[Helpers] Please check in...

[Sandra Davis]

--- Mystress Angelique Serpent <Mystress at fire-serpent.com> wrote:
>    Could everybody on the list, please "check in" and let me know
> what task you are working on and how far along it is? If you have no

I am working on the 2nd set of 12 lessons. I'm 1/2 along. I'm averaging
4 hours per lesson. Sandra

The steps I take are:

1. Read FST lesson.

2. Open all links in Firefox tabs.

3. Start .TXT file, type out all broken links.

4. Open webarchival.com, one at a time enter broken link.

5. Search thru sub-links on webarchival & multiple archive entries
through the years (often the documents are from late 1990s, early
2000s).

6. If page found, Save As, update .TXT with name of Save As & Article
Title. If page not found - get an idea from Title on what might be
suitable as a substitute link, skip to #12.

7. Search for author name and author email, update .TXT.

8. Validate author email & name, and potential current hosting of same
file - open Google, and search for variations on Article Title, Author
Name, Author Email.

9. If direct hit for current posting, pull that page, Save As, update
.TXT. Search for an updated author email, update .TXT with results.

10. If not found immediately, read article referenced.

11. then, Search sites that look promising because original authors may
have buried it in their own archives, named it slightly different, have
modified it slightly, etc. (This step takes the longest time, many
different leads based on clues & knowledge gained from reading
article.) 

13. If current posting still not found, or original never found at all
- start a new search for quality links, essays, sites. (This step is
often already done, if keeping tabs open in Firefox during #11.) Note
article note found in .TXT.

14. If new substitute/suggested article found, generate new listing in
.TXT, with Article Name, Author, Email, Link, and Name of Save As File.

15. Repeat #5 thru 14 for every broken link in lesson.

16. Upload finished .TXT & all Save As HTML to FTP.