Thanet Council - Information and Critique - Help & Advice

Site Redevlopment and Changes

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 10:02:33 +0100

This site does not fullfill it's original purpose and so must be changed.

To this end we are going to start afresh splitting the site into three or more unique sites each with a unique domain name.

We will in time produce a search engine specifically for thanet content.

None of us intended to become administrators of a large and unwieldy system to complex for the average web user to consider using. But we have become this.

Content Guidlines

Wed, 19 Jul 2006 08:34:46 +0100

This page is intended to provide an overview of the content types and roughly how they should and could be used. These notes should not, however, be allowed to interfere with the ability of members to provide informative content and to put the council in the spot light and keep it there.

Forum Post vs Story
Should I post a forum topic or a story?

If in doubt post it as a forum topic. Forum topics and stories both promote to the front page but age differently.

There is plenty of grey area between the two types and it is often a matter of personal judgement. However giving a little consideration as to where other members might look for such a topic will give you a good guide as to where you might like to put it.

Tags: Thanet+Council

Sat, 13 Jan 2007 14:15:14 +0000

This is a tagging page for bloggers and site users from Thanet. (Jargon Buster has more)

By "tagging" you post (or form topic at this site) you enable it to be indexed against that keyword. Much like a category.

Sites such as technorati.com then list such posts in thier search results.

The URL of this page has been set so as to form part of a valid tag. An example of valid tag code would be:

tagged: <a href="http://thanetcouncil.info/blogs/tags/Thanet+Council" rel="tag">thanet</a>

Posts that contain Thanet Council per day for the last 30 days.

Tags Thanet

Sat, 13 Jan 2007 13:00:08 +0000

This is a tagging page for bloggers and site users from Thanet. (Jargon Buster has more)

By "tagging" you post (or form topic at this site) you enable it to be indexed against that keyword. Much like a category.

Sites such as technorati.com then list such posts in thier search results.

The URL of this page has been set so as to form part of a valid tag. An example of valid tag code would be:

tagged: <a href="http://thanetcouncil.info/blogs/tags/thanet" rel="tag">thanet</a>

Posts that contain Thanet per day for the last 30 days.

If I sleep with my feet in the freezer and my head in the oven...

Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:37:03 +0000

The Thanet Times (Tuesday, October 31, 2006) wanted to shock us with the "fact" that we have 119 registered sex offenders living in Thanet with a population of 120,000.

Then without converting to a compariable measure they state the Kent average is 59 per 100,000.

Matt looks at the numbers and shows us what they mean

Jargon Buster

Sat, 21 Oct 2006 13:05:35 +0100

There are all sorts of strange words on this site that might not be obviouse as to what they mean.

Some are here because the software that runs the site is quirky and old (Also covered here) and some are here because thetechnology of the web is quirky and relativly new.

This page will try to clear up some of the worst of it for you.

Free milk for pregnant mothers - the address!

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 16:47:17 +0100

The NHS Welfare Food Scheme provides free milk for pregnant women. However to get this you must fill out a form that is only available online.

The free milk for pregnant mothers leaflet is supposed to be given to midwives but it is not it sems.

The downloaded pdf version of the NHS free milk for pregnant women leaflet contains the form that must be printed off and returned in "the envelope provided with your pack".

The address appears to be utterly unavailable on the website.

Cleaverly this stops the NHS needing to pay for milk that women can not get.

Well, lets put a stop to that - the address you need is this: