The first page people look at should "knock their socks off", then link them to the pages containing the rest of the information.
Maybe the first page has two large photos, linked to the subsections of Scale and Flyer. I'm sure most of us could handle a flyer image IF it was of the quality shown below: http://www.flickr.com/photos/24796741@N05/5205105111/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/24796741@N05/5429308133/in/photostream Those are photos by photographer Michael Paul Smith, who has been mentioned here before, commissioned by Lionel for their 'O' 3-rail trains. A similar quality image of Flyer equipment would be a fine gateway IMO, without detracting from the scale side (assuming a similar quality image was used for the scale link). Pieter E. Roos --- On Wed, 11/16/11, Roy <[email protected]> wrote: > My own website is devoted to my scale > layout, but I do have a separate page for American Flyer > that can be clicked to. I explain why it's separate. Maybe > we don't give the average MR enough credit to know the > difference between toy trains and scale trains. No trouble > with O. You either have 2-rail track or 3-rail. Maybe if AF > ran on 3-rail track it would make education of the masses > easier <G>. Ed L's suggestion is not a deal breaker. > If the web master of the new NASG site keeps the home page > free of lobster claws and provides AF info through special > tabs or links, it should work out fine. > > Now that Sam Powell has joined our local NMRA division > (South Mountain, MER), we now have THREE S scalers actively > participating in the division. Each of us has done clinics > at meetings, etc. Richard Lind does an exellent newsletter > and I do the website making sure that S is well represented > without bugging the HO membership. Check it out at > www.smdnmra.org > > I've tried to encourage more participation on the MRH site > for the same reasons. Every time you post something on your > blog there or comment on other blogs, you promote S scale. > With the loss of another S scaler to N scale (a lack of room > problem), I'm the only S promoter right now and I'm sure > that seeing the same old people doing the posting does > little to get others excited about S. We need lots and lots > of scalers participating in such venues as the NMRA or MRH > to make much of a difference. > > If we don't, six months from now, we'll recycle the same > discussion. Jeff's proposal is a chance to do something or > get off the pot. We should get it done and then tackle the > job of promoting it. > > But first: "Get Er Done"! > > Roy Hoffman ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
