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Tue, 02/03/2010 - 09:55 — Jon Diamond

When adding a new document that mainly intended to be browsed online, such as this one, the recommended format is as a Book. The BGA Policies is another such an example.





Last updated Sat May 29 2010. If you have any comments, please email the webmaster on web-master AT britgo DOT org.
Tue, 02/03/2010 - 09:55 — Jon Diamond

If you're adding a new (static) page to the site, which should happen infrequently now that the vast majority of the site is set up, then you need to consider whether the page should appear in the RSS feed. In general, we wouldn't expect such pages to be in the feed, but if it's a totally new aspect of information then it might be.





Last updated Tue Mar 06 2012. If you have any comments, please email the webmaster on web-master AT britgo DOT org.
Tue, 02/03/2010 - 09:54 — Jon Diamond

These items don't need to be created as separate pages, or even as part of existing pages, and may not need any HTML usage at all, or even assigning a page reference (URL). Using the Drupal Story concept will automatically ensure that each such item will appear as a separate item in the RSS feed.





Last updated Thu Mar 08 2012. If you have any comments, please email the webmaster on web-master AT britgo DOT org.
Tue, 02/03/2010 - 09:50 — Jon Diamond

The following Drupal Input formats can be used to help you create content:

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    • Last updated Thu May 20 2010. If you have any comments, please email the webmaster on web-master AT britgo DOT org.
    Tue, 02/03/2010 - 09:49 — Jon Diamond

    The most important thing about this site is the content. Let there be no doubt about that.

    So if you have some valuable content, and it is a choice between slapping it up on the site any old how, or trying to obey all of these guidelines and therefore never getting around to it, do the former.

    If you want help in making your content meet these guidelines, then by all





    Last updated Tue May 11 2010. If you have any comments, please email the webmaster on web-master AT britgo DOT org.
    Tue, 02/03/2010 - 08:58 — Jon Diamond

    There are a number of other maintenance activities, some involving bespoke scripts, that are involved in keeping the website up to date.





    Last updated Tue Jan 01 2013. If you have any comments, please email the webmaster on web-master AT britgo DOT org.
    Tue, 02/03/2010 - 08:56 — Jon Diamond

    what needs to be said?





    Last updated Tue Dec 14 2010. If you have any comments, please email the webmaster on web-master AT britgo DOT org.
    Tue, 02/03/2010 - 08:55 — Jon Diamond

    3.1 Drupal

    Drupal is a free and open source modular framework and content management system (CMS) written in the programming language PHP using MySQL as the database management system.





    Last updated Sun Dec 30 2012. If you have any comments, please email the webmaster on web-master AT britgo DOT org.
    Tue, 02/03/2010 - 08:55 — Jon Diamond

    2.1 Hosting

    This web site is hosted by Bytemark, on their normal commercial terms. The site started in 1998, but was revamped in spring 2008 to operate using Drupal.

    We have a complete virtual server running Debian Linux "Lenny". The web server is Apache with many pages in PHP5. Databases are in MySQL.





    Last updated Fri Jan 28 2011. If you have any comments, please email the webmaster on web-master AT britgo DOT org.
    Tue, 02/03/2010 - 08:54 — Jon Diamond

    1. Introduction

    This document describes the various activities that are needed to maintain the BGA website in full error-free operation. It is not intended to be generally publicly available, but should be for the webmaster and everybody who had management access to the website.





    Last updated Fri Jun 11 2010. If you have any comments, please email the webmaster on web-master AT britgo DOT org.