1. The Future of Social Networking
(NEWS/GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS)

...o take advantage of information from social media sites whereby content is targeted to reach individuals of specific demographics. Search behaviour across sites is already being used to build prof...

2. Web Usability Matters
(NEWS/GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS)

... Across Web Projects Traffic / visitor count 150% User performance / productivity 161% Use of specific (desired) features 202% How to test usability There are many ways to measu...

3. Contacts
(RESOURCES/RESOURCES)

...rg if you have any comments, queries or questions. If you have a comment related to the content of a specific section/page of the Web Guide you may also select the "send a comment&quo...

4. 9.4 Evaluation of Web sites
(WEBGUIDE/MAINTENANCE)

...e most responses when they are short. The most useful information is collected when questions are clear and specific. Useful for: asking about interest in services and preferences (i.e....

5. 9.3 Traffic monitoring arrangements
(WEBGUIDE/MAINTENANCE)

...te traffic monitoring is done at the corporate level by KCE. To request statistics for your site, including specific directories as well any special requirements your site may have (e.g. aliases, redi...

6. 9.2 Update procedures for Web sites
(WEBGUIDE/MAINTENANCE)

...ure are: Data Owner: the Data Owner is the person responsible for the content of a specific Web site or of a specific set of pages. Only data owners or their designated altern...

7. 7.2 How to use the test environment
(WEBGUIDE/TESTING)

...termine how you access the test environment. Click here to view an overview of the server structure at FAO, specifically the so-called production and test areas. Placing files in the one of the...

8. 7. Testing
(WEBGUIDE/TESTING)

...s guidelines and procedures on: conducting pre-release tests of Web sites; and developing a site-specific test routine and checklist based on the quality criteria defined during the design ...

9. 6.10 Providing access to search
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

...E instance; and After your site has been published you must wait for Google to index it before any site specific search results are returned. The time that Google takes to do this is variable and ...

10. 5.3b Corporate identity in design
(WEBGUIDE/DESIGN)

...mated and may only be UN blue, black or reversed-out white (see 2.4c Use of FAO emblem and logos for colour specifications). The FAO emblem should never appear as a watermark. The FAO emblem must link...

11. 5.3a Design visual identity
(WEBGUIDE/DESIGN)

...thered content, understood the scope and message of your Web site and defined the information architecture (specifically the navigation). The graphic design or look and feel of a Web site is of...

12. 5.2c Define metadata and search requirements
(WEBGUIDE/DESIGN)

...n. See 3.3 Define the site subject scope; review Metadata (see 4.4 Metadata); and contact KCE for any specific requirement for metadata schemas. If you have an information architecture in ...

13. 5.2b Define navigation
(WEBGUIDE/DESIGN)

...on a design that has the area beneath the banner split into two or three columns. Each column should have a specific role and that role should be consistent. Left column: the left column...

14. 5.2a Identify Web pages and subject categories
(WEBGUIDE/DESIGN)

...es of Web pages short, using easily understandable terminology. Try to avoid acronyms or FAO specific terminology. Subject categories On Web sites, a collection of Web page...

15. 5.5 Define technical implementation
(WEBGUIDE/DESIGN)

...n requirements. technical implementation Can be tracked using: technical requirements, i.e. specification of the functionalities the site will offer for the site developer who will tak...

16. 4.4e FAO standards for encoded metadata
(WEBGUIDE/CONTENT COLLECTION)

... supported by the Dublin Core standard as well as extensions that are necessary to describe our agriculture specific resources. These elements, known as the Agricultural Metadata Element Set (AgMES)&n...

17. 4.4d How to create or improve current metadata
(WEBGUIDE/CONTENT COLLECTION)

...line service pages: pages, such as forms, that provide an online service to the public; entry points: to specific online services and indexes (e.g. an entry point to databases, repositories, online...

18. 4.4 Metadata
(WEBGUIDE/CONTENT COLLECTION)

This section refers to XHTML 1.1. The specification for XHTML 2.0 is somewhat different. This topic provides an overview of metadata standards, how they are used and applied and guidelin

19. 4.3g Non-discriminatory language
(WEBGUIDE/CONTENT COLLECTION)

...minate, stereotype or demean people based on their sex, ethnicity etc. To avoid this, guidelines exist with specific attention given to gender-sensitive terminology. Listed here are a few examples of ...

20. 4.2 FAO content repositories
(WEBGUIDE/CONTENT COLLECTION)

...h as Unasylva and Land Reform; publications - including technical papers and publications produced by a specific project; and working papers. Links to these types of publications may ...

21. 3.5 Identify resources
(WEBGUIDE/PLANNING)

...g procedures, it provides guidelines for two often-overlooked issues in planning: ensuring that FAO-specific information management, technology and Web design requirements are correctly includ...

