Tools & Resources
Need some help getting your project off the ground? Here is a collection of tools and resources that we have complied to help you:
WARC - For Cal Poly Developers Only
The Web Authoring Resource Center (WARC) provides developers of Cal Poly Official Web sites with the information and tools necessary to plan and build a site that meets basic requirements for University Identity, Web Accessibility, Usability, and Aesthetics. In addition, the WARC provides valuable information on how best to maintain web sites for currency and efficiency.
For more information please visit:
http://www.calpoly.edu/warc/
accesibility.calpoly.edu
The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) provides that no qualified individual with a disability be denied access to or participation in services, programs, and activities at Cal Poly. This act applies to virtually all aspects of campus activities, including employment, student programming, and services provided to the campus community. As part of the University's campus-wide ADA compliance program, this webpage has been developed to link you with the many ADA and disability-related resources on campus.
For more information please visit the following sites:
http://accessibility.calpoly.edu/
http://www.calstate.edu/accessibility/
Color Schemes
Coming up with color schemes for web pages is hard. Try a site called Color Schemer (http://www.colorschemer.com/) which offers both products and free sample of color schemes that might work for you. And best of all color schemes can be downloaded directly into Adobe Photoshop.
What is XHTML & Why Should I Use It?
The technical definition is: "XHTML is a family of current and future document types and modules that reproduce, subset, and extend HTML 4, XHTML family document types are XML based, and ultimately are designed to work in conjunction with XML-based user agents." Now what does that mean to you? XHTML is the future of HTML which is the basis of all online code. Building your site to conform to strict XHTML standards not only means your site will play nice with most current web browsers but it will also meet 90% of ADA accesiblity requirments!