Web Site Policy

Youth Protection

In general, this site will follow the guidelines adopted by the Pacific Skyline Council.

This typically means no photographs of boys at work or play. However, that policy can allow photos under such circumstances, which T42 interprets as follows:
- Only back views are shown - no faces, or faces have been digitally blurred, or real faces have been replaced by a cartoon graphic, or are too small to be recognizable.
This allows our scouts to show off some of their good and bad times, and share their experiences with other persons with a genuine interest in scouting.
With regards to adult information, we may in some cases allow full names and phone numbers in addition to email addresses, but only with their permission and only if adults are currently registered with BSA.
It appears that our local council website will no longer post links to troop/pack/crew web sites that are on commercial servers - this is an attempt to prevent Scouts acessing pornography.

Introduce the public to Troop 42
Provide useful information to Troop 42 scouts, past, present, and future.
Provide trip reports and planning tips accessible to the entire scouting world, as well as T42.
Be suitable for scouts to author and maintain pages and overall site.
Provide current and correct information on upcoming meetings and trips.
Load quickly - use graphics sparingly, easy to navigate - minimize scrolling.
Where larger graphics are used, define picture pixel size so text can load immediately.
Be easy to program and maintain
Avoid the need for expensive web page design programs. This means being careful when using Word97 and Front Page Express, as these may introduce LOTS of gobbldygook in the code. .
Use only industry standard HTML programming features Basic Web Display on Your Browser
Initially any or all pages may have relatively simple (crude) layouts while we focus on overall site design and content. The layout of individual pages will be refined at a later date. Avoid the need for horizonrtal scrolling.
Don't use frames - leave the entire screen for the page we are trying to display.
I recommend using CuteFTP for uploading files and directory maintenance on the host server - it is so very easy and reliable to use.
Do not embed raw email addresses as these can be picked up by a Spammer's search engine - various tricks are availble to hinder the search engines (look at my email link).