Ideas on handling websites??

Do you have any suggestions to add to the discussion on the Alumni Website??



From: lee hall
Date: 28 March 2008 15:21:57 GMT-06:00
To: Pat Fischer , Ted Fischer
Cc: "Peake Kathleen S. (DOL)" , Judie Baldini , John Kalmer
Subject: Re: DVD .. websites

Hi, Ted and Pat


As for the MPHS67-West site:

This "extension" website is sitting on extra server space that I have on my existing Mac account. I will have that account for a long time to come so there are no $$ expenses related to that site. It is a novelty site that will allow me to publish data for anyone interested in next winter's ski trip and this summer's ladies trip. Hopefully, I will make time to get the photos painting faster that they do right now. It is too slow.

The Blog site is also a 'freebee' through www.blogger.com. The blog site has not taken off as I had expected. But maybe there will be renewed interest later when there is more of a need to be interactive and share discussions within the group.

Your domain name is great and our class can get quickly to the information they need. It is the "first source" of information for our class and I expect others will likely generate special-purpose sites that they will want you to point to for alumni news. Mechanically, I see no need to combine the west extension site with yours.

I would suggest adding a menu item on the left "Related Sites" That page could be used for links to the West add-on site, Blog site, and any others that may crop up in the future.

The blog site name is fine but my URL for the West extension site is cumbersome/awkward. Another domain name was my first thought but that is an annual expense ($10-15/yr) that would be a nuisance to manage.

What are your thoughts on John email??



Hope you are doing well!

Barbara Lee Hall

(I am going to add this to the BLOG SITE incase others may have input to offer)




On 28 Mar 2008, at 13:56, John Kalmer wrote:
Barb, Ted and Pat,
I’m wondering if you can have some conversation about the three web sites that are Class Reunion Centric so that at next week’s meeting, we can discuss what we want and can maintain, physically and financially from reunion funds. I don’t know if there is reason to join any of them together or not but a discussion would be a good starting point if there is a reason to do some combining or anything else.

“Talk Amongst Yourselves”…………. or bring the rest of us in if necessary

jk