IEEE webmasters and site managers need to ensure that the IEEE legal links appear in all IEEE website footers. This should align with the IEEE or IEEE entity policies used to represent your product, service, program, or initiative. All IEEE sites must utilize the following guidelines for site footers: 1. Administrative links: * Home: link […]
With the expansive IEEE content available online, it is important for webmasters and site managers to ensure a clear site identifier is established for your website. This should align with the logo or type treatment used to represent your product, service, program, or initiative in print materials. Please use the following guidelines to ensure compliance […]
Per the recent digital compliance communication sent to IEEE webmasters and site managers, the IEEE Master Brand must appear on all IEEE websites, so users are aware that the website is included in the IEEE digital presence, per the below guidelines. Placement: Upper-right corner of the header and within the top one-third of the screen […]
The Digital & Creative Innovations team has created a flexible, free IEEE-branded website template suite for use by staff and volunteers. These templates support conferences, local IEEE Sections and Regions, Student Branches, programs, services, and initiative websites to create high quality, user-friendly web designs. These templates: Are easily customized by in-house staff expertise or […]
The IEEE meta-navigation is a menu that appears on all IEEE websites allowing visitors to quickly access IEEE flagship websites and options. The IEEE meta-navigation must be designed using the following required criteria: Placement: Outside of the main page above the site header. Within the meta-navigation: Site links must appear at the upper-left and […]
As part of an IEEE-wide outreach to staff and volunteer site managers, the IEEE Digital & Creative Innovations Team is requesting your attention to update one or more of the following required IEEE brand and digital compliance elements to make your website or application aligned with the rest of the IEEE digital presence. IEEE digital […]
Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) is marked on the third Thursday of May each year. It is observed to raise awareness about accessibility from a technology perspective. The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking, and learning about digital access (web, software, mobile, etc.), as well as inclusion and people with different […]
Site name: IEEE Smart Village Site URL: https://smartvillage.ieee.org/ Site launch date: 14 February 2019 Site purpose: The IEEE Smart Village website is the primary public facing communications tool for this IEEE Foundation Signature Initiative. The team had several objectives with the re-design. The first was a modern look to attract and inform a broad cross-section […]
This online guide about migrating a website to a new CMS or hosting solution includes an interactive checklist of tasks. IEEE users who are moving from a pure HTML site to a WordPress solution for example, should find this useful. The checklist includes reasons for considering migration, guidelines for planning and testing, and a set […]
Minding your Ps and Qs — literally Many of us have heard the expression, “mind your ps and qs.” One unconfirmed theory of the origin of this expression stems back to when typesetters needed to be able to recognize these letters backwards, ensuring that the letters “p” and “q” were not mixed up inadvertently. The […]
