Standard: Where You Live Page
Brief description
(see the full document below for details)
The Where You Live page is a required part of every Web area that provides regional information. It helps people find information below the national level.
Note: This is a "legacy" standard, written before the Web Council was created. It has been in force since the effective date. Since the creation of the Web Council, it has been rewritten to follow the normal layout for standards. "Date approved" refers to when the Web Council approved this rewritten version.
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Content requirements
- Every Web area that provides information more localized than the national level must include a page with links to information by region, state or some other relevant area. This information is typically, but not necessarily, owned by EPA Regional offices.
- The page name is "Where You Live"
- The sidebar must link to this page (follow the sidebar standard).
- Normally, the Where You Live page does not include content.
- The level of the information (state or Regional) must be made clear in introductory language on the page before the links to localized information.
- Under normal circumstances, the page must offer the standard US map and image map code to link to localized information. The page may also offer an alphabetized list of states in either an HTML form or as a list of text links.
- If information is available at the state level, each state must link to information about that state.
- If information is available at the EPA Regional level, each state must link to the appropriate Regional bridge page.
- If information is available at both levels, then states on the map and text list must link to state information. On the map, the circular icons representing each Region must link to the appropriate Regional bridge page.
- When information is not available for a particular state or Region, those areas must be grayed out on the map and omitted from the state list. Introductory text must explain that no information is available for grayed-out areas on the map.
- In special cases, customized maps may be created. See the waiver section.
- If there is no specific information available below the national level, provide Regional contacts if possible. In such cases, the national program and the Regions must decide whether to provide contact information directly on the Where You Live page or on Regional bridge pages; it is recommended, but not required, that the same system be used for all Regions.
- If there is truly no Regional information, the Where You Live page may be omitted.
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How to
See http://www.epa.gov/epafiles/samples/map.html
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Examples
Normal page: http://www.epa.gov/performancetrack/where.htm
Page where there is very limited Regional information beyond contacts: http://www.epa.gov/beaches/plan/whereyoulive_region.html
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Rationale
It is important to provide easy navigation from national-level pages to more local information. The Where You Live page provides that path. It is the complement to links to national information on Regional bridge pages.
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Exemptions
Upon approval by the Web Content Coordinator and the Office of Web Communications, variations from the requirements are allowed to provide useful links to whatever information is available below the national level.
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Full Metadata about this standard
Name Where You Live Page
Tracking number NT00000000
Type Standard
Required or Recommended Required
Effective date 01/01/2004
Date approved 03/12/2007
Category Links and Navigation, Required Pages
Web Council review by 03/12/2009 (or earlier if deemed necessary by the Web Council)
Governing Policy Web Governance and Management (PDF) (4 pp, 339K, About PDF)
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