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Each seems unique and useful.
Also there is a need for many more Nike Oriented sites to:
Comments from George Runkle of
A Cold War History site -
November 8, 1998 and February 21, 1999
It is not hard to start a web site (I did it before "HTML for Dummies" came out).
Just go out and "borrow" some HTML files (use your browser, "source", and "save as"
and modify them to create your own thing.
(Actually, that is the way recommended and done by most people.) And I did buy an
HTML book from the local book store.
If your Internet Service Provider (ISP) does not provide web site service (most do for
free or almost free with your normal service), $100/year seems to be a popular
price for 10 or more megabytes and basically unlimited data transfer. Many provide
automated ftp (file transfer to and from your machine to the ISP. All tell
you how to do it - to encourage new business and to keep you with them.
I started using an automated web page maker, got frustrated with it because it could not
do some basic sounding things, learned enough HTML in a day to find out why I was
having trouble with the automated web page maker, and stayed with HTML.
I am (FINALLY) taking an HTML class to find out what I should have known at the start.
Interesting - and you can indeed get very fancy. BUT - BUT - the instructor points
out that while the automated web page makers are nice and fast (when you finally
master them) most do not let you change a page you just made - even a little bit.
You apparently have to make changes (like adding another comment, etc.) by editing
the HTML that the automated web page maker generated for you. So what have you gained?
You had to learn two languages/methods/whatever to possibly save a little time.
If you are not doing web page making for a living, it might not be worth the extra time.
The site and format don't have to be fancy.
(I deliberately avoided fancy frames because they
require thinking, tend to confuse me, and may eat up valuable screen space with fancy
borders that do nothing for me.) I put the 5 commands that I use on a piece of paper
and taped it to my printer for easy reference (my short, mid, and long term memory
failed a long time ago. :-( :-)
YOU can indeed have fun, meet new friends, (and did the
recruiting poster say "See the World"?)
If worse comes to worse, you can e-mail me for suggestions and moderate technical aid
(a guru I ain't) until you get rolling.
There is a tendency in modern programming,
(including HTML) to keep experimenting until it seems to work, very unscientific,
but formal descriptions of software and languages are so complicated, and life so short,
that "trial and error" is often the "name of the game". And this actually works with
the personal computers and highly interactive systems we have.
Basically you work
to get it looking good on your machine (local files) with your browser(s). Many people
have the two major ones (Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer)
to assure that the page looks good with both browsers. It is good to remember that
many people in the world do NOT have the latest copies - so some of the new fancy
techniques will look strange to many people.
Then "up load" your local files to your ISP.
No - your ISP (Internet Service Provider) will give you full details
At worst you will use "ftp" (like me) to move your
files from your machine "up" to the ISP. At best your
ISP will provide some probably (but not much) simpler
software to do the moving. There are also shareware and
freeware packages for download from the internet.
Oddly enough, once you do this "upload" trick, it is no
problem - MUCH simpler than learning to drive a bicycle :-))
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Kinds of existing sites
Some are unit specific such as
some show and discuss local sites - such as Don Bender's
one is mustering support for saving a site
etc. I think this is wonderful and fun.
What Nike subject areas seem needed?
are a great start, but are limited in personalities and day-to-day life.
How do I pick a site theme or topic(s)?
How do I get some web space for my web site?
How do I start a web site?
What is this HTML?
...
"Upload" - is it magic?
Check your upload
I noted that some pictures on a web site didn't work,
Ah - a trick for you ;-))
To help verify that you
- actually up loaded all the needed stuff
- and linked to it correctly
You should access your web site,
- using the same URL as "the rest of us"
and check it out.
This would have shown that you had a problem "the rest of us" saw.
By the way, life is MUCH simpler if you use the
relative mode of accessing - not referring to
specific directories/folders if the file you
are linking to is in the same directory/file
so instead of using
A HREF="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Web%20Site/KL-HM-40PayDay69.jpg
you could have used
A HREF="KL-HM-40PayDay69.jpg
which is so much simpler :-)))
There can also be some weird problems, such as
- if you are using Microsoft windows at home,
Windows is very tolerant of capitalization
like A HREF="CAt.jpg" ....
will work just fine if the file name is really
cat.jpg
- however, if your host is using a UNIX based server,
like LINUX/APACHE
the above example will not work as UNIX based
stuff is VEry case sensitive. ;-))
I have learned by sad experience to check out each upload by going to
http://www.ed-thelen.org/
and checking out the new stuff I upload.
And when I don't, ... :-((
Enjoy:-))
--Ed Thelen
"Typical" encouragement letter
I sent this to Rich Wood
Yes, New England certainly needs someone to keep
us up to date. A site is so inexpensive and easy.
I think it is a hell of a lot of fun,
but then I like to talk too much anyway.
Also, no Hercules MTR or TTR operator has really said
what they do. I kind of fake it in a general (overview)
way - but do not get into the heart of the matter.
- who says what to who
- fighting jamming
- auto, aided, manual
- If the TRR is completely jammed,
can you range track with TTR (X band)?
- you mentioned "B" team, organization??
- ...
And who knows what went on in the Launcher area?
(Made "home brew" for all I know.)
My site is so overgrown (overblown?) that I would
love to point to other sites to provide
- up to date Nike site info & pictures (like New England)
- better details on interesting things
(heck, I worked on part of the previous (AJAX) generation
and am in real trouble with details of the Herc generation)
Guidelines for English usage :-)
(All in fun of course :-)
From J.P. Moore
With thanx to J. Eckles:
Rules For Better Writing
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