- From: Charmane K. Corcoran <corcora1@msu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 16:11:34 -0400
- To: public-wai-eo-site@w3.org
Here are a few URLs to help with the discussion. http://www.csp.msu.edu/pages/misc/ops/jobsint.cfm This is not a site I worked on but it is fairly crisp presentation of the difference between wrapper (consistent site-wide design) and content. Everything in under "Internships" is the content. Everything in the navigation and with the logos is the wrapper. It remains constant throughout the site. What goes in the content including any graphics (graphs, photos, etc.) to explain or expand the content can change based on the specific page text. Some pages will have no graphics with the content and some will. This site appears to have no content graphics. Splash pages example: http://www.coleman.com/coleman/flash_intro.html A splash page is not what I intend when I talk about aesthetic design. I was referring to the wrapper or the consistent site-wide design. Splash pages are a barrier in most cases because they generally need a plug-in of some sort. I consider them over-kill, viewed once then by-passed on succeeding visits. Our Trustees site is an older example. The home page and Tier I & 2 pages are not identical but the home page sets the graphical wrapper's "look and feel" for the rest of the site. The content area is framed with the wrapper. What is in the content area changes from page to page. No graphics in the content here either. Home http://trustees.msu.edu/ Tier 1 http://trustees.msu.edu/dec/index.html Tier 2 http://trustees.msu.edu/dec/apr04/studenthnrs.html The following link to our Sesquicentennial web site comes closest to the aesthetically pleasing and graphical representation. In this case there is not a significant difference between the home page and the Tier I pages. There is a difference more of a difference between them and the Tier II pages. It is not in final form yet but is available to the public. Home http://msu150.msu.edu/ Tier 1 http://msu150.msu.edu/history.php Tier 2 http://msu150.msu.edu/history_1870-1879.php (this one adds photos) Charmane -- MSU: Advancing Knowledge. Transforming Lives. Libraries, Computing & Technology: Connecting People and Information ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Have a Productive Day! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Charmane K. Corcoran Information & Project Principal Michigan State University Client Advocacy Office 316A Computer Center East Lansing MI 48824 E-mail: corcora1@msu.edu Phone: Dept. Office - 517/353-4856 Direct/Vmail - 517/355-4500 Ext. 244 FAX: Office: 517/355-0141 HmPg: http://www.msu.edu/~corcora1/
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