Comments on: Keweenaw Sands (p2)

By: Herb from Wisconsin

Herb from Wisconsin — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:11:31 +0000

Explorer

Thanks for tweaking the text & background. This reads much easier now.

I don’t know if you could do it (or even would want to), but it would be helpful in the “Recent Comments” sidebar to show which topic each comment belongs to. Some of them are old topics, others brand new. As it stands now you don’t know which is which. Another thing you might consider is giving a creation date to each topic along with its title. That way we will know how old the topic is and what might have changed on site since the post was made. The way things are vanishing up there and all…

Okay, enough of my butting in, This website is great as it is!

By: explorer

explorer — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:57:22 +0000

Sorry for the problems Herb - been trying out a few things. That sidebar text was difficult to read, so I made some changes to hopefully help (made the background a tad bit darker as well as lightening up the text and making it larger). Still making some tweaks here and there though, so be warned.

By: Herb from Wisconsin

Herb from Wisconsin — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:57:41 +0000

Not to be critical, but the gray background makes it more difficult for people with poor eyesight like I have to read. The recent comment section (lower right) is very faint and hard to make out.

By: explorer

explorer — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:55:24 +0000

Its gray on purpose, I’m working out some design changes at the moment. Nothing too crazy, I just all of a sudden got tired of the black background…

By: Gordy Schmitt

Gordy Schmitt — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:44:15 +0000

OK, last night I could never get it to show, I could see part 1 and part 3, but never part 2. I was so ticked as I knew Herb had replied about the poor rock piles there. I have no idea why either, tonight it shows just fine except for the weird color change for the background, looks gray instead of black. It was much easier as on the Copper Country Scrapbook page to pick what I was looking for though.
Hopefully you got the submitted photo of the Centennial #3 I sent. Think I am going to find a extra wide scanner and work on digitizing these C&H news letters. At least they represent the more modern C&H and have nice little tidbits of info.
Well off to bed, long drive tomorrow to yooperland, no computer with internet access though.

By: explorer

explorer — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:30:44 +0000

Gordy..

Thanks for the catch on the map, but since I already deleted the PSD file for it, fixing it might be a problem. So from now on we’ll just have to accept the fact that the Osceola Mill was constructed in 4896.

You know Gordy (cough cough), If you want to see the previous posts just scroll down on the main page. You’ll see excerpts from the last five posts I wrote. (this is how you could of found Keweenaw Sands-p2 for instance), and by clicking on “more entries” at the bottom of the page you can see the five before that.

But seriously though, I’ve been getting the urge to do some reworking to the site again. After working on our new site for the last few months I’ve picked up a few new ideas that I want to put in practice here as well. So I’ll keep your critique in mind (perhaps a recent posts list?)

By: Gordy Schmitt

Gordy Schmitt — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:01:28 +0000

Hey Mike, I got to whine a bit, but check your photo above (Torch Lake Sands) showing the location of the Osceola Mill(4896), according to the year built, it hasn’t been built yet, so should have no sands associated with it.
Funny how I went into Copper Country Scrapbook and was able to find a list of Explorers latest escapades in order and he doesn’t have one here (cough cough)

By: Jay Balliet (Resident Whiner)

Jay Balliet (Resident Whiner) — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:53:25 +0000

You’re welcome Gordy….

By: Gordy Schmitt

Gordy Schmitt — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:53:08 +0000

Jay, I am so glad you did the whining about the comment feature and not me, this way I get to keep my gold star with my A. I wanted to mention it and kept forgetting.

By: Jay Balliet

Jay Balliet — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:10:49 +0000

Not really on topic, but that first pic (the painting/drawing), I’ve seen those on ebay for pretty cheap. There’s a couple of Calumet on there right now. One’s an 8×10 for $5 and a 36xSomething for $15 (plus shipping)