In article <3A6846D4.15429101@gmx.de>, Christoph Hormann 
<chr### [at] gmxde> wrote:
>I have a 'last updated [date]' on my page, but i don't manage to change
>this every time i add something.

I would never remember to add this; I use the webserver to do it for me.
If you are using Apache, you can make your page be an shtml file and use

<!--#echo var="DATE_MODIFIED" -->

Here is a more complicated example that I use for displaying the last
modified time and the size of files that I'm linking to:

<!--#config timefmt="%b %e, %Y" -->
<!--#config sizefmt="abbrev" -->

<ul>
<li><a href="Rules/">The Rules</a> (Last uploaded <!--#flastmod file="Rules" -->)</li>

<li><a href="The%20Game.pdf">Adobe PDF version of "Gods & Monsters"</a>
(Last uploaded <!--#flastmod file="The Game.pdf" -->; <!--#fsize file="The Game.pdf"
-->b)</li>

<li><a href="The%20Game.rtf.gz">Rich Text Format version (gzipped)</a>
(Last uploaded <!--#flastmod file="The Game.rtf.gz" -->; <!--#fsize file="The
Game.rtf.gz" -->b)</li>

<li><a href="The%20Game.html">One-file HTML version</a>
(Last uploaded <!--#flastmod file="The Game.html" -->; <!--#fsize file="The Game.html"
-->b)</li>

</ul>

I try to automate stuff like this whenever possible :*)

(Ob.POV: the logo and the images in the game were created in POV.)

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Now that would be great!

I've opted for the 'Latest News' way of doing things on my site.  I find 
it a bit more useful than just using a 'page last updated' because it 
lets people know what has actually changed.

Steve

http://website.lineone.net/~sacrofts/

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What it would do Rune, is show which sites have had a recent change. This
would aid in looking at a list of site to see which ones have had changes.
It would be something like the page last updated scripts that are on many
sites. The difference would just be were they are read. Although, I do
wonder if a script could be done like a latest news that could be updated by
the site owner and then the webring could tap into it....
hmm...

C.J. - POV User

"Rune" <run### [at] inamecom> wrote in message
news:3a6868e2$1@news.povray.org...
> "C.J." wrote:
> > What I think would be nice, is if the new POV Ray webring
> > had a listing of last updates for member pages. Maybe this
> > can be done on the List section of the webring sorting by
> > most recent updates. This would make it much easier to find
> > the pages that are being updated for everyone.
> >
> > Opinions?
>
> That too would be nice if it is possible, but it wouldn't work as a
> replacement of what I suggested. But that's probably not what you meant
> anyway.
>
> Rune
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Hi Rune, you recently wrote in povray.general:

> Hmm, don't know that one. How does it work?
This one is user-based, not host-based. I mean that the surfer that
wants to be reminded when a webpage has changed, enters the URL and
his email. NetMind then checks the page daily and will send you a
notification if it's changed.

- Lutz
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I added a mailing list but decided it wasn't really needed as I have a recent
update and full update list. It's enough work to update it anyway (I should be
doing that more in bulk probably, though it's nice to see a page that
continually grows).

But I did make a guestbook. :)

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In article <3a6774e6@news.povray.org>, "Rune" <run### [at] inamecom> 
wrote:

> So I encourage web authors to make available services to which 
> visitors can subscribe, so they'll get an e-mail at major updates of 
> the site. Another nice thing is a "what's new" list which shortly 
> states the latest updates on the site, so one know what to look for.

I have a "News" list, with the site updates, on the index page of my 
site, but I doubt there is enough interest to bother setting up a 
mailing list. Besides, I rarely update it, and the updates are usually 
minor when I do...and I don't always remember to update the News items, 
so I don't think having another thing to remember would work well. :-)

I find that my web site sometimes goes for long periods without 
updates...I'm wondering how other people manage their page updates. I'm 
thinking of trying to update it on a specific week each month unless I'm 
releasing software or something else that would be worth an exception, 
has anyone else tried this kind of system?

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YOU DID?  *goes and looks*

Oh, so you did :)  hehe

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My site's not very large at the moment, but I find making small updates 
regularly (about once a month) works quite well.  I try to find 
something to add or change each month, even just a new link for the 
links page.  I think my interest in the site would grind to a halt if I 
left it too long to update it :-)

Steve

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"C.J." wrote:

> it. What I think would be nice, is if the new POV Ray webring had a listing
> of last updates for member pages. Maybe this can be done on the List section
> of the webring sorting by most recent updates. This would make it much
> easier to find the pages that are being updated for everyone.
> 

As I am the author of the new POV-ring scripts, I can say that this is
basically possible. It will need some changes to the listing procedure
and store additional infos about the change of the page. And of course
an interface where the ring members could tell that their pages got
updated.
Another question is whether the members really would do that every time. 

At the moment I have some other projects running - but if somebody else
wants to try it, the scripts are written in PERL and under GPL license.
EMail me if you want the source.

- Micha Riser

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> As I am the author of the new POV-ring scripts, I can say that this is
> basically possible. It will need some changes to the listing procedure
> and store additional infos about the change of the page. And of course
> an interface where the ring members could tell that their pages got
> updated.
> Another question is whether the members really would do that every time.

what about sites that have updated content several times a day?


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