May Heydays - Job description
The Webmaster needs a good knowledge of HTML, as the site doesn't use a Content Management System. Instead it uses Colin Hume's WebEdit program, which has many advantages. Pages are quick to load because they're static rather than generated on the fly by a CMS. You can update pages on your own machine, check that they look the way you want them, and then upload them to the server to be available to the world. There is special code in WebEdit to simplify updating the programme grid, used by both Webmaster and Programme Director. There is also special code to generate the Performers page from an RTF (rich text format) file containing all performers past and present, so updating this can be as easy as switching on some entries and switching off others. These two functions are linked together, so when you update the programme grid and then run Performers.rtf the Performers page automatically shows what events each performer is appearing at. You will probably also be searching Facebook and other websites for photos and descriptions to go on the Performers page, and the photos may need to be cropped, resized and possibly edited.