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City of London Website Linking Guidelines
 

The City of London welcomes links to its website that help Internet users learn about municipal services, programs and plans. Our only requirement is that you comply with the following guidelines:

1. Identify the City of London link - please use a description such as "City of London" or "City of London, Ontario" when you have a text link to the www.london.ca home page. Or, if you prefer to have a graphic for your hyperlink to www.london.ca, select one of the four "button" images appearing at the bottom of this page. It is not necessary to obtain permission to link to the www.london.ca home page or to use any of the four "button" images.

2. Request permission if you wish to "deep link" - i.e., create a link to any page other than the other than the City of London's home page www.london.ca. Criteria for granting permission to deep link with the City's website includes: relevancy of the page content to the audience and purposes of your website; the extent and nature of information proposed for use; and, the editorial context of its presentation.

Please note that when permission is granted to deep link to the City of London website this poses some risk as the page to which you link may later move or become unavailable.

Also, while you may receive permission to link to the www.london.ca website, this does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by the City of London. To imply in any way that the City of London link represents an endorsement, recommendation or approval of your website implicitly or explicitly is strictly forbidden and subject to legal remedies under copyright and intellectual property rights as well as corporate policies.

Did you know?

 

The same copyright rules which apply to all copyright works (e.g., books, manuals, catalogues, magazines, pamphlets, computer software, drawings, design trade-marks, photographs, maps, computer software, CD- ROMS, videos, records and films) apply to works found on the Internet.

The Canadian Copyright Act gives copyright owners the legal right to:
- reproduce their own material
- authorize others to reproduce or distribute their material
- grant and retract permission to reproduce or distribute their material

Please submit your "deep link" request to: , Room 305, City Hall, 300 Dufferin Avenue, P.O. Box 5035, London, On N6A 4L9. The fax number is 519 661-1077.

3. Ensure you apply the City of London linking practices - the requirements outlined below reflect standard Internet protocol.

- Open a City of London website page - preferably, in a new browser window. Specifically, you must not create frames around pages of www.london.ca or use other techniques which alter the appearance of the City of London's website.

- Link only to HTML files, not to images displayed on the City of London's website or other files that may be accessible from www.london.ca such as Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

- Request permission if you wish to use City of London images (photographs, graphics, maps, etc.) on your website. For more information, please e-mail or call 661-2500 Ext. 4792. The exception to this rule are the four "button" graphic shown below whose use on a website does not require permission from the City of London.

Link graphic for www.london.ca Link graphic for www.london.ca
Link graphic for www.london.ca Link graphic for www.london.ca

We regret that there are limited circumstances under which we can offer reciprocal links. If you require further information, please e-mail or call 661-2500 Ext. 4792.