September 23, 1998
- USNA Webmasters Users Group WWW Page
:
- See
http://www.usna.edu/Masters This page is a collection of resources
to assist the Academy's Webmasters develop their pages. It has questions,
answers, policy, guidelines, etc.
- Review WWW
Policy. Please take time to review the USNA WWW Policy to
be sure that your pages conform the USNA Policy. There
have been major changes made since our last meeting !
- Review
Guidelines. This is a set of useful guidelines to be considered
as you create your pages. There have been
major changes made since our last meeting !
- Review Webmasters List. Please check through the list and e-mail me with any additions or corrections.
- See
http://www.usna.edu/Masters This page is a collection of resources
to assist the Academy's Webmasters develop their pages. It has questions,
answers, policy, guidelines, etc.
- Development Plan
USNA WWW Development Plan Committees have been meeting for the past several months. To review the work that has been done, please see the USNA WWW Development Plan Notes.
- New WWW Resources are Available
Computer Services has introduced a couple of new resources for web developers :- Operations is running a program called LinkBot that checks the links on your pages for dead links. Terry Hallow will email you a report.
- There is a new program available to process forms. For more information, please see the instructions on the use of Y-Form and FormMail.
- Webster Upgrades
The staff in Ward Hall has been upgrading the main WWW server. Webster has a new 9-gig drive for additional storage requirements.
- NT Support
Ward Hall has made an NT machine available for WWW applications. Public Works has found an application that requires an NT solution. The NT box is available for anybody in the Yard requiring NT for WWWW applications.
- WWW Courseware Evaluation
Prof R.J. Goodman is leading a team that will be evaluating WWW courseware. Please contact her if you are interested in working on this project.
- Advanced Tool Selection Update
Currently, the Naval Academy has declared Netscape Composer as the entry level development tool for web pages. We would like to establish an advanced tool standard. If you are interested in working on the evaluation team, please call me at 31428.
- Log Analysis Tool Selection
We are evaluating several log analyzer tools to generate monthly usage reports. Currently, Webtrend's Log Analyzer is the leading choice. A final decision is coming soon.
- Training
Prof Ernie Tucker established the first web development course. Additional instructors have stepped forward to teach the course. Many thanks to Ernie and the crew.
- Next Meeting's Topic :
If you would like to suggest a topic for next meeting, please send me e-mail.
- Establish Next Meeting :
TBD, 1999 / Rickover 103 / 15:45
Respectfully Submitted, Michael Moriarty
USNA Webmaster
Ext 31428
webmaster@usna.edu
