READ! How to Use the Site and Current Site Rules
Yay! We are now officially up-and-running (finally). I'm still awaiting the membership confirmation of a lot of people -- if you've gotten the e-mail, please join blogger.com and get on the list! It will really help me to determine who knows about the site, and who doesn't!Until further notice, here's some general information about this site.
At the very top of this page is a silverish bar. That's the search feature. It allows you to search for things on this web site, and this site alone. To search, type in your keyword(s) in the white area.
To the left of the page is a sidebar. That is the menu. At the top is a general description of TAB, it's purpose, the website, and the purpose of the website. This general description will probably change in the near future, when the website gets more "off the ground."
Underneath the description is a list of links under the heading "Contributors."
Underneath the "Contributors" links is the heading "Previous posts," with links under it. These links go to...you guessed it, previous posts. Clicking on one will display that post in the main window. The list will grow as more posts are added.
Underneath that is the heading "Archives." After a certain number of posts are made, the older ones stop showing up under the "previous posts" section (which only catalogues the latest 10 days' worth of posts) and go into the archives. The archives are labeled by month and year; this month's posts will go into the "April 2005" archive section.
Directly under this post, there are several links. One displays the time. Clicking on the "time" link will lead to a page with just this post on it. That is the "permanent link" page. Like the "previous posts" section, the main page will only display the most recent posts. Linking to the main page to show a particular post may not display the post you want after a certain time; linking to the "permanent link" page will always show that post.
To the right of the "permanent link" is a link that says "[x] comments." This link will take you to a pop-up window. That is the comments page, which displays all comments on that particular post and gives you a form for you to add your own comments to the post. Administrators have the ability to edit or delete posts or comments which violate our current "site rules," which of course brings us to...
CURRENT SITE RULES! (much cheering and booing commences)
This may disappoint some of you, but our site needs to have some rules. Remember, the rules listed here are only temporary; the exist only until I can hold conference with the other admins and TAB officials and decide on the official ones. But, until then, here are our rules. (more cheering and booing commences)
1. Watch your language! While we certainly don't wish to infringe upon freedom of speech, I prefer that this site be relatively "family-friendly." Curious parents may come here to look for event dates, see what events we're planning, find out what we discussed in the latest meeting, or to see if their children would be interested in TAB. We don't need them deciding that we're a bunch of good-for-nothing, vagabond, Satanist hooligans, and would be a bad influence on little Jimmy. This rule applies to both what you say and how you say it -- posts or comments that include personal attacks on others will immediately be susceptible to deletion.
2. Keep things relevant! Chatter is fine and good. However, too much extraneous chatter just takes up time -- and, on the internet, bandwidth. Please restrict irrelevant topics to meetings and personal messages, as posts and comments consisting of them will be susceptible to deletion. I would like to have a "forum"/message board for this sort of thing -- good books, local (non-library) events, etc. -- but as I am a language geek and not a computer one, we can't do this at the moment. This rule may change or alleviate in the future.
3. Don't be afraid to ask questions! The primary purpose of this site is to encourage discussion outside of meetings. If you don't understand something, say so! If the other members are unable to answer your question, the admins and officers will try their best to answer it. Of course, this is still susceptible to Rule #2: keep your questions TAB- or library-related. Questions such as "Why is the sky blue?", "Why is my little brother such a brat?" and "Is the new N-Town Boys's CD ever going to come out?!" will most likely not be answered (unless someone really wants to...).
Well, that wraps up the current site rules. (yet more cheering and booing commences) Remember, have fun, and try to come to the meetings! Again, the next meeting is TODAY -- Thursday, April 28th -- at 7:00 P.M. (I'd better) See you there!
-- Laura Webb
Current TAB President
04/28/05
posted by Laura Webb @ 4/28/2005 04:52:00 PM
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