MSJ Site Design Standards - MSJ Online has defined a set of standards to be followed when creating and updating website pages.

::Website Template::

Formal List of Standards

1. The images will not be in every sub-directory on the site. The index file has assumed that images are in the same directory as the file referencing them. A good solution is to create an "images" directory under the root, and have all of the image links reference files in that directory. So where the file says:  
   
   < div align="right" >< img height="8" width="20" src="slash_h.gif" >
   
    It needs to be changed to 
   
   < div align="right" >< img height="8" width="20" src="http://www.msjhs.org/images/slash_h.gif" >
   
   That way, no matter which directory the file is in, the images will be linked from the right place.

2. The links to various pages of the site all reference the Complete URL - it should be kept that way.

3. There is a comment at the top of each page, which should contain the complete path of the html file + the filename.

4. Each time a page is changed or a new layout is integrated, manually change the Last Updated date, which is in the lower right corner of each page. The format for date is: NameofMonth Day FullYear (Feb 6, 2004)

5. If the page being integrated has only text, simply make sure: the text font is always Verdana. Text size is 10 pixels and link text size is 12 pixels. Titles are, unless otherwise indicated, 12 pixels, bold.

6. If the page being integrated has tables: READ the style sheet to see what style standards it provides. Then USE the mission_style.css stylesheet for tables. ASK us when you do not understand the style sheet.

7. For each page title (the <TITLE> tag), insert the following and edit Section Name (as referred to by main page) and Page Subject Name as needed. If the page is the main page in the section, simply omit the Page-Subject Name.

   Format
   Mission San Jose High School ::: Fremont CA :: Section name :: Page-Subject name
   Example
   Mission San Jose High School ::: Fremont CA :: Career Center :: Monthly Newsletter

8. Links to pages outside of the MSJ website should open in a new window.
    
9. Links to documents which are not web pages (Word, PowerPoint, PDF, etc.) should open in a new window.
    
10. Please direct any questions regarding standards to MSJ ONLINE