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

...nnels (e.g. by decentralized offices, by headquarters units) is strongly discouraged. See section 2.8b Using YouTube to store and share FAO videos of the Web Guide. These YouTube guidelines are t...

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

...pdates. All the web-based applications will automatically work and new applications can be written using web technologies. It will initially be targeted at netbooks (a stripped down versio...

3. New visual search on Bing
(NEWS/GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS)

...;visual search" feature in to its search engine, Bing, which allows users to search for information using image galleries rather than text links. Microsoft claims that users can process res...

4. 1.3 An introduction to Web accessibility at FAO
(WEBGUIDE/INTRODUCTION)

...er needs, preferences, and situations. This flexibility thus benefits other users, such as people using a slow Internet connection, people using new technologies such as iPhones, people with te...

5. 2.8a Online content sharing services
(WEBGUIDE/WEB PUBLICATION BASICS)

...from an external Web site that is not listed below. EXAMPLES OF ONLINE Content Sharing Services Using social bookmarking sites to store links: Social bookmarking sites are a popular wa...

6. 2.8b Using YouTube to store and share FAO videos
(WEBGUIDE/WEB PUBLICATION BASICS)

Policy About YouTube YouTube is a video sharing Web site where users can upload, view and share short videos or multimedia presentations. Unregistered users can view most videos on the sit

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

...ultiple car sites will see more car adverts when reading the news. Tapping into networks that are using simple means of communications such as email, instant messaging, text (sms) and twitter e...

8. Facebook Connect
(NEWS/GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS)

Facebook Connect is a new service that enables Facebook users to log-in to affiliated sites using their Facebook account.  This allows users to then share information from such sites with their F

9. Collaborative tools and Web 2.0
(NEWS/NEWS FROM FAO)

...collaborative tools to share their online content. Popular content sharing services Using social bookmarking sites to store links, such as Del.icio.us Using Flick...

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

...0 has the potential to provide knowledge and content management in a surprisingly cheap and easy fashion using Web-based tools. Learn what it's about, what distinguishes it from consumer Web 2.0 techn...

11. The Web Guide's bookmarks are available as a tag cloud
(NEWS/NEWS FROM FAO)

Bookmarks that are related to the Web Guide are stored at del.icio.us. They have been categorised using tags (similar to keywords). A "tag cloud" is a visual map that shows at a glance whi

12. Web Usability Matters
(NEWS/GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS)

... the system. In general terms, a "usable" Web site should be: easy to navigate (using expected design conventions) fast (pages should download quickly) efficient (users ...

13. 2.8 Social Media Policy
(WEBGUIDE/WEB PUBLICATION BASICS)

...at is submitted to online content sharing services must have the FAO attributed as the copyright holder (using the text "© FAO of the UN" is recommended). Using Web 2.0 ways to distr...

14. FAO to host Web2ForDev conference
(NEWS/NEWS FROM FAO)

...any communication tools listed as Web 2.0 have become available recently, that are of interest to people using information and communication technologies for agriculture, rural development and natural...

15. Web Guide, Version 1.2, Sep 2009.
(HOMEPAGE/HOMEPAGE)

... and up-to-date, comments are welcome. Please feel free to comment about any section of the Web Guide by using the Send a comment... button at the bottom of each page. You may also contact the Web Gui...

16. 9.4 Evaluation of Web sites
(WEBGUIDE/MAINTENANCE)

...most; identifying how users arrive at pages within a Web site; and identifying links users are not using. Considerations ClickStream analysis software has been tested at FAO but wa...

17. 7.2 How to use the test environment
(WEBGUIDE/TESTING)

...ests and grants access. Content management systems Web sites that have been created using an internal content management system are managed by the Information Systems and Technolo...

18. 6.9 Printable pages
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

...n be done by either adjusting the HTML code for tables and images to fit within the prescribed width, by using a print-friendly style sheet, or by creating a separate file for printing purposes. This ...

19. 6.4 Graphics
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

Policy Images must be properly resized using graphics software such as Adobe Photoshop. Do not use HTML code to reduce the images' width and height. Images should not be animated, unless th

20. 6.3 Use of style sheets
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

... define the content of a document. The layout of the document was to be rendered by the browser, without using any formatting tags. W3C created styles (in addition to HTML 4.0) to solve the pro...

21. 5.3c Web site design usability principles
(WEBGUIDE/DESIGN)

...our combinations and colours are provided with colour codes. Fonts and font size Experts advise using an 11 or 12 point font size on Web sites to increase readability. At FAO, the font size y...

22. 5.3a Design visual identity
(WEBGUIDE/DESIGN)

...the difference between design and content.   Mock-ups can be designed using graphic software such as Adobe Photoshop. Below is an example of a mock-up of a home page...

23. 5.2b Define navigation
(WEBGUIDE/DESIGN)

...u style. Clicking on a Web page usually changes the information in the central column. Try to avoid using the left column to list links to external documents, other Web sites or additional inform...

24. 5.2a Identify Web pages and subject categories
(WEBGUIDE/DESIGN)

...tly Asked Questions; and Contacts It is important to keep the titles of Web pages short, using easily understandable terminology. Try to avoid acronyms or FAO specific termin...

