Free Web Space Offer.
First draft, subject to
change based upon experience and common sense.
1. You provide regularly updated content in Basic English.
2. Sufficient textual content to justify it being Basic English. (Ex. not album of
vacation pictures with the only text being titles.)
3. Good English / Basic English usage - this is an educational venture from the
Institute's view. (ie. you provide a translation of jargon and slang)
4. Good taste - suitable for family viewing
a. Foreign impressions of proper English, culture, and the Western Way
b. Children, with all that entails.
5. Free Web Space. The thing we are offering initially is a page (and archives)
in our folder www.basic-english.org/zines/your.html and your080101.html
(This is a trial of your intents, resolve, reliability and ability to handle the web
"tech" side of the tasks.)
We have several options available and might upgrade based on our experience:
a. a page and archive within folder
http://www.basic-english.org/Zines/your.html and /Zines/your080101.html
b. pages within http://zines.basic-english.org/your/your.html
c. unique site as http://your.basic-english.org
d. unique site as http://your.name.com with the Institute as a webspace reseller.
6. You provide content and style.
a. Email us with your content in simple text, ms-Word.doc, or .HTML format.
We expect you to have run the content through a Basic spell-checker and put in or tagged
any non-Basic words for "small caps".
We will also run it through a Basic spell checker, assure that non-Basic words are in
"small caps". If sufficiently Basic, we will "drop-in" the content into your web page template.
We upload to the web site and update the archive.
b. You will create a general page design and template of the page appearance.
We can work together on a style (CSS file, cascading style sheets).
c. We do not offer extensions (although these are available as part of
advanced options as provided by our ISP.
7. Responsible use of web space.
a. Limited and compressed graphics;
b. Efficient web code; This may mean not making regular use of inefficient web page editors : Frontpage, etc.
8. Minimum support from the Institute. (We can help a new writer for a month)
9. Time. We anticipate providing free space for a year and can be changed at the
discretion of the Institute. This time might be extended if sufficiently
educational or canceled if content is unsuitable or support demands are
excessive.
To consider : if mutually beneficial, we will consider content management software (CMS)
allowing you to direct update.
How to do Small caps.
Put this in a css or in <HEAD> division as :
<STYLE TYPE="text/css"> .sc {font-size:8pt; font-variant: small-caps;} </STYLE>
And use as : <span class=sc>non-Basic word(s)</span>