Choose and submit the options below to preview a template. If you like what you see, download or copy and paste the code to create a new page.
View our frequently asked questions for more information on the template tool.
Is this template for a secure site? (Choose "No" if you aren't sure.) Yes No [help]
Is your site hosted on the central web server? Yes No [help]
What kind of code do you need? PHP HTML [help]
Choose PHP if your pages end with ".php". Choose HTML if your pages will end with ".html".
What is your site domain/path? [help]
Examples:
Your site domain/path is used by the custom search feature so that your visitors may search your site only, or all of OSU.
More on searching
(view sample)
Orange banner design.
Black banner design.
Developers: Get the minimum required OSU banner without using the Template Builder.
Select the template options you want for the top of your page.
The universal utility links are located to the right of the OSU wordmark and are placed inside the banner. The utility links include: OSU Home, Calendar, Find Someone, Maps, and Site Index.
The audience bar is located directly below the OSU wordmark. The OSU audience bar links include: Prospective Students, Current Students, Faculty & Staff, Alumni & Friends, and Visitors.
Page top bar with OSU audience links.
Page top bar without links.
No top bar.
The document body includes the components of the content area. These include: the content buffers, the optional site title, and the content area.
Provide a site title if you wish to use the colored site title section. The site title is displayed as white text on a colored background. Try to limit the length of these titles for a better presentation.
The content buffers add colored panels to both sides of your page, to improve readability. These buffers control line length within the live content area as the page expands.
Page with content buffers.
Page without content buffers.
A sample navigation panel will be created for you. Navigation links are anchor links in an unordered list, and navigation headers are level 3 headers (h3). Read more on navigation.
This audience bar is located directly below the content and before the contact information. The OSU audience bar links include: Prospective Students, Current Students, Faculty & Staff, Alumni & Friends, and Visitors.
Page end bar with OSU audience links.
Page end bar with no links.
No page end bar.
Contact information is required at the bottom of every page. You must at least provide an email address.
Developers: If you want to use a custom footer, leave the email address blank. Keep in mind that you must still follow the Webidentity Guidelines
This will also be the name people see when they send you comments and questions to the email address below.
To reduce spam, you could provide an OSU Web E-mail Form link or an OSU Unique Identification Number instead of your E-mail address.
Now you're ready to preview your custom template.
