For Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) websites, use these quality assurance (QA) checklists for websites and web pages in Energy.gov's content management system (CMS) to ensure they meet mandatory requirements:
For all EERE websites not on the standard template, such as partnership websites, please visit the partnership website checklist.
Page-by-Page Checklist
To ensure individual web pages meet all of EERE's requirements, use this QA checklist for general users to review individual web pages before they go live.
General Requirements
| Content has been reviewed for spelling | |
| The summary field is filled in | |
| Pages have appropriate intro text | |
| Page is in the correct groups audience | |
| All links work | |
| Internal links use node IDs | |
| Images have descriptive alt text | |
| Hero images are at least 1000px wide | |
| Optional, but preferred: Hero images are landscape, not portrait | |
| Links to PDF files on energy.gov go to the download pages, not directly to the PDF | |
| Colored graphics have sufficient contrast to meet Section 508 requirements | |
| Graphics do not flash in the range of 4 to 59 flashes per second | |
| Data tables designate which cells are headers (Right-click in the cell to bring up the cell > cell properties, then select "header" under cell type) |
Article Pages
| The article type has been selected | |
| Optional: If article needs to be pulled into a listing, it has the required topic, office-specific topic, or keyword |
Contributor / Person Pages
| Hero images are at least 1000px wide | |
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Optional, but preferred: Hero images are landscape, not portrait |
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Headshots are either cropped as a square or a horizontal rectangle with the subject centered |
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Headshots are at least 500px wide |
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The name, title, summary, and biography fields are filled in |
Publications
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PDFs follow EERE's optimization requirements |
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The summary field and body text are filled in |
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The title of the page is descriptive and does not use the file name (for example, annual_report.pdf) |
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The link text is descriptive and does not use the file name |
Event Pages
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The event type is selected |
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Date includes both start and end date and/or time |
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Time is in correct time zone |
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Any topics, office-specific topics, or keywords required for the event listing are entered |
Website Checklist
Use this QA checklist to ensure new or redesigned energy.gov websites meet EERE's requirements.
General Requirements
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Animations, audio files, and videos follow the requirements in EERE's multimedia QA checklist |
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Multimedia is responsive |
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Videos have been uploaded to the DOE YouTube channel |
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Optional, but recommended: If site has left nav, pages are either
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Left Rail
| Left rail navigation has been approved by the web template coordinator | |
| Navigation labels do not exceed three levels | |
| Navigation labels do not exceed two lines of text |
Video Pages
| Video has been uploaded to DOE's YouTube channel | |
| Video page is in the correct groups audience | |
| The video's text version has been copied into the "transcript" field | |
| The summary field is filled in |