This section compiles a number of proposed editing guidelines, aiming at a consistent and well-balanced Portal.

It will be updated every now and then to incorporate new additions. In this perspective, feel free to submit your own suggestions.

Portlet Titles Capitalization

Ensure that the Portlets' titles are typed in in a consistent way (in the wording of course) but also in the way letters and words are capitalized.

Simple rules to enter keywords

In order to simplify and alleviate the task of having to select and enter keywords for every single item presented via the Portal, WIND automatically parses (scans) the text (title, summary, description, etc.) you enter when creating / editing an item, removes unsignificant words such as "a", "the", "in", "for" and tags the remaining words as keywords.

Should you wish to further enrich the list of keywords associated to your item, please consider applying the following rules:

• Comma-separated: use a simple comma to separate keywords - with or without blank space(s)
• Targeted: use only simple targeted keywords - which are, if not truly unique, very relevant for the topic.

Bold usage

Please refrain from using too much bold in your texts

Personal data

Do not disclose too much personal contact information such as names, phone numbers, or email addresses.

For these, you can use the Link feature and enter the following code as hyperlink :

'mailto:' followed by the email address - see example below:

 And this is how the code is rendered in the NOP:

Compact texts

Keep your texts short, simple and clear. The Portal is meant to present a maximum of tools to its users, not to serve as a marketing media. If your text exceeds a couple of lines, you may use the 'more' feature and link to additional webpages.

... More to come