On Tue, 2001-09-04 at 10:06, John Hebert wrote:
<em>> On the problem of maintaining links: this could be
<em>> solved through a script. A simple cron job could kick
<em>> off a script that runs an http request to check for
<em>> "Error: 400" or not. If true, then fire off an e-mail
<em>> to the script maintainer.
You will notice one requirement I had hoped to implement is that a site
stays on focus. That cannot so easily be solved using a script.
Also, maybe we should limit the number of links each catagory holds? I
seriously can't stand list of links that are pages long. 
Regards, Dustin
<em>> 
<em>> John Hebert
<em>> 
<em>> --- Larry Braud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<em>> > One member thoughts on the "Links Page":
<em>> > If possible, I think the links should be cataloged
<em>> > by beginner, internet,
<em>> > networking, etc.
<em>> > The beginners would be headed by the site John
<em>> > Hebert sent us
<em>> > http://rute.sf.net. It was very informative to me,
<em>> > even though I haven't had
<em>> > time to finish it.
<em>> > If I don't know what the link is about, I hesitate
<em>> > to try it. At this time
<em>> > in my education on Linux, I only want the beginners
<em>> > sites.
<em>> > Some of you "experts" should look at the sites and
<em>> > decide which ones should
<em>> > be on the page and into which category they belong.
<em>> > As better sites are
<em>> > found, maybe some of the less informative ones could
<em>> > be replaced. By keeping
<em>> > the number of sites around 12 or so would help.
<em>> > Even though I would not know what I was seeing, I'll
<em>> > volunteer to check the
<em>> > sites to see if they are still good.
<em>> > Larry
<em>> > 
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