EPA Web Design

The deadline to use template version 3.2.1 was Sept. 28, 2007. See your Web Council representatives for details and questions. Track your conversion status.

Template Instructions

Updating or Creating Web pages — Directions for updating existing pages and creating new pages.
High-level Specifications — An overview of an EPA web page, showing how a page is divided and what you can, must, and shouldn't do in each section. Applying the new template as intended is very important for future Agency look and feel changes.
A quick checklist for formatting your Web pages with Template 3 — After mastering the instructions for updating and creating pages, this checklist can be a quick reference.

More information about specific pages and page sections:

Coding the Search Box
Code Library — Common bits of code: code you reuse over and over.
Color Palette
Contact Us page
Common Implementation Issues — "Gotchas": Common trouble spots.
Exemptions from the Look and Feel — Pages and sites that are not required to follow the EPA look and feel.
The Exit EPA disclaimer icon
Maps for Where You Live pages
Managing Outdated Pages
Meta Elements in the <head> — Metadata!
Sample Pages — Commonly used files in an Area.