This template incorporates many of elements needed to comply with NIST guidelines, the Header provides a common look and feel for pages.nist.gov. The Footer links point to pages on www.nist.gov.

The source code for this page is available on Original GitHub Repository

To use this page template, follow these instructions

1. Read this template and the included README.md file for instructions on how to modify the template to suit your needs.
2. If you would like to incorporate any more advanced features, please refer to the Jekyll Documentation for more information or to begin.
3. When you are ready, you can choose a method of continuing:
   1. Create a new orphan branch in your repository called "nist-pages" and extract the downloaded zip file from this repo into it.
   2. Clone this repository into a new branch of your repository named "nist-pages".
4. When you are ready, you will replace this index.html with your preferred webpage.
5. Incorporate the following elements in your new page:
   • Link to primary descriptive text about this page on nist.gov. For example this could be https://example.nist.gov or https://nist.gov/example/path.
   • Citation (to cite a database, we suggest use of a citation format appropriate to that of an edited book:

     (Principal Investigator), (Site Name), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg MD, 20899, (http://pages.nist.gov/xxxxx), (retrieved [date of access])).

   • Contact information (Added into the page, or you can modify the mailto in the footer file _includes/NISTPagesFooter.html
   • Last upated date
6. Once you are satisfied with your index.html file, you can remove this example file entirely.

In addition, if you would like to collaborate to make this template better, easier-to-use, or more flexible, please contact us (or use the "Send Feedback" link below) or simply fork this repository and send pull requests for review.