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Web Operational Management Group

Minutes of the Meeting of May 8, 2001
2:00 - 4:00 pm, Porter Conference Room

Present: Chris Gray, Linda Hastings, Bill Oldfield, Marina Wan (Facilitator), Charles Woods (Recorder)
Regrets: Esther Millar

  1. Approval of minutes from the meeting on April 24, 2001
    Approved as distributed.
     
  2. Agenda review
    Add:
    • Bill Oldfield (Zope Implementation)
       
  3. Progress Reports
    Marina will mail out the documents on Standards and Procedures to the Web Maintenance group.

    Chris reported on his investigation into customization of 404 error pages, noting that this can be done both directory-by-directory and site-wide. A mockup of a customized 404 page for the library site that redirects users to the Site-Search page will be done

    Chris also noted that there is a Dreamweaver 4 plugin for checking 4.01 DTD errors but that it was not as thorough as Tidy. It was recommended that the plugin be placed on a network drive and staff emailed about downloading the software.

    The group discussed Dreamweaver 4 installations and problems. It was noted that staff need to be encouraged to begin their DW sessions with a synchronization with the remote site to ensure that they are working with the latest copies of the pages and directories involved. Linda Hastings will write a note describing the importance of this procedure to content-creators.

    It was also noted that some library web pages had disappeared. Some of these could be attributed to symbolic links used in the Ereserves directory for the navigation bar. Chris, Bill and Charles will look into this particular problem. An ftp problem was encountered by Amos: when connecting to a directory for which a person is not allowed read or write access an error message was encountered. Chris will check out an update for DW4 that possibly has some ftp fixes.

    An order for DW4 manuals has been placed. Chris will investigate appropriate reference-manual titles.

    Chris reported that Dreamweaver 4 seems to construct very good javascript code. The group agreed that it would remove references in previous documents (eg Standards and Procedures) that discouraged use of javascript. Staff can attend sessions that might train on use of javascript but that Webops would neither actively promote or discourage its use at this time.

    The group agreed with Marina's proposal that email-forms be made availabe to staff who wish to avoid placing their email address on web pages, hence evading email-harvesting programs. Marina will customize the cgi-script that takes care of the mailing.

    Chris is still attempting to contact Pat Matlock with regards to problems encountered with UNIX Netscape browsers and the library site.

    Chris summarized responses to the questionnaire sent to LibAdminPlus on requirements for Web statistics. The responses were wide-ranging but two main issues emerged:

    1. a need for basic hit-counts for the bigger directories and major pages
    2. breakdown of these counts over a time dimension.
    Chris will feed-back a summary to WebMaint-l and LibadminPlus, and talk to Mark, Susan and Joan about setting up a demo/interest group that might be involved in a followup.
     
  4. EZproxy
    Bill has contacted Don Hamilton and George Loney regarding the status of an EZProxy investigation at their instititutions. Bill and Charles will contact Art Ryhno of Windsor with regards to his experience with the product. Marina will attempt to determine if/why the University of British Columbia and the University of Albert no longer use the product.
     
  5. TUG Web issues
    The group discussed various issues associated with the TUG Web site and began a process of explication. This framework was adopted:
    • Inventory the TUG Shared services
    • Describe how these services are currently delivered
    • Identify the objectives of Tug Shared Services
    • Propose new delivery options to meet these objectives.

  6. ZOPE Implementation
    Bill described the status of a ZOPE implementation project. Bill, Chris and Charles are charged with producing a report by May 28 that documents implementation issues and solutions. Their first meeting is on Friday, May 11.

  7. Next Meeting
    Tuesday, May 15, 2-4 pm; Porter Conference Room 428
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