Web Publishers Resources

• Introduction to Web Usability and Accessibility: An overview of usability, user-centric design, and accessibility as well as related resources.
• IEEE Personas (PDF, 145 KB): The six IEEE personas represent the different key user types of IEEE. They are differentiated primarily by each persona's key goals and desires for using the IEEE Main Site (IEEE.org) and/or any Web sites within the IEEE Digital Presence.
• IEEE Employee Training: The IEEE Digital Innovations Team provides various training sessions for content providers.
• IEEE.org Forum: The IEEE.org Forum provides a venue for the content providers of IEEE Web sites to stay informed and connected.
• Introduction to Web Analytics: Web analytics help track visitor site activity and provide data for improving Web usability.
• Service Manager (IEEE employee sign-in required): This application can be used by employees to log a problem or request with the IEEE Information Technology (IT) Department Help Desk.

The following guidelines were created for Web publishers both as a resource and to unify diverse communications in order to represent IEEE as a focused, forward-looking, dynamic organization.

• IEEE Web Presence Style Guide: This online resource outlines guidelines for IEEE Webmasters and partners creating or updating Web sites within the IEEE Digital Presence.
• IEEE.org Style Guide: This guide defines the standards and conventions to be used when developing content for the IEEE Main Site (IEEE.org).
• IEEE.org QA Guidelines (PDF, 156 KB): An overview of the QA process and what determines a release and/or required revisions for Main Site content.
• IEEE.org Content Contributor Checklist (PDF, 180 KB): A tool for content contributors to review their own content before submitting a page for the Digital Innovations Team's review.
• IEEE Visual Identity Guidelines Quick Reference (PDF, 1.74 MB): A summary of the corresponding IEEE Visual Identity Guidelines. This guide are intended to be used in conjunction with, not in place of the full document.
• Brand Identity Toolkit: Explains the basic usage rules for all corporate identity elements and how to utilize them to create powerful and consistent communications pieces, while at the same time strengthening the IEEE brand.
• User-Centered Design (UCD) Roadmap (PDF, 154 KB): A high-level roadmap for a user-centered design approach to Web site design and development.
• Browser Strategy & Guidelines: This online resource provides direction for IEEE Digital Presence sites related to establishing, maintaining, and adhering to site browser policies.
• Domain Naming Guidelines: This online resource provides guidelines for domain naming processes for IEEE Digital Presence sites.
• Accessibility Roadmap: This online resource offers 12 steps that IEEE Web managers and teams can follow to improve the accessibility compliance of their sites.
• Usability Testing Guidelines: This section contains guidelines/information related to usability testing for Web teams conducting/managing usability testing projects.
• Responsive Web Design Guidelines (sign in using domain username and password): This section contains guidelines and techniques related to responsive Web design for site managers and site developers.
• Web Project Workflow, SLA, and Processes (PDF, 137 KB): This document comprises a high-level view of the steps involved in IEEE Web projects, the Digital Innovations Team's service level agreements, and the recommended process for completing a Web project.
• Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Best Practices: SEO is the process of improving the volume and quality of traffic to a Web site from search engines via search results. This document outlines the process to implement effective SEO for IEEE Web sites.

Following are several tools available to the Web publishing community at IEEE. Some tools are provided to IEEE employees only and others are available for use by the wider Web publishing community.

• Broken Link Checker: An online tool that identifies broken links for a given URL.
  - Access 2bone Link Checker Tool
  - Download instructions for the 2bone Link Checker Tool (PDF, 165 KB)
• Icon Library: An icon is a small picture or symbol intended to help people quickly recognize a tool, site, function or file format. Icons should be consistent in their behavior, positioning, and design and should reinforce commonly used metaphors.
  - Download the IEEE icon library (ZIP, 246 MB) ZIP file contains 32 x 32 pixels icons in GIF and PNG formats, usage guidelines and best practices
• Online Image Resizer -: A Web site utility that quickly resizes digital images for publishing on the Web.
  - Access DrPic.com
  - Download instructions for the Dr.Pic Tool (PDF, 157 KB)
• IEEE Portal URL Converter: This tool will shorten IEEE URLs by removing unnecessary portions of the URL. 
  - Access the IEEE Portal URL converter
• Web Analytics: Web analytics applications provide statistics for visitor traffic and activity within a Web site and process it into useful reports. Webtrends On Demand is the IEEE Enterprise Platform for Web analytics.
  - Access Webtrends On Demand (access granted to IEEE employees after training)
• Web Library: The Web Strategy and Design Team has an extensive library composed of books for use by IEEE employees on topics from Web usability, to design, architecture, and much more.
  - Browse titles 
• Redirects: Available for creating redirects within the "www.ieee.org" domain resulting in a shortened URL for IEEE sites.
  -Available to IEEE employees, members, and volunteers maintaining Web content for Regions, Sections, Councils, Societies, Chapters, and Student Branches.
  - IEEE Redirects services
• The IEEE Web Sub-sites Template System: Designed for use by IEEE volunteers and employees; contains starter information architecture documents (sitemaps) as well as a collection of HTML pages and related files and WordPress themes for each of seven common site types.

Please note: The IEEE Programs template is only available in HTML. 

Societies	Conferences (single sponsor and co-sponsored)	Programs	Student Branches	Regions, Sections and Chapters

 
There are seven pages for each site type including a home page, landing pages, article pages, and a sitemap. IEEE groups can differentiate pages through the customization options detailed within the guidelines document linked below. Implementation and maintenance of the templates requires some level of technical ability and support infrastructure, whether internal or from a partner firm.

» Download template usage guidelines, sitemaps, and instructions (PDF, 8.51 MB)
» Download the quick reference guide (PDF, 120 KB)
» Preview/download sub-site templates (sign in required | request access)
» E-mail the IEEE Entity Web Hosting (EWH) Webmaster to request access to WordPress themes