the FAQ is now a web site

[Steve Vander Ark]

> And I will start working my other FAQs in COmposer, which I think I 
remember 
> how to use - anything to make it easier on you!

If you want to work in Composer, just go to the page on the web, 
select "Edit page" from the file menu, and do a "Save as..." to 
create a copy with a new name on your own hard drive. I'm using 
simple file names as much as possible, so the Geography page is 
called "geography.html" for example. I always use the "html" 
extension instead of "htm" too, and it's best to keep things 
consistent. Then you can type right into our template. When you're 
done, send me the file and I'll edit, add the index at the top of the 
page if you haven't, and upload it.

Until I see what Paul's conversion program will do, please don't save 
your Word doc in HTML. I'll do that myself. Otherwise we get all 
sorts of extraneous junk in there - HTML tags, carriage returns, etc.

> 
> btw - the pot. rom. pairings is a Penny Production - who else could 
write so 
> unbiasedly about shipping? :)

I have Mike's name to add to the Neville one too. Thanks.


>   
> << This site is ready to go whenever we want to link the domain 
name to 
>  it. I don't think we need to wait until each and every page is 
added 
>  to make it live. At what point do we welcome visitors? We do have 
a 
>  little bit of general site work to do too before that time: we 
will 
>  want to add a hit counter to the main page as well as a search 
>  function.  >>
> 
> 
> Can we have a counter on the first page before we go live? - 
something that 
> says ______ witches and wizards have visited since June __, 2001, 
or 
> something like that? I think we can go live without the search 
function, 
> though, dpending on how long it takes.


Actually, the hit counter is trickier for me, since I don't write cgi 
code. I have to rely on third party counters, which means they don't 
upload very well from Composer, so I have to ftp the file when I 
update it. I know that means nothing to most of you (or me, almost).

If anyone knows how to write a nice simple hit counter for us that 
will upload easily in Composer, I would be eternally in their debt.


> We also should have, as I once suggested, a line that says "HARRY 
POTTER(TM), 
> HOGWARTS(TM), HERMIONE GRANGER(TM), FLUFFY(TM)  and other similar 
and related 
> indicia are trademarks of Warner Bros., and are used here for 
noncommercial 
> purposes; no infringement is intended."
> It can either be on a page by itself, with a link from each page 
that says 
> "Intellectual Property Information" or on each line, in small type, 
like the 
> copyright notice.


Heidi, I recently received an official permission from Warner Bros to 
use their graphics. I could put the exact same credit line on our 
pages that they asked  me to use for the Lexicon. Would that be a 
good idea?

Steve