Title: Nachricht
Hi
:-)
First of all: thank
you to all who have already become a user at www.worldofmeteorites.com. I am
still adding features to this portal, and one of it is my christmas present to
you.
I just opened the
"Virtual Meteorite Museum" there. This is a gallery for meteorite pictures. But
this one isn't just for looking. This one is for you :-)
There are three
sections: The Museum itself, the Field pics section and the personal section.
Let me talk about the personal section first:
In this section, you
can create a folder for your private collection pics and then upload pictures to
it. This is VERY easy, just via the web, and you can add comments to the pics as
well as a caption. The folder can only be modified by you, so you can add,
delete, change and do things as you like. And you can show off your collection
to the world :-).
The same is true for
the field pics section: create a folder and upload pics from your
expedition.
The biggest part
should be the Virtual Meteorite Museum. If you have a beautiful specimen, post
it there. Over the time, we should be able to gather a lot of nice pics and this
will really become a virtual museum.
There is a naming
convention I ask you to stick to: The Caption contains the Name of the item and
its size, for example "NWA 812, 1,25g". The description should contain (in this
order): Classification, date of fall/find, location of fall/find, TKW,
additional info. If we stick to this convention, it will be very easy to browse
the museum (people can search the museum by entering the name of the
meteorite).
This is all for free
:-). I give you the tools, you add content :-).
One more thing: look
at thenewsbits I have posted on the site so far. These are examples, and
you can do the same. You can announce your ebay auctions. You can post new
classification data, you can post something about a new fall - whatever you
like. Just use the "submit news" link and type away. Don't be afraid, I will
edit the stories in the beginning if necessary.
The nice thing about
worldofmeteorites is that members can use the site as it were theirs. I firmly
believe this portal will be a great tool for us, and I invite you to use it to
your advantage.
Thanks and have a
nice day.
Bernhard
