Website Guidelines

The College of Liberal Arts (CLA) web guide is crafted to help our partners communicate effectively and consistently through their own web pages. This guide provides essential advice to ensure our partners are equipped with Purdue University’s values while also showcasing the unique identities within the College of Liberal Arts.

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Web Development Guidelines

CLA has web guidelines for site design and layout. We developed web guidelines to consolidate this information for easy reference.

Sample guidelines:

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Web Best Practices

While best practices aren't required, they are nonetheless important to the success of your content. We always strive for consistent, good looking content. By using these best practices, your content will be effective, engaging, and actionable.

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CLA Web Knowledge Base

Do you have a question about how to use a feature in Cascade? Are you looking for tips on how to make a visually engaging page? Do you have an idea for a new feature to be considered for our template? Explore our growing knowledge base of helpful how-to articles, tips, and best practices to assist you with your website.

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Template Gallery

Explore our template gallery for the latest content block types and full-page layout examples. Use these examples as a starting point for your project or simply to enhance a section of an existing page. This is the best way to see what is possible when creating or editing your page.

The template gallery will be updated as we enhance our web brand.