It took much longer to complete than I had originally anticipated, but the new website is now, finally, complete. So why does it look the same around here? Well, it's because the new website isn't here. The new website is over at the National Parks Traveler (note the new URL, nationalparkstraveler.com). I have joined forces with Kurt, the editor at the 'Traveler' to produce a new site which I hope will generate a lot more discussion about current park issues.
Park Remark began back in late 2005, and almost right away, I wanted the website to be more than just a blog. Unfortunately, the software I've used to build this site is somewhat limiting. I've built the new site using software that allows for a lot more configuration, and is open to many more features.
I have said at least a few times on this site, that I didn't want Park Remark to be about me. I've wanted park discussion to be the reason you return to the site. But, the software didn't let me build a community of contributors. And so, I built the new National Parks Traveler with community in mind. Kurt and I both want our readers voices to be heard. At the launch, you'll see the new site isn't much more than a new stylized blog, but, over the next weeks and months, we will add more features that will get more folks involved contributing content. This will be stuff like comments, photos, opinion pieces, and trip details of park visits. If you're interested in joining the community, pop over to the new site and create an account. By joining, you'll be among the charter members of this park discussion community that we hope to have going for awhile. There's no cost to join.
I'm quite glad to have the new website complete, I have really missed out writing on the park issues that have surfaced during my coding frenzy of the last few weeks.
This is effectively the end of Park Remark as a stand alone web log. From this point forward, all new content I create will be at the 'Traveler'. All my past content has been copied over to the new format as have all of your comments, plus, all links on this site will work on the new site after changing the domain name -- change parkremark.com/item/304 to nationalparkstraveler.com/item/304 to see what I mean. This website will continue to exist for probably another 6 months, but after that, it will automatically redirect to the new site.
Thank you all for participating here at Park Remark over the last couple years. I hope you'll consider joining me over at the National Parks Traveler for future park discussion.
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Jun 27 2007: The New Website is Complete
It took much longer to complete than I had originally anticipated, but the new website is now, finally, complete. So why does it look the same around here? Well, it's because the new website isn't here. The new website is over at the National Parks Traveler (note the new URL, nationalparkstraveler.com). I have joined forces with Kurt, the editor at the 'Traveler' to produce a new site which I hope will generate a lot more discussion about current park issues.Park Remark began back in late 2005, and almost right away, I wanted the website to be more than just a blog. Unfortunately, the software I've used to build this site is somewhat limiting. I've built the new site using software that allows for a lot more configuration, and is open to many more features.
I have said at least a few times on this site, that I didn't want Park Remark to be about me. I've wanted park discussion to be the reason you return to the site. But, the software didn't let me build a community of contributors. And so, I built the new National Parks Traveler with community in mind. Kurt and I both want our readers voices to be heard. At the launch, you'll see the new site isn't much more than a new stylized blog, but, over the next weeks and months, we will add more features that will get more folks involved contributing content. This will be stuff like comments, photos, opinion pieces, and trip details of park visits. If you're interested in joining the community, pop over to the new site and create an account. By joining, you'll be among the charter members of this park discussion community that we hope to have going for awhile. There's no cost to join.
I'm quite glad to have the new website complete, I have really missed out writing on the park issues that have surfaced during my coding frenzy of the last few weeks.
This is effectively the end of Park Remark as a stand alone web log. From this point forward, all new content I create will be at the 'Traveler'. All my past content has been copied over to the new format as have all of your comments, plus, all links on this site will work on the new site after changing the domain name -- change parkremark.com/item/304 to nationalparkstraveler.com/item/304 to see what I mean. This website will continue to exist for probably another 6 months, but after that, it will automatically redirect to the new site.
Thank you all for participating here at Park Remark over the last couple years. I hope you'll consider joining me over at the National Parks Traveler for future park discussion.