The beginning of every page should have the location and name of the file. This serves as an easy label for the page. After the location and name, include a blank line. Blank lines help increase clarity of code. The location, name, and blank line should not be seen by the page viewer. To do this, use the comment tag <!-- -->.

 
         example:
          <!-- file: ./about_us/index.html -->
          <!--                             -->
        

After the location and name, include a small description of the page. It does not have to be very long and thorough. Once again, use the comment tag to comment out this information.

A. Page header: The header refers to the page window title. It is what will appear in the border of the page. Use the tags: "#set var", "value", and "#include virtual".

           example:
            <!-- page header: sets up the style sheet -->
            <!--                                      -->
            <!--#set var="ies_window_title"
                  value="Intelligent Electronic Systems: About Us" -->
            <!--#include virtual="/research/isip/templates/ies/general/header/
                 header.html"-->  
          

B. Page body: Include this information before beginning on the body of the page.

           <!-- page body:                                     -->
           <!--  note that the width of the table is based     -->
           <!--  on the size of the image at the top of the    -->
           <!--  page. The width spec below and the image size -->
           <!--  should match.                                 -->
           <!--                                                -->
          

Up to this point, every piece of information should not be indented in the emacs file. To begin the code for the page, start by using the <center> tag. The next line should begin at the "c" in "center". Then use the "table" tag to set up the width, border, alignment, cell padding, and cell spacing. <center> will center the information inside of the table parameters.

           example:
            <center>
             "table width="665" border="0" align="center"
              cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
         

(These particular parameters are standard for the pages)

Display the banner, which is basically the title of the page and logo.

           example:
            <!-- display the banner -->
            <!--                    -->
            <tr>
             <td width="665" colspan="3">
              <center"
               <a href="/research/isip/index.html">
                <img src="/research/isip/images/general/titles/title_isip_aboutus.jpg"
                 border="0">
               </a>
              </center>
             </td>
            </tr>
          

Display the subheadings, which are the links to other parts of the page.

          example:
           <!-- display the subheadings -->
           <!--                         -->
           <tr align="left" valign="top">
            <td colspan="3">
             <div align="right">
              <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
               <tr>
                <td>
                 <div align="right">
                  <a href=>/research/isip/mission/""Mission</a> |
                  <a href=>/research/isip/projects/""Projects</a> |
                  <a href=>/research/isip/publications/""Publications</a> |
                  <a href=>/research/isip/whats_new/""What's New</a> |
                  <a href=>/research/isip/about_us/""About Us</a> |
                  <a href=">/research/isip/search/""Search</a> |
                  <a href=>../">Up</a>
                  <br><br>
                 </div>
                </td>
               </tr>
              </table>
             </div>
            </td>
           </tr>
         

Everything to this point is standard to each page. If it is an IES page, it can be copy and pasted.
Begin th main part of the page. This is the content of each page, which will be unique to the particular page.
Begin by labeling this section of code. Add comments throughout the code to make it easier for others to navigate. Then start a table row followed by a table column and a paragraph.

           example:
            <!-- the main part of the page -->
            <!--                           -->
            <tr>
             <td>
              <p>
          

Type information that is to be included in page. Close all tags.

           example:
              </p>
             </td>
           </tr>
          

C. Footer Once the page content is complete. Include a comment and footer.

             example:
              <!-- exit gracefully -->
              <!--                 -->
              <!--#include virtual="/research/isip/templates/ies/general/footer/
                   footer.html"-->