[Rhodes22-list] The New Website

[John Carlson]

That’s a big improvement - very nice work!

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John
Lillipelli


> On Oct 1, 2020, at 4:55 PM, Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com> wrote:
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> 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> .
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> 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.
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> Behind the scenes, the HTML code is better structured, and will be easier to maintain (and there’s a lot less of it). 
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.)
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> 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.
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> Gotta go, dinner’s about to be served.
> 
> Peter Nyberg
> Coventry, CT
> s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)