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OU_ICE 2

OU_ICE is a front-end framework of HTML, CSS and Javascript to enable rapid development of accessible, brand compliant Open University websites.

See the documentation on how to use.

Looking for a previous version of OU ICE? See Documentation for v1.1 and v1.0.

What is OU ICE?

  • The “Look and feel” of Open University websites
  • The layout, fonts, colours and graphics of Open Univeristy websites
  • A “front-end”, “client-side” framework
  • A CSS framework for Open University websites
  • A set of HTML markup patterns
  • Visual design components and patterns
  • A visual language for Open University web sites.

What OU ICE is not

  • A Content Management System (CMS) -- That would be Drupal, Wordpress, MediaWiki, Assisted Publishing System, Adobe Contribute
  • A PHP development framework
  • An ASP development framework
  • A database system
  • A programming language.

This page was last updated on Wednesday June 23, 2010