Webmaster’s Report
The freedivecanada web site is virtually unrecognizable from when I took it over late last summer. It has gone through a number of major revisions in the past several months:
- Removal of extraneous Frontpage tags
- Re-organization and new look involving frames
- Expansion of dive site writeups
- Addition of environmental section
- Search feature
- Competition database
- Picture of the week feature
- Optimization for search engines
- High degree of standards compliance
On November 26th the site was put under version control so that changes to the site could be properly tracked. Since that date the site has grown considerably:
| 2001-11-26 | 2002-7-9 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML files | 60 | 166 |
| Perl scripts | 0 | 19 |
| JPG images | 95 | 256 |
| GIF images | 41 | 67 |
The freedivecanada website has become a major means of reference and communication for CAFA and a major means of advertising. The number on the visit counter recently passed 7500 and this number is accelerating rapidly.
Personally, I have found the experience of being the freedivecanada webmaster very rewarding. The CAFA members have been appreciative and cooperative when I bother them for photos and text. It has also been a good learning experience and may open up new career possibilities.