Difference between revisions of "Content:Policies"

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(New page: * Cross-browser support ** prioritize browsers ** operating systems? * Maintability - style sheets, includes ** Documentation *** SVN/trac *** Mediawiki (wiki.cs.earlham.edu) ** Organizin...)
 
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*** SVN/trac
 
*** SVN/trac
 
*** Mediawiki (wiki.cs.earlham.edu)
 
*** Mediawiki (wiki.cs.earlham.edu)
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**** Changelog rotated every other month (bimonthly)
 
** Organizing
 
** Organizing
 
*** cgi in one directory
 
*** cgi in one directory
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** Scripts only available on campus (barndoor)
 
** Scripts only available on campus (barndoor)
 
** Not putting false, compromising, incriminating, inappropriate info
 
** Not putting false, compromising, incriminating, inappropriate info
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** Follow campus (ECS?) information policy (does one exist?)
  
 
* Reliability (working on staging first)
 
* Reliability (working on staging first)
 
** Only put polished and tested pages live
 
** Only put polished and tested pages live
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** Major changes should be run by users and tested by users, and given a specific release date ahead of time
  
 
* Usability
 
* Usability
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** Users: potential students of CS (or another department of Earlham), people in CS department, Earlham at large
 
** Clean layout
 
** Clean layout
 
** Navigability
 
** Navigability
 
** No orphaned pages
 
** No orphaned pages
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* Standards compliance (XHTML)
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** Value ease of use higher than compliance but trying to move toward compliance
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** Keep CSS/HTML separate

Revision as of 14:51, 22 April 2009

  • Cross-browser support
    • prioritize browsers
    • operating systems?
  • Maintability - style sheets, includes
    • Documentation
      • SVN/trac
      • Mediawiki (wiki.cs.earlham.edu)
        • Changelog rotated every other month (bimonthly)
    • Organizing
      • cgi in one directory
      • php includes on directory
      • css in one directory
      • images in a directory
  • Security/Integrity - don't make security holes :P
    • Scripts only available on campus (barndoor)
    • Not putting false, compromising, incriminating, inappropriate info
    • Follow campus (ECS?) information policy (does one exist?)
  • Reliability (working on staging first)
    • Only put polished and tested pages live
    • Major changes should be run by users and tested by users, and given a specific release date ahead of time
  • Usability
    • Users: potential students of CS (or another department of Earlham), people in CS department, Earlham at large
    • Clean layout
    • Navigability
    • No orphaned pages
  • Standards compliance (XHTML)
    • Value ease of use higher than compliance but trying to move toward compliance
    • Keep CSS/HTML separate