The Originator
Web Site Design Newsletter

by George J. Rogers
Web Site Content Coordinator
The University of Texas
Health Science Center at Houston


Where Ideas become Reality, through Web Design.

Quote for The Day

You can't always control the circumstances in life, but you can control your attitude toward those circumstances.
by Alexander Lockhart

Quote Archive

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Links to Helpful Resources
Search Engines
Web Site Design
Internet Use and Publishing Guidelines

HTML Code Vaidation Service NEW
Web Guidelines Handbook

Web Site Compliance
Graphic and Editorial Guide
HOOP
HIPAA Guidelines
FERPA Guidelines

ADA Guidelines (65 pages)
Digital Certificates
NEW

Web Site Design Training
Dreamweaver 3.0 - Online
Dreamweaver 4.0 - Online
Netscape Composer - Online

On-Line Magazines
Internet Week
Network Computing
eWeek
Internet World
Web Techniques
Web Hosting
Mobile Computing
Computer World
Securityfocus.com
DM Review


Links of Interest
KHOU TV - Houston Weather

Current Web Related Projects
HIPPA & FERPA Web Compliance
JSP Form Templates
Meta Tag Generator
Search Engine Tools - Verity
Web Author Survey
Web Group Management
Web Site User Survey
Web Statistical Tools
Web Training Materials

Web Site Design Questionnaire

Web Workshops
UT-Houston Web Coordinators
Graphic and Editorial Board
"Web Authors" Brown Bag Lunches


Web Development Training
Classes coming soon.


Classes will be available to U.T. employees, staff, and students.


Weekday Class 2 ~ 4 hour classes Mon/Tues and Thur/Fri

Weekend Class 1 ~ 8 hours on Saturday

Web Page Design

Based on a recent survey, web authors still need to design to 800 x 600 screen resoulutions.

Scaleable Web Pages
When using tables set table width to 838 pixels and center justified. This will leave white on both sides with 1024x768 resolution. There will be no white space with 800x600 resolution. This newsletter is an example of this.



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OAC is operating from temporary office space in the GSBS building.
Please use the following to contact me for web support:
E-mail: george.j.rogers@uth.tmc.edu
Phone: 713-500-5906 Pager: 713-549-9283
(will return call as quick as possible)

Web Guidelines -
by George Rogers Posted 10/09/01 NEW
Feature Article - Article Archive

What are "Web Guidelines" and why do we need them?

Guidelines are ment to bring different ways of doing things together and to create a way of conveying that information to existing and new people entering the university. Guidelines are created to streamline operations, save money, and minimize risk of development by a single department.

Web site guidelines within the University of Texas will help all departments and clinics take advantage of lessons learned from other departments and personnel. These guidelines will allow web authors to create web sites that are not maintenance intensive. The guidelines will include standard templates for web pages that can be used by new web authors. The learning process will become much shorter.

The "Web Guidelines Handbook" has been written by George Rogers of the Office of Academic Computing. It has been reviewed and revised by "UT-Houston Web Coordinators" for use within the university as a guide on how to develop web sites. There will be a general discussion about the guidelines at the next Brown Bag Lunch scheduled on October 16.


November "Web Author" Brown Bag Lunches
Schedule: Nov. 13, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm.
Topic: "Security Issues for Web Authors" NEW
by Bill Weems, Office of Academic Computing

Sessions will be held at the Dental Branch auditorium room 207. Future subjects covered will be web authoring tools, security, content development, graphics and other helpful subjects.

Bring Your Own Lunch

For more Information
Call 713-500-5906

Digital Certificates
Instructions on how to get
by George Rogers Posted 10/09/01 NEW
Helpful Hints - Hints Archive

Typical OAC support phone call before Digital Certificates:

Caller: I forgot may OAC Unix password, can you reset it.

Support: If you show up at our office with a picture I.D. and another government issued I.D.

OAC support phone call with a Digital I.D. (no visit to OAC needed)

Caller: I forgot may OAC Unix password, can you reset it.

Support: Send an e-mail to either Gayatri.Oswal@uth.tmc.edu or Fagon.M.Istre@uth.tmc.edu requesting that they change your password to "*******". The e-mail must be sent encrypted and signed with your Digital I.D.

Note: Your password can be processed without you having to visit the OAC office for identification verification if you are using a Digital Certificate with encrypted e-mail. Nothing will be processed if the email is not encrypted or digitally signed.


Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to your web design and publishing questions.
Web Work Groups
UT-Houston Web Coordinators have organized to work on subjects related to web authoring and publishing.

Graphic and Editorial Board have organized to work on policies and procedures related to U.T.H. graphics and name usage across all media's.

Web Authors Database is a ongoing list in Excel that include all web authors within the university. To add you name to the database send email to george.j.rogers@uth.tmc.edu

"Web Author" Brown Bag Lunches have been organized to provide lunch time training sessions held at the Dental Branch auditorium. Subjects covered will be web authoring tools, security, content development, graphics and other helpful subjects.


Daily Magazine Article Highlights - Article Archive
Bringing Old Content to a New Medium by Bret A. Fausett NEW
Effective Info Architecture by Andrew Chak NEW
Cure for Plug-in Heartbreak by Charlie Cho NEW
Flashers Unite by Molly E. Holzschla NEW
Taking A Content Inventory by Janice Crotty Fraser NEW
Project Management Simplified by Chris Frye and Holly Mason NEW
Finding the Right Search Engine by Steven Champeon NEW
User Friendly, Improving Web Site "Usability" by Lynn Ginsburg and Josef Pusedu NEW
Published By: George J. Rogers, Day Phone: 713-500-5906, Evening Phone: 281-970-5831, Pager: 713-549-9283