Web Site Resources

First, we would like to offer a special thanks to the webmasters of BSA Troop 572 in Potomac Falls, Virginia and BSA Troop 982 in Leesburg, Virginia for their suggestions and guidance in helping Troop 997 refurbish our web site.


The links on this page leave the BSA Troop 997 web site. At the time we accessed it, the content accessible by these links was believed to be consistent with the principles and values of the Boy Scouts of America and Troop 997. However, we have no control over any material or links provided from these sites. This information is provided for reference only.


The following are links to software and resources used to develop and maintain the Troop 997 web site.

Web Hosting

The most common question is of course "Where do you host your web site?". We use 1&1 as our web hosting provider. We run our web site on a shared linux host.

Web Site Guidelines and Standards

BSA National Capital Area Council Unit Web Site Guidelines

Internet Content Rating Association

Web Site Tools

Open source and freeware tools that are run on this web site.

Apache Web Server

PPH server-side scripting language

PERL programming language

Python programming language

MySQL relational database

Plans Web Calendar

Dada Mail email List Management System

FCKeditor HTML editor used with Dada Mail

Coppermine Photo Gallery

GD graphics library

ImageMagick image library

Clipart and Graphics Resources

BSA Use of Organization Identity and Program Symbols

BSA National Council Trademark and Signature Artwork

U.S. Scouting Service Project Clipart and File Library

Henning's Rockwell and Csatari Artists

Web Development Tools

Open source and freeware stuff that is used to build and maintain this web site.

FavIcon from Pics tool to create icons from pictures and graphics

PrimoPDF PDF converter to create PDF files

Nvu web authoring system

HTML Tidy HTML syntax checker and formatter

Tidy UI Windows GUI for HTML Tidy

FileZilla FTP/SFTP Client for Windows

General Information

Dave Raggett's Introduction to HTML




This page last updated on Sunday March 02, 2008.