Resources for CUL Web Developers

Welcome to GCII's Resources for CUL Web Developers. This is a selective list of resources aimed to assist anyone creating or maintaining CUL websites. We will be adding more features as we develop or find them. If you have any suggestions for items or categories to include please let us know - Suggestion Box.

CUL services and resources

Cornell Guidelines

Workshops and Online Help

Recommended Tools

Other Useful Links

CUL services and resources:

Gateway logo

Download the new Gateway logo to use as a graphical link back to the Library Gateway

Self-serve form e-mail

Want to add a form to your site to gather feedback from users? This site will let you register to use the form script and guide you through the set-up of the form.

Add a catalog search to your site

If you would like to have a catalog search box right on the front page of your site, much like the Library Gateway, complete the following steps.

Add the Gateway navbar to your page

An instruction page for those who would like to add a navigation bar to their site that is in the style of the Library Gateway

Add a Chat link to your site

Download image to use as links to chat reference.

Recommendations for CUL webpages (under development)

Basic recommendations for all public CUL websites.

 

Cornell Guidelines

Guidelines for Publishing Web Pages at Cornell University

CIT page offering basic guidelines and best practices for web page publishing.

Use of the Cornell logo on screens

Information about placement of the Cornell logo and links to various sizes of the logo to download.

Copyright information

Cornell's copyright information site.

Workshops and Online Help

Library workshops

Throughout the year various libraries offer web courses that staff are welcome to attend.

ATC FLEX tutorials

These tutorials can be completed at your own pace in your own office.

Cornell WebForum

The campus-wide group offers monthly meetings on web topics plus a listserv for posting queries [CUWEB-L].

WebMonkey

Tutorials on all aspects of web development for beginners, builders and masters.

Javascript Help

Voodoo's Introduction to JavaScript
Webdeveloper
WebMonkey

CSS Help

Cascading Style Sheets (Web Developers Virtual Library)
WebMonkey Style Sheets Tutorial
The House of Style

Recommended Tools:

The following tools are currently being used in CUL web development. Some level of support can be offered for these.

WYSIWYG editors:

Dreamweaver
A free, 30-day trial version of Dreamweaver can be downloaded from Macromedia. If you want to buy it, the Cornell Store online sells the site licensed version.

HTML code editors:

Notetab Light (freeware)

Search engines:

Google search
A free Google site search can be added to your website that will search at the domain level. For example you can restrict a site search to http://campusgw.library.cornell.edu but not to a specific directory such as http://campusgw.library.cornell.edu/colldev/
Atomz
Free and easy to set-up hosted site search for websites under 500 pages. Fee based for larger sites.

Accessibility Tools:

Cynthia Says
A free online tool for checking the accessibility of individual pages.
The Wave
A free online tool that adds icons and text to a page to help you judge if it's accessible. Helps you determine the order in which your tables are read.
A Prompt
A free downloaded checker that also facilitates corrections.
Resources For Accessible Web Design
Links to more resources from AccessIT

Useful Links:

Web Style Guide 2nd edition

CIT's Resources for Web Developers
A thorough list of links to tutorials, software, reference materials and guidelines.