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1. About the Template

General

This template, EC_4.dwt and the associated file stylesheet.css, have been developed, modified and refined by the Web Team for the use of all Web content providers at Earlham College. It is not required that anyone use this template, but we have spent much time on its creation in attempts to address a number of accessibility, design, and flexibility issues that make it extremely useful to those content providers who do choose to implement it. Using a template to create your Web pages provides increased speed of page creation, ease and flexibility in updating multiple pages, and particularly with this template, a standardized navigation scheme that users will intuitively recognize and understand as they browse through your pages ––if you choose to follow the included instructional material. There will likely be additional templates to choose from in the future, but the team’s focus is currently on restructuring the Earlham site, maintaining the existing pages, working on new projects, and developing tools and training to assist and empower users.

Editable Regions

The Template has six distinct "editable" sections or "regions". What is meant by editable regions is that these are the only areas in which the template-user can, by default, enter their own content. We'll get more into the details later in this document, but for now let's explore these editable sections:Title
The title or page title is the name displayed in the "Title Bar" of the open browser window displaying your Web page. The header will display up to 45 characters, which includes spaces and punctuation as well as letters and numbers. All pages created from the EC Template have "Earlham College -- new page" in the title to begin. Please be sure to change this, and select your titles carefully ––this is likely the first thing your visitors will see as they enter your site. The Earlham Home Page displays “Earlham College –– Richmond, Indiana” as its title.




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