Requirements

The Web Guidelines and Official, Sponsored and Intranet web sites.

Whist the Web Guidelines apply to all web sites hosted on the UWA network there are differing requirements depending on whether the site is an Official, Sponsored or Intranet site.

2.1 University Logo

• Use of the University logo must comply with the published logo guidelines http://images.publishing.uwa.edu.au/UWA/Logos/style.asp
• The University logo must appear on the home page of every official website hosted on the University network.
• The University logo must only appear once on each page.

2.2 Sub-brands

• Use of the Faculty sub-brands must be approved by the relevant Faculty.
• Use of the University's central brand must be approved by the University Website Management Committee.
• The relevant sub-brand elements must appear on the home page of every official website.

2.3 Modified by

• The contact details of the position responsible for modifying the content of all official websites must be available via the website's home page.

2.4 Last Modified

• The date and time that content on each page was last modified or updated must be available for each page of the website.

2.5 ESOS Act Compliance (CRICOS Code)

• All websites must comply with the UWA ESOS Act 2002 Compliance Guidelines.

2.6 Permissible Materials

• All web pages must comply with the requirements of the Copyright Act.
• All web pages must comply with the "Digital Agenda" amendments to the Copyright Act outlined at the following address:
  http://www.legalservices.uwa.edu.au/welcome/digital_agenda/electronic_copying/

2.7 Currency

• All official web pages must be reviewed regularly to ensure that the information they contain is current in accordance with their site management plan.

2.8 Design - Home Page

• All official home pages must provide a coherent and consistent image of the position of the web site within the University and reflect important and relevant relationships to other sections of the University.
• All official home pages must include a link to the University home page.

2.9 Design - All Pages

• All official web pages must establish a visual identity and maintain it consistently throughout the website.

2.10 Navigation

• All web pages must provide navigational links that appear and behave in a consistent fashion.

2.11 Downloads

• Information regarding downloadable material must be provided identifying the subject matter, file format and file size.

2.12 Multimedia

• Text equivalents must be available for multimedia, video and audio clips.

2.13 Accessibility

• All official web pages must be accessible and meet accepted world class standards as detailed in Priority One of the World Wide Web Consortium's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
  http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/

2.14 Metadata

• All official web pages must provide the following metadata in accordance with the University's Metadata Standard :
  Title, Creator, Keywords, Description, Date, Modified, Rights, Audience, Identifier

2.15 Structure

• All official websites must adopt a user-focused structure.

2.16 Site Management Plan

• All official web pages must be managed by a content custodian who is responsible for all information published on the website.
• All business units must ensure that their official website is listed in the University's Contact Directory.
• All official websites must create a Site Management Plan and lodge it with the University Website Office.
• All Site Management Plans must be reviewed and lodged with University Website Office at least bi-annually.