www/server/standards README.webmastering.html

[Dora Scilipoti]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Dora Scilipoti <dora>   15/01/01 10:26:00

Modified files:
        server/standards: README.webmastering.html 

Log message:
        Validate, restructure and link to Thank GNU section. Delete old method 
for audio-video, explain current procedures. Other validation fixes.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/server/standards/README.webmastering.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.173&r2=1.174

Patches:
Index: README.webmastering.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/server/standards/README.webmastering.html,v
retrieving revision 1.173
retrieving revision 1.174
diff -u -b -r1.173 -r1.174
--- README.webmastering.html    18 Oct 2014 20:52:05 -0000      1.173
+++ README.webmastering.html    1 Jan 2015 10:26:00 -0000       1.174
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 <a href="#announcements">Announcements</a> -
 <a href="#pollinking">Linking policies</a> -
 <a href="#mirrors">Mirrors</a> -
+<a href="#thankgnu">Thank GNU</a> -
 <a href="#commonreq">Handling common requests</a> -
 <a href="#repo">Working with our repositories</a> -
 <a href="#readme">More README pages</a>.
@@ -186,30 +187,8 @@
 maintain, go ahead and fix it, using &lsquo;Reply&rsquo; to tell the
 submitter what you did, and then &lsquo;Resolve&rsquo; it.</li>
 
-<li id="thankgnu">If the message is a ThankGNU or a ThankCRM:
-  <ul>
-  <li>For a corporation, confirm with www-discuss first (they can end
-  up on separate pages).</li>
-  <li>If any of the donors are already on the list, then mention that
-  in an RT comment. The script sending out the messages has bugs. The
-  occasional case of a person donating the same amount twice is
-  handled by FSF staff.</li>
-  <li>For an individual, add it to the
-  appropriate <tt>/thankgnus/YYYYsupporters.html</tt> file in the
-  correct place with a commit message such as "Add John Doe to YYYY >=
-  500$ ThankGNU list (RT #1234)" and comment the ticket with something
-  simple like "Done".</li>
-  <li>Finally, move the ticket into the 'campaigns' queue.</li>
-  <li>Things to watch out for:</li>
-    <ul>
-    <li>Do not quote the dollar amount in the commit message or
-    anywhere else, just the name, ticket number and category.</li>
-    <li>Do not &lsquo;Reply&rsquo; to sysadmin on these messages; they
-    are automatically generated.</li>
-    <li>Do not post a ThankGNU for Google Matching Gifts.</li>
-    </ul>
-  </ul>
-</li>
+<li>If the message is a ThankGNU or a ThankCRM see the 
+<a href="#thankgnu">Thank GNU procedure</a>.</li>
 
 <li>If the message is about making a link on one of our pages, see
 <a href="#pollinking">linking procedures and information</a>.</li>
@@ -235,7 +214,6 @@
 sysadmin or licensing, move it to the corresponding queue or otherwise
 forward it.  <a href="#rtmisdirected">Specific directions for
 redirecting tickets</a>.</li>
-
 </ul>
 
 <h4>RT - correspondence vs. comments</h4>
@@ -311,7 +289,7 @@
 you're primarily doing work by e-mail, however.</p>
 
 <p>Note that this won't work with other RT-handled addresses.  So, if
-you add &lt;address@hidden&rt; to the CC field of a comment on a
+you add &lt;address@hidden&gt; to the CC field of a comment on a
 ticket that already exists in webmasters, nothing will come to the
 campaigns queue.  In those situations, create a new ticket in the
 queue whose attention you want to get, and using the &ldquo;Refers
@@ -822,6 +800,38 @@
 informed.  This requires hand-assembling a list of addresses from the
 <tt>FTP.contacts</tt> file based on the current mirror list.</p>
 
+<h3 id="thankgnu">Thank GNU</h3>
+
+<ul>
+  <li>For a corporation, confirm with www-discuss first (they can end
+  up on separate pages).</li>
+
+  <li>If any of the donors are already on the list, then mention that
+  in an RT comment. The script sending out the messages has bugs. The
+  occasional case of a person donating the same amount twice is
+  handled by FSF staff.</li>
+
+  <li>For an individual, add it to the
+  appropriate <tt>/thankgnus/YYYYsupporters.html</tt> file in the
+  correct place with a commit message such as "Add John Doe to YYYY >=
+  500$ ThankGNU list (RT #1234)" and comment the ticket with something
+  simple like "Done".</li>
+
+  <li>Finally, move the ticket into the 'campaigns' queue.</li>
+</ul>
+  
+<p>Things to watch out for:</p>
+
+<ul>  
+  <li>Do not quote the dollar amount in the commit message or
+    anywhere else, just the name, ticket number and category.</li>
+
+  <li>Do not &lsquo;Reply&rsquo; to sysadmin on these messages; they
+    are automatically generated.</li>
+
+  <li>Do not post a ThankGNU for Google Matching Gifts.</li>
+</ul>
+
 
