CLF2.0 Toolkit

What is CLF 2.0?

The Internet is an increasingly important communication tool providing an effective means for the public and the Government of Canada to exchange information and for the government to offer its services in the official language and at the time and place of Canadians' choosing. The consistent and predictable presentation of government services and content offered by Common Look and Feel standards facilitate effective online interaction.

The Common Look and Feel is a set of Standards for the Internet that was developed by Treasury Board of Canada to reflect modern practices on the Web, changes in technology and issues raised by the Web community over the past six years as well as to improve navigation and format elements. It conforms to the World Wide Web (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 Priority 1 and 2 checkpoints, which are collectively known as WCAG 1.0 AA.

What is the SharePoint CLF 2.0 Toolkit?

The SharePoint CLF 2.0 toolkit will allow departments and agencies to publish web sites that conform to the new Common Look and Feel Standards 2.0 (CLF 2.0). The CLF toolkit uses the Web Content Management (WCM) and Team Site capabilities of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) and conforms to the World Wide Web (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 Priority 1 and 2 checkpoints, which are collectively known as WCAG 1.0 AA.

The toolkit will make any Web Content Management or Team Site 100% XHTML compliant and accessible based on the W3C Accessibility Guidelines.

What does the Toolkit offer?

The toolkit includes two solutions: One with Publishing Site features and the other with Team Site features. Each includes both a Solution Package for an automatic install, and a set of files with instructions for manual deployment.

The WCM Publishing site includes:

1. The configuration of English and French variations.
2. Custom Server and User Control render the SharePoint 2007 Global and Quick Launch Navigations
3. Compliant English and French master pages
4. Three page layouts
5. Custom web part to render any list based on the WCAG 1.0AA standards
6. Several style sheets, and supporting image files and JavaScript, mainly for the compliant menus.

The Team Site includes:

1. Custom Server and User Control render the SharePoint 2007 Global and Quick Launch Navigations
2. Compliant English master page
3. Custom Default page
4. Custom web part to render any list based on the WCAG 1.0AA standards
5. Several style sheets, and supporting image files and JavaScript, mainly for the compliant menus.

Benefits of the Toolkit

• Offers a 100% accessibility solution for SharePoint
• Free download
• Open Source. All custom controls source code is available
• 80% decrease in development time for any custom branding SharePoint solution

Who is using Orangutech’s SharePoint CLF 2.0 Toolkit?

• Every Government of Canada department that is implementing SharePoint 2007
• Private and Public companies around the world who are benefiting from the Open Source free download of the kit to customize their own sites

Statistics

• Over 200 downloads worldwide
• Over 30 implementations

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