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Content style guide

Plan your site

Maintain your site

	Using Server Side Includes

	Using style sheets

	Using headings

	Using tables

	Set up email address for enquiries

Upload your pages

Extend your site

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Using headings

Text formatting

Headings and other text formatting for content on the University web site are available as a range of common HTML tags defined in the global style sheets. They are designed to preserve the consistent look and feel of webpages within the University site. These elements are rendered as shown below in pages using the global style sheets:

HTML Element Example

h1
Web Information & Standards

h2
Web Information & Standards

h3
Web Information & Standards

h4
Web Information & Standards

h5
Web Information & Standards

h6
Web Information & Standards

th

Table Header

a Link that you've visited

a Link that you haven't visited

bold bold text

strong strong text

i italic text

Explicit formatting

Explicit formatting can cause unexpected results, and so formatting options other than those listed in the table above should be avoided, that is, avoid using font tags to change the font used, the font size and the font colour. These extra font tags are incompatible with the University styles and will not be applied to the text when the page is displayed. They may also interfere with any heading styles applied to the text, causing the text to appear without any of the formatting applied.