Avoiding simultaneous changes done by several editors is another problem which is usually not that prevalent in traditional publishing. Creation and editing of web pages is put into the hand of the information provider. For example, all staff pages are made and updated by the individual staff member, the library pages are edited by the scientist responsible for the library, etc. The design of our web pages was guided principally by practical aspects. The distribution of quality information is clearly our main aim, so accessibility and quality control takes preference over design.
All pages maintained by our staff have the same design and offer the same navigation features.
Large graphics in menu pages, elaborate backgrounds and frame designs greatly slow down the speed of access, mostly without really improving the quality of the content. The basic administrative structure defined in detail before the site went on-line, because it is directly related to the location of the pages and thus to the individual page's address. The corresponding web pages are in separate folders on the server and each group is given full rights to their folders only. The staff pages are maintained by the individual person. The HTML files are written with Microsoft FrontPage or a text processor.