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Matt Lee |
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www/server/standards README.webmastering.html |
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Thu, 21 Sep 2006 19:00:29 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Matt Lee <mattl> 06/09/21 19:00:29
Modified files:
server/standards: README.webmastering.html
Log message:
Conversion to XHTML, new template, removed TOC
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/server/standards/README.webmastering.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.46&r2=1.47
Patches:
Index: README.webmastering.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/server/standards/README.webmastering.html,v
retrieving revision 1.46
retrieving revision 1.47
diff -u -b -r1.46 -r1.47
--- README.webmastering.html 13 Dec 2005 17:33:29 -0000 1.46
+++ README.webmastering.html 21 Sep 2006 19:00:23 -0000 1.47
@@ -1,68 +1,18 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
-<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
- "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd";>
-<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; xml:lang="en" lang="en">
-
-<head>
-<title>
-Webmastering Guidelines - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)
-</title>
+<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" -->
+<title>Webmastering Guidelines - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation - Free
As In Freedom - GNU/Linux</title>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content='text/html; charset=utf-8' />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/gnu.css" />
<link rev="made" href="address@hidden" />
</head>
-<body>
+<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
-<a href="#translations">Translations</a> of this page
+<h2>Webmastering Guidelines</h2>
-<h3>Webmastering Guidelines</h3>
-
-<a href="/graphics/atypinggnu.html"><img src="/graphics/gnu-type-sm.jpg" alt="
[image of the Head of a GNU] " width="137" height="114" /></a>
-
-<hr />
-<ul>
- <li><a href="#guidelines" id="TOCguidelines">Information on
- How to be a Webmaster at www.gnu.org</a></li>
- <li><a href="#press" id="TOCpress">Handling Press Releases</a></li>
- <li><a href="#organization" id="TOCorganization">Webmaster
Organization</a></li>
- <li><a href="#leaving" id="TOCleaving">Leaving Webmasters</a></li>
- <li><a href="#rt" id="TOCrt">Using RT</a></li>
- <ul>
- <li><a href="#rtconventions" id="TOCrtconventions">RT
Conventions</a></li>
- <li><a href="#rtcomments" id="TOCrtcomments">Correspondence and
Comments</a></li>
- <li><a href="#rtcoordination" id="TOCrtcoordination">Coordination
With Others</a></li>
- <li><a href="#rtstatus" id="TOCrtstatus">Ticket Statuses</a></li>
- <li><a href="#rtescalate" id="TOCrtescalate">Escalation</a></li>
- <li><a href="#rtmisdirect" id="TOCrtmisdirect">Misdirected
Tickets</a></li>
- </ul>
- <li><a href="#policies" id="TOCpolicies">Other Policies and Procedures</a>
- <ul>
- <li><a href="#polnavigate" id="TOCpolnavigate">Inter-site
Structure and Navigation</a></li>
- <li><a href="#polannounce"
id="TOCpolannounce">Announcements</a></li>
- <li><a href="#polnews" id="TOCpolnews">Adding news</a></li>
- <li><a href="#polsymlink" id="TOCpolsymlink">Symbolic
Links</a></li>
- <li><a href="#pollinking" id="TOCpollinking">Linking
Policies</a></li>
- <li><a href="#polcommon" id="TOCpolcommon">Handling Common
Requests</a></li>
- <li><a href="#poldeadlink" id="TOCpoldeadlink">Fixing Dead
Links</a></li>
- <li><a href="#poladdlink" id="TOCpoladdlink">Adding Links</a></li>
- <li><a href="#polnewarticle" id="TOCpolnewarticle">Adding New
Articles</a></li>
- <li><a href="#polupload" id="TOCpolupload">Uploading Pages for a
Software Project</a></li>
- <li><a href="#poladdtranslate" id="TOCpoladdtranslate">Adding
Translations</a></li>
- <li><a href="#poldeltranslate" id="TOCpoldeltranslate">Deleting
Translations</a></li>
- <li><a href="#poladdevent" id="TOCpoladdevent">Adding an Event to
the Events Page</a></li>
- <li><a href="#polcheckout" id="TOCpolcheckout">Checking out the
Repository</a></li>
- <li><a href="#polsysadmin" id="TOCpolsysadmin">System
Administrators</a></li>
- <li><a href="#polmailquarantine" id=TOCpolmailquarantine">Mail
Quarantine</a></li>
- </ul>
- </li>
-</ul>
-<hr />
-
-<h3><a href="#TOCguidelines" id="guidelines">Information on How to be a
Webmaster at www.gnu.org</a></h3>
+<h3>Information on How to be a Webmaster at www.gnu.org</h3>
<p>
-All webmasters should normally have RT access to
+All webmasters should normally have <a href="http://rt.gnu.org/";>RT</a> access
to
<a href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a>.
