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Website Woes
Posted by Mt Beenak on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 5:39 AM

Since I found these forums, I decided to share my layout with you guys.  So I started work on a website.  What started as a labour of love has turned into a pain in the a---.  Too much technology to learn.  I did learn to put photos onto photo bucket and post them here, thanks to cabbage, cheers mate!

So, until I care enough to finish the website, here is a slide show from my photobucket.

Enjoy!  http://s282.photobucket.com/albums/kk272/MtBeenak/?action=view&current=9206edb2.pbw 

Mick

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Posted by jhsimpson62 on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 6:24 AM

Looks great! I can see a lot of work and devotion to the hobby in your layout. Jack

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Posted by SNOWSHOE on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 6:36 AM
very nice work.  I rerally like your rock work.  What type of rock is that?  It looks like volcanic rock.  Very nice thakns for sharing the photos. 
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Posted by Mt Beenak on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 6:43 AM

The grey coloured rock is local to my area and is called 'bluestone'.  If you crack it open, it is a dark blue inside.  It is very dense and is used for road metal.  It was also cut into large slabs for building foundations years ago.  The red coloured rock is scoria.  It is a light weight rock, having many air pockets.  Both are volcanic.  Bluestone seems to attract moss, but only on the southern (dark) side. 

Mick

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Posted by Great Western on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 8:40 AM

Hi Mick,

 That is a very interesting and impressive railroad you have there.  The detail is extreemly good which makes it a great railroad.

Like you I had considered a web page and realized that all I wanted to achieve was to show pics of my RR and therefore a web site not really necessary.  I opted for Picasaweb which seems to suit me computer illiteracy well.Dunce [D)]

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Posted by cabbage on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 10:31 AM
I actually find HTML to be very easy!!!

You should try the real stuff like FORTH or APL to earn a living from...

You can cheat and use a translator, Apple Works and MS-Word both have an export to HTML option. However some of use still use good old Adobe to build our pages with -yes despite the charm of OSX I still fire up 9.22 and use my trusty copy of Adobe. The FTP client is possible a little slow -but it is very useful.

regards

ralph

Post Scriptumn: If you like I can knock together a template?

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Posted by g. gage on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 12:32 PM

Nice work Mick. I'm inspired; think I'll go out and work on my railroad.

Rob

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