Several page designs make the leap from static graphics to HTML-coded pages.
Nineteen page templates are planned for the new content management system (CMS). They have started out as graphical images during the design phase of the project which is drawing to conclusion in the next couple of weeks. The graphics then are translated into HTML pages—XHTML pages to be exact.
Ten of nineteen pages are in “code mode” as of today. Eight of those have been forwarded to OmniUpdate for their next phase. The pages are now receiving additional customized code that enables them to function as reusable page templates in the CMS. The results will be apparent to site migration teams next week in the form of a collection of page templates in the CMS. The site migrators will then begin the ambitious site migration/production phase of the project. The product of this phase will be fully apparent September 2 with the formal launch of our new web site.
To people who appreciate code, our pages are delightfully clean. They are produced with web standards, separating the content from its presentation using CSS and XSL. The pages validate against NYS Mandatory Web Guidelines, Americans With Disabilities Act Section 508, W3C CSS and XHTML validators, will have scaleable fonts and a text-only view—all of which is to say our site will be one of the most standards-compliant sites in the SUNY System.