It was brought home to me by my mentor here in WA, that, as the people who build and maintain websites, we are the webmasters. Making all additions and corrections as well as the daily activities is up to us.

I have been a member of WA since summer of 2018 -- nearly three years -- and I have learned a great deal. The training is very thorough and complete, but I still stumble over what I should do next.

I am not a website guru. I am a student, trying to learn enough to make a go of my website. By borrowing from the training and from answers you have given, webmaster tasks can be something we do daily, weekly, or monthly. I'll divide these tasks up in the way I do them -- you may choose to schedule differently.

As you read through this tutorial, if you think of something you feel needs to be added, please let us all know in the comments at the end. Perhaps we can come up with a list that will benefit many.



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richardgb Premium
Hi Fran
An excellent idea and a very useful cribsheet!

I'm not sure what the scope of webmaster covers in your mind...
does it include capturing writing ideas through to publishing (and all steps in between)? If it does...

I have a system within which I capture ideas, which can come up at any time... I review them weekly, discard the rubbish, otherwise keep them and schedule for research and development.
:-)
Richard
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FKelso Premium Plus
That sounds good, Richard.
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CordeliaN Premium Plus
Very good advice, especially the “Broken Link Checker”
yesterday I spent nearly 3 hours rectifying 22 broken links (some were 2 months old, one was from a post I had literally published the day before)
I will not be leaving it so long this time. I do have the Broken Link Checker, but it only works if you bother to check it (which I obviously didn't).....😗

I think routine and scheduling takes the choice out of procrastination... We have this for our YouTube filming and we never miss an upload, so why not for blogging? For me it's about ALWAYS keeping the bigger picture and the medium and long term goals in place because often I can be easily distracted with posts and comments especially if it's from Partha, I can lose a whole morning...lol simply because my daily schedule has flexibility written in....
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miloncashgal Premium
You watched YouTube n someone helped you make a schedule? Send me the link please. I have ADHD n sometimes im all over the place.
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CordeliaN Premium Plus
Miloncashgal,
I have a YouTube channel and what I was saying is we create a content calendar, we schedule filming we schedule uploads, and we never miss an upload, so why don't I do the same for my blogging/website....!!?
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miloncashgal Premium
Your own channel? Can I visit? Lay that link down for me n I drop in...Thanks
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FKelso Premium Plus
It's so easy to get distracted. However, I encourage you to build in a little flexibility.
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CordeliaN Premium Plus
I will private message you and yes of course you can have a look, I would be delighted...
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miloncashgal Premium
I found my notes this evening about them also
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Dhind1 Premium Plus
This is a great list.

I would add in there to check for updates on plugins.

Alex
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FKelso Premium Plus
It's already on there. Look at daily tasks.
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Dhind1 Premium Plus
My apologies, you are correct. I did read the post through but then went away for a while before making a comment. When I went back to it I forgot. Sorry about that.

Alex
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FKelso Premium Plus
Oh, believe me, I can understand how that can happen.
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Dhind1 Premium Plus
Thank you. I try to be careful and not just post random comments that are not applicable to a post. But, obviously, it happens.
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miloncashgal Premium
Hum, I need this. I bought a kids book today. No joke, Coding for Kids. Im not ashamed, whatever it takes to achieve my goal. The End
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FKelso Premium Plus
Not a bad idea -- Perhaps I could understand that one. Coding is a foreign language that I haven't learned.
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miloncashgal Premium
Well first im actually at a child's level. I cant color a block, I cant tell you what it is. But I can can help you change your tire or switch out transmission. I bought the book mainly for looking up the Action of. You know like a car manual.
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miloncashgal Premium
It starts at 8 yr old n up lol. I fit right in
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