Subject: New website

I'm surprised no one has said anything yet. The new website looks great!

Keep up the good work Dave!

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Hey,new site looks great! Super job Dave

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Its my own fault for not posting to this site before now. I was lucky enough to see it a couple of times as David neared the release date. I'm so proud of this web site, and of David Grosvold, I just can't accurately describe how much I love this new look. I agree with Chuck that we should have a great chance at winning the next Web Master of the Year Award again this year. I'll be nominating Dave and our site for this very soon.

What can you say about perfection? I think this is as close to perfection as we'll have for quite some time to come. Please do not forget that Dave does this all on his own, and what he does is his gift to the club. Of the AOAS members who are among the most valuable, David C. Grosvold holds his head above all others. We are so fortunate to have him with us.

Bob Moody
President, AOAS
Caretaker and Director, Coleman Observatory

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Great Look Dave. This is my first time here this year and it definately jumps out at you. I haven't had a chance to check out the new functionality but past experience leads me to believe that will be great as well. I fully agree with the comments from Dr. Larson and Bob.

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Congratualations Dave! Another super job on developing our website. I love the new look. For myself, I find that the background certainly make the reading easier on these old eyes. The header on the website is a real attention grabber also. If this website is entered into to national competition, like the AOAS winner in the past, I would bet that this has a great shot at coming in first place. The talent that AOAS has in its membership is not fully realized by many of our members. This organization has a lot going for us that few other groups have. Hope that this becomes a reality as we continue to grow and develop new programs and implement AOAS's new ideas over the next couple of years.
Best wishes for helping us start off the New Year in a great fashion.
Chuck

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DITTO, DITTO, DITTO

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Thanks guys -

There's a lot of new things "under the hood" as well - I've added enhancements to the Forum, the Downloads section, the "My Account" screens, and a LOT of management enhancements no one will ever see, but they will help me do a better job of managing thing. One BIG enhancement I'm hoping everybody likes it the enhanced story and comment editor. You now have the ability to do WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) style editing. I'm hoping I can carry that over to the discussion forum soon as well.

We've also now got way better security than we did previously, so we won't see as much of the spam as we did before. It also means I will be able to get the Photo Gallery back - and it will be better that the previous one. This should allow us to upload video clips and sound files, as well as photos. You'll even be able to order custom prints of the photos if you want.

Incidentally, you can upload a larger user photo if you want - 128 x 128 instead of the older 96 x 96. Hope that helps.

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