Saddleback College web pages go out to the world. This means when you design a web page you need to design it for the lowest common denominator of hardware and software.

• 28.8 kbs modem
• 14" monitor
• 640 x 480 screen resolution
• 256 color palette
• Internet Explorer 3.x, Netscape 3.x browsers

Remember that users ultimately have the final say on browser appearance. They set the font size, face and color. They can turn off graphics, Java, and JavaScript.

ITC currently supports HTML 3.2. JavaScript, Shockwave, Flash, and other 3rd party plug-ins are not supported by the ITC. Since the user can choose to turn off Java and JavaScript or not download the plug-ins necessary for Shockwave, Flash, etc., be careful not to exclude these users from seeing the information they need that's on your page. Also be aware of the increased download time these plug-ins add to the page. The user who has to wait more than 30 seconds to see your page probably won't.

So with these factors in mind, here are some recommendations for Saddleback College web pages:
Keep graphic sizes small

• Keep overall page size small (under 40 Kb)
• No links to personal businesses
• No pictures or language in bad taste
• Keep pages updated, remove out of date material
• Responsibility line at bottom of page, something along the lines of "Questions or comments about this page should be directed to... " with an email address
• Link to Saddleback College Home Page at bottom of page

Copyright laws DO apply to web pages, any images should be borrowed with permission and where appropriate, due credit should be given. Remember, if you infringe on copyright and get caught, the College will be affected as well.

Full-time and associate faculty: You automatically have an account for web pages if you are teaching a course this semester. If you are not the instructor of record for a course this semester, please contact ITC to get an account activated.

Staff: If you have a need to create and update web pages for your department you will need your Dean's approval in writing (email is okay) to Mark Schiffelbein, cc: Mark Sierakowski and Diane Master, afterwhich an account will be created for you.

Governance organizations such as classified senate and staff development also have accounts. If you are elected or designated to develop/maintain a web page for these organizations, authorization in writing from the president of the organization is needed to add your name to the appropriate account.

Students who have been designated to work on faculty pages, department or division pages must have authorization in writing from either the faculty whose page they are developing or the Dean of the division or head of the department. Students will NOT be given access to accounts. When they have pages to post or update they need to first have their supervisor approve the page and the supervisor notify the ITC. Then the student can bring the page on a disk to the ITC for either Mark Schiffelbein or Diane Master to upload.

Clubs may also have web pages on the Saddleback page. The faculty advisor for the club needs to notify, in writing, Mark Schiffelbein, Mark Sierakowski and Diane Master of who will be working on the web pages. The faculty advisor is responsible for the content of the web pages. Once the faculty advisor has approved the content of pages in writing, the student can bring the page on a disk to the ITC for either Mark Schiffelbein or Diane Master to upload.

We are constantly working at making the Saddleback College web site the best in California. We appreciate your continued efforts to maintain the high quality of our site.