Brilliant!
Thank you, from a soon to be owner of a recycled Rhodes 22

Reuben Mezrich
Pelican Cove in Sarasota and Inner Harbor in Baltimore
Cell: 410-499-8922

On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 5:56 PM Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com> wrote:

> It’s been something of a slog, but I’ve finally completed the process of
> converting the existing rhodes22.org <http://rhodes22.org/> website
> content to a new format.  Naturally, I think it’s a significant
> improvement, but you can judge for yourself.  The new proposed website can
> be reviewed at http://sunnybeeches.com/rhodes22 <
> http://sunnybeeches.com/rhodes22> .
>
> The largest part of the effort was moving the 'picture gallery’ and
> ‘reference pages’ (formerly FAQ section) to the new format.  I made new
> thumbnails for the pictures, making them a common size so they could be
> displayed in a grid.  I didn’t mess with the content of the reference pages
> much, other than fixing non-displayable characters in the text.  As I was
> working on these, there were a few threads on the list that I thought
> merited inclusion, so I added them.  They have year notations at the end of
> their subject lines.
>
> Behind the scenes, the HTML code is better structured, and will be easier
> to maintain (and there’s a lot less of it).
>
> It’s almost all hand-coded HTML with a bit of CSS and Java Script.  The
> Java Script is used, for example, to allow a single HTML page to display
> all of the full size pictures in the gallery.  A similar approach was taken
> for the reference pages, documents, and cruising tales sections.
>
> The only really new content is the sections for ‘About the Rhodes 22’ and
> ‘General Boats’.  It seems to me that someone who comes to the website with
> a newly found interest in the Rhodes 22 will find useful information in
> these topics.
>
> The new website seems to work on Safari and Firefox browsers on my Mac,
> and my iPad and iPhone.  I am unable to test on other platforms.
>
> Like most people, I’m not very good at proofreading my own writing.  Don’t
> hesitate to point out typos, missing words, or misspellings.  (Though I
> think the reference pages should be left in their original form, warts and
> all.)
>
> If consensus is reached at some point that this should become the
> ‘official’ website for rhodes22.org <http://rhodes22.org/>,  we’ll need
> Mike to take the lead on that effort.
>
> Gotta go, dinner’s about to be served.
>
> Peter Nyberg
> Coventry, CT
> s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)