On Wednesday 10 June 2009 13:01:27 Dotan Cohen wrote: > > 1. I personally maintain my sites as mostly static HTML content that is > > generated from templates and uploaded to the site using rsync. If you're > > not using rsync or something - you should. See its -a option too. > > I use a ehader.inc and footer.inc file for consistent layout across > the site, and include them with PHP. The rest of the page can be > either static or dynamic, as per the need. >
That's not a bad solution. My template is more sophisticated than just including a static HTML header and footer, and also customises the navigation menu, the breadcrumbs trail, etc. based on the current location. So if you're under "software/" then the "Software sub-menu will be expanded. > > 2. Watch for spam. I told about a spam incident here: > > ++correct > > > 4. Make sure all the important pages of the site (including features) > > contains links to the central pages with navigation menu, etc. That way, > > you'll have better page rank and people who stumble upon them will visit > > more pages. > > ++correct > > > 5. I put a script on shlomifish.org (without the /) that just says that > > there's nothing there, and refers people to the link. > > Use an automatic redirect. You get the google benefit, without > confusing users. Actually, I redirect www.* to * to keep the URL that > much shorter. I had a lot of bad experience with Google and redirects. It doesn't seem to work very well. Besides, this is not a redirect. I don't want any links to shlomifish.org - only to http://www.shlomifish.org/ . As a result, I'm trying prevent people from linking to sf.org without the www. > > > 6. Make sure you have a blog or otherwise feed of what's new on the site. > > Use a version control system or history tracker to announce the new > > items. > > RSS was designed for this. It does a great job. But don't give the > user a choice between RSS 2.0, RSS 0.92, Atom *.* and twenty other > feed types. Pick one, I don't care which. I maintain my web-site's blog on LiveJournal which takes care of generating web-feeds for me. There are other blog services, and you can always host your own blog using MovableType, WordPress, or whatever. Regards, Shlomi Fish -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ Funny Anti-Terrorism Story - http://xrl.us/bjn7t God gave us two eyes and ten fingers so we will type five times as much as we read. _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
