Green Bank Web Page Templates

This is your source for creating web pages at Green Bank. You can view the various types of template or examples by clicking an appropriate link in the list on the right under "View GB Templates". However, please do NOT copy the HTML code from these views in your browser. Instead, download the appropriate source file from the list on the right under "Download Source" by right clicking and saving the file to your computer.

If you are new to creating web pages and editing HTML, we suggest that you use the Simple Template. More experienced users can make use of any of the other templates listed on the right.

Adding Your Content

Your content should be inserted in the places designated in the template source file. Note that you must always use the <p> tag to start new paragraphs. You do not need to include any other formating tags, such as <font>, or attributes like size and color, as this is all done for you by the CSS (cascading style sheet) definitions, which are maintained in separate files by the webmaster for pages at Green Bank. You can use the <b> and <i> tags for bold or italic text, as well as the <h1>, <h2>, <h3> or <h4> tags for headings and sub-headings (don't forget to close these tags). In order to maintain the NRAO design style, it is very important that you do not move, edit or delete any of the <div> or <!--#include ...> tags in these templates, except those around any optional sections. Don't forget to edit the page title (at the top of the file), and the navigation links, so that users can see the relative location of your page. The owner of the page should add their home page link and name at the bottom of the page (note that the revision date is generated automatically).

Menu Bars

Please also note that the HTML code for the menu links, at the top, bottom and left, of these pages is maintained in separate HTML files and added to pages by Server Side Include (SSI) calls to our Apache web server. If you are viewing this page as a file on your local drive, you will not see these menu links. Once your page is uploaded to the server the menu links will then be displayed correctly. For the SSI calls to work you MUST set the filename extension to SHTML. These menu links are common to all pages for Green Bank. If you feel that they need a global change please contact the webmaster at Green Bank.

Migrating Old Pages With WebConv

WebConv is a utility which converts web pages to the new NRAO Green Bank style. The WebConv utility is a bash shell script that runs under Linux or Mac OS X. There are four versions of the utility which extract the content of various types of web page and then recreate the page using the Green Bank web page master template. See the WebConv page for full details and installation instructions, or download the installer from the link on the right.