old CCN homepage...

Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 22:07:36 -0400
To: "David L. Potter" <potter@chebucto.ns.ca>
From: ljdeveau@chebucto.ns.ca
Cc: ccn-board@chebucto.ns.ca, editors@chebucto.ns.ca, office@chebucto.ns.ca
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Hi David,

Now I'm finding matters troublesome. The whole idea of developing a new
homepage at Chebucto was to direct ALL traffic to it  - members and casual
users alike, as well as web and text-based users. If people wanted to stay
with the old homepage, than they could reset their bookmarks to it, not the
other way around.

The Chebucto link on all our IP sites should also be linked to the new web
homepage not the old site. Otherwise, why was the new homepage developed in
the first place ? Many of these organizations have significant traffic
which should be directed to our new web site not to the old one. Many of
the Editors have already been setting up links to the new homepage, your
move forces them to make readjustments once again and this will further
confuse some of our IPs.

Could you please clarify for me what it is you're trying to do with this
move ? As you've set it up, atleast as I understand it, no choice is
actually being offer, it's stick with the old, and oh yeah, we now have
this new site you might check out.

Leo
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>I've created a modified version of the old homepage:
>
>        http://chebucto.ns.ca/Old-Home.html
>
>and adjusted httpd.conf to redirect non-lynx browsers
>calling for Home.html to this modified version.
>
>The new version has a prominent note/link to the new homepage so casual
>visitors will know there _is_ a new homepage and can reset their
>bookmarks/browser defaults to the new version if they desire.
>
>This will also allow individuals who wish to retain the older version the
>opportunity to do so. The recent changes were forcing all non Lynx
>browsers to the new page and offeing individuals no choice.
>
>david potter

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Leo J. Deveau
Executive Director
Chebucto Community Net
Halifax, N.S.
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"To know and not to do is not to know."
-Chinese  Proverb
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