General Template 

Based on the prototype pages, the general IS&T web page has the following elements:

• Header (contains IS&T logo, search box, quick links, top level menus)
• Footer (MIT logo, tiny bottom menu, text & links)
• Body
• 0...1 Contact Info
• 0...n Related Links
• 0...n Announcements 
• 0...n Tips

Sub-sites 

With the addition of the following general purpose elements, a sub-website can be created from the General Template:

• 0...n sub-menu elements
• 0..n drop-down menu elements, which can have:
  •  0...n sub-drop-down-menu-elements

Specialized pages, sub-classes from the General Template

Within the category of "general IS&T page" specialized pages can be created by adding sub-elements to the "Body" element, as follows:

Topic page 

• Introduction
• "About This Topic" Item List Block
• "Documentation" Item List BLock
• "Related Services" Item List Block
• "Support Resources" Item List Block

An Item List Block is a box of content with the following elements:

• Block Title
• 0...n List Items, which have the following elements
  • Item Title
  • Description
  • Link

Item List Blocks are probably very useful elements to embed in body elements of general purpose pages. A "Topic Page" could then just be a General Purpose page with a set of List Blocks with the above Block Titles.

There is an example of a Topic Page in the new format here: http://mit.edu/meponine/dontindex/ist/beta/topics/software/index.html
There is an example of a Topic Page from the current active site here: http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/software/index.html 

Service Page

A Service page  contain two layers:

• Service Overview, which contains the following elements:
  • Overview text
  • How to Obtain
  • Price
  • Contact Information
• Service Detail
  • this varies sufficiently from service to service that it has no regular elements

There is an example of a Service Overview in the new layout here: http://mit.edu/meponine/dontindex/ist/beta/services/software/mcsa.html
and Service detail: http://mit.edu/meponine/dontindex/ist/beta/services/software/mcsa-details.html

The same overview page in the currently active website here: http://web.mit.edu/ist/services/software/msca.html
existing service detail here: http://web.mit.edu/ist/services/software/msca-detail.html 

Team Page

A team page is a simple subclass of the General Template with the following body elements:

• Mission
• 0...n Service Offered links
• 1...n Team Members, each of which has the following elements:
  • Team Leader link (links to profile)
  • Role
• 0...n Resource links (links to sub-page or external departmental website)

Team page in the new layout here: http://mit.edu/meponine/dontindex/ist/beta/admin/templates/template08-team-page.html
and an existing team page: http://web.mit.edu/ist/org/admincomputing/

Table Page

A table page has a body with the following elements:

• Introduction
• 1...n Sub-tables, each of which has the following:
  • Heading
  • 1...n Fields, each of which has:
    • Field Label
    • 0...n Field Values

Sample table page in the new layout: http://mit.edu/meponine/dontindex/ist/beta/admin/templates/template03-simple-table.html

Procedure

A procedure page is the most elaborate of the general pages, as follows:

• Page Introduction
• 0...n Anchor links (ideally automatically generated from the anchored elements)
• 0...n Procedures, each of which contains: 
  • Procedure Title
  • Procedure introduction
  • 1...n Steps, each of which has the following elements:
    • Directions
    • Result
    • 0...1 Image
    • 0...1 Tip
    • 0...1 Warning
    • 0...1 Note
  • Procedure conclusion

 
Steps may have sub-steps, but these are probably not worth codifying as separate elements.

An example from the new layout is here: http://mit.edu/meponine/dontindex/ist/beta/admin/templates/template11-advanced-proc.html
An existing procedure is here: http://web.mit.edu/ist/services/printing/setup.html

 ITinfo (dynamic) templates

 TBD

The new layout has the following sample pages for ITinfo:

List page: http://mit.edu/meponine/dontindex/ist/beta/itinfo/product-list.html

Product page: http://mit.edu/meponine/dontindex/ist/beta/itinfo/product.html

version page: http://mit.edu/meponine/dontindex/ist/beta/itinfo/version.html

article page: http://mit.edu/meponine/dontindex/ist/beta/itinfo/article.html

There are some ITInfo page types that do not have samples in the above location:

Answer
User Group
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