Component

Basic guidelines

Local site footer

The local site footer contains local site-wide content and should include at least the following in this order:

1. The name and address of the WSU unit responsible for the site or page. Link the unit name to the unit’s home page.
2. A unit phone number for visitor inquires.
3. A “Contact us” link for visitors to contact the unit through email, online form, or a contact page.

Other local site content may be included, such as a page’s last revision date.

Strive to keep local footer length to one line of text.  Text length should not exceed two lines.

Site navigation links should not be included in this zone.

Local site footer background

The spacing above and below the footer text is set and must not be altered.

The background color may be changed to any WSU Web palette color or Web tint.

A background image or gradient may be added to the background. The image must not interfere with text legibility or be a repeating pattern.

Local site footer text and links

The text position, font, style, size, and spacing are set and must not be altered. Text is centered in the local footer zone.

Link text should not be all capitals or all lower-case; text must be upper and lower case. (This is often called headline-style capitalization; for details on correct capitalization, consult the Chicago Manual of Style.)

Never distort the text, add shadows, outlines, or other special effects.

The text and link color may be changed to any WSU Web palette color or Web tint.

Links are underlined and change color on mouse rollover.

WSU global footer

The global site footer content is centrally delivered to each page through code in the core HTML file that accesses an external file. This enables campus-wide updates to global footer content. Future updates to the global footer will NOT require individual Web developers to update individual sites or pages.

DO NOT modify the global footer content or design, or overlap it with any other content.

Regional campuses display their unique global footer. Refer to these instructions for implementating regional campus global components.

The text content, position, font, and size are set and must not be altered.

The default text color is black. If a darker background color is used, the text color may be changed to white to provide sufficient contrast for clear legibility. No other colors are allowed.

Global site footer background

The spacing above the footer text is set and must not be altered.