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From: "Concetta Phillipps" <>
Subject: Re: [ABChat] Website maintenance / website host issues
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:29:26 -0500
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Annie,

Thats because the log indicates the robots.txt file is coming up with oodles
of errors. If their spiders can't find the document first, they won't check
the site over well. At leasts that's my semi-pro version of the story.

I have experienced the graphics and loading problems before, and on
occasion, I still do. They now go away clickly if I hit F5 to refresh,
whereas before, the site would not load correctly or at its worst, at all.

Other than that, I think we just need to do another research project and go
through each link, one by one, like what Linda BB did.

Tina, one thing I think we should most definitely add to the site is a
prominent "Contact Me" form to send an email to you or to Linda.

It may sound silly, but I have gotten emails from people asking who are they
supposed to email if they like something or have a problem and they are used
to seeing a "contact me" link, whereas we have a small comment about
comments should be sent to the webmaster.

Concetta


On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 7:46 AM, AnnieG <> wrote:

> The only thing I have experienced is not finding pages when I Google
> something about USGenWeb. Some of the old pages are no longer linked from
> the pages but Google still finds them. For Example: Old Board Minutes,
> etc.
> Most appear to be in the about folder. As far as graphics not showing
> etc.
> I haven't had a problem. Maybe we should run an INTERNAL link checker to
> make sure all of our pages are accessible from either the about us page or
> the main page.
>
> AnnieG
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: Denise Wells
> Date: 09/11/08 06:51:48
> To:
> Subject: Re: [ABChat] Website maintenance / website host issues
>
> At the present time, I have not experienced any issues with the national
> pages.
>
> Denise
>
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 6:17 AM, Cyndie <> wrote:
>
> > The performance has been acceptable the past couple of weeks, but I don't
> > know if there was a permanent resolution to be able to conclude that it
> is
>
> > resolved for the long term.
> >
> > Cyndie
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:
> > [mailto:] On Behalf Of Scott Burow
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 9:42 PM
> > To:
> > Subject: Re: [ABChat] Website maintenance / website host issues
> >
> > I understood, Cyndie, but since I've never been able to experience the
> > problem, I wasn't sure if it was resolved or not.
> >
> > I'm trying to determine whether it's a continuing problem or not. I just
> > can't tell from my end and haven't heard anything more from anyone as to
> > whether it was still a problem.
> >
> > Scott
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Cyndie" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 8:39 PM
> > Subject: Re: [ABChat] Website maintenance / website host issues
> >
> >
> > > Scott,
> > >
> > > I mentioned in my message that "There have been recent improvements to
> > the
> > > performance of the site which
> > > have alleviated the some of the urgency related to current website
> > > performance."
> > >
> > > Maybe I didn't word my message well enough, but I was pointing out that
> > > those were the issues at the time discussion was closed.
> > >
> > > Cyndie
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From:
> > > [mailto:] On Behalf Of Scott Burow
> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 8:56 PM
> > > To:
> > > Subject: Re: [ABChat] Website maintenance / website host issues
> > >
> > > Cyndie: I have had no trouble loading the national site or any of it's
> > > subpages. I'm somewhat at a loss as to the issues that some are having
> > as
> > > they are not something that I've experienced.
> > >
> > > I don't doubt that they are there, but I just can't judge the
> > significance
> > > of them without experiencing the same problems. I know that there were
> > > some
> > > image issues with a couple of pages on the site, but I think that has
> > been
> > > resolved for the most part. Are people indicating that there are still
> > > some
> > > bandwidth or loading issues?
> > >
> > > I think we can work on some processes and procedures for duties, and
> long
> > > term plans without any doubt. I believe the priority has to be on
> > website
> > > performance first. If that's not presently an issue, then the others
> can
>
> > > be
> > > taken up, but if it is an issue, then that takes priority over all else
> > > for
> > > me.
> > >
> > > Scott
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Cyndie" <>
> > > To: <>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 5:23 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [ABChat] Website maintenance / website host issues
> > >
> > >
> > >> When discussion was closed previously, we had decided that this topic
> > has
> > >> a
> > >> few issues associated with it; Developing a Standard Procedure related
> > to
> > >> Duties/Responsibilities of the Web Master, alternatives for hosting
> > >> (long-term plan), and current website performance.
> > >>
> > >> Phyllis had started work on a Standard Procedure that hopefully we can
> > >> work
> > >> from and complete.
> > >>
> > >> Comments made with the motion seem to indicate that AB members feel we
> > >> can
> > >> handle the topic related to hosting without the need for a committee.
> > >>
> > >> There have been recent improvements to the performance of the site
> which
> > >> have alleviated the some of the urgency related to current website
> > >> performance.
> > >>
> > >> I would be interested to know if our incoming AB members have any
> > >> comments.
> > >>
> > >> Cyndie
> > >> SP Rep.
> > >>
> > >
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