When you take care of something sent to this list, please steal
the ticket and reply to the message and let the sender know that
@@ -70,16 +20,12 @@
guidelines below.
</p>
-<p>
-Note that <address@hidden>
-forwards to <address@hidden>.
-</p>
+<p>(<em>Note that <address@hidden> forwards to
<address@hidden>.</em>)</p>
<p>
There are <a href="readme_index.html">several guides</a>
for webmasters, one of the most important ones is the
-<a href="/server/fsf-html-style-sheet.html">FSF HTML Style Sheet Guidelines</a>
-which is in http://www.gnu.org/server/fsf-html-style-sheet.html.
+<a href="/server/fsf-html-style-sheet.html">FSF HTML Style Sheet
Guidelines</a>.
</p>
<p>
@@ -177,9 +123,7 @@
address. Please mark these tickets as spam and dead.
</p>
-
-<p><br /></p>
-<h3><a href="#TOCpress" id="press">Handling Press Releases</a></h3>
+<h3>Handling Press Releases</h3>
<p>
Occasionally, the webmasters are asked to handle press releases. These
@@ -192,12 +136,9 @@
<p>
Currently, it is often <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>johns</a> who
handles the text version of a press release.
-He will normally commit the <code>.txt</code>
-file version, and then tell webmasters to do the "rest" or "DTRT" (do
-the right thing) with it.
-(Although sometimes the <code>.txt</code> will be emailed to webmasters
-instead.) You will also be given a date and time when the press release
-should be up.
+He will normally commit the <acronym title="American Standard Code for
Information Interchange">ASCII</acronym> version, and then tell webmasters to
do the "rest" or "DTRT" (do
+the right thing) with it.</p>
+<p>(Although sometimes the file will be emailed to webmasters instead.) You
will also be given a date and time when the press release should be up.
</p>
<p>
@@ -211,7 +152,7 @@
</p>
<ul>
-<li>Make an HTML version of the <code>.txt</code> file, following the
+<li>Make an HTML version of the ASCII file, following the
format used for other press releases. Be sure to change the
<code>META</code> tags for <code>Keywords</code> and
<code>Description</code> to reflect the new press release. Also, make
@@ -245,9 +186,7 @@
</ul>
-
-<p><br /></p>
-<h3><a href="#TOCorganization" id="organization">Webmaster
Organization</a></h3>
+<h3>Webmaster Organization</h3>
<p>
@@ -296,8 +235,7 @@
</p>
-<p><br /></p>
-<h3><a href="#TOCleaving" id="leaving">Leaving Webmasters</a></h3>
+<h3>Leaving Webmasters</h3>
<p>
@@ -317,11 +255,10 @@
</p>
-<p><br /></p>
-<h3><a href="#TOCrt" id="rt">Using RT</a></h3>
+<h3>Using RT</h3>
-<h4><a href="#TOCrtconventions" id="rtconventions">RT Conventions</a></h4>
+<h4>RT Conventions</h4>
<p>
Mail sent to webmasters is stored in a ticket management system called
@@ -332,7 +269,7 @@
used by the GNU webmasters.
</p>
-<h4><a href="#TOCrtcomments" id="rtcomments">Correspondence and
Comments</a></h4>
+<h4>Correspondence and Comments</h4>
<p>
You can attach two kinds of information to a ticket: correspondence and
@@ -396,7 +333,7 @@
format. Please check with www-discuss for these.
</p>
-<h4><a href="#TOCrtcoordination" id="rtcoordination">Coordination With
Others</a></h4>
+<h4>Coordination With Others</h4>
<p>
You will often need to ask other people for more information about how to
@@ -430,7 +367,7 @@
you're primarily doing work by e-mail, however.
</p>
-<h4><a href="#TOCrtstatus" id="rtstatus">Ticket Statuses</a></h4>
+<h4>Ticket Statuses</h4>
<p>
There are five ticket statuses: new, open, stalled, resolved, and dead.
@@ -492,7 +429,7 @@
searched, but by default are hidden except on you entry page.)</li>
</ul>
-<h4><a href="#TOCrtescalate" id="rtescalate">Escalation</a></h4>
+<h4>Escalation</h4>
<p>
If you'd like to handle a request, but aren't sure how to go about it,
@@ -503,7 +440,7 @@
the www-discuss list.
