FAQs Update

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

Hi everyone --

Yes ... sigh.  I am *still* pregnant.  This is the only day my dr. is
not on-call, so we assumed she *would* come today, but alas, there is no
sign of that yet (although the day is young yet).  <g>

MY FAQS UPDATE: They are done!!!!!   Hurrrah!!!  They are all updated
through the end of this week.  I'm not completely positive that I've
saved all the messages that might conceivably touch on the Mysteries
FAQ, but I feel sure people will pipe up with updates once it's uploaded
if I missed anything really big.

They are all in Word -- I'm leaving it to someone who knows what they
are doing to HTML them.

FAQs QUESTIONS:

1.  If I remember correctly, are we planning now on uploading the FAQs
to our new website (rather than to the Lexicon site which is what we
were doing as of a few mths ago)?

2.  What needs to be done?

    a.  If I understand right -- someone needs to design a Homepage for
this website.  Yes?
    b.  Then, the FAQs Table of Contents needs to be created as a page,
with a link on the Homepage.  Yes?
    c.  Then, the FAQs themselves are HTML'd.
    d.  Then, the HTML'd FAQs are uploaded and the Table of Contents
items become active links for those uploaded FAQs.  FAQs that aren't
done yet would just be inactive links.

Do I have any of this right?  I'm not much better off than Amanda as far
as this sort of thing is concerned.

3.  Has anyone taken "ownership" of this project?  I know lots of us are
busy just trying to wrap up writing our FAQs, being Moderators and/or
List Elves &/or dealing with our outside lives.  I know I don't have the
time or expertise to be the one to assume the leader role & see it
through.  Is this something that Paul Kippes could do for us?  I think
he's volunteered to do this sort of thing in the past.  Since I'm not
sure if he checks this site very regularly, it might be worthwhile to
email him personally if we'd like to see if he could take charge of
this.

4.  Updates.  I'm planning to try & read the drafts that everyone else
has uploaded today or tomorrow (assuming nothing else ..er....
interferes) & will post comments here when I do.  We know we've lost
Margaret, but I do think Caius' Dumbledore sketch can easily become a
Dumbledore FAQ.

I started skimming Mike's Neville FAQ yesterday but want to read it in
detail today.  It's great though!  I love that your message #s are links
-- wish I had known how to do that.

Can we get updates (ETAs) from Ebony & Carole?

5.  One general overall comment --

    Be sure the FAQ has a byline from you (By Penny Linsenmayer) under
the title.

    Be sure that there is a footer (or header) that says "Text copyright
[copyright symbol] 2001 by HPforGrownups"  -- it's in 8 pt typeface in
my documents.

I know Heidi is at Disney this weekend ... no need for you to reply to
this until you get back Heidi!

Okay, I think that's it.  My Saturday morning FAQ update for the week!!
:--)

Penny