Go Cougs!
Welcome to the prototype Alumni and Development homepage. There's a couple things I (Brian) would like you to know about this page.
First, this is not for public consumption, so please don't pass this URL on to folks outside our Web development team. It'll just confuse things.
Second, the URL of this page is temporary--as soon as we get things in order, we'll move this page and its children to its proper home in the Alumni and Development domain.
Site ID Zone
"Site ID Zone" is geek-speak for the banner at the top of the page. The banner is considered to include both the words and the background image. I think I've got the words right, but what I want you to know is that the image can change as and when we need it to. Example: when we get closer to wine auction season, we might put a grape-themes background in the site ID zone. In other words, what you see is what you get--until we decide to change it.
And changes are easy, because there is only one template. Update the template, and all the daughter pages update right along with it. Bada bing, bada boom.
Upcoming Events
June 15: Use this space to highlight upcoming events. Use the "teaser" technique: a few words, then a link for more info (if needed). Consider casting your event net widely to include (perhaps) non-CAHNRS events of interest to our alumni: let's make this site the go-to site for all WSU alumni.
June 17: Learn wine tasting with Carolyn Ross at blah blah blah blah. Contact blah blah blah for more information. Blah blah blah and so on and so forth ipsum the might lorem.
Navigation is Everything.
Please think long and hard about the names of the links over there on the left. Since there is going to be only one template,l there will be no "special" exceptions to navigation (as is presently the case with, for example, the wine auction stuff). What we need are a complete set of navigation links that embrace the content of the entire site and that clearly express what is behind each link. In the past, designers have felt compelled to limit link names to one or two short words. Don't think like that! If you need five words to name a link, so be it; that's what editors are for.
Heading using the h3tag
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