25. 5.5 Define technical implementation
(WEBGUIDE/DESIGN)

... can produce its own deliverables, which need tracking. information architecture Can be tracked using: Web site diagrams showing the organization, grouping and labelling of content ca...

26. 5.4 Define technical implementation
(WEBGUIDE/DESIGN)

Guideline  At FAO, there are a number of ways of producing Web sites using different technologies and tools based on approved standards. Obviously, the choice depends on the type of site you are c

27. 4.4f Metadata, search engines and their robots
(WEBGUIDE/CONTENT COLLECTION)

...ers and they submit the meta tags to a Web index that can be accessed by a search engine. Using the "robots" property of the meta element, one can give instructions to a visit...

28. 4.4e FAO standards for encoded metadata
(WEBGUIDE/CONTENT COLLECTION)

...o allow automatic processing and creation of value-added services. The merging of different pages using metadata can allow us to locate, evaluate and finally access Web resources. The me...

29. 4.4d How to create or improve current metadata
(WEBGUIDE/CONTENT COLLECTION)

...rately describing the resource; click the submit button for the tool to generate HTML meta tags using your information; open the HTML document and insert the meta tag text at th...

30. 4.4 Metadata
(WEBGUIDE/CONTENT COLLECTION)

...his topic focuses on metadata best practices at Web page level and describes metadata encoding practices using the XHTML metadata tags and the FAO specific Agricultural Metadata Element Set project (A...

31. 4.3c Organizing your text on the page
(WEBGUIDE/CONTENT COLLECTION)

...   Keep resources separate and link to them Having too many live links inside text is confusing and annoying. Create a resource box where links to important and related Web sites, docum...

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

...nal vocabularies created by experts provide the correct and current terms for describing a topic domain. Using the standard terms and definitions will aid user comprehension and visibility. Consistenc...

33. 2.2 Roles in Web publishing
(WEBGUIDE/WEB PUBLICATION BASICS)

... User researcher establishing key user-oriented features for accessing and using content conducting user research, developing methodologies and analysing results ...

34. 6.12b Web site content management systems
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

...ew 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 ne...

35. 6.9b Other ways of preparing print-safe Web pages
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

Guideline If you are using a content management system, the system can be configured to produce a print-friendly version of the page. In this case, make sure that each Web page contains a link to

36. 6.9a How to prepare print-safe Web pages using CSS
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

...ne for printing purposes. In the following example, the banner and navigation bar of are prepared using a table which has a width of 700 pixels when viewed on the screen and width of 600 pixels...

37. 6.8d Avoid spamming on e-mail addresses
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

.... For new accounts, it is worth implementing at least one of these options: JavaScript Ways of using JavaScript to avoid spamming - visit the following Web sites; Coding e-mail links...

38. 6.5b Converting Word documents into HTML
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

...t contains unnecessary and repetitive formatting instructions). One option is to clean the code manually using a tool such as HTML Tidy (open source software), but this is time consuming and it may af...

39. 6.5a Converting Word documents into PDF
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

... be low resolution: the maximum size for all PDF files should not exceed 500 KB, i.e. 72 DPI or produced using Adobe Distiller’s “minimum file size” setting. A document can be divided into more than o...

40. 6.4b Use of images on the Web
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

...pplications EPS Importing, exporting and reusing PostScript language files in all environments A production and...

41. 6.2e HTML metadata tag
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

...g (like repeating keywords to give a page a higher ranking) some search engines like Google have stopped using them entirely.   ...

42. 6.2c Frames, new windows and pop-ups
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

...opening. Too many windows opening or the new windows contents opening in the current Web page can be confusing for a user. The solution recommended in the FAO Web Quality Assurance Checklist is to ens...

43. 6.2b Browser compatibility
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

...ite will appear and function the same on the screen irrespective of the type of browser software you are using. The standards for browsers (to translate HTML pages) are established by the World...

44. 6.2a HTML and XHTML
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

... HyperText Markup Language (HTML) is designed for the presentation of information on the World Wide Web, using a Web browser. HTML evolved from the need to share documents on the Internet and render t...

45. 2.9c FAO server structure
(WEBGUIDE/WEB PUBLICATION BASICS)

...nt environments. Static content is normally generated by a Web site editor/designer on their workstation using an HTML editor or tool that produces content in HTML. Static content can also be generate...

46. 2.7c Content Management Systems (CMS)
(WEBGUIDE/WEB PUBLICATION BASICS)

...ion of changes at the document or topic level; ontology integration and many other features. Sites built using the CDS are: International Phytosanitary Portal; Rural Finance Learning Ce...

47. 2.7a Static content
(WEBGUIDE/WEB PUBLICATION BASICS)

...ditor or Content Management System (CMS). Static pages may contain some local (browser-based) processing using HTML scripting languages such as JavaScript or DHTML. Throughout the FAO Web site, ...

48. 2.6c Designing for the user
(WEBGUIDE/WEB PUBLICATION BASICS)

...on, are you holding the promise stated in the label? Be clear, consistent and honest. 4. Avoid using an organigram as site navigation If you need to reflect the variety of activit...

49. 2.6b How to gather user information: user research
(WEBGUIDE/WEB PUBLICATION BASICS)

...ose to this date (except, of course, for  quality control of content and functionality). When you are focusing on core content and functionality it is too late to discover key features to be changed o...