Thanks for your response Tim. Always timely very communicative. I normally
have a link to a message board or forum for my pages as well as an email
link to communicate with me if people have questions or need help. I
haven't created a query page in quite a long time.
Bryant
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From: MNGEN [mailto:mngen-bounces+genes.1=bryantsweb.com@rootsweb.com] On
Behalf Of Timothy Stowell
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2017 10:30 PM
To: mngen(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [MNGEN] (no subject)
Bryant,
I am not Shirley but wanted to reply to the items you raised:
On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 10:02 PM, <genes.1(a)bryantsweb.com> wrote:
Shirley
I think you have a winner with The MNGenWeb Policies and Procedures.
I reviewed it and only have a few comments as follows:
Typo redundant statements in the second paragraph of section XII.
Removal of a Coordinator; "The following are types of behavior that
are considered days either by e-mail, phone or letter will be
replaced. The following are types of behavior that are considered
inappropriate for
this project:"
This has been fixed in the forum that Wayne Saewyc has so kindly provided us
with:
http://piratepad.net/q1ksej7mSE
> In section XIV. Website Guidelines, rule "1. The MNGenWeb logo and
> return link must be placed on every county website." is not clear on
> what is meant by a "return link". Maybe we should just say "The
> MNGenWeb logo must be placed on every website and be linked with a
> hyperlink to The MNGenWeb website." (nitpicking)
So noted and fixed.
> The terms in rule #1 in section XIV. Website Guidelines
state "display
> the USGW logo" and should be changed to "display The USGenWeb logo".
Fixed.
> I am not in favor of rule #2 in section XIV. Website
Guidelines that
> states "Every county must maintain a query page." This is a holdout
> from the way we operated in the 1990s and has long been replaced by
> numerous "forums" available on the web. The majority of the counties
> in The USGenWeb quit using "query pages" long ago because of the
> difficulties in managing such. The rule should be changed to state
> "Counties may maintain a query page if they so desire." Maintaining a
> query page is not an easy task and not easy to do for initiates. It
> is also very difficult to secure without a proper security script
> built into the page and most of us don't know how to write Java. To
> obtain a security script from some other agency can cost money.
At the moment, this is not an option for us as this is dictated as a
USGenWeb rule. All we are saying is how a coordinator fulfills this
requirement is left to them to decide. It is suggested that a link to a
query board such as Ancestry has is an acceptable route to accomplish this
requirement. Others may choose to do manual queries by receiving email from
a visitor who either fills in a form or just sends and email which is then
formatted to be placed online.
> Please explain what a "date stamp" is in rule #5
in section XIV.
> Website Guidelines. Does this mean that we should have a "last
> updated" date on the home page.
Yes. I use one of two methods - 1. a graphic that says updated followed by
the last date of update like- updated.gif bold tag 5 Sep 2017 bold close
tag.
2. a code that translates the date last modified on the server to show the
last time the page was uploaded to the server.
Best regards,
Tim Stowell
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