SSLiveSteam folks: As I'm sure you all know, I took over as editor of Steam in the Garden back in January. It's been a great 10 months working with many of you to put together the print magazine and I hope those of you who are subscribers have enjoyed what we've been doing.
Additionally, behind the scenes, I've been building out a new web site for the magazine. We were able to convince Richard Finlayson to give up his ownership of the domain name "steamup.com" (thank you Richard!) and starting today, the new site is officially launched at http://www.steamup.com/. Steamup.com is the magazine on the web -- plus so much more. Here are just a small number of features the new site includes: *An e-edition of the magazine. For those overseas who have found the cost of the magazine prohibitive -- or for those who don't need any more paper in their homes -- there is now an electronic edition of the magazine. The e-edition includes every page from the printed magazine, displayed on your computer screen with "flipping book" technology, which allows you to page through the magazine much like you would a print publication and enlarge the pages to more than twice normal size in order to read it. Subscribers who purchase the digital plan have access to e-editions back to the May/June 2009 issue (No. 105). *Our "web specials" feature brings you selected articles from back issues of Steam in the Garden, back years and years. While there now more than 20 articles available to read online, we expect to be adding a couple of articles a month for the foreseeable future, bringing back the "greatest hits" of Steam in the Garden from over the years. *Exclusive web-only content, including news articles about the latest happenings in the small-scale live steam hobby and columns aimed at helping you have more fun in the hobby. *A "Timetable" feature that includes all the steamups and other live-steam related events. *The Swap Shop is back as an interactive feature. Registered users can post locomotives and other railroad-related items for sale, and include photos of their items too. When the item is sold, the user can easily remove the ad, meaning the list on the site is always current. *An unsurpassed collection of small-scale live steam videos. Hobbyists including Mike Martin, Jim McDavid, David Leech, Scott McDonald, Charles Bednarik and many others have allowed us to post their videos all together in one place, so that you can have an afternoon or evening of watching little live-steam locomotives and trains, from the world over. *Our new forums -- a place where small-scale live steamers can gather to ask questions, exchange information and just blow off some steam. Of course there's so much more -- did I forget to include that you can now buy back issues of the magazine online, seeing tables of contents and cover photos? -- and we have plans to add more features and content in the coming months and weeks. Please take a few minutes to visit http://www.steamup.com/ and be sure to register (only registered users can see the "web specials," and they are the only ones who can participate on the forums or use the Swap Shop). Please feel free to contact me directly about the site if you have any comments, questions or concerns at dmc...@steamup.com. Thanks. \dmc PS: We also don't want to forget our sponsors -- Silver State Trains, Triple R Services, Hartford Products, Aster Hobby USA, National Summer Steamup, Accucraft Trains, Back on Track, MBV Schug and Reindeer Pass Rail -- for helping us fund Steamup.com. Thanks to you guys as well. -- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Dave Cole Gen'l Sup't: Grand Teton & Everglades Steam Excursion Co. Pacifica, Calif. USA <http://45mm.com/> <mailto:c...@45mm.com> ATTEND THE NATIONAL SUMMER STEAMUP IN SACRAMENTO, JULY 18-22, 2012 For more information, visit the web site at <http://www.summersteamup.com> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ _______________________________________________ SSLiveSteam mailing list Send messages: SSLiveSteam@postfix.45mm.com Cancel subscription: http://postfix.45mm.com/mailman/listinfo/sslivesteam Rules: http://www.45mm.com/sslivesteam_guide.html
