www prep/FTP prep/ftp.html server/standards/REA...

[Karl Berry]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Karl Berry <karl>       07/01/24 22:24:07

Modified files:
        prep           : FTP ftp.html 
        server/standards: README.webmastering.html 
Added files:
        prep           : FTP.contacts 

Log message:
        FTP contacts

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/FTP?cvsroot=www&r1=1.39&r2=1.40
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/ftp.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.81&r2=1.82
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/FTP.contacts?cvsroot=www&rev=1.1
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/server/standards/README.webmastering.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.54&r2=1.55

Patches:


Index: server/standards/README.webmastering.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/server/standards/README.webmastering.html,v
retrieving revision 1.54
retrieving revision 1.55
diff -u -b -r1.54 -r1.55
--- server/standards/README.webmastering.html   21 Jan 2007 14:43:19 -0000      
1.54
+++ server/standards/README.webmastering.html   24 Jan 2007 22:24:03 -0000      
1.55
@@ -31,15 +31,12 @@
 If you find a message to address@hidden that you don't know
 how to handle, it's probably best that you ignore the message unless
 you are the assigned owner.  However, if you noticed that something
-has been pending for a long time, It might be useful to ask the
-www-discuss list: "Can someone teach me how to handle messages like
-this?"
+has been pending for a long time, is is good to ask the
+www-discuss list: "Can someone teach me how to handle messages like this?"
 </p>
 
 <p>
-As a new webmaster for GNU, there is not a whole lot you can do until
-you see how we want things done. But as a general rule, things like this
-are always okay to do:
+As a general rule, things like this are always okay to do:
 </p>
 
 <ul>
@@ -119,7 +116,7 @@
 <p>
 Since the &lt;address@hidden&gt; address is advertised quite a lot on
 our web pages it happens quite often that we receive spam to that
-address.  Please mark these tickets as spam and dead.
+address.  Please mark these tickets as spam and deleted.
 </p>
 
 <h3>Handling Press Releases</h3>
@@ -619,6 +616,23 @@
 </p>
 
 
+<h4>Mirrors</h4>
+
+<p>The <a href="http://www.gnu.org/server/mirror.html";>Advice for
+mirrors</a> page has general information.
+
+<p>www mirrors: we no longer recommend or list mirrors of www.gnu.org.
+
+<p>ftp mirrors: when we get a request to add, change, or remove an ftp
+mirror, edit the file prep/FTP (in CVS); it's just text, not HTML.  Then
+make (in the prep/ subdirectory).  Then check in both FTP and ftp.html.
+
+<p>When we get a request relating to contact information for a mirror,
+update prep/FTP.contacts.  If a mirror admin writes us for any reason
+(not just to update addresses), please check that file and add contact
+information if it's not there already.  It's pretty sparse.
+
+
 <h4>Symbolic Links</h4>
 
 <p>
@@ -944,7 +958,7 @@
 <h4>Adding New Articles</h4>
 
 <p>
-Occassionaly, RMS will mail an article, usually in plaintext, to webmasters
+Occasionally, RMS will mail an article, usually in plaintext, to webmasters
 and ask that they put it on the site.  The text needs to be converted to
 the HTML and put into our standard boilerplate; you can use
 /boilerplate.html to provide a template for the header and footer, or base
@@ -1012,7 +1026,7 @@
 <h4>Adding Translations</h4>
 
 <p>
-Occassionally, someone will send us a translation of a single page.  You
+Occasionally, someone will send us a translation of a single page.  You
 can put these in place; all you need to do is upload it and add a link from
 the main (English) page to it.  Be sure to write them back thanking them
 for the page, and encourage them to get in touch with a translation team if
@@ -1134,7 +1148,7 @@
 
   <p>Updated:
      <!-- timestamp start -->
-     $Date: 2007/01/21 14:43:19 $ $Author: karl $
+     $Date: 2007/01/24 22:24:03 $ $Author: karl $
      <!-- timestamp end -->
   </p>
   </div>