[Rhodes22-list] The New Website

[Peter Nyberg]

Tom,

Thanks for the kind words.

I took a look at the tweak you suggested, thinking you had a good point, but the whole paragraph is:

“The Rhodes 22 is the only boat made by General Boats. There's no larger model to move you up to. So they put the features into the only model they have.”

I’m no english major, and I write by what sounds right with knowing any rules.  I think the first sentence makes it clear we’re talking about boats made my General Boats, and somehow having ‘made by’ in the first sentence paired with ’the only model they make’ in the last sentence, grates on my ears a little.  I could be convinced I’m wrong on that though.

The link to the old site is definitely not something I’m wedded to.  My initial thought in putting it there was that it gave people an easy way to compare new vs. old and maybe point out something I’d overlooked.  

If there are security or privacy issues that need to be addressed in the development of the new site,  someone else is going to have to spearhead that issue.  It’s just not something I know anything about.  Of course, I’m willing to help out where I can.

—Peter 

> On Oct 1, 2020, at 6:49 PM, Tom Van Heule <tom.vanheule at intrinsicprograms.com> wrote:
> 
> 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)