[TMRA] Website Revamp Preview

[Steve Bellner]

Joe,

WOW! Thank you for volunteering to do this. The ideas that you have and the 
changes you are making seem to me to be right on target.

The on the air aids will be useful and the home page seems more easy to look 
at.

I think you are headed in the right direction with posting the most obvious 
information on the front page by listing the repeater frequencies. A work of 
art!


Steve, TER

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Thielen" <joe at joethielen.com>
To: "TMRA" <tmra at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 12:19 AM
Subject: [TMRA] Website Revamp Preview


> Hello all.  I'm in the process of working on a revamp of the website, in
> particular the home page, and I'm interested in any feedback any of you
> would like to provide.   The TMRA website has grown over the years, and at
> some point you've got to stop and take a fresh look at it and re-group.
> This is what I'm attempting to do (in addition to adding functionality to
> it).
>
> If you're interested, check out the preview page at:
>
> http://www.tmrahamradio.org/index_new.htm
>
> The major change here is immediately at the top.  On our existing site 
> some
> of the "links" were hard-coded into the TMRA logo/picture at the top.
> However, since the website is growing, new stuff had to be added via 
> regular
> text links underneath the logo/picture.  I've now removed any links from 
> the
> logo/picture and placed them directly below it.  I've also grouped the
> links.  I'm curious to see what comments you may have on the grouping
> (positive OR negative).
>
> In addition, I've added the repeater frequencies underneath the navigation
> links.  I know that when I visit another clubs page, one of the first 
> things
> I am probably looking for are the repeater freqs.
>
> Another major new addition to the home page is the "MEETINGS / EVENTS /
> NETS" section.  Basically, my intention here is to answer the question of
> "what do/can club members DO?".  Here I try to answer that in the form of
> our main meetings, TMRA events, and on-air nets.  I'm sure I've missed 
> some
> things here.   I still need to get a graphic for the "MEETINGS / EVENTS /
> NETS" text so it meshes with the rest of the page, it's on my TODO list.
>
>
> Aside from the home page, one other new addition is a new page called
> "On-Air Aids".  You can find this via the link in the "Resources" line of
> the new home page navigation links, or you can go directly to it via this
> link:
>
> http://www.tmrahamradio.org/onair_aids.htm
>
> The intent of this page is to provide, in one place, several tools that 
> may
> prove useful while operating on the air.  I find that even though the math
> to convert Eastern Standard Time (or EDT) to UTC is just not that hard, I
> get confused, so I end up looking it up just to make sure I've got it
> right.  So here on this page is the current UTC time.  In addition, there
> are two maps that I check out frequently.  The first is a map created for
> VHF propagation which is automatedly produced by using data from the APRS
> Internet backbone.  Very neat.   The last item currently on the page is 
> the
> Maximum Usable Frequency world map.  I'm not even going to try and explain
> this one, because if I try I'll probably get it incorrect.  If you're
> interested in HF propagation, click on this image.  It will take you to a
> page which helps explain some of the concepts involved.  I find it very
> helpful to have this map provided visually, especially when you're 
> actually
> on the air while looking at it.  After doing this for a period of time
> (days/weeks), you start to "see" what's going on.
>
>
> Anyhow, I'm interested in any feedback you're willing to provide. 
> Positive
> or negative.  I may not reply, but I will certainly read anything 
> provided.
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