Requirements and Resources
- MWR websites are primarily a marketing feature, and should be developed as such, keeping Army web standards. Each website managed must have an assigned and trained Army webmaster - supervised by the Public Affairs Office. Do not delegate this to a contractor.
- For further clarification, you may consult DoD Webmaster Resources
- Consult with installation representatives for compliance issues as specified in Army Knowledge Management and Information Technology AR25-1 and DOD Programs for Military Morale, Welfare and Recreation DOD Instruction 1015.10.
- Make websites accessible using Section 508 standards.
- Treat web content as a Federal Information Resource per OMB Circcular A-130, and follow these Guide to Managing U.S. Government Websites.
- Include website management in your installation OPSEC plan.
- Determine with your command if website hosting is best fulfilled on the installation web server (.mil domain) or because security and advertising issues are different, on a commercial server.
- Discourage personal use of Blogs, and follow this Information Security Alert (Websites and Blogs) for guidance on Official Blogging. Check here for blogging advice on webContent.gov.
- Avoid alteration of Official DoD Imagery per Instruction 5040.05.
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Guidelines and Tips
- For web design, use the MWR web template located on MWR Brand Central, and place the MWR logo as directed without modifications. Avoid modifications or animations to the MWR logo.
- MWR Webmaster Essentials (from MWR Conference 2006)
- Avoid advertising unless contracted through your Marketing Advertising Sponsorship team Advertising is only allowed on "Unofficial" MWR websites funded with NAF.
- Provide a Security and Privacy statement about your website - using this model language.
- Provide a mission statement - either under this same heading, or as an 'about us' heading.
- Include link to your up-line organization.
- Use of commercial icons such as for Adobe Acrobat Reader, or Microsoft products are prohibited by DoD Policy. You may place a link on your page to a download site, but make it a text link, without the icon. Include appropriate disclaimer statements for ads and commercial links.
- Provide timely and accurate information: place an update date on each page, and periodically check all links.
- Avoid designing for one web browser preferred over another.
- Avoid cookies. Persistant cookies are prohibitied without exception.
- If you place a weather link on your website, use the government service NOAA.
- Don't publish photos of family members, especially children, without permission. Here are the copyright essentials.
- Guard against mobile code risks associated with ActiveX components, Java and Javascript - often obtained from "free" or "open source" web resource sites.
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