Web Information Manager

Ruth McDunnmcdunn@slac.stanford.edu or ext. 2014

Central Lab (B40), Room R110http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~mcdunn/

mcdunn.html

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Topics

• What is a Web Information ManagerWhat is a Web Information Manager• AccomplishmentsAccomplishments• ConcernsConcerns• What’s Next?What’s Next?

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Web Information Manager

• To develop and maintain the architecture and manage the content of SLAC’s central web space. – Create, maintain, and manage top level SLAC home

pages– Provide web users and authors with procedures,

support, and training– Manage SLAC’s AFS and NT web server space

• 50% position, established 4/1/98• Report to head of Technical Information Services• Ex-Officio member of Web-CC• Member of InfoForum and Web-Tech committees

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Core Pages Managed

• Welcome Page • Detailed Home Page • Highlighted Home Page (set of 7) • Web Policy and Resources• Phone Directory Search and “Other”

Directories• SLAC Announcements Submission Forms• SLAC FeaturesSLAC Features• SLAC FleaMarket• News from the Web Information Manager

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Accomplishments

• Revised home pages implemented August 1998

• Documented WIM procedures • Managed Web server space• News from the Web Information Manager• Many training courses and presentations

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Revised Home Pages

• WWWCC Ad Hoc Committee to Revise Highlighted and Detailed Home Pages– Revision process began February 1997– Implemented August 1998

• Updated Design– Tables with bulleted lists– Minimal descriptive text– New navigational features and buttons– Phonebook search on every page– Professional look and feel

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New Features Since Implementation

• Show Index – Les Cottrell script that shows an alphabetical

listing of the links on a page

• Automated Processing– Announcements– Conferences/Workshops– Flea Market

• Phonebook search revised – Active employees, not every employee ever at

SLAC

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Documented WIM Procedures

• Topics – Responding to WWW-Admin Mail– Web Servers at SLAC– Request for New Web Space– Unix Procedures for a New Web Space– NT Procedures for a New FrontPage Web– Request for Changes to ACLs– Requests for an Increase in AFS Volume

• Will be adding log analysis procedures, as Will be adding log analysis procedures, as developeddeveloped

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Web Space Management

• Reviewed all web AFS space for space allocation and ACLs– Adjusted space and corrected ACLs as needed

• Created many web spaces on Unix and NT– Since 8/98 on NT

• www-group (6)

• www-project (11)

• www-user (18)

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News from the Web Information Manager

• The Interaction Point column and on the web– Home Page Announcements (9/98)– Searching the Phone Book (10/98)

– New Links on the Home Pages (11/98)

– Announcing Announcements (subscribing) and Submitting Conferences (12/98)

– Can't find a link? (Show Index feature) (2/99)

– Web Policy and Support (3/99)

– SLAC FleaMarket (planned for 4/99)

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Presentations/Training Provided

• Presentations– About the SLAC Home Pages– FrontPage at SLAC (to SNUG) – Computer Faire - Ask the Web Information Manager– Take our Daughters to Work Day Open House

(4/99)

• Training Courses– So You Want (Need) to be a Web Author– Introduction to FrontPage 98 – Forms in FP98

• All formal presentations and courses are available on the web

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Concerns

• Web space allocated to employees who Web space allocated to employees who are goneare gone

• Instability of NT serversInstability of NT servers– still can’t offer new web space or assistance on

www2 because new Athena server hasn’t been set up

• Inappropriate use of web spaceInappropriate use of web space• Next revision to home pagesNext revision to home pages• Giving web authors the time to learn this Giving web authors the time to learn this

technologytechnology

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What’s Next?

• Continuous improvement– Feedback form

• http://www2.slac.stanford.edu/techpubs/wim/comments.html

– Log files• Web Trends software purchased and Unix space

allocated for process

– Periodic review by WWW-CC

• Identify WSC training or resource needs– Next course -- Web Graphics Primer