(Update: Mostly not. Server spikes causing time-outs are worse than ever. Try back later or tomorrow) We’ve fired it up, and it’s running mostly, but it’s going to take a bit of fine tuning. We’re talking about the new site, which obviously looks a bit different now. The primary goal was to improve functionality, eliminating the server spikes that created delays and time-outs. It’s too early to tell yet how that’s going to play out, but our webmaster is working on it right now.
I didn’t spend three months agonizing over a lot of creative issues, like a new logo and such. I’m really slammed these days, and a site re-do was the last thing I wanted to take on right now. So we kept it simple: a change to a serif font to improve readability for our aging eyes. We’ve moved the CC Portals up to the top, but they’re not up to date, though, which has to be done manually and has been neglected for some nine months. Anybody want to volunteer? And the pictures in the Portals are not the final ones. And I can already see a couple of other details that need fixing. The main thing of course was switching over to a new platform (Word Press theme) that can be more readily kept up to date. Thanks for your patience, and hopefully this thing will run….faster, soon.
Wow, I like it a lot better already!
/third attempt at posting
Looks good. The main page doesn’t come up; I get a maintenance message. But I can access any individual post. Grateful for the serif font because I’m getting old too.
I like the new look, but commenter photos seemed to have disappeared, is that a permanent change?
No. The site is barely running right now, and many features are being unplugged in order to troubleshoot it. It may take a little while to get it all back together again.
I Don’t mind the new look, but it’s not nearly as easy to read from an iPad as the old one was. This new version won’t let me zoom in! I wanted to see that Mack in Nigeria, but apparently it’s not happening on this device…
I appreciate the effort… looking good so far. It will come together.
Love that blown Rover/Buick aluminum V8!
Do you think it could move without doing a wheelstand?
Good luck with the work on the site Paul
BTW, love that photo, reminds me of Rat Fink.
Nice work and I liked the new iteration, looked a bit cleaner, though the font looked to have shrunk a touch.
Keep up the good work as you work out the kinks and get the site functioning fine and dandy again.
I’ll come back no matter what, but the serif font is not easier to read. It fills white space with a lot of visual noise.
Anyway, good luck, it all sounds like a huge pain.