Balancing Individuality with Consistency
agCommon provides the overall look of Ag Sciences sites, including breadcrumbs leading back to the college level, slots for dynamically generated by-audience navigation, and AD54-compliant search.
Dating back to 1855, the College of Agricultural Sciences is Penn State's oldest academic unit.
It is also one of the largest, comprised of 12 departments.
Addressing the Need for Individuality
While Maintaining Consistent Branding, Navigation
When the College became a WebLion partner in August 2008, individual units were interested in maintaining some semblance of aesthetic individuality—while at the same time, it was necessary to provide navigational consistency and college-wide visual branding.
Toward this, Tim Simkins, a developer with Ag Sciences, wrote the agCommon Plone theme.
agCommon provides the overall look of Ag Sciences sites, including breadcrumbs leading back to the college level, slots for dynamically generated by-audience navigation, and AD54-compliant search. It also features a custom home page template allowing for randomly rotating header graphics and a custom footer treatment, typically provided by a unit-specific theme product installed alongside it. To get the idea, take a look at the sites listed below.
Ag Science Sites Powered by Plone
