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The BNL web template is based on a left-justified, variable width layout design (liquid-width). It is designed to adjust its width to fit any computer monitor screen. The file extension of all web pages must end in < .asp >. Most pages are based on the 2-column template shown below. The header color will vary from site-to-site -- this one just happens to be blue.

The template consists of eight elements (refer to the diagram below):

  1. Primary Navigation Bar. This area contains the global navigation links that are found at the top of most pages within the BNL website. These links should not be altered so that a consistent site-wide navigation structure is maintained. Moving from site to site, the user will always be presented with the same links to general Laboratory topic areas. The primary navigation bar is an include file common to all site pages so that the links may be changed globally by changing a single source file and are not accessible to the web author.
  2. Page Banner. The page banner appears directly above the primary navigation bar and spans the width of the page. It contains two elements: a title image which includes the organization's name (left-side) and the Brookhaven National Laboratory logo (right-side), which includes the "home" tag at the lower right. The Lab logo with home tag must always link back to www.bnl.gov. The page banner is also an include file common to all site pages so that the banner may be changed globally by changing a single source file and are not accessible to the web author. The background color of the page banner as well as the title image maybe changed by contacting BNL Web Services.
  3. Local Navigation Area. This area contains a search engine box for the BNL site followed by the most important links for the particular site, ones which are likely to be useful to a user trying to get around from any page within your site. A link back to the site's homepage should be the first link in the list. The local navigation list is an include file common to all site pages so that the list may be changed globally by changing a single source. Because many site are now using special steering scripts, this include file will not be accessible to the web author. Contact the BNL Web Services to make any changes to the local navigation area. The list of links should be kept short enough that it does not extend off the bottom of the screen.
  4. Content Area. The actual content for the page, including text and pictures and is fully accessible to the web author. The content area should begin with a page title (usually formatted to Heading 2). The page title and text is left-justified.

    When authoring in the [Code] or [HTML] designer pane (Microsoft FrontPage), authors should ONLY edit content between the two template warning tags shown below:

    <!-- do not edit above this point -->

          Safe to edit content between these tags.

    <!-- do not edit below this point -->
  5. Vertical Scroll Bar
  6. Last Modified Date: The "Last Modified Date" of the web page will be automatically placed on the web page in this area when viewed in your browser. Note: You will not see this date in the design window when authoring in Microsoft FrontPage. Also authors should be careful not to delete this code when editing their web pages. No problems will occur as long as authors stay above the gray up arrow Top of Page when editing their content. More...
  7. Footer Area: This area contains the standard BNL footer statement, a link to the Privacy and Security Notice and a link to contact BNL Web Services. The Footer area is an include file common to all site pages so that the list may be changed globally by changing a single source and is not accessible to the web author.
  8. Search Box Area: This area contains a generic style search engine box for the BNL website, but can be customized to just search only your sites local web pages as well. The BNL Google Search Appliance has a feature called subcollections in which certain servers or portions of a website can be indexed and others can be excluded. A subcollection can only been seen when inside BNL. Users outside BNL will just get the generic style search engine box. If you would like to add this feature to your site, please submit your suggestion to BNL Web Services for consideration. More...

    Generic Search Engine Box

    Custom Search Engine Box

If you don't know what an include file is, don't worry, you won't have to because the web services person you contacted has probably already taken care of it for you. If not, ask them. (More about server-side include files.)

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Last Modified: April 6, 2009
 


DOE, Office of Science One of ten national laboratories overseen and primarily funded by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Brookhaven National Laboratory conducts research in the physical, biomedical, and environmental sciences, as well as in energy technologies and national security. Brookhaven Lab also builds and operates major scientific facilities available to university, industry and government researchers. Brookhaven is operated and managed for DOE's Office of Science by Brookhaven Science Associates, a limited-liability company founded by the Research Foundation for the State University of New York on behalf of Stony Brook University, the largest academic user of Laboratory facilities, and Battelle, a nonprofit, applied science and technology organization.

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