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Maintenance Considerations
The difference between a series of
Web pages and a book or set of handouts is not limited to the fact
that the former can contain hyperlinks and the latter cannot.
Consider the following situations:
- On your course Web page you linked to a Web resource created
and maintained by someone else. That person deletes the page to
which you linked, or moves it to another URL.
- You are teaching 19.001 this semester and have created a set
of pages for your course. Next semester you are on sabbatical;
another faculty member will be teaching the class and wants to use
a different set of Web resources. You anticipate teaching this
class again next year, and want to make sure your Web pages remain
intact.
- For the past two years a TA has created and updated your Web
pages. The TA is about to graduate -- for which you are glad --
but you worry about what will happen to your Web server and all
the CGI scripts that the TA has created and maintained.
Creating a course Web page is not a one-time event, but rather an
ongoing responsibility. This guide contains helpful advice on what
you should be aware of, and what you can do to make maintenance of
your Web site easier; for details, see the section Maintaining
Your Pages.