The website is dependent on content provided by its members so there's no regular schedule that is being observed. The news section though is regularly updated once a week. For more PW activity, please visit the PW Community Boards
2. How do I get access to Premium Content?
Premium content are member only pages and benefits. it is only accesible if you've passed the PW membership screening process. So apply now!
3. I have forgotten my username and password
Please use the password recovery system here. If you are still having trouble accessing your password using the password recovery system please email the moderator assigned to password resets here: bel at philweavers dot net.
4. Can I join the website and not the ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY mailing list?
No. It is a membership requirement. But dont worry, regular postings are done on a bi-weekly interval.
5. Where has the OLD Mailing List Archives gone?
Unfortunately we lost a lot of mailinglist Archived data when we shifted servers during PW3 migration. The only remaining and intact list archives in the pre PW3 system are the archives still available in our yahoogroups account. Please contact our moderators if you want to gain access.
6. Where is feedback page?
It is currently unavailable. If you need to contact the moderators as soon as possible, please write to us at info at philweavers dot net or visit the moderators page for individual email addresses of the mods. You may also contact them via the PW Community Boards
7. How do I search PhilWeavers.net?
This feature is currently unavailable. You may however search the membership directory and search the PW Community Boards.
8. Is there a subscription fee for your website? Do you have to register to use it?
No there isnt. However to become a member of this community you must pass a very rigid portfolio review. It is somewhat similar to applying for a graphic design related job wherein the quality of your work is scrutinized. If you fail to pass as a "Weaver" you may opt to join the PW Community Boards which is open to the public.
9. How do I subscribe/unsubscribe to/from the ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY mailing list?
Subscription to the electronic ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY mailing list is automatic and compulsory. Once your PW application for membership is approved, the CMS atuomatically adds your email address to the ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY mailing list. Requesting for Unsubscription automatically means Requesting for deletion of your PW membership. Membership to PW is a privilege and not a right therefore once you unsubscribe you will not be permitted to join again. This has been standard PW practice since 2002 to discourage would be lurkers. See also POINT 4.
10. How do I change my membership profile details?
As a member of the network, once your application gets approved, you are sent by the CMS a welcome email containing your username and a default password you can later on change. You will then be able to use these credentials to gain access to a lot of "members only" features that you can locate by logging in via the the homepage. Once you gain entry to the members' lounge you will be able to locate the appropiate section wherein you can edit your membership profile page.
11. How do I properly edit my membership profile? Are there rules and guidelines regarding Member Directory Profiles?
Yes there are and failure to comply with these guidelines may result in the deletion of your membership. Please take note of the following:
ENTER ONLY COMPLETE AND ACCURATE INFORMATION.
Potential clients assume that whatever is displayed in the membership directory is reliable enough for them to select a designer/developer with whom to work. Entering incomplete and bogus information in your profile, albeit fun, will significantly decrease your chances of being chosen for a future project, and defeats the purpose of having your profile included in the directory in the first place.
KEEP YOUR MUGSHOT IDENTIFIABLE.
While it would look cool or rebellious to give your picture a couple of filter passes or a typographic treatment, our (publicly-viewed) directory is meant to display your professional identity and not your sense of individuality. A slight color tweak might be acceptable, but please refrain from using blurs, textures, and anything else that will make your face indistinguishable or add unnecessary elements to the mugshot. Partial facial shots, overly obscuring angles, and group pictures are not allowed, either.
YOUR PORTFOLIO IS FOR WEB PROJECTS ONLY.
Although our community discussions have covered topics outside of the Web industry, website design and development is still our primary focus. As such, you are allowed to list only projects accessible and related to the Internet.
12. How do I get permission to reuse PhilWeavers material?
You would need to email the moderators via the moderator page. In most cases if its for an article on the site that you want reprinted somewhere else you will need both the network's consent and the author who wrote the piece.
13. Can I use one of your pictures/contact one of your designers?
For the pictures it is highly unlikely that we will allow or give permission for such thing unless it is for the network's promotion. As for contacting our designers, yes you may do so. This is what the membership directory is for.
14. Can I send in an article for publication in PhilWeavers.net?
Yes you may submit an article for online publishing consideration for our website. You may do so even if you are not a member of the network as long as it is an article relevant to the field of Web Design and Development. We may cannot however afford to pay for these articles and can only afford to give you proper byline credit.
15. I can't login.
A) You might have been inactive for a long time or you unsubscribed yourself from the mailing list. Members who remove themselves from the mailing list without justifiable cause are not entitled to be members again and are further banned from ever joining the network.
B) Harvesting of inactive PW accounts: It is imperative for all active members (including employers) to login between today june 25,2006 and July 15,2006. After 15 July 2006, update will be complete. If you fail to update your account within this period, your account will be marked as inactive and will be considered for deletion. https://philweavers.net/articles/view/id/39/
If you are sure that this is not the case, then go to this page to retrieve your password: https://philweavers.net/users/lostpass/
16. I think spamming, trolling and flaming is fun.
Trolls, flamers, spammers, etc, are automatically banned without prior deliberation or notice given by the moderators.
