In a message dated 2/26/10 8:55:41 AM, [email protected] writes:
> > > > > Unfortunately, that FAQ page is for list adminisistrators, not the list > users > --- so it suggests how an administrator > might write the code for a "Refine Search" page for any of the listservs > in > the "Mail Archive" network. > Can Kate be persuaded to write the code for such a page? > the FAQ is meant for list users,many of whom can do complicated searches. You couldn't see it if it were meant for llist administrators. This is a free archive and I am not a list administrator of it. > > Our archive also needs a link to an information page that gives the > purpose of > our list and tells subscribers how to un-subscribe. > > (one poor fellow just contacted me asking how he could un-subscribe) > The information page on the archive gives the url of our web site which does both of these things. Your friend could have asked you for the url. I got your message with his email instead of his name just now- he wrote last night with the email he wanted unsubscribed. > > And while contemplating such improvements --- we might also try to make > our > list more visible on Google where a search for "aesthetics listserv" > ought to > point to our home page. > We are not a list serve. We are in the major search engines and directories. It takes traffic and links to drive Google visibility up. We add members at a slow but steady rate. Kate Sullivan
