish with adding content, so we can take appropriate measures to get your site indexed

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