Administration
Keep users
up-to-date on content changes
When
appropriate and practical, tell users what content you changed, and
when you changed it. This information will help them find new material
easily. You may want to provide a "What's New" section that is easily
accessible from the home page, or link directly to the new material
from your home page. You may also want to indicate new content on a
particular page with graphical cues.
Maintain links
Dead
links frustrate users. Check all of your links periodically and
correct or remove the ones that are no longer working. Note that you
should check an external link more than once before deleting it; it
may be only temporarily inaccessible if its server is down. The
tracking report generated by your server software can tell you the
location of broken links.
Maintain version
control
Keep
all versions of your site organized so you can update files or refer
to previous versions efficiently. Maintain the naming and file
directory system you established during the original development of
the site. Continue to back up your files and store them safely.
Document your procedures for naming and structuring files so others
can learn your system easily.
Track site
activity
The more you know about user activity at your site,
the better prepared you will be to plan future updates. Tracking
reports generated by server software can provide you with the
following information: