Feedback on: And now...The Weekly Update Script
Worth:
Very worth reading
Length:
Just right
Technical:
Just right
Comments:
This was a very interesting scrip. Just what I was looking for to ease the work on a "Tip of the week" page.
I found it easier to copy the script for your example though, rather than cutting out the text that was pasted on the page. (doing the last, I got the message "Date is not spsified" or something like that.
When it comes to the option where you can select the previous articles/weeks I have some comments. Since the script gives you a new page from week to week, the user should be able to selcet weeks, instead of dates/months. And second: Often the idea with "a new page every week" is so that the user wants to come back and see what's new. With the selction method curret, the user is allowed see weeks ahead.
Both these remarks of mine are probably easy to fix if you are familiar with java, but since I'm not I though I'd give my opinion.
Anyway, thanks for good work and this will certainly make my work faster and more rilyable.
Thank you.
Worth:
Very worth reading
Comments:
I am the webmaster of a historical site on a Canadian Airforce Squadron ( http://members.nbci.com//Toocon/Toocon.htm ). I would like to adapt this script to make a "This Day in History" type of webpage (pop-up) based on the current Julian Date. The pop-up would also have allow a manual month & day selection via a pull down menu. Since my skills in Java is only hours old...could you provide me some typical routines to modify the "The Weekly Update" script. The called pages would have file names such as "001.htm" to "365.htm" . Thank-you for any assistance you can provide.
Sincerly,
Mike