(Updated 10/02/2009)
Copy the text from unscheduled articles
so the editor can refer to it on that page.
Copy the site for the next day
after 11 a.m.
File > New > Empty Web Site > Fill in URL for next day
to make new folder
Then, with folder for current day open, select all files and folders ("Web Site"
tab) except the "_private" folder. Copy and paste to the folder for the new day
(copying process takes a few minutes).
For a new month, copy for a new month folder first; then do the new
day.
Update the front,
using the site folder for the day.
File > Open Site > archives.lincolndailynews.com
> year > month > date > index.shtml
Update the date at the top of the index page.
Move previous day's Top Stories headlines to below the "Yesterday's Top Stories" heading. If an article is being rerun, omit it from the "Yesterday's" list.
Update Lincoln Log (link in
dark blue box at the bottom of fp_top stories.htm).
Lincoln Log files that are ready are in the advance_log folder (in daily site folder).
PDFs come weekly by e-mail and are also available at these links:
http://www.lincoln200.net/lincolnlog.asp
http://illinoispress.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=210&Itemid=244
In the bottom section of the
front page (fp_obits.htm), add the archives link for
the most recent day, along with headlines from Top Stories and local stories
(not AP articles). Take out the oldest daily link at the bottom.
Take out older names on the obit listing on the front (fp_obits.htm).
Take out previous day's new headlines in the set of files from fp_business.htm to fp_tourism.htm in the folder list. Leave the rest as standing material from day to day.
Under Law & Courts, leave links to police reports, marriages and dissolutions on the front.
Under Rural Review, leave link to John Fulton's column on the front until the next one is posted.
Under Community, leave links for
Personality of the Week, library, Oasis, park district and YMCA on the front.
Update when new ones are posted.
Put in new headlines sent by
editor and link to the new articles.
(Details)
Check lineup page and e-mail from editor for articles to run. (Details)
Some headline links may be ready to copy in from future.htm.
Headlines on the front are generally in Arial bold, 12 point.
To add sections that don't run on the front every day, see i_sections.htm.
Delete page files for previous
day's articles.
(Example: When working in a new folder for May 16, 2009, delete page files
with names indicating May 15, such as business051509_x.shtml,
health051509_x.shtml, other051509_x.shtml, today051509_x.shtml.)
Delete outdated items from calendar,
community and obit pages.
(See notes on the obit page for details.)
Add new articles scheduled by the editor.
Copy page templates to make a new
page for each new article.
Template examples:
News/aa-today_x.shtml,
Features/comm_template.shtml
Name the page according to the date. Example: comm101509_a.htm
Standard formatting on article
pages:
(All left-aligned)
Headlines: Arial bold, 18 point
Subheads: Arial, 14 point
Bylines: Arial italic, 12 point
Text: Times New Roman, 12 point
Credit line: Arial bold, 10 point
(in square brackets at end of article)
Add link if applicable (See page templates for samples.)
Update today_a, sports, business, health and ruralreview with archives links to the most recent articles. (Those pages are linked from the banner section headings on the front and from the set of section links at the bottom of every page.)
Open and save today_a and sports each day before posting so the date is right at the top.
At the middle and end of the month, send word counts for any paid articles to
jimry@ccaonline.com.
(Excel files in My Documents/Word counts)
People who have been paid writers: Nila Smith, Jo Hilliard, Candra Landers, Jeff Benjamin, Loyd Kirby, Geoff Ladd, Jeff Mayfield, Janell Woolard,
(For more details, see My Documents/Word counts.)
Personality of the Week column is under Top Stories on Mondays and under Community the rest of the week.
New lists of marriages and dissolutions go in on Saturdays. The links stay on the front all the time.
John Fulton's column runs under Rural Review on Mondays (but not during the winter). The link stays in until the next column comes.
Under Community, the links to Oasis, YMCA, park district and library columns stay in until the next update.
Oasis column runs on Saturdays.
YMCA column has been running on Saturdays.
List articles about community events on community.shtml with archives links.
If articles about calendar items are available, add the article links to the calendar. Example: (See article.)
"Local Sports" headlines go at the top of the sports section on the front.
Bowling reports go under "Local Sports." (Put "Logan Lanes" on the front along with the league name.)
For columns from John Fulton, Jeff Mayfield and Greg Taylor, put byline (example: By John Fulton) below headline on front page and on the inside page.
Put the name of Jeff
Mayfield's column (Mutterings) on the front page along with the link to his article.
(Template: News/Mutterings_next.htm. List of past articles: News/Mutterings_list.htm.)
Keep a link to the most recent Mutterings column at the top of all sports pages.
Bylines are usually used with sports articles from Rick Hobler.
Use response link at the bottom of sports articles by Rick Hobler:
Respond to the writer at
rhobler@lccs.edu.
For first-person articles (written with "I," "my," "we," etc.), use byline under headline on inside pages (so readers know who the "I" is).
A special page is set up for food inspection reports: News/health_scores.shtml
The today_a.shtml and sports.shtml pages have been a weekly index for those sections, updated daily.
Undated section pages (examples: health.shtml, features.htm, ruralreview.shtml) also have ongoing lists of recent articles, linked to archives. Page links on the front (from section banners) lead to those pages. The section links at the bottom of every page on the site lead to those pages. The "< Recent articles" links (near the bottom of article pages) also lead to those pages.
Take out AP "meta name" code lines if they accumulate in the head section of HTML on regular pages, especially fp_other-news.htm.
If the school menu page link changes, please notify Tamara Dietrich: tbarcalo@abelink.com.
Annual updates: On page templates, change AP copyright date for new year (at the bottom of articles). On tourism page, change dates for annual festivals.
The AP Stylebook is available online (LDN subscription renewable June 1).
http://www.apstylebook.com/
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