[Rhodes22-list] The New Website

[Tom Van Heule]

Peter, amazing work.
Thank you from all of us.

This seems more modern, but not flashy. It's got more information
organized.   And you included some "past gold" in threads from the archive.

I also really like how you bring our list to the forefront for community
engagement and interaction.

So far I only saw one tweak; somewhere you said "the only boat [GB] has". I
would change has to "makes". It drives home the point you're making more
effectively: GB puts it all on this model...

And lastly the link to the old version.  Great.  Unless it poses a security
threat, I say we leave it up for those beach combers amoungst us.  Anyone
have thoughts there, re: security?

I still maintain, with so much of our personal info floating around, we
think about our exposure of it....  Keep the bots from harvesting. I have
seen some increase in junk/robo calls since joining.  But I want to appear
legit, and the ante seemed to be locale, contact, etc.   It's a tough
topic....


Anyways, thank you Peter.  I know Luis and I are both eager to help if you
need guidance, and it seemed like Mike was supportive to keep hosting.
MIKE, let us know if that's changing.  I have hosting to offer too....

Great work sir!!!

On Thu, Oct 1, 2020, 4:56 PM Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com> wrote:

> It’s been something of a slog, but I’ve finally completed the process of
> converting the existing rhodes22.org <http://rhodes22.org/> website
> content to a new format.  Naturally, I think it’s a significant
> improvement, but you can judge for yourself.  The new proposed website can
> be reviewed at http://sunnybeeches.com/rhodes22 <
> http://sunnybeeches.com/rhodes22> .
>
> The largest part of the effort was moving the 'picture gallery’ and
> ‘reference pages’ (formerly FAQ section) to the new format.  I made new
> thumbnails for the pictures, making them a common size so they could be
> displayed in a grid.  I didn’t mess with the content of the reference pages
> much, other than fixing non-displayable characters in the text.  As I was
> working on these, there were a few threads on the list that I thought
> merited inclusion, so I added them.  They have year notations at the end of
> their subject lines.
>
> Behind the scenes, the HTML code is better structured, and will be easier
> to maintain (and there’s a lot less of it).
>
> It’s almost all hand-coded HTML with a bit of CSS and Java Script.  The
> Java Script is used, for example, to allow a single HTML page to display
> all of the full size pictures in the gallery.  A similar approach was taken
> for the reference pages, documents, and cruising tales sections.
>
> The only really new content is the sections for ‘About the Rhodes 22’ and
> ‘General Boats’.  It seems to me that someone who comes to the website with
> a newly found interest in the Rhodes 22 will find useful information in
> these topics.
>
> The new website seems to work on Safari and Firefox browsers on my Mac,
> and my iPad and iPhone.  I am unable to test on other platforms.
>
> Like most people, I’m not very good at proofreading my own writing.  Don’t
> hesitate to point out typos, missing words, or misspellings.  (Though I
> think the reference pages should be left in their original form, warts and
> all.)
>
> If consensus is reached at some point that this should become the
> ‘official’ website for rhodes22.org <http://rhodes22.org/>,  we’ll need
> Mike to take the lead on that effort.
>
> Gotta go, dinner’s about to be served.
>
> Peter Nyberg
> Coventry, CT
> s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)