The College’s website at heraldry.sca.org is the official reference point for both outsiders and members of the college.
Content
The content on the site can be divided into a couple of sections based on the pattern of updates and the people who contribute to it:
- General Info: Home page, About Us, KWHSS information.
- Rules: Admin Handbook, SENA, Glossary, etc. Generally maintained by Palimpsest. Files sent to Codex for posting.
- Articles: Directory of links to locally-hosted and off-site resources. Usually approved by Clarion or directly by the Sovereigns. Files sent to Codex for posting.
- Letters: LoARs, Precedents, LoAR search. LoARs are posted directly by Morsulus.
Technology
Code: The site uses simple PHP templating code to wrap a common header, footer, and stylesheet around all of the pages on the site.
Databases: There are no relational databases, but several types of information are stored as YAML files which are read and converted to HTML displays by PHP code embedded in certain pages.
Revision Control: All code and content are stored in Git. The repository is hosted at GitHub. Access is limited.
Server: Hosted on the main SCA.org server.
Team
Codex Herald: This title is given to the lead maintainer of the site.
Clarion Herald: In recent years, the heraldic education deputy has also been responsible for the curation of articles for the website.
Others: Updates during 2024 contributed by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
History
The website was first built in the 1990s, overhauled in 2004 and again circa 2013.
There was an effort circa 2019–2020 to reorganize the website, and an update during 2024 to recruit people to edit the articles pages.