VERSION INFORMATION AND GENERAL EDITING INSTRUCTIONS

Last Edited on October 31, 2007 by Mark Johnson, Class of 2009

Designer's Introduction:

	This website is kind of complicated, its design is a 
compromise between a lot of different factors.  Initially
I designed the website to be extremely reliable, scaleable, 
readable, and accessable.  The problems posed by this were
primarily visual in nature, there was a decision made to
make the website as visually appealing as possible in an
effort to increase viewership among the most likely audience-
College Students.  Under this assumption a number of the
accessability and readability standards were dropped in
exchange for a more attractive layout.

Major Problems:

	The biggest problem with this website in my opinion
is the extremely concrete vertical size cap.  This exists
mostly due to the need for numerous exact positioning coor-
dinates.  The solution to this was the creation of the 
archives, which do no have a vertical size cap, allowing
for infinite presentation room on one page.  To effectively
use this solution only the most recent information can be
kept on the main pages, everything else must be archived.
As a rule I try to include new information into the archive
at the same time I post it on the main page for consistency.

	The second biggest problem is the difficulty in
making this site Valid HTML.  The powers that be wanted a
lot of features that involve potentially invalid mark-up.

	Thirdly, the design is not effectively scaleable.

Basic File Structure and Hierarchy:

	The root directory contains all the HTML files used 
	in the site, including the archive files.  The
	archive files should all be prefixed by "archive_"
	the following string does not necessarily correspond
	with the non-archive filename.  This might be
	remedied in the future for consistency.

	/archive/ contains snapshots of the website taken
	at various times during the website's development.

	/bg_rotate/ contains the .php code that manages the
	random background image that shows up on every page,
	as well as the images to be shown.  To add or 
	remove an image just add or remove it from the
	folder, the .php script takes care of everything
	else, feel free to read the .php file, as it
	includes more detailed information about itself.

	/downloads/ contains any non .html or .php .css
	files available from the website.  Only images that
	are not used as basic content or design should go
	here (like flyers, artwork, etc).

	/image/ contains some basic images that are integral
	to the website layout.  They are separate from the
	rest of the images so that they do not accidentally
	get removed or replaced.

	/imgs/ contains content-related images used 
	throughout the website.

Questions, Feedback, and Hatemail

	e-mail me at mark.mrwizard@gmail.com or IM me on AIM at evilestmark
	I'll be happy to help you figure anything out.