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  • Style Guide: Boxes
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Definition

Boxes highlight specific web content. 

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Content Requirements

  • Use the boxes found in the EPA stylesheet. They are part of the look and feel and are described fully at: Style Guide: Boxes

Box Styles

  • Alert Box: Emergency alert or other important information. The title must convey the specific alert or emergency. Use on any page.
  • Perspectives Box: used to pull in EPA perspectives content. Used primarily on homepages.
  • Highlight Box: to highlight one set of related, critical or featured content
  • Multi-purpose box: For content that doesn’t meet any of the other definitions.
    • Without Title
    • With Header and Border
    • With Image Header
  • News Box: Lists of recent events, news items, or upcoming calendar events.
  • No Style Box: For microsite homepages
  • Related Information Box: lists of related information, that is not critical or featured content.
    • On Homepages:
      • Use for Related Topics box on resource directory homepage, if used.
      • No images because this is for less important content.
    • On Basic pages: can use an image if needed
  • RSS Feed Box: used to pull RSS feeds from EPA newsroom. If 3rd party content is used, you are responsible for 3rd party content. Used primarily on homepages.
  • Special One Item Box: Contains one link to one featured event or content feature.
  • Summary Box (default): Identified by no title/header and blue background. 

Example

See: Style Guide: Boxes

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About this Standard

All EPA public web content must adhere to all federal requirements including; the EPA Web Standards, the U.S. Web Design System guidelines, federal plain language guidelines, and the 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act. Internal content, including Intranet and Microsoft 365, may differ from the public content. If not explicitly stated, content must adhere to all federal requirements.

Original effective date: 03/22/2009
Last approved on: 10/12/2022
Web Council review by:  10/12/2025 (or earlier if deemed necessary)

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