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links have standard icons. We have adopted this as a way of b
These were fixed on April 24th -- a case where testing on landon would
have been better. However, I cannot give you a good rule for when landon
is better than csuite or vice versa.
On Sat, 3 May 1997, Jamie Fifield wrote:
> Notice the @@@SHORTR_NAME@@@ and @@@SHORT_NMAME
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> I don't know where this came from, but this user is french. Also, the
> line spacing on this is pretty poor.
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> ---------- Message r=E9achemin=E9 ----------
> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 13:00:30 -0300
> From: http@csuite.chebucto.ns.ca
> To: aa006@csuite.chebucto.ns.ca
> Subject: FCN IP Application for Testing Anonymous
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> Thanks for your application to become an information provider (IP) on
> Frugal Community Net.
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> ***Please Save This Message***. It contains information on the steps in
> becoming an information provider, along with an application for IP
> training. It also contains some important suggestions for your website
> design.=20
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> **Please Consider a Contribution**
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> FCN is free to use but not free to operate.=20
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> We need your support in order to support you. Please consider making a
> donation according to what your organization can afford. Any contribution
> goes to support FCN services such as upgrading our=20
> functionality,
> increasing our number of dial-in lines, developing our software, etc. and
> thus works directly to your benefit. A website on the Frugal Community Ne=
t=20
> is a two-way
> partnership. We want to do our best to help you and your organization in
> your work. We hope we can count on your support in helping us do that!=20
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> ** The IP Agreement **
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> The next step is to download, complete and send the IP agreement to our
> office. The IP agreement can be found on the IP pages. It can be reached
> via via http://csuite.chebucto.ns.ca/Services/IPsupport/index.html or on =
the
> FCN type 'g ip' and follow the link "Send in the On-line IP=20
> Application Form."
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> As part of completing the IP agreement, you must designate one or more
> people, known as IP editors, who will be responsible for maintaining your
> on-line information.=20
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> Please remember, the agreement should be signed by a person with signing
> authority in your organization (if you are applying for an organization t=
o
> become an Information Provider).
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> ** IP Training **
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> Please forward this message to each IP editor in your organization.=20
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> If they are new to computing and @@@SHORT_NMAME@@@ they should first=20
> register for User Training. Each IP Editor should complete the lines=20
> below and forward it to training@csuite.chebucto.ns.ca.=20
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> Your e-mail (@@@SHORTR_NAME@@@ user ID):
> Course name:
> Date:
> Time:
> Location:
> IP Organization:
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> If they already have computing skills, they should each send a message to
> training@csuite.chebucto.ns.ca requesting they be registered in IP=20
> Training.=20
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> Each should include a description of computing background and other
> relevant information such as experience on FCN, internet=20
> experience, and skills in HTML editing.=20
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> ** Liaising With Your Editor **
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> Please work closely with your FCN Editor, who will be=20
> assigned to you based on your directory placement:=20
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> 1) check your material to ensure that it is technically correct
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> 2) ensure you are aware of any FCN style or content guidelines
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> 3) make sure the site adheres to the FCN IP Agreement.
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> FCN Editors need to do all of these things before they can link=20
> your files to the main FCN pages. They can also help you=20
> speed up editing by alerting you to possible problems in your files.=20
> =
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> ** Your IP Directory ** =
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> =
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> In order to create your IP directory we need to know a number of things.
> Please liase with your FCN editor to help you decide on=20
> them. =20
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> a) THE NATURE OF YOUR ORGANIZATION
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> What does your organization do? Knowing this will help our editors to
> determine both where in the FCN directory structure your=20
> directory should be placed, and what page it should be linked to. In many=
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> cases this will be obvious but in other circumstances you can provide us=
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> with assistance (e.g. is your group a recreational or professional one,=
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> etc.) that will help to best situate it.=20
> =20
> b) DIRECTORY NAME =
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> What name do you wish your directory to have? Longer names may be more
> descriptive, but shorter ones are easier to type in URLs (e.g.
> /YourOrganization vs. /YO).
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> Directory names must start with a capital letter (e.g. /YourOrganization=
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> rather than /yourorganization).
> =
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> c) HOME PAGE NAME =
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> What will you name the home page? As above, longer names may be more
> descriptive but shorter names are easier to write and remember. (e.g.
