No matter what method the GACC uses for building their site, the Welcome page (Tier 

One) and each linked page (Tier Two) listed across the top banner and the down the 

left side menu bar (except for Related Links   National) must follow the general template 

look.  Tier Three pages (i.e. product pages and/or external links) do not have to follow 

the template look.  For a graphical view of the template that matches up with these 

written guidelines is in included as Appendix 4. 

A. TEMPLATE PAGE AND OVERALL SITE REQUIREMENTS 

In order for all GACC websites to have a similar look, it is important that the overall 

GACC website follow the basic design standards listed below. 

COLOR SCHEME:  

GACC chooses the overall color scheme for their site.  

However, colors must meet Section 508 Accessibility 

compliance standards for colorblindness. 

MARGINS: 

Site will be left and top justified.  

(Example: topmargin= 0  leftmargin= 0  marginheight= 0  

marginwidth= 0 ) 

SCREEN: 

The site will be designed using a width of 100% or fixed at 650 

pixels 

FONT:  

Arial, Verdana, or Helvetica 

PAGE TITLE:  

Each page on the site must have an appropriate page title  

(Example: NORTHERN ROCKIES >Predictive Services 

>Fuels/Fire Danger) 

STYLE SHEETS: 

The use of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is allowed. 

META TAGS: 

The use of Meta Tags is highly recommended in order for 

search engines to find the GACC site more easily. 

TIME/DATE: 

The use of time or date stamps is optional. 

B. TEMPLATE PAGE BANNERS 

TOP BANNER (Graphics): 

The top banner consists of two graphics. 

(1) GACC Logo Graphic:  

Clickable to HOME, Height=80 pixels, Width=optional, left 

margin 

(2) Picture graphic:  

GACC Choice, Height=80 pixels, Width=optional, right 

margin 

These two graphics should look identical to the ones 

located on the GACC template. 

National GACC Website and GACC Website Template  

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  Implementation Guidelines