FAQs: Conversion to HTML; Maintaining & other stuff

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

Hi --

Looks like Paul has been busy experimenting with what will work best for
us -- many thanks!

Thanks for creating the Converted FAQs subdirectory -- it could have
gotten confusing otherwise.


> I've converted the Hermione Granger FAQ.  One version has itty-
> bitty "fn #" for the notes.  The other has bracketed [#].  Any
> preferences?
>
I vote for the bracketed references.  I know this is something for
later, but I would like the quoted text at the beginning of the FAQ to
be set off more like it is in the Word document (no space in between the
quote & the book, then double space before the next quote ... if that
makes sense).  Other than that, it looks good to me.

I too would rather not split the long FAQs.  Subsections with jumps at
the front is fine by me though.

> I was looking at past messages and is this the we tend to want:
>   - Cross reference links for links within the FAQ.
>   - References to messages do not get a link.
>
Yes on the above.

I agree with Neil to keep in mind that all of the uploaded FAQs still
need to be proofed & edited.  Some of them need revisions -- I'm in the
process of revising the Potential Romance Pairings one for example (the
one uploaded is from the end of Oct -- well before the OBHWF theory and
the now-popular D/H & D/G pairings).


> More importantly, how do we want to handle updates in the future?  Is there
> a desire to directly edit the final HTML files (once they are
> completed)?  Or do we need to maintain the "source" document and edit those
> instead?  Or do we want to edit an interim HTML file without the copyright,
> header, footer, and parchment?  Or perhaps a combination of formats?
>
I want to do whatever is easiest.  It would be ideal if it could be
something that a non-techie like me could do with some basic
step-by-step instructions.  I plan on volunteering to update a limited #
of the FAQs (not nearly as many as I wrote originally but I doubt I can
let anyone handle my Hermione FAQ for example!).  <vbg>

Penny


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