1. Using YouTube to store and share FAO videos
(NEWS/NEWS FROM FAO)

New policy has been published about how YouTube can be used to store and share FAO videos. This policy outlines the steps for storing videos on FAO's official YouTube channel for sharing

2. Google to launch operating system
(NEWS/GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS)

... web technologies. It will initially be targeted at netbooks (a stripped down version of a laptop used for accessing web-based applications) and is to be released during the second half of 2010....

3. Introducing the Knowledge Cafe
(NEWS/NEWS FROM FAO)

In January 2009, FAO was the stage for an innovative event that focused on the knowledge sharing aspects of agricultural development and food security issues. It was called the Knowledge Share

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

...nities of people brought together through a variety of shared interests. Social media are the tools used for sharing and discussing information and they are primarily Internet or mobile based. ...

5. Light up the Web with Silverlight 2
(NEWS/GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS)

...an run in a Web browser. Silverlight2 is seen as a competitor to Adobe's Flash, which is already used by popular Web sites such as YouTube.   Thus with Silverlight2, Microsoft is aiming ...

6. The next phase of the FAO Open Archive project begins
(NEWS/NEWS FROM FAO)

... second phase of the project was a review of the electronic publishing and cataloguing systems that are used (or planned to be used) in other United Nation organizations. The next phase will in...

7. What is Enterprise 2.0?
(NEWS/GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS)

According to Wikipedia, Enterprise 2.0 is a term describing social software (including Web 2.0 tools) used in business contexts. Enterprise 2.0 includes social and networked modifications to

8. Web Usability Matters
(NEWS/GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS)

...sample of five to seven users is sufficient. In the long run it is better to have a series of small, focused usability tests rather than running a large, costly study. Smaller and more frequent...

9. 2.8 Social Media Policy
(WEBGUIDE/WEB PUBLICATION BASICS)

... The following is a description of several types of collaborative tools, some of which are currently used by FAO. Please note, however, that most of the FAO Web sites listed below are ongoing pilot...

10. Web 2.0. So?
(NEWS/GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS)

... the Internet or the World Wide Web technical standards, but to changes in the ways those standards are used. See Wikipedia: Web 2.0 See O'Reilly Media A wide range of FAO Departments...

11. Creating a new FAO home page and a coherent online corporate identity.
(NEWS/NEWS FROM FAO)

...loosely connected Web sites in various styles, colours and designs. In addition, various approaches are used for navigation across the FAO Web site. This makes it difficult to move easily around www.f...

12. 9.4 Evaluation of Web sites
(WEBGUIDE/MAINTENANCE)

...y areas of the Web site to adapt to the intended users. A number of methods of evaluation can be used - they can highlight different aspects of the user experience. Deciding which to use may be...

13. 9.3 Traffic monitoring arrangements
(WEBGUIDE/MAINTENANCE)

...tors. From traffic analysis you can also obtain data on the types of computer and browser your visitors used to access your site. For instructions on how traffic monitoring can benefit your Web...

14. 7.2 How to use the test environment
(WEBGUIDE/TESTING)

Procedure  The tool you have used to construct your Web site will determine how you access the test environment. Click here to view an overview of the server structure at FAO, specifically the so-

15. 7.1 Testing approaches
(WEBGUIDE/TESTING)

..., in particular broken links, orphan files, slow pages and missing attributes. Linkbot has been used extensively in KCE to check broken links. However, Linkbot is no longer supported by Watchf...

16. 6.11 Domains, URLs and aliases
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

...n and subdomains The domain name identifies a Web site on the Internet. Every time a domain name is used it is actually translated into a corresponding Internet Protocol (IP) address. For example ...

17. 6.10 Providing access to search
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

... a full-text search engine that connects to Google's search database to provide filtered results. It is used on the http://www.fao.org/ home page. More information on GCSE is available here. Please no...

18. 5.3c Web site design usability principles
(WEBGUIDE/DESIGN)

...surance Checklist recommends that the use of Flash or other interactive animation plugins should not be used for navigation or design effects. They should only be used for specialised elements such as...

19. 5.3b Corporate identity in design
(WEBGUIDE/DESIGN)

...The overall look and feel of the Web pages should also be consistent with the general layout and design used in the Web sites published under http://www.fao.org/. To avoid confusion, it is recommended...

20. 5.2b Define navigation
(WEBGUIDE/DESIGN)

...hyperlinks as this can become disorientating for users. Right column: the right column is commonly used to list additional information that supports the written content of the central column. See...

21. 5.5 Define technical implementation
(WEBGUIDE/DESIGN)

...loper who will take care of the implementation; and choice and description of the tools that will be used to implement the site.   The documentation that is produced at this stage and...

22. 5.4 Define technical implementation
(WEBGUIDE/DESIGN)

... As a follow-up, this section provides information on the types of technology and tools that can be used to build a Web site (static pages, static pages with dynamic elements, dynamic, document/wo...

23. 5.2 Defining information architecture
(WEBGUIDE/DESIGN)

...unities and software to support usability and findability; and an emerging community of practice focused on bringing principles of design and architecture to the digital landscape. The above...

24. 4.4f Metadata, search engines and their robots
(WEBGUIDE/CONTENT COLLECTION)

...robots will recognize this tag and follow the rules for each page. Included below are the most commonly used values: NOINDEX - instructs a search engine not to include a page in its index (sea...

25. 4.4e FAO standards for encoded metadata
(WEBGUIDE/CONTENT COLLECTION)

...quot;forestry, agroforestry, forest products, food security" /> Notice that here we have used the prefix not only for the name property (DC) but also on the scheme (AGS.AGROVOC). By com...