> YourOrganization_home.html vs. home.html) N.B. if you call your home page
> index.html you can omit the file name from your URL. However, please do
> not create any files called index.html until after you have finished
> training.=20
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> For example, if you are placed in the "CommunitySupport" area, and you
> have chosen "YO" as your directory, and "index.html" as your home page,
> your home page URL will be:=20
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> http://csuite.chebucto.ns.ca/CommunitySupport/YO
> =
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> d) NAME FOR JUMPKEY TO DIRECTORY =
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> Would you like to define a 'jumpkey' for your home page? If so, what
> should it be? A jumpkey is activated on FCN by the 'i'=20
> command. It allows readers to 'jump' directly to your home page from=20
> anywhere within the Frugal Community Net.
> It can be the same as the name of your mailing list, although it does not
> need to be so. (e.g. if 'yourorg' is your jumpkey typing 'I yourorg'
> anywhere in the FCN will take readers directly to your home=20
> page.)=20
> =
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> When all this has been decided, and when you have completed your=20
> FCN IP Training, your IP directory will be created and you=20
> can install your files in it.=20
> =
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> After completing training, please EMail ccn-ip saying that you are ready
> for your directory to be created. Once your FCN Editor has=20
> checked your files, they can be linked to the FCN pages. If the=20
> files have already been set up in the public directory of your=20
> FCN account, this check can be done in advance.=20
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> e) TWO POINTS TO CONSIDER IN DESIGNING YOUR DOCUMENTS
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> 1) We are asking all Information Provider sites to the FCN to=20
> include, somewhere on their home page, a brief acknowledgement of the=20
> FCN and a link back to the FCN Home Page. This=20
> is so that users arriving at your site from other servers will know where=
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> your site is situated and will be able to link back to the=20
> FCN. It should be roughly of the form:=20
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> We would like to acknowledge the generosity of the <A
> HREF=3D"../../Home.html">Frugal Community Net</A> in making this site
> possible.<p>
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> The exact choice of wording is up to you.
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> 2) You may have noticed that the FCN pages have now adopted a=20
> standard button bar at the bottom of all our IP-related pages. It looks=
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> like this:=20
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> ______________________________________________
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> [Find] [Recent] [Contacts] [Home] [Web]
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> If you see our pages via a graphic browser, you'll notice that all these
> links have standard icons. We have adopted this as a way of bringing
> forward to our users both a convenient and concise set of links to some
> important FCN functions, and also to standardize the look=20
> and feel of our pages -- to the benefit of all users.=20
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> We strongly encourage our Information Providers to consider employing thi=
s
> button bar on their home page and in other locations where it might be
> relevant. It will put at the service of your users powerful FCN=20
> functions such as [Find], [Recent] and [Web] and will help both visually =
and
> functionally to situate your material within the Frugal Community Net.=20
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> The code you would insert at the bottom of a page is:
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> <HR><p>
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> <A
> HREF=3D"http://csuite.chebucto.ns.ca/cgi-bin/search-form/(Category/Direct=
ory)"><IMG
> SRC=3D"../../Icons/find.gif" ALT=3D"[Find]"></A>
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> <A
> HREF=3D"http://csuite.chebucto.ns.ca/cgi-bin/recent/(Category/Directory">=
<IMG
> SRC=3D"../../Icons/recent.gif" ALT=3D"[Recent]"></A> =20
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> NOTE - The following 'mailto' link needs to be edited to specify your ema=
il=20
> address for others to contact you...
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> <A HREF=3D"mailto:***YOUR ml-priv name here***@csuite.chebucto.ns.ca"><IM=
G=20
> SRC=3D"../../Icons/contacts.gif" ALT=3D"[Contacts]"></A>
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> <A HREF=3D"../../Home.html"><IMG SRC=3D"../../Icons/home.gif"
> ALT=3D"[Home]"></A>
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> <A HREF=3D"../../Help/Inet/web.html"><IMG SRC=3D"../../Icons/web.gif"
> ALT=3D"[Web]"></A>
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> Where Category =3D The FCN directory you are located in (i.e=20
> Culture, Health, Heritage, Religion, etc.); Directory =3D your IP directo=
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> name; and ml-priv is your editor's mailing list name.=20
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> g) When all this is done your website will be up and running!
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> Glad to have you with us!
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David Trueman,
Systems Manager, Dalhousie Math, Stats and Computing Science
Technical Chair, Chebucto Community Net
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