The Web Resource Kit

The Web Resource Kit is being retooled. For help, please contact
Specialized Computer Services.

My department needs a Web presence…

The Web Resource Kit contains everything a department needs to create or update a Web site. Designed for the non-techie with no time and little money, the Kit helps you get your information up on the Web and linked to the U's umbrella home page and other sites of interest.

The Kit features:

A list of University units who can work with you to personalize or enhance your site, consult on e-business opportunities, and train your staff to maintain your new or updated site.
Look and feel, navigation, and wordmark usage that's consistent with U policy.
Small, preprogrammed Site Components templates that can be copied and pasted into any Web Composer application, including Microsoft FrontPage, Macromedia Dreamweaver and Netscape Composer.
Suggestions for copy and content, and names and telephone numbers of contacts who can help.

Don't know where to start?

Check the Site Component Primer for a detailed look at how to use the Site Components.
Have a site and want to add more information about your department, faculty or courses? Check the Adding Content Primer for how to use the Site Components to increase your site's information content.
Looking for more advanced help, like database programming or design help? Find a listing of units at the University in Who Can Help.
Also available in Tips and Tools is information on design, Web Page Editor software, and more.

What else is available?

A Web Resource Kit folder is also available by contacting your college office, or by e-mailing Kris Radcliffe at the Enterprise Systems Project. The Kit contains more information from each of the units listed above.

The Resource Kit, like the web development process here at the University of Minnesota, is in its infancy. Make sure to contact your college's Communications Office and Web Administrator for special opportunities not addressed in the Kit that may be available to your department. And when doing research for your site, don't forget the help available from University's library system.

Also, your department may have other special needs not addressed in the enclosed materials, but we hope that the resources listed will at least give you some good ideas and point you in the right direction.