The example site displays headings and content
for the H1N1 emergency. The design and function of this site
will work for any public health emergency because you can
easily adjust the headings and content in the site generated
from the template.
Important features that make this web site
useful as an emergency dark site include:
Minimal branding, color and page
design focuses the viewer on clear, concise emergency information.
The department logo at the top
of the page lets the viewer know that they have been re-directed
to the official public health emergency information site.
Headings are bold and simple.
Three columns organize information
for the viewer.
The first level and largest
font heading directs the viewer to important information
in bold text.
The second level headings separate
information for:
• The General Public
• Health Care Providers.
Links to translated sites
(Spanish, Vietnamese and Chinese) are shown in the upper
right corner. These links use Google Translate (translate.google.com)
to automatically translate the content in the site. Translation
is currently available in over 50 languages.
The left side column directs
the viewer to:
• A hotline phone number.
• Questions or comments (feedback to the Public Health
Department).
• Email updates, RSS or Atom subscriptions, and Twitter.
• Links to state and federal web sites and hotlines.
Information can be easily
composed, edited, saved and published through a simple “what
you see is what you get” editor through the web browser,
which PIO staff can use with minimal training.