Web

Web Managers Toolkit

This toolkit is for the use of Web managers across the collegiate University, and is a work in progress. Please keep in mind that there may be toolkits for Web publishing (as well as publishing procedures to follow) at your local level. Please let us know of ideas for additions or broken links.

Top-level information you can refer to from your Website

University of Oxford branding toolkit
General information about the University, such as a brief history, facts and figures, famous Oxonians, opening times of museums and galleries, opening times of colleges, how to get to Oxford.
Central Admissions information:
- Undergraduate;
- Graduate Admissions Office (Graduate Prospectus)

Legal information you may want to cite

Validate your page code using these free tools from the W3C

Consider Search Engine Optimisation

Gaining some feedback on your success

Analog - a free web metrics analysis tool
Google Analytics - is a free service offered by Google that generates detailed statistics about the visitors to a website.

Tools for constructing sites

Helios TextPad
J edit
SubEthaEdit (works on Mac OSX)
TopStyle 3.11 - PC only CSS editor
Web Accessibility Toolbar for Internet Explorer 5+ on PC
Chris Pederick's Web Developer Toolbar for Mozilla Firefox - an indispensable tool for realtime CSS editing, for one of the best free browsers available
A similar Web Developer Toolbar (beta version) is available for IE6+ on Windows XP+ from Microsoft's downloads page
Colorzilla - another Firefox plugin

Set up a 'testing suite' to test your Website in different settings

Opera (PC and Mac versions)
Netscape (PC and Mac versions)
Old versions of Netscape (PC and Mac)
Safari (Mac only)
Firefox from Mozilla (PC and Mac versions)
Camino (Mac OSX+ only, Mozilla engine)
Mozilla Suite (PC and Mac OSX+, Mozilla engine)
Konqueror (Linux)

Troubleshooting and support

Project planning

JISC infoNet guide to Project Management
Software Tools for Project Planning - also from JISC infoNet