Accessibility: Guidelines and conventions for site design used to make the web accessible to people with disabilities. The NIU Web Presence templates strive to meet accessibility compliance based on the W3C/WAI Priority One and Section 508 guidelines.
Breadcrumbs: Breadcrumbs are navigational elements that provide site hierarchy relative to the current page and provide a way to move back up the hierarchy. For example, on the NIU "mission" page, the breadcrumbs would be: NIU Home > About NIU > Mission. In the NIU Web Presence template, breadcrumbs are included on all pages except those with a large graphic positioned directly below the header.
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS): CSS files are site-wide styles defined by external files to apply a consistent look and feel throughout the site to typographic elements, navigation menus and body text in the content area. Changes to the external CSS files allow for automatic updates to the entire site, by "cascading" down to all files within the site using the associated styles.
Include files: Include files are external files linked to within the code of an SHTML page. Include files automatically load into a specified area of a page, rather than being directly coded into the page. The NIU wordmark and global navigation are examples of content created through "include files." Use of include files allows updates to occur sitewide simply by making modifications to a single external include file.
Menus: Menus are sets of related links grouped to provide logical navigation options for users.
Navigation: Navigation refers to the menu system that allows users to know where they are within the site and allows them to move easily from one page to another. Navigation includes both the placement and use of link sets or menus, as well as way-finding indicators such as page titles and headers. Standard navigation menus within the site include global navigation, audience buttons, topic-based left navigation and breadcrumbs.
Progressive Disclosure: Provide limited information with choices for your visitors to learn more according to what they want to do or how they identify themselves. You don't have to tell everyone everything at once. This creates pages with less clutter and your visitors won't mind a few clicks if it's clear they're on the right track.
WebCRMA: WebCRMA is the online content management system used to develop and upload content into the Web Presence templates.
SHTML: SHTML is a file extension for an HTML file that allows server-side instructions or include files.