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Please cast your masthead vote - New Version Posted

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CSXect
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Posted by CSXect on Friday, June 22, 2007 7:32 PM

I think you have nailed it on the last oneThumbs Up [tup]

Saw a box cab desial 520???? for 50 bucks but shell was broken off where the screw holds in to the chassie so I passed besides lionel is releasing one in their k-line by lionel line up pretty cheap.

did see some stuff in the consignment shop mostly tinplate and a lionel or two(cars not sets)

 

 

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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 22, 2007 5:50 PM

Less is more...my vote.

But the one you have on your site now is very nice too.

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Blueberryhill RR
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Posted by Blueberryhill RR on Friday, June 22, 2007 5:33 PM

Yep, Frank.....That's the one. Looks great. AND, you can see tubular track.

Chuck

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magicman710
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Posted by magicman710 on Friday, June 22, 2007 4:00 PM

Frank, your website looks great!!!!!!!!!!! When you going to be completely finished? I cant wait to see it completed!!! The masthead looks great!!!!!

 

 

Grayson

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ezmike
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Posted by ezmike on Friday, June 22, 2007 12:55 PM

Frank,

It looks great. It will be added to my favorites as soon as I get home. Look forward to what you have in store for the links.

But now you have to figure out how to divide your time between the layout and the website.

Mike

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anjdevil2
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Posted by anjdevil2 on Friday, June 22, 2007 6:08 AM
Very nice, Frank.  Love the layout (of the website) and the quickee info on each page. Nicely done!Wow!! [wow]Thumbs Up [tup]

I am the monster in your head...And I thought you'd learn by now, It seems you haven't yet.
I am the venom in your skin  --- Breaking Benjamin


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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 22, 2007 4:15 AM
really nice frank.....wow you have some gorgeous stuff there.....
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Frank53
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Posted by Frank53 on Friday, June 22, 2007 3:40 AM
One sub page is now up as well. Clicking on "The Trains" button at the top or the text link at the bottom takes you to the first complete sub-page. Off this page, there are buttons to the left side which will eventually go to individual pages divided into categories - locos, diesels, freight cars,etc. These aren't up yet, and I have a lot of work to do to figure out how I am going to photograph these - probably a diorama so they all have the same lighting, relative size, etc.
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joetrains
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Posted by joetrains on Friday, June 22, 2007 2:02 AM

   I think the whole page looks great. You did a good job on that.

   You did a great job on your layout too. Talent. 

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 22, 2007 1:13 AM

wow thats alot of hits. Good job. I like the way it is. Its appealing but not overpowering. Definatly easy on the eyes.

 

 

 

Give yourself a pat of the back!

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Frank53
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Posted by Frank53 on Friday, June 22, 2007 1:09 AM

Thanks zeke - I think it will also be much more friendly from a design standpoint as the masthead is now a single graphic and keeps the form tight.

As an aside, I have had the site up for a couple of days and I was looking at the webstats - 27,000 hits in only a couple of days.

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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 22, 2007 12:51 AM
frank i really like that one.. I think thats the best yet!
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Frank53
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Posted by Frank53 on Friday, June 22, 2007 12:47 AM

Did some rethinking on this and redid the masthead and firmed up the home page.

The good news is, it's tighter and I think improved. It also gives me an excellent masthead template, including buttons to use from page to page. The buttons are also vastly improved.

The bad news, I have to relink all the pages via the top link of buttons and I am too lazy at this moment in time.

Only the home page is up now, with no active links in the button bar at the top, but I like it much better both from a visual and workability standpoint.

The text links at the bottom of the page work however, and clicking on any of these shows the difference in design from the old pages to the new page.

Check it out if you are so inclined ----->  http://www.lionellines.net/

 

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kpolak
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Posted by kpolak on Thursday, June 21, 2007 2:04 PM
 traindaddy1 wrote:
 dougdagrump wrote:
 Blueberryhill RR wrote:
 Frank53 wrote:

 

Yes !!!!

 

DITTO !!!!

Sign - Ditto [#ditto].Smile [:)]

I'm with this group.

Kurt

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laz 57
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Posted by laz 57 on Thursday, June 21, 2007 7:12 AM

#2

laz57

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cnw1995
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Posted by cnw1995 on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 8:30 AM
I vote for the Orange lettered one.

Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.

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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 5:49 AM
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LOOKS NICE.

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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 5:37 AM

 

I like your original better. Less busy, and cleaner. 

To the point. 

Wayray Cowboy [C):-)]

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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 2:41 AM
i like the white because its crisp and clean , but orange is a lionel color, and my favorite, so im bias to oragne.......
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joetrains
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Posted by joetrains on Tuesday, June 19, 2007 11:37 PM
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 My Pam Anderson for this one.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 19, 2007 11:22 PM


How about the letters outlined in Orange and shadowed in blue, or outlined in blue shadowed in orange? Or outlined in blue with light orange inside?

And if you still have more time, how about coming and finishing my layout for me?!
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Brutus
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Posted by Brutus on Tuesday, June 19, 2007 10:19 PM

They are all good, but I like this one best!

RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.

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sir james I
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Posted by sir james I on Tuesday, June 19, 2007 9:05 PM
The last one....cleaner lines, as stated above the other is to busy looks blured

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traindaddy1
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Posted by traindaddy1 on Tuesday, June 19, 2007 8:56 PM
 dougdagrump wrote:
 Blueberryhill RR wrote:
 Frank53 wrote:

 

Yes !!!!

DITTO !!!!

Sign - Ditto [#ditto].Smile [:)]

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Blueberryhill RR
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Posted by Blueberryhill RR on Tuesday, June 19, 2007 8:39 PM
 csxt30 wrote:

I like it but I would like it more if it had some ORANGE in it !!  Laugh [(-D]

Thanks, John

Sign - Ditto [#ditto]Post a picture in ORANGE .
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dwiemer
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Posted by dwiemer on Tuesday, June 19, 2007 8:32 PM

 Frank53 wrote:
wow I haven't heard Yes Yes Yes so much since the last time I had Pam Anderson over for a sleepover. 

I thing this is the point at which the alarm clock goes off and wakes you from this dream.  Considering the news on PA, you still might want to get some PenicillinShock [:O]

I do like the last one.  The cover looks like the cover to my 1949 operation manual.

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csxt30
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Posted by csxt30 on Tuesday, June 19, 2007 8:02 PM

I like it but I would like it more if it had some ORANGE in it !!  Laugh [(-D]

Thanks, John

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magicman710
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Posted by magicman710 on Tuesday, June 19, 2007 7:40 PM

Frank, maybe you should change the new one to orange lettering. The white looks great, but maybe orange would look better. (Being one of lionels colors, and kind of matching with the bluish picture.)

Grayson

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Frank53
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Posted by Frank53 on Tuesday, June 19, 2007 7:33 PM
wow I haven't heard Yes Yes Yes so much since the last time I had Pam Anderson over for a sleepover. 
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