U Web Policies

The Web templates help units quickly and easily comply with the University of Minnesota's Publishing Information on the WWW policy. In addition, the templates have been carefully developed in consultation with the University's Computer Accommodations Program to help ensure compliance with the University's Accessibility of Information Technology policy.

Specific policy solutions in the templates include:

Use of wordmark

The wordmark appears in the upper left of the University templates. The wordmark graphic has been adjusted for online viewing. See the wordmark in the Graphic Standards section for more information.

Equal opportunity statement

The short version of this statement appears in the template footer: The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer.

Privacy statement

A link to the University's privacy statement is included in the template footer. For more information about using or modifying the privacy statement, see the Including a Privacy Statement on U Web Pages in the University's Policy Library.

Copyright

The copyright statement appears on the left side of the template footer. The date of the copyright should be the date of first publication of the site, not the date the page was last modified. A site's copyright statement should reflect a range of dates as time goes by (e.g., 1999-2008).

Revision date

The date the site or page was last modified appears in the template footer.

Site publisher and contact information

All University Web sites must include a way to contact the unit that publishes the site. This can be done a number of ways—through a contact form or a link at the bottom of each page.

Accessibility compliance

All University Web sites must be accessible. Many template elements are designed to maximize your site's accessibility. See the Accessibility section of the standards or the University's Accessibility of Information Technology policy, or contact the Computer Accessibility Program office with questions.

Beyond policy

Use of the Web templates not only allows units to be compliant with policy, but consistent use of the templates—particularly the header and footer—make it easier for our visitors to navigate between all U sites and recognize that they are still within University Web space.