Marketing and Communications web services used Zurb’s Foundation as our front-end framework because of the built-in responsiveness and flexibility that it offers. We have specifically developed many of our own modules and widgets for your use within the templates provided. The purpose of this web style guide is to review the frameworks that we have employed and explain how they best support different content features across the site. Please note, Foundation offers a variety of options when it comes to displaying your content and media. If we do not explicitly cover an option that you know is available in Foundation, then you are more than welcome to test out the features to see if it is in fact available in our version of the framework. Our styling should be inherently applied. If you come across a feature that does not have the Clemson Brand styling, please reach out to us. We may even consider adding that into our templates to make it easier for you to edit.

Please note: The one specific item available in Foundation that MarCom did not include for accessibility and usability reasons is Orbit or any type of carousels. These do not meet our web content accessibility guideline standards; therefore, they should not be used on any Clemson.edu pages.

We use Line Awesome to provide our icons. Please do not use inappropriate icons or brand icons outside of the social media set of icons.

• Clemson Icon Guidelines
• Clemson Custom Icons
• Line Awesome Icon Set

• Clemson Digital Accessibility Web Guide
• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA
• Axe
• Wave
• Color Contrast Tester
• SiteImprove

The University web team already has a paid subscription to this tool for Clemson.edu. If you need access to SiteImprove, please submit a request form for web technical update.

• Theme Colors and Template Visualizer
• Training on Bridge for Cascade Users
• Cascade Training (PDF)
• Cascade Site Manager Admin Capabilities (docx)

Use the tools below to customize feeds on your Cascade pages.

• Rankings & Brags builder
• Clemson News feed builder
• Event feed builder