 AgComm
Does:
- Consult with you on
your Web project's audience, purpose, and structure.
- Design the "look" and navigation of your Web pages and Web
sites.
- Design templates you can use on your Web site.
- Work with you on the text for higher level, first- and second-layer
pages.
- Help you determine:
- Who will "build" your Web site,
- How you will maintain your Web site, and
- Where your Web site will be housed.
 General
Guidelines
- Be aware that Web projects can be expensive in terms of labor,
resources, and time.
- For extensive, team-driven projects:
- Consult AgComm before you start.
- Agree on conventions before your team starts writing.
- Choose a project coordinator who will ensure consistency
and liaise with your AgComm editor and designer.
- Decide whether you need a Web page or a Web site (more extensive)
designed.
- Provide a rough site map or flow chart of your proposed Web
project.
- Ask some colleagues to review what you have written.
- If a student has written text, note on the text that you
have reviewed and approved it before sending it to AgComm.
- Secure permission to use text and images from published sources
(including CDs and the Web).
Guidelines for Text
- Be aware that text for the Web should be shorter than text
for a paper publication. Make shorter paragraphs, and use stacked
lists when possible.
- If you already have text for your Web project, first provide
a complete, continuous draft in doublespaced hard copy for
editing.
- Make suggested changes, and address your editor's concerns.
- Provide edited text as a file, preferably in MS Word and
definitely not in MS Publisher.
- Provide text in minimally formatted, manuscript form. Do
not lay out the text.
- Separate paragraphs with blank lines, and do not
indent.
- Do not use all caps or put double spaces between
sentences.
 Questions?
Ask your AgComm
editor or designer
Guidelines for Tables
- Submit tables as MS Word table files. The tables do not need
to be separated from the rest of the manuscript.
- Text files with table columns separated by single tabs with
no extra spaces or extra hard returns are also accepted.
- Provide hard copy of tables.
- Do not provide tables as graphics or Excel files.
Guidelines for Graphics,
Photos, Video, and Audio
- Provide all graphics, photos, and video/audio clips at once,
not piecemeal over the course of the project.
- Provide all graphic files on a CD or Zip disk (not 3.5" floppy
disk or e-mail).
- If your Web project will include documents you want users
to download and print, provide graphics and photos at 300 dpi
for those documents.
- Provide original copies of any manipulated images.
- Provide hard copy of graphics and photos.
- Take digital photos at the highest quality setting your camera
allows.
- Do not embed graphics or photos in the text file.
- Provide as many high-quality graphics, photos, and video
and audio clips as possible so that the designer can choose
the best for your project.
- Questions? Ask your AgComm
editor or designer.
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