Webmaster Tasks
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The
webmaster
must become intimately familiar with
The WDVL Website
(especially the
WDVL.com
home page),
update mirrors;
update navigation aids;
validate and link check;
support other associates;
perform log file analysis;
help us to find new contributors;
provide first-level user support;
answer user comments and questions;
promote the site and specific pages;
recommend and implement improvements;
and
generate pages using our Perl scripts.
Familiarity with
HTML 4,
CGI /
Perl,
UNIX, and
JavaScript needed.
Look around,
read about us,
and become acquainted with our content and style.
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An ability to do 'R&D' would be an asset. A typical format for
our pages is a few paragraphs of overview, ideally with a simple
example or demo, and several links to the best resources for more
in-depth material. For example, a page on ActiveX would explain briefly
what it is, give a simple example such as a pull-down navigation menu,
and give some annotated links to the MS pages on it, activex.com, and
other relevant resources. So if you didn't already know ActiveX you'd
need to be able to find out enough to be able to create a simple demo.
Detailed Description of Duties
The webmaster rôle is central and critical to The WDVL.
Responsiveness is essential.
Please check email at least twice daily (e.g. mornings and evenings).
and respond to it within 12 hours whenever practical and reasonable.
Daily
- Respond to email from WDVL team
(< 15 minutes).
-
Update the mirror
on WDVL.com
(< 10 minutes).
- Spot check new or modified pages:
- Look for missing images.
- Validate
normally by clicking the WebTechs button at the bottom of the page.
- Check new/modified pages in
various browsers
on various platforms with and without
style sheets on.
(< 15 minutes).
- Respond to
Comments
when you can with confidence,
all others get an acknowledgement and told their question
has been forwarded to the appropriate person
(< 15 minutes).
- Scan the major
WWW newsgroups
and respond to questions where the answer can be found at The WDVL.
Post announcements in
c.i.w.a.
Monitor other c.i.w.* newsgroups.
Post announcements of new or updated pages.
(< 20 minutes).
- Scan the major
search engines
and directories (e.g. Yahoo! for
our main keywords, and monitor our positions.
Submit entries to maintain or improve our representation.
(< 20 minutes).
- Participate in the Forum
(< 15 minutes).
- Summarise activities in a brief email
(< 10 minutes).
Weekly
Monthly
On Going / As Needed
- Work with Lucy and Linda to maintain the WDVL.com home page.
- Install new content; maintain the development area.
- Improve our procedures and scripts.
- Recruit new authors.
- Create new pages and multimedia demos.
- Submit word, link, and text for new entries in the
Glossary.
- Submit new pages to search engines.
Re-submit approved list of top pages to search engines.
- Submit link requests to relevant sites that do not currently link to us.
- Do link searches for programs or information about a particular topic,
such as link checkers, Table of Contents builders, etc.
This is a critical activity and it is expected that you will do it on
an almost daily basis. Be sure to familiarise yourself with our pages
and other site's pages on techniques for web site promotion.
The main things to do are
- Ensure that our most popular pages are properly represented in the
search engines and directories;
- Periodically visit relevant newsgroups and mailing lists
and mention our URLs;
- Send out press releases when appropriate.
Normally you should adapt the text displayed as the 'abstract' for any
specific page, or the
Media Kit for more general promotions.
Please send your URL
(resumé or CV, or home page) and let us know your rate.
Please do not send resumés by email.
An online resumé
would be much more convincing..
No procrastinators please.
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