The location of any file is a direct reflection of its URL on the site:

For example, the Resources for Faculty page with a URL of http://www.umbc.edu/gradschool/resources/facstaff.html Can be found in the corresponding directory of Umbc.edu/public/www/gradschool/resources/facstaff.html

Each page on the site is a standard HTML file that can be revised using any HTML editor: For any page-specific content – the appropriate page should be downloaded, revised, and then the revised version uploaded to the site.

For any global information – such as the top logos and search function, or the gradschool top black navigation bar – all pages on the site can be revised via editing one global include file. (See below)

All of the original photoshop and fireworks image files are in a folder called “PSD_files” so that the images can be revised easily if need be.

The global site information is pulled into each individual page via a PHP include command.

Within each page on the site, you will find the following three include commands:

• <?php include(”../logo_search.shtml”); ?>
• <?php include(”../topnav.shtml”); ?>
• add third include

(of course, depending on location of file, the path to the shtml file may be a little different)

As you would expect – the file “logo_search.shtml” contains the global HTML code for the logo, the search function, and the top right-hand global UMBC navigation bar. (Everything above the Graduate School title and toolbar)

The file “topnav.shtml” contains the global graduate school black navigation toolbar, and the red Graduate School title image.

NOTE: The only page on the site which does not use “topnav.shtml” is the main homepage, ”index.html”, which calls instead a file called “topnav_index.shtml” due to the different header design of the homepage. (This is the only other place you will need to make any changes to the grad school toolbar)

Finally, the pages all link to a stylesheet located at: umbc.edu/public/www/gradschool/stylesheets/ The stylesheet is named “secondary_style.css” 1)

The use of two vs. three columns: the reason I left many pages (those that did not require the added width of main column) in the three column style is that originally we had planned/hoped to have different photos on the pages - and I figured at some point images can be added into these pages.

All of the original photoshop and fireworks image files are in a folder called “PSD_files” so that the images can be revised easily if need be.