 <h3 id="commonreq">Handling common requests</h3>
 
@@ -1002,6 +1012,8 @@
 
 <h3 id="repo">Working with webmaster-related repositories</h3>
 
+<ul>
+<li>
 <p><i>Main www repository:</i>To make an initial checkout, set the
 environment variable CVS_RSH=ssh, and run</p>
 
@@ -1025,59 +1037,26 @@
 ticket numbers from RT to allow future historians to understand why your 
 changes were made.</p>
 
-<p>Whenever possible changes to multiple files that share the same log 
+<p>Whenever possible, changes to multiple files that share the same log 
 message should be bundled in one commit. Do not bundle multiple unrelated 
 changes in one commit.</p>
+</li>
 
+<li>
 <p><i>audio-video repository:</i> Use <tt>audio-video</tt> instead of
 <tt>www</tt> and you will get the repository corresponding to <a
 href="http://audio-video.gnu.org";>audio-video.gnu.org</a>.  Discuss
 any changes to audio-video with address@hidden</p>
 
-<p><strong>Note</strong>: all materials in the current audio-video 
-repository will eventually be migrated to <a
-href="http://audio-video-dev.gnu.org";>audio-video-dev.gnu.org</a>. To
-post a file in this new website, first you need to be added as a user
-with admin permissions; talk to the Chief-Webmaster for this. Then
-follow these steps:</p>
-
-<ul>
-  <li><p>Upload the file to a dedicated directory in your home in Fencepost:
-<tt> rsync -avz --progress your-media-file 
&lt;username&gt;@fencepost.gnu.org:~/your-dedicated-dir/</tt> 
-  Add also a text file named <tt>your-media-file.txt</tt> with a short 
-  description, for example:</p> 
- 
-  <pre>
-  Title: Free Software in Ethics and in Practice
-  Location: Manchester, UK 
-  Date: 2008
-  In this ninety-minutes speech Richard Stallman talks about the goals 
-  and philosophy of the Free Software movement, and the status and 
-  history of the GNU operating system.
-  </pre>
-  
-  <p>You can find descriptions of RMS' speeches in the 
-  <a href="http://www.fsf.org/events/rms-speeches.html";>FSF website</a>.</p>
-  </li>
-
-  <li> <p>Login to your Fencepost account and, from there, copy the file 
-you just uploaded onto the audio-video-dev machine under 
-/var/www/audio-incoming or /var/www/video-incoming as appropriate:
-<tt>rsync -avz your-video-file 
&lt;username&gt;@audio-video-dev:/var/www/video-incoming/</tt></p>
-  </li>
-
-  <li><p>Login to the <a
-href="http://audio-video-dev.gnu.org";>audio-video-dev.gnu.org</a> website.
-Enter the Admin interface. Whether you want to submit a video or an audio
-file, go to Videos > Submit a Video > enter URL: 
-<tt>http://audio-video-dev.gnu.org/static-video/your-video-file.ogv</tt>.
-Replace <tt>static-video</tt> with <tt>static-audio</tt> if you are 
-submitting an audio file.</p>
-  </li>
-
-  <li>Add a thumbnail, add and edit descriptions as needed.</li>
-</ul>
+<p>The task of adding material to this repository is currently being handled 
by 
+the <a href="https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/audio-video/";>GNU and FSF 
+audio and video group in Savannah</a>, so when we get a request to add a 
+video or audio file, we should either submit a new task there or forward 
+the request to their mailing list at 
+<a href="mailto:address@hidden";>&lt;address@hidden&gt;</a>.</p>
+</li> 
 
+<li>
 <p><i>Other packages:</i> Many software packages have their own projects
 on Savannah and hence their own web repository corresponding to their
 www/software/fooproject directory.  If the maintainer needs your help
@@ -1089,6 +1068,8 @@
 
 <p>Do not edit the web pages for software projects unless the maintainer
 says ok.  At the very least, inform them if you make a change.</p>
+</li>
+</ul>
 
 
 <h4 id="scripts">Scripts</h4>
@@ -1269,7 +1250,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2014/10/18 20:52:05 $
+$Date: 2015/01/01 10:26:00 $
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