CSU Extension Webpage TemplateSession 4

February 2010

Top nav

Left nav

Footer

Server Side Include A file the server includes in a web page

before sending it out to a browser Usually a specific element

• Header, navigation panel, counter VERY useful because you only need to

change one file Every page using that element picks up

the update

3 files pulled into every webpage• _ssi_topnav.html = top navigation bar• _ssi_leftnav.html = left navigation bar• _ssi_footer.html = footer

Change the file, every page updates These are separate files, manipulated

separately• E.g. - to change the left navigation bar, bring

up ssi_leftnav.html • Won’t be governed by CSS, so won’t look the

same• Will look like a simple list4

Home points to your index page About points to your own About page

(eventually) Contact Us points to your own Contact

Us page (eventually) Outreach, County Offices, Directory,

Employment all point to CSU Extension sites and need not be altered

Google Site Search searches CSU Extension site• Once published, you can have it search your own

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Since the SSI links will be clicked at all different levels of your directory structure, an absolute path will insure they get to the correct place• Home = actual website URL

E.g. - http://www.coopext.colostate.edu/comptrain/• About us = URL + about.shtml

E.g. - http://www.coopext.colostate.edu/comptrain/about.shtml

• Contact Us = URL + contact.shtml E.g. -

http://www.coopext.colostate.edu/comptrain/contact.shtml

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Currently points to Extension site search• You can leave it that way!

To customize, register with Google (email address, password)• Site need to be up before you can create a custom

search Custom Search>Create a Custom Search

Engine• Name, Description, Keywords, Language• Choose “Only sites I want”• Type in your site URL (or multiple URLs)• Choose Standard Edition, no ads 7

Click Finish and you will be emailed a link to code to put into the top navbar

Cut and paste the code within the “search” div of the top navbar

Delete the last line of Google code It begins <link rel=“stylesheet”

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Your links to pages on your own site

Swooshes• Use to separate sets of links

Extension links Extension links are

already set, so just set your own

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Simple unordered lists, separated by “swoosh” divs

Only top section are yours• Upper left is PRIME real estate • Below yours are CSU Extension links

Change text to whatever you like for each second level page

Use absolute links!• E.g. - http://www.coopext.colostate.edu/comptrain/4h/4h.shtml

Use the link box to add the URLs of the pages10

All stays linked to CSU but Webmaster link and Site Map

Change Webmaster to your email address with email link icon

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Site Map is a little more complicated • Once you site is fully populated, you need

a Site Map• One page laying out your site structure Increases Google Juice

Helps the end user see the entire site in one click

• Until you get it done, you may delete the Site Map link

• Remember to put it back on!

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