Web Standards
Specifications for web sites and services
Site Pre-Launch Checklist
Color Coding:
- Site violates Web Policy
- We strongly recommend fixing this issue before going live
- Best Practices or Personal Preference
Checklist Items:
- Does each page contain all of the Required Information for each page?
- Page Title
- Recommended structure of the title is - Name of the page - Name of site - Name of University
Contact Information – or link to it
Clear identification of Appalachian State University, preferably the Appalachian Wordmark or Logo
EO Policy - link
University Disclaimer – link / Personal Pages
Copyright information
- Is navigation consistent, easy to use, and employ clear and intuitive labels?
- Is the copy clearly written and without grammatical errors?
- Is the site’s organizational structure logical and does it promote a positive user experience?
- Does the content meet the information needs of the intended audiences?
- Are all links clear as to their destination?
- Are all links operable?
- If the page collects personally identifiable information, does the website include a Privacy Statement?
- Does the page include a link to a Privacy Statement?
- If the page collects personally sensitive information, does the website include a Privacy Statement?
- Are there any information collection practices which are either not mentioned in, or in violation of, the posted privacy statement?
- Are there any materials on the website that could reasonably be seen as compromising the privacy of an Appalachian student, faculty or staff member, visitor or website user?
- Do all folder and file names conform to a logical Folder and File Naming Convention set forth for this website?
- Are images used on the website of appropriate sizes for the intended purposes?
- Do the images create usability issues due to file sizes?
- Are 'alt' attributes used with every non background image?
- Do all links to non-webpages contain the linked-to resources' types and sizes?
- Is alternate content provided for all multimedia resources?
- Are there links to plug-ins on those pages that contain or link to multimedia content? – Is this an ADA issue?
- Does each page function adequately with Javascript turned off in the browser?
- Does the site become unusable without client side technologies other than html/xhtml enabled?
- Does each page function adequately in each browser in the supported browser list?
- Do the text only pages provide the same level of information as the rich version?
- Is the page unreadable by Jaws/Fangs?
- Does each page validate with no errors using the W3C Markup Validation Service?
- Does each page, and all associated .css files, validate with no errors using the W3C CSS Validation Service?
- Does each page validate with no errors using the Section 508 / WCAG 1.0 Validator?
- If the page utilizes a campus map, does it link to the official campus map?
