| Q |
I don't have any web space available. Can I still be a
County Coordinator? |
| A |
Yes. There are a number of servers on the web that
provide small amounts of free web space. See the item entitled
"Free
Web Space" below.
Contact: Steve Stymiest
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| Q |
How do I get my biographies on the South Dakota Biographies
page? |
| A |
You don't. Your biographies need to be kept with your
county page on your server.
Contact: Steve Stymiest
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| Q |
Why do I have to use text files? Won't the biographies
need to be in html format? |
| A |
You don't have to use the text format. Some people prefer
text because it's easier to create. There are pros and cons for Text
or HTML, it is up to the county coordinator to decide which will
work best for them.
Contact: Steve Stymiest
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| Q |
Can new biographies by typed directly into e-mail? |
| A |
Yes, however, please be aware that there are some pitfalls
associated with typing biographies directly into an e-mail. Not the
least if which will be improperly formatted biographies. That means
someone has to do a lot more work to make the biography work on the
web. The other reason is simpler; if you save each biography
as a separate file, you will only have to type it once.
Contact: Steve Stymiest
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| Q |
Why do I have to leave a message on the Bio-L mailing list
when I add new biographies? |
| A |
So both the State Coordinator and the Assistant Coordinator
have the information on all new biographies. The State
coordinator maintains a list of biographies and a biographies
archive. The Assistant Coordinator is responsible for maintaining
the names index.
Contact: Steve Stymiest
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| Q |
I already have a large number of biographies as html
documents. Do you expect me to convert them all to text
files? |
| A |
We understand the amount of time and effort that has gone
into typing all those bios, Therefore if you are building a County
Biographies site from a pre-existing html library, go ahead and use
what you have. This does however significantly increase the
workload of the state coordinator and assistant coordinator.
New sites with no pre-existing html library should adopt the text
file format. Contact: Steve Stymiest
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| Q |
Is there a standard way to name the biographies? |
| A |
Not really. As long as the file is in the correct
format (DOS Text) and has the ".txt" extension, it should be just
fine. If you use Windows95 to create your biography files, a
good way to name them is to use the full name of the subject in
lower case without any spaces or punctuation. For
example: Enos T. Taylor would become enosttaylor.txt.
This is not a requirement, just a good idea. If you use
Windows 3.1x, you could abbreviate the name like ettaylor.txt. Once
the file is uploaded to your server, you can then rename it to a
more descriptive name if you wish.
Contact: Steve Stymiest
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| Q |
I don't know a thing about creating web pages but I am
willing to learn. Can someone help me get started? |
| A |
Absolutely! You can contact Deb Murray or Scott
Satterthwaite for some pointers. There is also a sample page
you can modify and use. See the section below entitled "HTML
Sources" Contact: Steve Stymiest
. |
| Q |
Does my county page have to look just the the sample
page? |
| A |
Not at all. In fact, we encourage you to be creative
with your web page. Make it your own creation. Keep in
mind, however, that a lot of graphics on a page make it look nicer
but can make it painfully slow when loading.
Contact:
Steve Stymiest
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| Q |
Where can I find those neat buttons and backgrounds for my
web page? |
| A |
There are many web site that have graphics collections
available for download. Check the links in the "Graphics"
section below. Or, if you are adventuresome, you can create
them yourself. We use Paint
Shop Pro for the job and create all of our own original
graphics, backgrounds, and buttons. Contact: Steve Stymiest
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| Q |
How do I get my page and biographies on my
server? |
| A |
You will have to upload them using an FTP program.
Contact: Steve Stymiest
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| Q |
How should I organize my biographies? |
| A |
There are no set rules on storing you biographies. Here
are some rough guidelines though: Keep backup copies of all
your biographies on you local PC just in case. You can keep
your biographies in a sub directory on the sever, just make sure the
hyper links are correct. Once you have established a system
for naming and storing your bios, stay with it!
Contact: Steve Stymiest
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