Core Facility Site Structure

The Core Facility site structure puts your facility's services and resources at the forefront of the website. The structure and labels have been designed to make it easy for visitors to find information and to provide you with a framework to easily organize your website's content. Adopting this structure will also help ensure a cohesive, unified experience across your organization's core facility sites. Choosing the Core Facility site preset will pre-populate your website with these menu links and pages: About, Services, Equipment, Resources, Contact

Example: Core Facility navigation: About, Services, Equipment, Resources, Contact

How to set up a Core Facility site

NOTE: Only the Project/Lab/Small Group site type offers the Core Facility preset option.



1. Select Core Facility from the options given in Step 2 of the site creation process.

2. Click Next to select a theme.

3. Click Finish and Take me to my site to redirect to your new site.
 

Using the Core Facility site structure

Below are tips and examples of the kinds of content to consider including in each section.

1. About

Purpose: To provide general background about the facility.
Examples: Information about research strengths, mission, history, job openings, and a subpage with staff profiles.

2. Services

Purpose: To explain services offered and related policies.
Examples:  Information about available services, pricing, policies, and procedures.

3. Equipment

Purpose: To describe specialized equipment and how to work with it.
Examples: Information about equipment, linking to relevant pricing, policies, procedures.

4. Resources

Purpose: To share additional information that may help people use the services and equipment at your facility.
Examples: Training workshops, online tutorials, instruction manuals, related links.

5. Contact

Purpose: To provide instructions about how to contact your facility or request services.
Examples: Address, phone number, email, hours of operation, links to reservation forms.

Consider enabling the News App or Events App if you wish to share announcements about new equipment, staff changes, upcoming workshops, or research coming out of your facility.