[Rockhounds] [ADMIN] About the rockhounds website.

Sat Mar 14 21:07:33 PDT 2009

That's a really good idea; I'll see if I can fit it in. (It's an ASP 
server, among other things, so I could toss that into some sort of DB)

I also want to finally post, via Google Earth or Google maps the "Where are 
the rockhounds" info, and I'd also like to set up a trade system. (John and 
I have soooo enjoyed trading...we always feel like we got the best deal 
though, makes us feel guilty - :p)

A "Steve" suggested a links page (we do have one of those, but it's 
probably wayyyy out of date, so I'll start over) and an Events page for 
clubs/meets/trips etc. (He suggested the use of Google Calendar, possibly, 
which would be an incredibly quick fix.)I think those are both great ideas. 
He tentatively suggested a sales page, but I'll only do that if I can 
password protect it and limit it to listmembers only. We'll see.

We also had a list of other rockhounding/fossil/etc. mailing lists, though 
it probably needs to be verified at this point.

I want to get the FULL archive that we have online and searchable. (I 
forget how far back we have files for, but it's quite a 
while...pre-Drizzle, even, I think.)

And, we had a space for a FAQ, but that page never did get off the ground.

Keep 'em coming.

Julie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kris Rowe" <lapidary.specialties at gmail.com>
To: <mp44sturm-rocks at yahoo.com>; "Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list 
for rock and gem collectors" <rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 8:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] [ADMIN] About the rockhounds website.

> Yeah, Julie!
>                   Thanks for your 
continuing dedication to the community,
> and seemingly endless patience 
with all of us. I'm looking forward to seeing
> what you develop, and I'm 
sure that it'll shine!
> Since you're taking requests for site features, 
perhaps a "Bio" section
> where every (willing!) list member could have a 
concise (if possible!)
> biography for everyone to see. This would make 
getting to know everyone much
> easier in a hobby where there are so many 
niche & specialty subgroups. In
> addition, it could allow each member 
to indicate if they're open to off list
> contacts, and on what 
terms.
> 
> Again, my thanks to you, John and everyone who makes 
this a great place to
> ask questions, and keep current on the 
geo-world.
> 
> Kris
> 
> On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 6:50 
PM, Sandra B. Gee <mp44sturm-rocks at yahoo.com>wrote:
> 

>>
>> Wow Julie,
>>
>> Thank you so much 
for your dedication!  I'm totally clueless about all this
>> putting up 
a website thing as you are talking about.  I appreciate your
>> 
expertise!
>>
>> Sandra B. Gee, 
M.D.
>>
>>
>> --- On Sat, 3/14/09, Julie Siebel 
<julie at pandemoniumgraphics.com> 
wrote:
>>
>> > From: Julie Siebel <julie at pandemoniumgraphics.com>
>> 
> Subject: [Rockhounds] [ADMIN] About the rockhounds website.
>> 
> To: "Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A 
mailing list for rock and gem collectors"
>> <rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com>
>> 
> Date: Saturday, March 14, 2009, 11:46 AM
>> > Some of you have 
probably noticed that our website has been
>> > down for several 
months, and that the RHLAdmin email address
>> > hasn't worked for, 
gosh, ages.
>> >
>> > The email address was somewhere on 
the order of 80-160 to 1
>> > Spam and Drizzle doesn't have 
filtering for this sort of
>> > account. I gave up.
>> 
>
>> > Carol's website (where ours is hosted) is 
currently
>> > down, and they aren't certain when it's going to 
be
>> > back up again. Here's what I'm doing
>> 
>
>> > --I'm buying a domain name, and going to host it on 
my
>> > site, so that in the future, if the site needs to be 
moved,
>> > the address won't change. I have a slot available for 
it
>> > at my hosting company, so there are no costs involved 
in
>> > this except the domain name, and I will cover 
that.
>> > --I'm going to be doing some major revisions to 
the
>> > site, including adding some features I'd always 
intended
>> > to. (It's been a combo of either me being too busy 
or
>> > lack of access to the site, or both, and consequently, 
even
>> > when the site was up, there were a zillion 
"Under
>> > Construction" pages.)
>> > --If you have 
great ideas for the website, please let me
>> > know.
>> 
> --I'm revising the rules; they will be mostly the same,
>> > 
but a lot shorter ;). (The current rule-set is 1.8k and
>> > reads 
like Robert's rules of order.) When we figure it
>> > out, I'll post 
a copy to the list.
>> >
>> > Any questions, concerns or 
ideas, please email me.
>> >
>> > Julie
>> 
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