22. 3.4 Define your audience
(WEBGUIDE/PLANNING)

At the planning stage, it is important to collect specific information about the target users for your Web site. Defining your audience might require ad-hoc user research. If you do not have im

23. 3.3 Define the Web site subject scope
(WEBGUIDE/PLANNING)

...e standard terms and concepts whenever these match ones identified in your Web site. 3. develop a specific list of concepts in collaboration with KCEW when the existing vocabularies are insu...

24. 3.2 What and (who) is the site for and what is it about?
(WEBGUIDE/PLANNING)

...ts of targeted users? Whom is the site for? At the planning stage, it is important to collect some specific information about the users for which the Web site is being designed. Identifying a...

25. 3.1 Consultation
(WEBGUIDE/PLANNING)

...assify and index your content? Do you require Web site design and implementation?   KCI - do you have specific requirements for new graphics and visual design?   KCC - do you need translat...

26. 2.4 Policy and legal matters
(WEBGUIDE/WEB PUBLICATION BASICS)

... FAO product that might be subject to particular copyright conditions not covered by the standard clause, a specific copyright notice should be drafted in consultation with the Publishing Management S...

27. 2.2 Roles in Web publishing
(WEBGUIDE/WEB PUBLICATION BASICS)

... Web site manager defining site scope, content and specific requirements commissioning content technical quality, consistency and r...

28. 1.1 FAO and the Internet: What is an FAO Web site?
(WEBGUIDE/INTRODUCTION)

...ting Division or Organizational Unit. Therefore, an "FAO Web site" is usually a site devoted to a specific project or topic and hosted under the fao.org domain. What is an FAO Web site?...

29. 1. Introduction to the Web Guide
(WEBGUIDE/INTRODUCTION)

...formation systems. Knowing whether a practice is mandatory or a guideline that can be adapted to your specific needs, can make a difference in the way you manage a project. The Web Guide contain...

30. 6.12b Web site content management systems
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

...and upcoming events. As NEMS is database driven, it also archives material which can then be searched using specific fields such as date, keyword etc.For more information on NEMS, please contact nems@...

31. 6.8b Links to the FAO home page, FAO copyright and the Information Finder
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

Policy The FAO emblem must link to the FAO home page. It must also be language specific, i.e. on a Spanish language Web page it should link to http://www.fao.org/index_es.htm; On each Web page

32. 6.7b Multilingual interfaces
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

...conversion tools? With a simple open source program, you can change your text from Unicode to a specific Character set and vice versa! More information is available here. ...

33. 6.6a FAO emblem
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

Policy The FAO Web Quality Assurance Checklist for the approval of new Web sites contains specifications concerning the FAO emblem and banner. This is policy and your Web site will not be publishe

34. 6.2a HTML and XHTML
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

...XHTML 1.0 became an official W3C Recommendation on the 26 January 2000. A W3C Recommendation means that the specification is stable, that it has been reviewed by the W3C membership and that the specif...

35. 6.1b Versioning and archiving
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

...to create a back-up every time a file is modified. If you need to archive a Web site or of a specific set of files, it is recommended that you archive these files locally (e.g. on your ...

36. 2.9b FAO servers and who has access?
(WEBGUIDE/WEB PUBLICATION BASICS)

...g Division (KCE). Both these groups approve access for users to access drives and folders on these servers (specifically test servers such as Faoint0b, which are used for storing and testing Web sites...

37. 2.7c Content Management Systems (CMS)
(WEBGUIDE/WEB PUBLICATION BASICS)

...ent Systems (DMS). FIRST GENERATION CMS The following CMSs were built by FAO for specific needs. Distributed Web site Management System (DWS) The DWS is a ...

38. 2.6e Target platform specifications
(WEBGUIDE/WEB PUBLICATION BASICS)

Guideline The target platform specifications are the minimum hardware and software characteristics of users' computers, on which a Web site or system has to function fully and properly. The

39. 2.6d How to gather user information: Web site traffic monitoring
(WEBGUIDE/WEB PUBLICATION BASICS)

...number of pages visitors view (page views). Web traffic statistics are tracked and collected within a specific time period, which is referred to as the report period. Web traffic analysis refers...

40. 2.6b How to gather user information: user research
(WEBGUIDE/WEB PUBLICATION BASICS)

... User research is an evaluation technique in itself - its purpose and application changing according to its specific goals at a certain point of a Web site's lifecycle. Sometimes, formal evaluations (...

41. 2.4c Use of FAO emblem and logos
(WEBGUIDE/WEB PUBLICATION BASICS)

...home page in the same language as the originating page; No logo should be bigger than the FAO emblem (specifically partner logos); and The FAO emblem and logo files, as .gif and .jpg, are ...

42. 2.3d Regulation of access to servers
(WEBGUIDE/WEB PUBLICATION BASICS)

... Corporate Document Repository server should be sent to Document-Repository@fao.org. Access is granted to a specific area on the test server to copy and exchange files. Otherwise, only the Corporate D...

43. W3C Cascading Style Sheets Specification (CSS2)
(Enlaces Web / Web Guide Links)

6.3c-css2