</p>
-<h4><a href="#TOCrtmisdirect" id="rtmisdirect">Misdirected Tickets</a></h4>
+<h4>Misdirected Tickets</h4>
<p>
Sometimes people send mail to webmasters which should've gone elsewhere.
@@ -561,8 +498,8 @@
<!-- Some of this information is redundant. If you find it above -->
<!-- or in the style guidelines, feel free to edit out the -->
<!-- appropriate portion, or combine it with the guidelines section. -->
-<p><br /></p>
-<h3><a href="#TOCpolicies" id="policies">Other Webmastering Procedures and
Policies to Consider</a></h3>
+
+<h3>Other Webmastering Procedures and Policies to Consider</h3>
<p>
@@ -571,7 +508,7 @@
standards. Bear these in mind when working on the page.
</p>
-<h4><a href="#TOCpolnavigate" id="polnavigate">Inter-site Structure and
Navigation</a></h4>
+<h4>Inter-site Structure and Navigation</h4>
<p>
The site is divided up into directories by topic -- there's a directory for
@@ -603,7 +540,7 @@
majority of the site.
</p>
-<h4><a href="#TOCpolannounce" id="polannounce">Announcements</a></h4>
+<h4>Announcements</h4>
<p>
When significant new content is added, notices should be put up to make
@@ -625,7 +562,7 @@
</p>
-<h4><a href="#TOCpolnews" id="polnews" >Adding news</a></h4>
+<h4>Adding news</h4>
<p>News items are used in 4 ways on the GNU website:
</p>
@@ -685,7 +622,7 @@
</p>
-<h4><a href="#TOCpolsymlink" id="polsymlink">Symbolic Links</a></h4>
+<h4>Symbolic Links</h4>
<p>
Since CVS is not able to handle symbolic links, a simple mechanism has been
@@ -762,7 +699,7 @@
sources can be found in gnudist.gnu.org:/usr/local/src/symlinks-1.1.tar.gz.
</p>
-<h4><a href="#TOCpollinking" id="pollinking">Linking Policies</a></h4>
+<h4>Linking Policies</h4>
<p>
One of the most complex aspects of webmastering is following the linking
@@ -951,7 +888,7 @@
possibility and be ready to handle them properly.
</p>
-<h4><a href="#TOCpolcommon" id="polcommon">Handling Common Requests</a></h4>
+<h4>Handling Common Requests</h4>
<p>
There are a number of requests which recur frequently. This section
@@ -964,7 +901,7 @@
here. Only requests which may require non-obvious action are listed.
</p>
-<h4><a href="#TOCpoldeadlink" id="poldeadlink">Fixing Dead Links</a></h4>
+<h4>Fixing Dead Links</h4>
<p>
If a link has gone bad because a page has moved, try to find its
@@ -984,7 +921,7 @@
-- it's nice to notify them of the problem and what you did to fix it.
</p>
-<h4><a href="#TOCpoladdlink" id="poladdlink">Adding Links</a></h4>
+<h4>Adding Links</h4>
<p>
We'll sometimes be asked to add links to the page; most often, this will
@@ -1013,7 +950,7 @@
feel the link is most appropriate for our site.
</p>
-<h4><a href="#TOCpolnewarticle" id="polnewarticle">Adding New Articles</a></h4>
+<h4>Adding New Articles</h4>
<p>
Occassionaly, RMS will mail an article, usually in plaintext, to webmasters
@@ -1043,7 +980,7 @@
adding an entry to the /server/whatsnew.txt file (see <a href="#polnews"
>Adding news</a>)</li>
</ul>
-<h4><a href="#TOCpolupload" id="polupload">Uploading Pages for a Software
Project</a></h4>
+<h4>Uploading Pages for a Software Project</h4>
<p>
Software maintainers will provide us with pages about their project to
@@ -1081,7 +1018,7 @@
those too much.
</p>
-<h4><a href="#TOCpoladdtranslate" id="poladdtranslate">Adding
Translations</a></h4>
+<h4>Adding Translations</h4>
<p>
Occassionally, someone will send us a translation of a single page. You
@@ -1093,7 +1030,7 @@
translation teams is available there as well.
</p>
-<h4><a href="#TOCpoldeltranslate" id="poldeltranslate">Deleting
Translations</a></h4>
+<h4>Deleting Translations</h4>
<p>
Here and there you might find a translated page which is actually a copy of
@@ -1106,7 +1043,7 @@
the page to be left alone, you can handle it as you see fit.
