www/server/standards README.html

[Karl Berry]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Karl Berry <karl>       07/04/02 13:39:59

Modified files:
        server/standards: README.html 

Log message:
        mention the Web Pages node in maintain.texi
        (ticket 333067), among other updates.  This whole
        page needs revising and merging into other docs.  Sigh.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/server/standards/README.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.44&r2=1.45

Patches:
Index: README.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/server/standards/README.html,v
retrieving revision 1.44
retrieving revision 1.45
diff -u -b -r1.44 -r1.45
--- README.html 19 Sep 2006 10:28:40 -0000      1.44
+++ README.html 2 Apr 2007 13:39:54 -0000       1.45
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 <LI><A NAME="TOC16" HREF="README.html#SEC16">Audio and video files</A>
 <LI><A NAME="TOC17" HREF="README.html#SEC17">Adding an Event</A>
 <LI><A NAME="TOC18" HREF="README.html#SEC18">Creating Pages under 
www.gnu.org/software</A>
-<li><a name="TOC19" href="README.html#SEC19">Updating the FTP mirror list</a>
 <li><a name="TOC20" href="README.html#SEC20">Updating ThankGNU pages</a>
 </UL>
 
@@ -566,19 +565,19 @@
 
 
 <H4><A NAME="SEC18" HREF="README.html#TOC18">Creating Pages under 
www.gnu.org/software</A></H4>
-<P>
+
+<P>Usually a package's maintainer(s) take care of their own web pages.
+Here are some tips, though (maybe for maintainers themselves).
 
 <ul>
 <li><STRONG>Style guidelines</STRONG><br>
   Please read
      <a 
href="/server/fsf-html-style-sheet.html">http://www.gnu.org/server/fsf-html-style-sheet.html</a>
   before writing any HTML for www.gnu.org<P>
-<LI>Please read <a href="/server/standards/README.html">Information
-     for new webmasters</a> before creating
-     any pages.<P>
 <LI><STRONG>Content</STRONG><br>
        When writing a page for a certain program, we want to
-       have some basic information on such a page:
+       have some basic information on such a page.  See the <a
+       href="boilerplate.html">boilerplate</a>.
        <ul>    
                   <li>A description on what the program does
           <li>Where to download the program in question
@@ -590,21 +589,14 @@
        though not essential.  And we would like to put the program's
        documentation or manual in the web pages too.
        <P>
-<LI>Please ask
-     <A HREF="mailto:address@hidden";>&lt;address@hidden&gt;</A>
-     to add you to the list of volunteers working in http://www.gnu.org.
-     <P>
-     
+<li>Documentation should be available online.  For info about a script to
+    do generate many formats from Texinfo, and other information too, see the
+    <a href="http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/Web-Pages.html";>
+    maintainer information</a>.
 </ul>  
    
 <P>
 
-<H4><A NAME="SEC19" HREF="README.html#TOC19">Updating the FTP mirror 
list</A></H4>
-<p>
-  To update the FTP server mirror list you should manually edit 
/prep/ftp.html. 
-  DO NOT USE THE MAKEFILE TO BUILD THE LIST FROM /prep/FTP, AS IT GENERATES 
INVALID XHTML.
-</p>  
-
 <H4><A NAME="SEC20" HREF="README.html#TOC20">Updating ThankGNU pages</A></H4>
 <p>
   You'll will be seeing tickets in the webmaster queue that have 
`<strong>ThankGNU</strong>'
@@ -614,8 +606,8 @@
   Each ticket will have a name that needs to be added to appropriate year page 
under 
   <a href="http://www.gnu.org/thankgnus/";>http://www.gnu.org/thankgnus/</a>. 
For e.g. 
   if the ThankGNU corresponds to the year 2006, go to 
-  <a href="http://www.gnu.org/thankgnus/2006supporters.xhtml";>
-  http://www.gnu.org/thankgnus/2006supporters.xhtml</a> page. Please add the 
name there, 
+  <a href="http://www.gnu.org/thankgnus/2006supporters.html";>
+  http://www.gnu.org/thankgnus/2006supporters.html</a> page. Please add the 
name there, 
   in the appropriate place based on the amount of the contribution and in the 
alphabetical 
   ordering, and then resolve the ticket.
 </p>
@@ -643,14 +635,14 @@
 send other questions to
 <A HREF="mailto:address@hidden";><EM>address@hidden</EM></A>.
 <P>
-Copyright (C) 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, 
Inc.,
+Copyright &copy; 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software 
Foundation, Inc.,
 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301,  USA
 <P>
 Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is
 permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved.<P>
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-$Date: 2006/09/19 10:28:40 $ $Author: ramprasadb $
+$Date: 2007/04/02 13:39:54 $
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