As content providers, we want our online content to reflect the quality for which the College of Design (CDes) stands.

Almost 100% of 16-17 year olds are online. Our prospective and current students know more than we do about what works and what doesn't on the Web. It's up to us to follow their lead.

The CDes Web site is an official publication of the College of Design and the University of Minnesota. Like our print publications, the CDes Web sites must utilize a consistent family look and adhere to quality standards, including our identity program, our content standards, this style guide, accessibility standards, and usability standards.

These guidelines are intended to help you -- as content providers -- create quality content that complies with University and CDes standards. Some of these standards are dependent upon the enterprise content management system.

• CDes Web guiding principles
• CDes Web site policy overview
• Creative overview
• Web content management system (CMS) implementation plan
• Converting Web pages to the CMS
• CDes subdomains
• Graphic standards
• Administrative standards
• Content and style standards
• Usability standards
• Resource library
• University Image Library
• University Style Manual
• Relative v. absolute linking (.pdf; 204Kb)
• CDes Web site architecture schematic (.pdf; 38Kb)

Contact information

• For general Web requests, e-mail cdesweb@umn.edu
• For content, navigation, and information architecture requests, e-mail Michael Fraase, mfraase@umn.edu
• For technical support and hosting requests, e-mail Theresa Tichich, tichich@umn.edu