I tend to agree with Holly on this with an added comment. This project is about genealogy. If we get on an improvement kick lets attack it from the genealogy angle and not from the bells and whistles department. Many of the folks doing genealogy are retired, view the computer as a tool and are unimpressed with anything more elaborate than plain text to pursue it, myself included. I have worked with computers for the past 31 years in the military and out and have written some code in Pascal and C and RBase. I try to stay abreast of computer developments but believe for genealogy use we should keep it as simple as possible to encompass as large a group of hobbyists and researchers as possible. If a CC desires to dress up their pages with Javascript or whatever, fine, but provide a plain text alternative for grandpa and grandma. Pam does nice work with our "front page". Perhaps she could look at the "Help Pages" and share her thoughts with us for any needed improvements. Joe Holly Timm wrote: > > At 06:40 PM 12/6/99 -0500, you wrote: > >I've used the resources from several different counties and several > >different states and one thing that I find every page has in common is > >that I'm yet to find anyone using Javascript and CSS Styles to improve > >the functionality or the appearance of their pages. > > Javascript and CSS are more and more accessible to our users but there are > still many out there that can use them and I am leery of someone pushing > them on the CC's. I have no objection to improvement of the htmlhelp pages > but clearly accessibility needs to be a major issue. I also seriously doubt > this person has tried working with the many CC's whose grasp of html is > basic and comes with difficulty. > > >This is what prompted me to seek-out your "HTML Help" page > >(http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/htmlhelp.html) that you link from > >your Volunteer Information page > >(http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/volunteers.html) and to be honest, > >though the page was relatively current a couple of years ago, it's no > >wonder the newbies who by and large coordinate your various counties > >don't use the more modern technologies to more easily accomplish their > >goals. > > > >I am a Web Professional who recently sold an ISP to a larger company, > >better equipped to take on AOL and Gateway. I designed my first website > >for Netscape 1.0, back when it was new and since then, I have designed, > >implemented and consulted on the installation of innumerable websites in > >several different industries. > > > >I realize that someone named C.G. Snyder appears to be the person > >charged with maintaining your "HTML Help" page, but to be honest, > >considering the apparent outdatedness of several links, I'd be surprised > >if there has been any updates in quite some time; Though, I was > >surprised how few of the links did not lead to live webpages, so I > >wouldn't take any bets about the last time C. Snyder uploaded a new > >page. > > > >But, nonetheless, I'd like to volunteer to take over the maintenance of > >your HTML HelpSite... > > > >Sincerely; > >Russell A. Wrenn -- email:jzsed@slic.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~jzed/home.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~ndpembin/pembina.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~ndramsey/ramsey.htm