Framework/ Structure for developers

This section gives guidelines for providers of information. How to develop your home page. You can arrange to have your pages listed with us.

This section is always under development. Some of the information provided is inaccurate or fictitious, because it is intended only to illustrate the design and structure of pages for this site.

Recommended that you use Word for Windows and Internet Assistant for Word for Windows to create your home page as a local web and send your local web files. Files available from Microsoft.com.

You may use:

 Different headings, like an outline, heading one, heading two, etc.

 Bullets, like this one.

Bold and underline.

 Sections, align left. . Bold and underline those words that refer to other sections (hypertext links). Separate with a new page break, like a horizontal bar like this

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 Avoid graphics: they are cute, but take too long to load.

 Provide factual information. Discount coupons, e-mails, 800 phone numbers, list of stores carrying your products/services, members, etc.

If your text is longer than 3 pages, break it into sections. Each section starts with a keyword. At the beginning, place a table of contents or a list of sections. Each should be associated with a keyword underlined. By clicking on that keyword, users can find what they need. If you do not know how to do it, just list the sections and keyword. We will try to do the rest.

How to prepare YOUR OWN PAGE

Prepare your document using Word for Windows. If you use another word processor, we will convert as best as we can.

Read the information we display in the Internet, and notify us of errors ASAP. Comments/corrections that are not critical will be incorporated about once every 3-6 months, perhaps sooner.

Follow the structure indicated here

Title. Center, font Arial (Internet changes fonts anyway).

Subtitle

Another sub subtitle

Your Name, Address, Affiliation

Phone, Fax, e-mail.

Areas of interest.

What you would like to be contacted about

Describe your research, product, publications,etc.

Abstract of your research, your E-mail #, your interests, etc.

Text vs Graphics vs Sound, Video, etc.

• Text in ASCII.
• Have icons or item to click or mark in order to retrieve a picture or audiovisual on that item.
• For some items the audiovisual/picture appears automatically with that item (this is important if you want the user to see a particular product). Use small or low resolution graphics, because most users do not have access to the high-speed lines for complex graphics or audio. Send pictures as separate files (further information will be provided at a later time).

Pricing information to access files

 No charge at present. Eventually we may charge for it.

 You can indicate prices for services/products.

 Look at Internet for examples of pages.

Liability

 Provider of information assumes liability for information provided.

 Read specific terms in contract

Follow an outline.

Lengthy information should broken up, with hyperlinks to specific sections. Follow guidelines to write Web Pages with HTML. Use sentences, single column. No boxes. Only approved fonts. Graphics only as indicated. Provide files in IBM compatible format, Word for Windows 6, if possible.

Organize as an outline. Use separate computer files with unique names (up to 8 characters that cannot be confused). The use of separate files makes it easy to update information by only changing a few files. Keep information that will rarely change in separate files. Try to put information that changes frequently in one file, so that we do not need to change many files.

Corporation

• Services
• Products
• Information/data/files
• Billing

Non Profit Organizations

• Pricing information to access files
• Research on nutrition, fatty acids
• Documents/files about fatty acids
• NAME1 The role of EFAs
• NAME2 The problem with low-fat foods
• NAMEs are the file names to download

About us. Who you are: Briefly describe your organization

We are one of the leading manufacturers and distributors of high quality vegetable oils for cooking and as supplements that provide EFAs...

What is cool. We make one of the best tasting soybean oils and specially prepared blends designed with the assistance of...

• Provide very sophisticated product descriptions which would cost several dollars per brochure + staff time, etc to design, change.
• Take orders electronically, save staff time.
• Forum for questions and answers.
• List of commonly asked questions and answers.

What is new

• What is unique and interesting about your organization
• Distribute brochures and literature about the company

Maker of fats and oils

• Pricing information to access files
• No charge at present

Products provided.

• Newsletter
• Meetings
• Foods

We manufacture . . . describe what, what is different about each product, where to buy it, how to get starting samples, ordering by mail, prices, stores that carry your products organized by state and city within state, prices, etc. review and discuss pricing, complexity of each separate issue.

Safflower oil description

• Ordering information
• Individual
• Retailer

Sunflower oil description

• Ordering information

Soybean oil description

• Ordering information

Facial Cream description

• Ordering information

Hamburger description

• Ordering information

Low-fat pizza

• Ordering information

Low fat breads

Journal

Services provided.

• Consulting for fat and lipids research.
• Research

Fees for products, services, files.

• General guidelines. Specific prices under each product/service.
• Files with information available for downloading.
• Pricing information to access files
• Pricing information to purchase products or services
• Password users to access personal mail box to leave orders or make personal inquiries or retrieve personal messages.

*General Password protected (only qualified retailers can get this information) This section and passwords will be available at a later time.

Institutions

Price, minimum quantities.

As a general rule, you can take your current brochures and send us the information on floppy disk. However, we cannot support fancy formatting. No columns, no fancy artwork, no fancy fonts or letters. Just plain text with a few pictures.

I suggest you prepare about 2-6 pages of information with a few pictures and indicate where you want the pictures placed. This will be used as a test to give you an idea of how things look. In a few months we will change them.

e-mail

Many organizations would need to have four different e-mail addresses:

• One set for individuals such as senior executives that receive private or confidential e-mail and will be read only by them. Preferably through a nationwide service provider for easy access anywhere.
• One set for inter-office e-mail, useful if you have communications across the country or the world. This e-mail will be shared and read by staff that responds to interoffice mail.
• One set for customers, such as wholesalers, to place orders or inquiry about the status of orders. This can be local and cheap.
• One set for consumers, to make inquiries. Local and cheap. You will use it mostly at your main office.

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