17. I am a member of the mailing list but I wasn't given a username and password for the site.
Please use the email your are subscribed with the list to retreive your password using the retrieval system here:
https://philweavers.net/users/lostpass/ if all else fails, contact brownspank at philweavers dot net.
18. I am a user of the PW Community Boards. Does this mean that I am a member of the PhilWeavers Network?
No. The PhilWeavers Open Forum is open to everyone including non-members. This privilege does not extend to the Network itself. The PhilWeavers Network and The PW Community Boards have different purposes and signup rules.
19. Who can post in the website's newsroom?
Network members can only post in the newsroom by logging in to the Members' Lounge. Open Forum members are not allowed to post unless they are also members of the network.
20. Can I post job opportunities in the PW Community Boards?
No. Your post will be immediately deleted by the administrators and will put your account under moderation.You can however, post job vacancies if you register an account as an "employer" on the employers section of the website.
21. I am an employer but I am disallowed to post a job vacancy on the employers section of the PhilWeavers website?
It would probably be because the company or individual you are representing has been blacklisted by atleast four members of the network. Once a company or individual has been blacklisted four times by our members, the network reserves the right to protect its members from allegedly bad employers. The allegations against you might not be true but we are more interested in protecting our members than helping 3rd parties.
22. I am an employer. I have problems editing my JOB POSTING on the employers section of the website.
When it comes to deleting or editing jobs, it's pretty straightforward. You can only edit job postings if they are in DRAFT status. The draft function is there for *you*. We encourage you to use it.
You are not allowed to edit jobs that are already published. The reasons are as follows:
This forces job posters to be *honest* in posting job requirements, terms, and payoffs.
This prevents job posters from *changing* job requirements, terms, and payoffs.
We do not allow deletion of job postings so that our members will be able to see the previous job postings made by an employer or member. This is to help them decide whether or not to take the job.
You must note that we do this in order to protect our members. In the past we have had experiences wherein the employer changed the job parameters and in some cases changed the payoff for the job. Some of our members were short-changed because of this.
In as much as we have rules and sanctions pertaining to our members, we also have rules and sactions pertaining to employers. It's only fair that we protect employers as well as our members. See also item number 24
23. What is the network's stand against webdesign piracy?
Our network is against all forms of piracy therefore we discourage designers who rip OR COPY other designers*' WORKS* to veer away from this practice. Such practice is not tolerated within our ranks and violations when found out are dealt with severely.
Weavers who are caught copying or ripping other sites will be suspended/banned from the website and PW Community Boards for 6 months for the first offense and will be deleted from the membership on the second offense both with a public statement citing the reasons for his suspension/removal. PW Community Board-only members (non-weavers) accused of the same will be deleted and banned from the PW Community Boards permanently.
24. Once I post a job I can no longer edit the job details except for the status. Why is that?
We provide a "Drafts" facility for job postings so that you are able to finalize your postings before you can make them available to our members. We expect your job postings to be an honest and accurate reflection of your company's needs. Once you have finalized your job posting and posted it on the Jobs Index, you are only allowed to change the job status from "Available" to "Taken". The other details are not editable by design. This is done to ensure that job specifications do not change while our members are negotiating with or working for you.
If you really need to have the job specifications changed, please email your request to the moderators and state your reason for the change. We reserve the right to deny any changes that would have harmful consequences to our members.
25. Why do I have to manually update my job posting's status? Why can't you do this automatically?
Job inquiries are between you and the members who contact you via email. This makes it impossible to automate updating the status for job postings as only you, the employer, can decide when to close the job offer.
26. Are your members informed of my job postings?
Yes. An alert is automatically sent to all members via email.
27. I was not able to receive the account activation email when I registered as an employer. What do I do?
If you are not able to receive email from our site, please contact brownspank at philweavers dot net.
28. I am not able to receive my password recovery email from your site.
It's possible that the ISP hosting your email account has blocked PhilWeavers using an RBL (realtime blacklist) or using they are SPF (sender permitted from) whitelists. You will need to contact your ISP and explain your problem to them. There have been instances where our IP address periodically appears and then disappears on some of the RBL sites. In case your ISP is using SPF, please ask them to add our domain and IP address to their whitelist. See also POINT 27.
29. What are the things i should note about the PW Community Boards?
Please refer to this page for PW Community Boards guidelines.
29. Can i disrepect one of the Mods/Administrators?
The Moderators are the powers that be in PhilWeavers. They can delete your account/make changes etc on a whim. Mods follow rules as stipulated in the FAQs and TOS and will stick with them but for special cases will create new rules as they see fit. Expect no democracy. respect them and they will respect you.
