Website Banner Guidelines

If you would like to promote your event, course, activity, etc. on the front page of the web site, please email the Website Team with a draft banner and additional relevant information that will be required . However, the Website Team does not decide which banners will appear on the front page, this will normally be decided in the Monday staff meetings.

Banner specification

Once approved, please send a banner that meets the following specification (the Website Team can help with producing a banner from a file in another format):

• Height: 350 pixels
• Width: 720 pixels
• Size: 50-100 kilobytes
• Format: JPEG or PNG 

Quality standards

Here are some dos and don'ts:

• Do use a professionally created picture. If you don't have one, consider buying one from stock site, such as iStock Photo for a small fee (typically a few pounds).
• Do make sure that the banner picture fills the whole banner space, not only part of it.
• Do include a title in the banner with a large font.
• Do consider how the banner will look in the context of the front page.
• Don't use low resolution images that show pixelation or blurriness.
• Don't use low constrast writing which may be difficult to read.
• Don't use stylised clipart.
• Don't Click here for more information.
• Don't load the banner with text. Remember that it will only be visible for a few seconds.

Here is an example of a good banner:

Although the following banner has a high quality background, there are a number improvements that could be made: