ISG Events - Public Library Web Managers Workshop

A workshop on 'Developing an Online Magazine' will be given at the Public Library Web Managers Workshop on Wednesday 13th October 2000.

Abstract

This workshop will provide an overview of the process of setting up and implementing an online magazine. It will cover the key areas of thinking through what you want, technology and resources, design, content, publicity and promotion and finally evaluation & auditing. Other common issues such as access, electronic format, editing and delivery will also be considered. The development process will be illustrated by brief case studies of magazines that have addressed some of these issues. We will also consider a few of the prominent electronic journals in the library/networking communities and consider if they work well or not. The workshop will involve lots of hands-on tasks and group work.

Materials

Exercises: [MS Word Format]
Presentation - Developing an Online Magazine: [HTML Format] - [Powerpoint 97 Format]
Handouts: [MS Word Format]

A draft timetable for the session is given below.

Time	Content
2.00-2.05	Introduction to 'Developing an Online Magazines' [MN]
2.05-2.10	Group Work 1 (Aims for today) [ALL]
2.10-2.15	Report back on Group Work 1 [ALL]
2.15-2.20	Presentation [MN]
2.20-2.30	Group Work 2 (Design) [ALL]
2.30-2.40	Report back on Group Work 2 [ALL]
2.40-3.00	Presentation [MN]
3.00-3.30	Coffee Break
3.30-4.00	Hands-on exercises [ALL]
4.00-4.15	Report back on hands-on exercises [ALL]
4.15-4.20	Presentation [MN]
4.20-4.30	Final questions and issues [ALL]

URLS for Related Sites

URLS for:

Evaluating your Magazine
Web Submission Services
Search Engines

Evaluating your Magazine

Bobby - A browser compatibility and accessibility checker	<http://www.cast.org/bobby/>
BotSpot - Guide to Bot - A bot is a software tool for digging through data. You give a bot directions and it bring back answers.	<http://www.botspot.com/>
BotWatch - Site for perl script that analyses log files	<http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~sxw/robots/>
Comparing Externally-Hosted Web Statistics and Purchased Statistics Services - Article in Exploit Interactive, issue 7, 2nd October 2000	<http://www.exploit-lib.org/issue7/statistics/>
Dr HTML - Web page analysis tool	<http://www2.imagiware.com/RxHTML/index_noframes.html>
Dr Watson - Free service to analyze your web page on the Internet	<http://watson.addy.com/>
Externally-Hosted Statistical Software - Ariadne, Issue 23, 2 March 2000	<http://www.ariadne.ac.uk//issue23/web-focus/>
Nedstat - Externally-Hosted Web Statistics service for individual pages	<http://uk.nedstat.net/>
NetMechanic - Checks for broken links, spelling errors, browser compatibility problems, slow loading pages, and HTML code errors	<http://www.netmechanic.com/>
Performance Indicators for Web Sites - Exploit Interactive, issue 5, April 2000	<http://www.exploit-lib.org/issue5/indicators/>
SiteMeter - Externally-Hosted Web Statistics service for the whole site	<http://www.sitemeter.com/>
Stats4All - Externally-Hosted Web Statistics service	<http://www.stats4all.com/>
Superstats - Externally-Hosted Web Statistics service	<http://v2.superstats.com/>
Using Externally-Hosted Web Services - Exploit Interactive, issue 5, April 2000	<http://www.exploit-lib.org/issue5/software-used/>
Wave 2.0 - Pennsylvania's University Affiliated Program - checks if your page is accessible to people with disabilities	<http://www.temple.edu/inst_disabilities/piat/wave/>
W3C HTML Validation Service - Web Validation Service	<http://validator.w3.org/>
Web Page Backward compatibility - Allows you to view your pages as they would look in old browsers	<http://www.delorie.com//web/wpbcv.html>
Web Page Purifier - Checks your HTML for purity	<http://www.delorie.com//web/purify.html>
Web Sites that Suck - Where you learn good Web design by looking at bad Web design	<http://www.websitesthatsuck.com/>

Web Submission Services

Broadcaster Website Promotion, Broadcaster	<http://www.broadcaster.co.uk/>
Engenius	<http://www.pegasoweb.com/engenius/>
Exploit Submission Wizard	<http://www.exploit.com/wizard/>
Net Submitter Professional	<http://www.netsubmitter.com/>
Register Pro	<http://www.registerpro.com/>
Submit it!	<http://www.submit-it.com/>
WebPosition Gold	<http://www.webposition.com/>

Using Search Engines

Introduction to Search Engines - An introduction, review, and com/parison of the major search engines, from the Kansas City Public Library	<http://dmoz.org/com/puters/Internet/WWW/Searching_the_Web/>
Easy Searcher - Guide to specialized search engines	<http://www.easysearcher.com/ez2.html>
BotSpot - Guide to Bot - A bot is a software tool for digging through data. You give a bot directions and it bring back answers.	<http://www.botspot.com/>
BotWatch - Site for perl script that analyses log files	<http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~sxw/robots/>
Search Engine Features For Webmasters - Chart for Webmasters showing how crawler-based search engines index their sites	<http://searchenginewatch.com//webmasters/features.html>
Search Engine tutorial for Webmasters - How to design your pages keeping search engines in mind. Design tips for each individual search engine	<http://northernwebs.com/set/>
Search Engine Watch - The best site for general information on how to use search engines to promote your site. Check out Search Engine Submission tips	<http://searchenginewatch.com/>
Search Tools - a guide - Excellent list of all of the useful search engines	<http://www.mmu.ac.uk//h-ss/dic/main/search.htm>