Tour How

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Above Bushline - Approaching Harris Saddle on the Routeburn -

Photo: Peter Smith

TTC AIC just below summit of Te Heu Heu

How does it do it?

• Web 101
  • server (hardware) - a computer run by our web host Hoopla Hosting
    • server (software - Apache), script - PmWiki (and language - PHP)
  • client (hardware) - your PC or laptop, phone or tablet
    • browsers - Vivaldi, Firefox, Edge, Chrome etc ...
  • internet
    • protocols tcp/ip (5 layers: physical, data link, internet, transport, application), http
• want to know more, try How stuff works
• uses content management (wiki) software
• other wikis - around the world
• new pages? - based on (templates)
• updating
  • uses a simple text based markup language with colour highlighting
    • the best way to learn is to follow existing examples
    • also full assistance from web team
    • and full documentation
  • many people from the club contribute to content and update every month
  • an open and collaborative club asset
• fully change tracked and auditable
  • recent changes - a list of pages that have been changed
  • history - the actual changes made on a page