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Template Change Details: Template coding has changed significantly between this release of the templates and the last release. You are urged to read the coding comments both on this site and within the templates to understand these changes. Use the site's search or contact us if you have questions that are not answered on this site.
Search Results Note: The programming for the tabbed search results page is in beta. If you'd like more information or you're ready to add the tabbed search to your site, please e-mail search@umn.edu. The downloads below use a search that will produce a University-wide search results page.
Includes XHTML docs of three home page variations and three matching secondary page variations with all the associated graphics, style sheets, and javascript.
Code has been updated from previous version to change/fix:
List tags—Modifications were made to the text.css and optional.css to add padding to the right side of <ul> and<ol> tags. Locked files—The template downloads included locked versions of each file. That has been fixed. More—See more changes on the template change log.
Download 960 templates (224 K zip file—requires U of M Internet ID login).
Get a previous version of the templates.
A 960 pixel wide version of the template header and footer is available for download. Your implementation of the header and footer will be based on your current site structure. If you have any questions, please contact us.
Download 960 header and footer (100 K zip file—requires U of M Internet ID login).
A 760 pixel wide version of the new template header and footer in tables or using all-CSS is available for download. See the instructions for their use or the 'Read me' document included in the download.
Download 760 header and footer (404 K zip file—requires U of M Internet ID login).
All three versions of the template designs done for the Web templates. Basic instructions for their use are on the Blog Templates page.
Download Web templates for UThink Blogs (712 K zip file—requires U of M Internet ID login).
Download Block M Favicon. Learn more about favicons on the W3C site.
Graphic headers to label your unit are available for both home and secondary pages and include three widths that will work with the grid system. See the template examples.
Download 960 pixel wide header graphics (1.1 MB zip file—requires U of M Internet ID login). This is the width used on the Fully Loaded design.
Download 800 pixel wide header graphics (1.1 MB zip file—requires U of M Internet ID login). This is the width used on the Bare Bones design.
Download 720 pixel wide header graphics (1.1 MB zip file—requires U of M Internet ID login). This is the width used on the Midway design.
The University Technology Training Center has developed a course called "Web Development: University Template Fundamentals." The class teaches the basics of setting up a site using the Web templates and some tips and tricks to make your site easy to update.
The following is a list of the known issues in the new templates. Work continues to resolve these bugs. Please contact us if you can help with a solution or if you see any other problems.
The text in the search field does not disappear when you click into the field in Safari.If you find a fix for either of these issues, please send it to us!
The 2009 Web template update is part of an initiative to better brand the University's many Web sites. The Use of the University's Trademarks, Logos, Colors, and Seal policy now requires the Web template header and footer.
Most University Web sites should be using, at the least, the new header and footer—either 760 or 960 pixels wide—by the end of 2010.
Units that have application sites or other special circumstances that make it difficult to update their header and footer within that timeframe should contact University Relations.
At this time, there are no plans to adapt the U templates to be fluid or elastic, but that doesn't mean you can't do it yourself!
The 960.gs site features these two spin off sites as sources for fluid and elastic code based on 960.gs.