26. 4.4d How to create or improve current metadata
(WEBGUIDE/CONTENT COLLECTION)

.... annual reports, strategic plans, policy documents, etc.; manuals and documents: those that may be used in decision-making affecting the public; and media releases. FAO's metadata cr...

27. 4.4c How to embed basic metadata in the HTML *head* section
(WEBGUIDE/CONTENT COLLECTION)

... to embed metadata in the XHTML <head> section The "head" section of a Web page is used to store the metadata about that page. The meta tag of XHTML is designed to encode named me...

28. 4.4 Metadata
(WEBGUIDE/CONTENT COLLECTION)

...L 2.0 is somewhat different. This topic provides an overview of metadata standards, how they are used and applied and guidelines for producing effective, usable metadata for Web site content. G...

29. 4.3c Organizing your text on the page
(WEBGUIDE/CONTENT COLLECTION)

... also makes the page much easier to read. Scannability and readability are key design concepts that are used by Web page editors as well as newspaper editors. By making the page easily readable and sc...

30. 4.2 FAO content repositories
(WEBGUIDE/CONTENT COLLECTION)

...ers to contribute, manage and share the items. There are several repositories in FAO that can be used to manage content for Web sites and systems. Some of these repositories can be used to mana...

31. 4.1 Developing a content inventory
(WEBGUIDE/CONTENT COLLECTION)

... or described with metadata: you want to capture that as well. Here are some tools that could be used to capture the information: Microsoft Excel spreadsheet; Microsoft Access databa...

32. 3.3 Define the Web site subject scope
(WEBGUIDE/PLANNING)

...nd cataloguing: the description and the concepts (also to be considered as descriptive keywords) can be used for cataloguing your Web site in EIMS. This will result in submitting your site to the Info...

33. 3.2 What and (who) is the site for and what is it about?
(WEBGUIDE/PLANNING)

...lly launched. Thus, basic questions to consider could be: Is the old site actually being used? Is previous user feedback available that will help shape the redesign? Is there an...

34. 3.1 Consultation
(WEBGUIDE/PLANNING)

... Are you aware of other Web sites and information systems in your Department? What approaches have been used and are successful? New technology can be implemented on a prototype basis, but must be dis...

35. 2.7 Static and dynamic content
(WEBGUIDE/WEB PUBLICATION BASICS)

...Web pages are assembled as they are requested and the content depends upon each request. FAO has used different technologies to produce both static and dynamic content. The majority of FAO Web ...

36. 9.1a Maintaining quality
(WEBGUIDE/MAINTENANCE)

... editorial consistency As new content is added to your site, ensure it is consistent with the style used in existing pages. Traffic monitoring Keeping an eye on Web site statistics can he...

37. 6.12c Graphics, document and conversion tools
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

...DF) is the standard for secure, reliable electronic document distribution and exchange. The software is used throughout FAO for the publication of online documents. Adobe PDF files look exactly like o...

38. 6.12b Web site content management systems
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

...The Distributed Web site Management System (DWS) is a corporate content management system that has been used to construct FAO Web sites. DWS allows content managers or Web site authors, without HTML k...

39. 6.12a Recommended editing tools for Web site construction
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

Guideline   Dreamweaver Adobe Dreamweaver is an editing tool that is used at FAO to build Web sites and develop applications. It includes CSS designer, cross-browser validation, inline image edi

40. 6.9b Other ways of preparing print-safe Web pages
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

...k to the print.asp file. These two files, together with the image print.gif, can be downloaded here and used directly in your Web site.  Remember... If you plan to put ...

41. 6.9a How to prepare print-safe Web pages using CSS
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

... in a Web page need to have a fixed width exceeding 600 pixels, alternative style sheets (CSS) could be used, one for the screen and one for printing purposes. In the following example, the ban...

42. 6.7a Guidelines for language encoding
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

... In most character encoding standards, the character set changes to represent the language being used, so the upper-level characters may include symbols, accented Roman letters, Cyrillic or oth...

43. 6.6a FAO emblem
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

...n this case the logo must be the same size as the FAO emblem. In addition, the FAO emblem should not be used as a watermark. The FAO emblem may only be UN blue, black or reversed-out white. To ...

44. 6.5c Converting documents from InDesign or QuarkXPress into PDF or HTML
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

Guideline Adobe InDesign and QuarkXPress are the most common desktop publishing (DTP) software, used to prepare the layout and design of publications (including brochures, leaflets, etc.). Adobe P

45. 6.5a Converting Word documents into PDF
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

...with CutePDF writer. It is recommended, if you regularly convert documents to PDF. It should not be confused with Acrobat Reader, which is the free PDF reader/viewer provided by Adobe (it cannot creat...

46. 6.4b Use of images on the Web
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

Guideline  Not all graphic formats are suitable for the Web. The most commonly used formats are GIF and JPEG, as they are supported by all browsers and can produce images and photos with a very sm

47. 6.4a Graphic formats
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) GIF stands for graphics interchange format, a file format used extensively on the World Wide Web. GIF supports colour and various resolutions. It also includes da

48. 6.2e HTML metadata tag
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

...and content attributes of the meta tag to index Web pages. However, because too many Web designers have used meta tags for spamming (like repeating keywords to give a page a higher ranking) some searc...

49. 6.2d JavaScript
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

JavaScript is the most popular scripting language of the Web. It is used to make Web pages more dynamic and interactive. JavaScript works in all major browsers (usually version 3.0 or higher).

50. 6.1c How to use the FTP server
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

...ents, mostly in PDF format. The exact meaning of FTP is File Transfer Protocol. FTP is generally used to exchange documents and materials with users on the Internet. It should be used in the fo...