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Icons & Images

The iconography found in this section was designed to provide a common set of icons to use on Sun's web properties. By using the same iconography, we ensure a consistent look and feel. This gives our users familiar iconography to help them interact with our content regardless of which area they may be visiting.

Do not create new icons based on the ones you see here or alter them in any way. If you have a special need or would like to see something added to the iconography section, please contact us at webdesign@sun.com.

All of the icons here are found in the /im directory. Do not move these icons into your local directory. You must link to the ones in the /im directory. If your pages reside on another server the /im should be placed at the root, the folder or files must not be renamed.

Contents:

Icons and Dingbats

IconDescription
Checked Box: For representing a selected item.
Unchecked Box: For representing an unselected item.
Podcast: A video or audio stream.
Alert: Used to warn users.
Up Arrows: for use with Back to Top link
Shopping Cart: For linking to the user's shopping cart.
Chat: User can initiate a chat.
Close Window: for use in pop up windows
Compare: Used for comparing items.
Datasheet: Used to show link to a datasheet.
Download: Used to mark a link as a download
Email: Used in the E10 Tools component to represent the email this page feature
Eye: Used for watching something, like thread on a forum.
Feed (small): Used to link directly to an XML feed, (Should not be used to link to pages describing or listing feeds)
Feed (medium): Used to link directly to an XML feed, (Should not be used to link to pages describing or listing feeds)
Feed (large): Used to link directly to an XML feed, (Should not be used to link to pages describing or listing feeds)
Info: Used to indicate that there is info on a given topic.
Priveleged Info: Used to indicate that there is info on a given topic, when that info is protected by login or entitlement.
Open Window: for opening pop up windows
Phone: Used to indicate that Sun will call a user or that it will lead them to a number to call Sun.
Print: Used in the E10 Tools component to represent the print this page feature
Remove: Used in tools to indicate that something can be removed.
Lock: Used to represent secure parts of the site or password protected information
Acsending Sort Arrow: If your backend systems have the ability to sort date, use this icon in the title bar to allow users to sort data tables.
Decsending Sort Arrow: If your backend systems have the ability to sort date, use this icon in the title bar to allow users to sort data tables.

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CSS Icons For Links and Lists

Both links and unordered lists can be classed to give them special bullets. Possible classes to use are: "popicon", "windowicon", "pdficon", "secureicon", and "feedicon".

Links:

Example: <a class="popicon" href="...">. Sample text: Aliquam Foo Bar pede eu arcu. Donec elementum tincidunt nisl. Foo Bar a ipsum et nisl ante vel enim condimentum porttitor. Nunc dictum Foo Bar mattis. Nulla in ante vel enim condimentum porttitor. volutpat. Nullam mattis velit id odio. Phasellus leo nibh, eleifend nec, tempor eget, Foo Bar malesuada, nisi. Foo Bar Sed nec turpis in malesuada, nisi. Foo Bar mauris sol lic Sed nec turpis in malesuada, nisi. Foo Bar mauris itudin.

Left Placement Example: <a class="iconleft popicon" href="...">. Sample text: Aliquam Foo Bar pede eu arcu. Donec elementum tincidunt nisl. Foo Bar a ipsum et nisl ante vel enim condimentum porttitor. Nunc dictum Foo Bar mattis. Nulla in ante vel enim condimentum porttitor. Nunc interdum elit non sem. Aenean varius varius neque. Foo Bar erat volutpat. Nullam mattis velit id odio. Phasellus leo nibh, Foo Bar nec, tempor eget, imperdiet malesuada, nisi. Sed nec ada, nisi. Foo Bar mauris sol lic Sed nec turpis in malesuada, nisi. Foo Bar mauris itudilicitudin.

Unordered Lists:

The <ul> tag must get the "icons" class: <ul class="icons">. Then the specific icon class can be given to the <ul> tag directly, to style the whole list, or to the individual <li> elements, to style individual items:

Code Example
<!-- style the entire list -->
<ul class="popicon icons">
<li><a href="{linkplaceholder}">Sample item</a></li>
<li><a href="{linkplaceholder}">Sample item</a></li>
</ul>

<!-- style items individually -->
<ul class="icons">
<li class="pdficon"><a href="{linkplaceholder}">Sample item</a></li>
<li class="popicon"><a href="{linkplaceholder}">Sample item</a></li>
</ul>

"popicon"

"windowicon"

"pdficon"

"secureicon"

"feedicon"

"videoicon"

"audioicon"

See the pc08v7 component for more details.

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Form Buttons

Sun uses styled form buttons instead of images. All forms should use the styled form buttons shown below.

Primary Buttons

For use with transaction based buttons, such as 'Buy Now' or 'Checkout'.
     

<input type="submit" value="Buy Now" border="0" class="hotbutton"/>

Secondary Buttons

For use with all other buttons, such as 'Select' or 'View Cart'.
     

<input type="submit" value="Select" border="0" class="defbutton"/>

Links That Look Like Buttons

These are documented in the pc08v12.
Link Text   Link Text  

<span class="hotbutton"><a href="{linkplaceholder}">Link Text</a></span>
<span class="buttonlink"><a href="{linkplaceholder}">Link Text</a></span>

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Feed Icons

Sun.com uses this set of universally-recognized, technology-agnostic feed icons.

web feed icon

web feed icon

web feed icon

Note: the old orange [XML] and [RSS] badge icons should no longer be used.

Note: Feed icons should link directly to XML feeds, rather than pages describing or listing feeds.

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Download /im

The /im directory can be requested as part of the Global Assests Request download package.

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