The topics covered on European Commission websites such as news, events, funding, publications are common items to many websites. In this section, these topics are called types of content.
This section aims at listing the rules (following "must" in the text) and the recommendations (following "should" in the text) that DGs and Executive Agencies have to comply in order to create high quality websites in order to achieve consistency across the European Commission's web presence.
when using the the Corporate Europa Web Publishing Platform (EWPP), content types are available to display most types of content. they help:
However, content types will not be available for all items of a website nor on all platforms (CMS). It is still strongly recommended to display content in a consistent way as described in this section when the content type is not available. When there is a content type available for a specific type of content, we will refer to it.
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The Europa Web Guide is the official rulebook for the European Commission's web presence, covering editorial, legal, technical, visual and contractual aspects.
All European Commission web sites must observe the rules and guidelines it contains.
Web practitioners are invited to observe its contents and keep abreast of updates.
More information about the web guide.