This site was established in February 2006.
The new design is based on an extensive, research-driven process incorporating Cascading Style Sheets, which benefits accessibility by separating structure from presentation.
The site was developed by MSU Libraries, Computing, and Technology and MSU University Relations. Current best practices in Web development were applied to bring the extensive MSU Web environment under a unifying umbrella comprising more than 30 pages.
Michigan State University was among the first universities to establish a Web presence, and this site represents the fifth major redesign of MSU's Web presence. Following is a recap of this progression.
The new site design offers several enhancements, including a "Yahoo" style navigation for the topical menu that offers more options up front, getting users where they want to go more quickly.
The MSU Web Team will continue to refine the site, expanding on some of the basic content elements, and making changes based on visitor feedback and best practices in Web development.
Visitors are encouraged to provide feedback at: http://www.msu.edu/contactus.html. This link appears at the bottom of every page within the scope of this project.
The Michigan State University home page was developed so that it conforms to World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Recommendations ("web standards").
"Web standards are intended to be a common base... a foundation for the world wide web so that browsers and other software understand the same basic vocabulary". Eric Meyer
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