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ESCWA Web Governance

These are the standards and guidelines for managing and maintaining the ESCWA website. All content entered after 1 May 2016 should follow the guidelines set here and page revisions for existing pages should be made in accordance with the timelines provide

Standards for Entering URLs

  • 6 word maximum with a focus on keywords
  • Use all lower-case
  • Omit stop words (see section below for list of stop words)
  • Do not use abbreviations
  • Use hyphens to separate words. Ensure there is not an extra hyphen in a date range (for example, 2014-2015, NOT 2014---2015) Do not use any other punctuation.

Follow further guidelines and spacing and punctuation patterns provided below for specific types of webpages.

Publications with dates

URL

publication, date

publications/escwa-country-brief-2013

publications/الاسكوا-موجز-قطري-2013

publications/escwa-annual-report-2014

publications/الاسكوا-التقرير-السنوي-2014

publications/international-migration-displacement-development-2015

publications/الهجرة- الدولية-النزوح-التنمية-2015

publications/economic-social-development-arab-region-2014-2015

publications/التطورات-الاقتصادية-الاجتماعية-المنطقة-العربية-2014-2015

Publications with issue and volume numbers

URL

name of publication/core title (not name of series)

if there is a duplicate title, such as in the case where there is only a series name (serial publication), add the ordinal numbers

publications/urbanization-sustainable-development-arab-region

publications/التوسع-العمراني-التنمية-المستدامة-المنطقة-العربية

publications/demographic-transitions-investing-arab-youth

publications/التحولات-الديمغرافية-الاستثمار-في-الشباب

publications/persons-disabilities-emergencies

publications/حالات-الطوارئ-الاشخاص-ذوو-الاعاقة

publications/political-polarization-common-ground

publications/الاستقطاب-السياسي-الارضية-المشتركة

publications/industrial-statistics-arab-countries-8th-issue

publications/الاحصاءات-الصناعية-البلدان-العربية-العدد-8

Informational Material

URL

core title

if it is an annual informational material with the same core title, add the year

publications/knowledge-society-escwa-activities

publications/مجتمع-المعرفة-الاسكوا-انشطة

Working Paper 

URL

core title

publications/israeli-restrictions-palestinian-economy

publications/تكاليف-القيود-الاسرائيلية-الاقتصاد-الفلسطيني

 

Events and Media Center

URL

topic of event, ordinal number, “meeting” or “session” (when applicable)

Do not include the division name, place nor date. Do include type of meeting if it is an EGM or IGM (this will be included in the type of event).

events/impact-conflict-occupation-arab-development-cooperation

events/اثر-النزاع-الاحتلال-التنمية-العربية-التعاون

events/committee-transport-16th-session

For very, very long committee meetings, omit "committee", for example:

Committee on Liberalization of Foreign Trade, Economic Globalization and Financing for Development, 10th session

events/foreign-trade-financing-development-10th-session

events/لجنة-النقل-الدورة- 16

في حال كان اسم اللجنة أكثر من ستة كلمات تجاهل كلمة "لجنة" واختر الكلمات الرئيسية مثل:

لجنة تحرير التجارة الخارجية والعولمة الاقتصادية وتمويل التنمية، الدورة  العاشرة

events/التجارة-الخارجية-التمويل-التنمية-الدورة-10

events/arab-internet-governance-forum-2nd-meeting

events/المنتدى-العربي-لحوكمة-الانترنت-الاجتماع-2

events/regional-training-workshop-transportation-3rd

events/ورشة-عمل-اقليمية-النقل-3

For events associated with an annual event, a similar pattern can be used (core title, sub title, year and annual event)

events/palestine-occupation-research-2016-palestine-day

  
 

Why are URLs important?

URLs appear in search results below the title (see screenshot below).

URLs help people decide if the webpage has the information they are looking for

URLs appear in citations for academic and other journals.

Resources

UN Web governance

UN Web Style Guide

Creating websites at the UN

Definitions

  • ESCWA website: ESCWA's public website https://www.unescwa.org
  • Subsites: Set of interconnected web page not necessarily developed by ESCWA, e.g. a publication site, a special event site, a project site.... A list of sub-sites and visual captures can be found in the List of ESCWA Subsites section (all existing sub sites are being migrated to the new templates with the same brand and design)
  • Content Management System: A system that facilitates the use of reusable components or customized software for managing Web content.
  • Drupal: A free and open-source content-management framework written in PHP
  • Core title: The title used to identify the work and summarize the contents. (In come ESCWA titles, the core title is before the : and sometimes it is after the :.  The core title should pique the reader's curiosity.
  • Subtitle:  An explanatory or alternate title.
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