Style Guidelines
A major objective of this Stanford Web Guide is to build a stronger and more consistent identity among Stanford's numerous websites. Of course, this is a formidable challenge -- Stanford's web presence is highly decentralized, with thousands of individual web pages authored and maintained by schools, departments, and offices. Organizational units design websites to express their own, distinct personalities, and their web communications speak to a wide array of audiences, internal and external, ranging from propective students to scientific communities. A common, unified design will never meet all these needs. However, the use of common design elements and styles will allow a common Stanford University identity to shine through the many and varied designs of Stanford's web pages.