[C320-list] New Catalina 320 Website

[Bruce Stanley]

Hi Jeff

That is a great result for an enormous and ambitious undertaking!

MANY THANKS

Happy Holidays to you too!
Bruce Stanley
Sydney Australia



On Dec 22, 2007 4:29 PM, Jeff Hare <catalina at thehares.com> wrote:
> Hello All,
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>   It's been a long time since we've had any major (visible) changes to our
> website.  Well, just in time for the holidays,  the new website is now
> online, but at a new address temporarily.    Feel free to try things and let
> me know what's broken.   I still have quite a list of things to do before
> it's officially ready to open up.
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> http://www.catalina320.com/     is the new location.  (Note the change from
> .ORG to .COM)
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>    Feel free to log into the new website (if you have an account already)
> and browse around.  Let me know what you like and don't like.    Don't hold
> back, especially if you have ideas about menu and/or content organization.
> It's a lot easier to change things now than to reorganize later, so give me
> both barrels!    There are still a bunch of things to be fixed, so as you
> find bugs, let me know about them also and I'll pick them off as we go.
> Especially, let me know if your web browser causes the site not to display
> properly.  I've only tested under Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer
> (versions 6 and 7).  I don't have access to Safari or some of the other
> Apple Mac browsers.
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>    The new Reference Library section is built on a popular Wiki system for
> those who know what that is.  For those who don't, it's a much simpler way
> to create, organize and cross reference any kind of informational content.
> We'll be using it for all the technical information, tips/tricks,
> procedures, etc. that we've amassed over the years.   For an example, I put
> in a short bit of demo content under the Engines section.
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>    Two other major new features I've added are the RESOURCES - -> DOCUMENTS
> which is a brand new library system for storing documents for download
> (which I'll open up shortly), and the online Forms processor which can be
> seen for demonstration under the RESOURCES - -> LOANER TOOLBOX  menu
> (although I have a couple things to fix there before it's ready also).
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>    There are a few recent additions that have been made to the old site
> since I took a database snapshot and translated it to the new website, so
> those items are not on the new site.  Let me know if something is missing
> and I'll get those things migrated over as we go.
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>   I expect the new site to become permanent sometime in January with the old
> website going away.
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> Happy Holidays!
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> -Jeff Hare
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