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OUICE is a front-end website frame work for Open University websites. It has been developed to enable rapid deveopment of new websites and is in itself an example of best practice in for web accessibility, usability, search engine optimisation (seo), branding (colour, typography, layout). It has been developed as a collaboration between Online and Student Services. The first point of contact for any queries is Guy Carberry (g.d.carberry | 54576).
Highlights
On the todo list
- Finalise the default font-family list -- optimise for OSX, Vista, XP, Ubuntu
- Complete colour schemes
Print style sheet
Clean up the screen style sheet
Update jQuery library to current version
- Add OUICE UI behaviour enhancements
- Create a mobile phone OUICE template
- Add more graphical UI bulletts, lines, bgs and buttons
- Recruit volunteers to develop the Drupal, Wordpress and MediaWiki templates further
- Decide if to develop for SMF or not.
- Fine tune the CSS for the standard OU header and footer.
Change log
Date |
What changed |
Why |
23/06/09 |
OUICE core template. Swapped in new header and footer. |
These are the new standard elements. |
Are you using OUICE?
OUICE is not yet production ready. You might say it's in BETA. But that doesn't stop you using it. But please let us know if you are so we can make sure we don't break something in your design as this thing evolves.
Sites that use OUICE
- Services for Disabled Students
- Web standards (this site)
- Web standards wiki
See more in the showcase.
Upcoming sites
- Student Support Review
- StudentHome
- Getting started with the OU (induction)
- Friends and Family
- Student Complaints and Appeals
- Snowball
Want to contribute?
OU colleagues can contribute to the development of OUICE. Please refer to the Wiki to find out how.
Roadmap
- December 2008
v1.0 Core file structure available
v1.0 Core HTML patterns available
v1.0 Core Screen CSS rules available
v1.0 Core Print CSS rules available
v1.0 Core gui images available
v1.0 Downloadable package available
v1.0 Dreamweaver template available
- v1.0 Page templates available (home, gallery, content)
March June 2009
v1.0 MediaWiki theme available
v1.0 Wordpress theme available
v0.1 Drupal theme available
- v1.0 Page templates available (landing, product, search results)
June September 2009
- v1.0 Alternative colour schemes available
- v1.0 Javascript gui enhancements available
- v1.1 Core Screen CSS rules available