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Link-Checked & Updated Pages
The following groups of pages are checked more often than others, as they are considered to be the core of what the site is about. It is anticipated these will be done between 4 - 6 times a year. We are going to trial a more fluid updating program this year, rather than set dates for a large volume of pages, and see how this works.
- All pages in the Education menu and its sub-menus.
- All pages in the Teachers menu.
- All pages in the Schools menu, including both government and non-government school pages.
- The Calendar pages.
- All pages in the Education News menu, including all Headline pages.
- All pages in the Site Information menu, including this one.
- The Education Software and Education Software Archive pages.
In addition to the core pages, we work to have every other page updated a minimum of 2 to 3 times a year.
Each page has the date on which it was last checked indicated in the footer using the ‘Last updated - Day/Month/Year’ statement. You will therefore see the timing of the last update for every page on the site.
Programs Used
- Colour Contrast Analyser
Used for validating colour combinations and allowing for those with colour blindness of various kinds. - EditPad Lite
Used for developing page code. - MS Excel
Used for maintaining accurate data. - Silk Icons
Made freely available for use by famfamfam.com . - EasyBib
Standardised referencing format. - RJ-TextEd
Used for spellchecking pages with Australian English. - W3C CSS Validation Service
Checking and validation of the CSS for this site. - W3C Markup Validation Service
Checking and validation of the markup for this site. - Xenu Link Sleuth
Validation of all external links. - A suite of backlink checkers that include Domain Inbound,
Page Inlink Analyzer, SEOPro and
ValidRank,
[Also Google and Altavista search engines.]
Link Checking Procedure
As indicated, links on all core, and other selected, pages are checked using Xenu Link Sleuth.
This is normally done immediately prior to the update to allow for the following process.
- Checking is done with individual pages from the nominated list.
- All links included on the List of Redirected URLs are checked to see if the redirects are accurate. If they are, the changed link is included. Where they lead to a site that is irrelevant for whatever reason [◄], a replacement site is found, or if this is not possible, it is indicated and held till the next update or the link is removed.
- All URLs in the Broken Links are checked. Not all listed links are inaccurate, or allow for checking this way. If they are broken, then replacement links are found wherever possible. If it is not possible, it is indicated and held till the next update or the link is removed.
- While this can be time consuming, it does help us to maintain links as accurately as possible. You can understand why the checking process takes considerable time. However, changes can still take place between when we check and when we update.
- [◄] Reasons include re-structuring of a site, hijacking of pages, closure of servers, selling/sale of pages, takeovers by other companies or groups, reaching an ‘error’ page, new limitations on access, …
Symbols Used
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Print this page [using modified format] If you are printing a page using this link, you will find when using a Mozilla based browser or Safari, the URL will be printed following the link title on the printed page. Regrettably, this is not possible with versions of Internet Explorer up to IE7, using this method. |
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Rather than include a limited option to change font size, use one of the following methods depending on the browser you use.
This will allow you greater scope with font/image sizes. FireFox - go to View → Zoom → Zoom In/Zoom Out ; IE - go to Page [on toolbar] → Zoom → Zoom In/Zoom Out ; Opera - go to View → Zoom → Select the % from 50% to 200% ; Safari - go to View → Make Text Bigger/Make Text Smaller ; Chrome - go to Control Current Page [toolbar button] → Zoom ; Alternately, you can change fontsize by holding down Control [Windows] and using the scroll wheel on the mouse, or by using the Command key [Mac] and either ‘+’ or ‘-’. |
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New Page. This page has been added at this update. |
| ‘This is a direct quote’. | Where the descriptor for a URL is enclosed in single inverted commas, it is a direct quote from that site being used as the descriptor. Sometimes, additional descriptions are included by the webmasters. |
| Happy Times | This is a direct link to a PDF download. Other links may lead to PDF downloads, but the files will be
found listed on the pages, rather than being a direct download. [This example link does not go anywhere.] |
| Funny Times | This is a direct link to a Word document download. Other links may lead to Word document downloads,
but the files will be found listed on the pages, rather than being a direct download. [This example link does not go anywhere.] |
| Good Data | This is a direct link to an Excel document download. Other links may lead to Excel document downloads, but
the files will be found listed on the pages, rather than being a direct download. [This example link does not go anywhere.] |
| A New Link | New Link. This link has been added at this update. It also includes updated links not from the original site.
The New Link will remain for one calendar month from time of inclusion. [You will need to have Javascript enabled to see this. This example link does not go anywhere.] |