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Call
for assistant web site co-ordinator.
Many hands always make light work. As part of any club run solely by
volunteers, the RAOTC committee always welcomes new members who may be
are able to assist in any small way. This may be in assisting the
editor of the club journal, OTN, proofreading, organising material for
the monthly news broadcasts or organising after-meal speakers for the
RAOTC Luncheons.
One area where there is a request for assistance is a second person to
assist in maintaining the RAOTC Web site that you are currently looking
at. This is a reasonably easy task if you have some basic computer
skills, that is: ability to manage using a file manager, use a fairly
simple word processor, and so on. It's not "Rocket Science". However,
it is a fairly responsible task as it represents what is often the
first point of contact non members have when they start exploring the
RAOTC.
The current web site manager took over this task in 2012 and the
fundamental goals and objectives haven't changed very much since then.
There are some fairly simple guidelines. These include the following,
although this is not an exhaustive list:
- It must be easy to read, particularly
for older folk who may not have perfect vision. For example, a light
blue font on a grey background is a big no no. Many people can’t read it.
- It must be easy to navigate and enable finding of information without too much glitz and glamour.
- It must be easy to use, using pretty much any operating system and various web browsers.
For
example, there are people that use Microsoft Windows from XP (now 20
years old) through to and including Windows 11. The web site must be
viewable by pretty much everyone regardless of what they use, ranging
from an old version of Internet Explorer, or Safari, or Firefox, or
Google Chrome. It must all look the same.
The Software.
To
this end, there are two pieces of software used to maintain the web
site. Both are free, and both work on Apple Mac OS, Linux, and
Microsoft Windows. These are both simple programs that anyone with
intermediate computer skills should be able to pick up.
- Kompozer.
It provides a way to edit the content of the pages, similar to Open
Office or Microsoft Office Word. Although development of this program
has ceased, it nevertheless does the job.
- FileZilla, This is a file manager program used to transfer files to and from the web site server after being edited by Kompozer.
These programs are available
for all popular operating systems. These links may change over time.
The RAOTC management committee looks forward to hearing from you, if you're able to assist.t. |
