Template Links
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- Managing Outdated Pages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.
Web Applications
Miscellaneous
- Writing JavaScript
- Some frequent questions are answered. Please let us know if you have other questions.
Instructions on Writing XHTML or CSS
- Styling your Templates
- Marking up your XHTML code correctly
- Some differences between XHTML 1.0 Strict and HTML 4.01 Transitional