</p>
-<h4><a href="#TOCpoladdevent" id="poladdevent">Adding an Event to the Events
Page</a></h4>
+<h4>Adding an Event to the Events Page</h4>
<p>
Sometimes we will be asked to add an event to the events page. If the
@@ -1122,7 +1059,7 @@
and remove it when it has passed.
</p>
-<h4><a href="#TOCpolcheckout" id="polcheckout">Checking out the
Repository</a></h4>
+<h4>Checking out the Repository</h4>
<p>
With the shell variable CVS_RSH=ssh, create a directory for your
@@ -1153,7 +1090,7 @@
cvs -d <username>@savannah.gnu.org:/webcvs/fooproject co fooproject
</pre>
-<h4><a href="#TOCpolsysadmin" id="polsysadmin">System Administrators</a></h4>
+<h4>System Administrators</h4>
<p>
Our system administrators are baughj (Justin Baugh), jag (Joshua Ginsberg),
and ward (Ward Vandewege).
@@ -1162,7 +1099,7 @@
are extremely busy, they will often ignore email sent directly to them.
</p>
-<h4><a href="#TOCpolmailquarantine" id="polmailquarantine">Mail
Quarantine</a></h4>
+<h4>Mail Quarantine</h4>
<p>
About once a week a ticket will be automatically sent to the webmaster's queue
to remind them to clean out the mail quarantine. The quarantine is a collection
of mails to address@hidden that are caught by our spam filter, and should be
checked occasionally for false positives.
@@ -1176,60 +1113,51 @@
When done you should steal the ticket, comment that you took care of it, and
mark it as resolved.
</p>
-<hr />
-
-<p style="font-size: 10pt;">
-<a id="translations"></a>
-<b>Translations of this page</b>:<br />
-
-<!-- Please keep this list alphabetical, and in the original -->
-<!-- language if possible, otherwise default to English -->
-<!-- If you do not have it English, please comment what the -->
-<!-- English is. If you add a new language here, please -->
-<!-- advise address@hidden and add it to -->
-<!-- - in /home/www/bin/nightly-vars either TAGSLANG or WEBLANG -->
-<!-- - in /home/www/html/server/standards/README.translations.html -->
-<!-- one of the lists under the section "Translations Underway" -->
-<!-- - if there is a translation team, you also have to add an alias -->
-<!-- to mail.gnu.org:/com/mailer/aliases -->
-<!-- Please also check you have the 2 letter language code right versus -->
-<!-- http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/IG/ert/iso639.htm -->
-
-[
- <a href="/server/standards/README.webmastering.html">English</a>
-]
-</p>
-
-<div class="copyright">
-<p>
-Return to the <a href="/home.html">GNU Project home page</a>.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-Please send FSF & GNU inquiries to
-<a href="mailto:address@hidden";><em>address@hidden</em></a>.
-There are also <a href="/home.html#ContactInfo">other ways to contact</a>
-the FSF.
-<br />
-Please send broken links and other corrections (or suggestions) to
-<a href="mailto:address@hidden";><em>address@hidden</em></a>.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
-51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110, USA
-<br />
-Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is
-permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-Updated:
-<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2005/12/13 17:33:29 $ $Author: johnsu01 $
-<!-- timestamp end -->
-</p>
-</div>
+<!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
+<!-- BEGIN copyleft -->
+<div id="footer">
+ <!--
+ this anchor is referred to from the default
+ gendocs_template (available as part of Texinfo) used for
+ generating GNU manuals online, so please don't remove it.
+ -->
+ <p><a name="ContactInfo"></a>
+ Please inquire about GNU by Email:
+ <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a>,
+ Voice: +1-617-542-5942, or Fax: +1-617-542-2652.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>Please send broken links and other web page suggestions to
+ <a href="/people/webmeisters.html">The GNU Webmasters</a> at
+ <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a>, Thank you.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>Copyright © 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
+ 2005, 2006
+ <a href="http://www.fsf.org";>Free Software Foundation</a>, Inc.,
+ 51 Franklin St - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA<br />
+ Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article are permitted
+ worldwide, without royalty, in any medium, provided this notice, and
+ the copyright notice, are preserved.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>Updated:
+ <!-- timestamp start -->
+ $Date: 2006/09/21 19:00:23 $ $Author: mattl $
+ <!-- timestamp end -->
+ </p>
+ </div>
+ <!-- END copyleft -->
+
+ <div id="translations">
+
+ <p>There are currently no translations of this page. Can you help out?
Please review our <a
href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">translation
information</a>.</p>
+
+ </div>
+
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </body>
+ </html>
+ <!-- END layout -->
-</body>
-</html>
- www/server/standards README.webmastering.html,
Matt Lee <=