Updated Links and Erik's question

["James Purchase" <jpurch@interlog.com>]

Erik wrote:

> OK, so just to confirm, is this a GO to import and begin constructing web
> pages? :)

Well, if we don't start it soon, I think I'll either go insane, or overboard
(or a bit of both.... if I haven't already.... <g>.

Without knowing, or having some idea of how you plan on implementing the
event web-site, i.e. the way it will be organized and how it will look, I
have a hard time writing content for it (especially Intro stuff). The
material that I have sent you already came directly from the Proposal with
only minor editing and tweaking - regardless of how the web-site is
arranged, this material must go in it somewhere as it is info that people
will need.

The MS Word documents that I have sent you (together with the one change
which I had forgotten) are finished, as far as I am concerned. They read
well _to me_, and they seem logical and easy to understand and follow. If
they seem the same way to _you_, then let's go with them; otherwise make
some suggestions on how I can make them better <g>.

I _know_ that sometimes my writing can get convoluted and there might be
simpler ways to say the same thing. I'm open to suggestions on anywhere you
think I might be talking over people's heads. (I remember Olga and the
"Homer" incident <g>.)

For the LAST TIME (I hope), I have expanded and re-worked the links
material. I mentioned before that due to the fact that I use a dial-up
connection to the Internet and an older 28.8 modem, I hate sites or pages
that are too long and thus take forever to load. A lot of our potential
audience will be in poorer situations than I am. With the number of links I
was putting in the links page, it was threatening to do just that. Rather
than drop some of the links, I have cut it into sections - each logical
group of links gets it's own page, tied together by a master Resources page.

I have uploaded the whole thing to my ISP:

- the master page:
http://www.interlog.com/~jpurch/webs/Resources/Resources.htm

- the supporting (linked) pages:
http://www.interlog.com/~jpurch/webs/Resources/General.htm
http://www.interlog.com/~jpurch/webs/Resources/Aquascaping.htm
http://www.interlog.com/~jpurch/webs/Resources/Candy.htm
http://www.interlog.com/~jpurch/webs/Resources/Photo&Scanning.htm
http://www.interlog.com/~jpurch/webs/Resources/Misc.htm
http://www.interlog.com/~jpurch/webs/Resources/Commercial.htm

You _may_ wish to place "bookmarks" into the separate subsections of the
supporting pages, and tie the links on the master page to the bookmarks on
the various supporting pages. i leave the decision to do that or not up to
you.

(don't forget to save the photo on the front page - if you want to use it...
Adrian Tappin has given me permission to use it but I am still waiting to
hear from the photographer himself.)

Even I will admit that some of the links I give are pushing it a bit
(Britannica???), but this is an opportunity to open people's minds to the
information available and the possibilities which exist for aquacaping their
aquariums. Links don't take up much space so I don't think that there are
too many. Each one that is there is a GOOD site and with so much crap on the
Web it would be nice if folks could have a place to go which would refer
them to something interesing and possibly a bit different.

Now, HOW to arrange these on the final web-site is up to you.

What I would like to see are your ideas in some sort of form - even if the
individual pages are only "place holders" awaiting content. That would help
me immensely in writing the rest of the content.

Thanks,

James Purchase
Toronto

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