[USPS-Webmasters] Re: Calendar/Activities clarification?

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 22:34:00 -0400

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At 12:01 PM 8/2/2005 -0400, you wrote:

>Mr. Miller,
>   I do not drop my education items once the class is over or the  activities
>because I feel the members need to have a feel for the classes 
>and  activities
>that we are offering or have offered in the past year. I hope this  one item
>(our preference) will not disqualify us from the competition. Thank  you,
>Kathy Redford, webmaster
>Golden Corner Lakes

>Kathy, in answer to your question, having past events will not disqualify
>your website based on the requirements of rule #11.  The rule is 
>quite  detailed
>regarding how to handle dates that are past.  The only difference  between
>the rule as written and the rules for the Webawards program is the  number of
>days noted.  In rule #11 if the website is over 90 days out of  date it 
>may be
>removed from active linkage to the USPS website list of squadron  websites.
>For the Webawards program the schedules may not be over 30 days  old 
>before the
>website will be disqualified for evaluation.  Less than 30  days will result
>in some reduction in score for that item.
>
>Hope this answers your question.  I am sending this response as a CC  to the
>usps-webmasters mail list so everyone gets the same response.
>
>Bill Miller
>Website Coordinator, USPS
>Chairman Web Awards Program 2005

Asking for a bit of clarification here if I may?

Some of the websites I have seen have "running calendars", and I have
incorporated this concept into a full-year tabular calendar page. After a
month passes, I change the color of the text to reflect that the information
is past.  I have a bookmark link and "top of page" links for easy and
convenient navigation between the months of the calendar page, and
I feel like this says "Since you have things on your calendar that are more
than 30 days old, you're disqualified." How will this affect the evaluation of
my squadron's page?

And also,  when you say

     "In rule #11 if the website is over 90 days out of  date it may be 
removed
       from active linkage to the USPS website list of  squadron  websites. For
       the Webawards program the schedules may not be over 30 days  old
       before the website will be disqualified for evaluation.  Less than 
30 days
       will result  in some reduction in score for that item."

I see it to mean that we cannot show photos, information, or descriptions
of activities that are older than three months. How does the display of said
information serve to be a disqualifier, if we are specifically saying that the
activities are past? I don't think I understand exactly what this rule 
states. I
am a relatively new webmaster, as the former one was not able to keep up
the page, due to his job. I don't have access to all the imagery and content
that he did, and I am also having a little trouble getting other persons in the
squadron to reply to my requests for content for their areas of specialty.

My Calendar and Activities pages are two of the most updated and edited
pages on the site, and this seems like it's saying we can't talk about past
events for fear of disqualification. Common sense tells me this cannot
be so, but this is what the letter of the rule reads to me.

Any way someone could check out these pages to see if the fail the test?

They can be found from the Contents bar on the main page at:

www.srsps.com

Thanks for the clarification, when it comes...

Cordially,

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Lt. Charles A. Barreras, Jr.
Public Relations Officer - Webmaster
Savannah River Sail & Power Squadron
www.srsps.com

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At 12:01 PM 8/2/2005 -0400, you wrote: 
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Mr. Miller, 
&nbsp; I do not drop my education items once the class is over or
the&nbsp; activities 
because I feel the members need to have a feel for the classes and&nbsp;
activities 
that we are offering or have offered in the past year. I hope this&nbsp;
one item 
(our preference) will not disqualify us from the competition. Thank&nbsp;
you, 
Kathy Redford, webmaster 
Golden Corner Lakes</blockquote> 
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Kathy, in answer to your question,
having past events will not disqualify&nbsp; 
your website based on the requirements of rule #11.&nbsp; The rule is
quite&nbsp; detailed 
regarding how to handle dates that are past.&nbsp; The only
difference&nbsp; between 
the rule as written and the rules for the Webawards program is the&nbsp;
number of 
days noted.&nbsp; In rule #11 if the website is over 90 days out of&nbsp;
date it may be 
removed from active linkage to the USPS website list of squadron&nbsp;
websites.&nbsp; 
For the Webawards program the schedules may not be over 30 days&nbsp; old
before the 
website will be disqualified for evaluation.&nbsp; Less than 30&nbsp;
days will result 
in some reduction in score for that item. 
&nbsp; 
Hope this answers your question.&nbsp; I am sending this response as a
CC&nbsp; to the 
usps-webmasters mail list so everyone gets the same response. 
&nbsp; 
Bill Miller 
Website Coordinator, USPS 
Chairman Web Awards Program 2005</blockquote> 
Asking for a bit of clarification here if I may? 
Some of the websites I have seen have &quot;running calendars&quot;, and
I have 
incorporated this concept into a full-year tabular calendar page. After
a 
month passes, I change the color of the text to reflect that the
information 
is past.&nbsp; I have a bookmark link and &quot;top of page&quot; links
for easy and 
convenient navigation between the months of the calendar page, and 
I feel like this says &quot;Since you have things on your calendar that
are more 
than 30 days old, you're disqualified.&quot; How will this affect the
evaluation of 
my squadron's page? 
And also,&nbsp; when you say 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;In rule #11 if the website is over 90 days out
of&nbsp; date it may be removed 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; from active linkage to the USPS website
list of&nbsp; squadron&nbsp; websites. For 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the Webawards program the schedules may
not be over 30 days&nbsp; old 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; before the website will be disqualified
for evaluation.&nbsp; Less than 30 days 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; will result&nbsp; in some reduction in
score for that item.&quot; 
I see it to mean that we cannot show photos, information, or descriptions
 
of activities that are older than three months. How does the display of
said 
information serve to be a disqualifier, if we are specifically saying
that the 
activities are past? I don't think I understand exactly what this rule
states. I 
am a relatively new webmaster, as the former one was not able to keep
up 
the page, due to his job. I don't have access to all the imagery and
content 
that he did, and I am also having a little trouble getting other persons
in the 
squadron to reply to my requests for content for their areas of
specialty. 
My Calendar and Activities pages are two of the most updated and
edited 
pages on the site, and this seems like it's saying we can't talk about
past 
events for fear of disqualification. Common sense tells me this cannot
 
be so, but this is what the letter of the rule reads to me. 
Any way someone could check out these pages to see if the fail the
test? 
They can be found from the Contents bar on the main page at: 
<a href="http://www.srsps.com/" eudora="autourl">www.srsps.com</a> 
Thanks for the clarification, when it comes... 
Cordially, 
----- 
Lt. Charles A. Barreras, Jr. 
Public Relations Officer - Webmaster 
Savannah River Sail &amp; Power Squadron 
<a href="http://www.srsps.com/" eudora="autourl">www.srsps.com</a> 
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