> 1. I personally maintain my sites as mostly static HTML content that is > generated from templates and uploaded to the site using rsync. If you're not > using rsync or something - you should. See its -a option too. >
I use a ehader.inc and footer.inc file for consistent layout across the site, and include them with PHP. The rest of the page can be either static or dynamic, as per the need. > 2. Watch for spam. I told about a spam incident here: > ++correct > 4. Make sure all the important pages of the site (including features) contains > links to the central pages with navigation menu, etc. That way, you'll have > better page rank and people who stumble upon them will visit more pages. > ++correct > 5. I put a script on shlomifish.org (without the /) that just says that > there's nothing there, and refers people to the link. > Use an automatic redirect. You get the google benefit, without confusing users. Actually, I redirect www.* to * to keep the URL that much shorter. > 6. Make sure you have a blog or otherwise feed of what's new on the site. Use > a version control system or history tracker to announce the new items. > RSS was designed for this. It does a great job. But don't give the user a choice between RSS 2.0, RSS 0.92, Atom *.* and twenty other feed types. Pick one, I don't care which. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
