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Map Links on Right Column

admin — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:01:47 +0000

We’ve finally made the washoe valley interactive maps feature available on the front page as well as the new “History Map”
These maps give you a customized, interactive map to Washoe Valley with points of interest, parks, trails, businesses, etc.
The history map will show ghosttowns, quartz mills, sawmills, trails, roads and other historic points of interest and will make a great addition to our history features.

Finding “They Gave Thanks”

admin — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:32:48 +0000

Greta Anderson wrote a great poem last winter about the equine life here in Washoe Valley and a reader recently wrote in looking for it. We have amassed alot of info here on the site and specific things can be hard to locate. Here’s how I did it.
1. I clicked on the Classic Pages button on the home page and that took me to the “old” washoevalley.org pages.
2. In my browser, I used the “find” tool under edit (Firefox) and searched for “Greta”.
3. That took me to the article that is still on the front page of the old pages. That provided this link to the poem.

4. If that doesn’t work, it may be on an archive page which is found at the bottom of the old pages front page. You can go to each of those archive pages and search them to find whatever was ever posted, whew.

This winter when we are all “snowed in” I hope to rearrange some info to make it easier to find but by using the above method, you should be able to find previously posted info. Let me know if you can’t.

Welcome To The New washoevalley.org!

admin — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:41:15 +0000

We’ve been thinking about this for months and are finally ready to pull it off, I think. We are changing over to the “blog” format to get on board with the latest technology and make several, much needed, improvements.

The main reason is that now we can review, compile and update the site from any computer anywhere in the world which will make doing so more fun and timely. I can cut my reliance on the pokey old PC and web software down in the “dungeon”.

There will be a transition period as we learn the new system, integrate the old site and discover, test and implement new features. One cool new feature is a front page events calendar.

Searching for articles and keywords (tags) will also allow you to find previously published information more easily. If you are savvy, you can sign up for an RSS feed to send you the headlines as they are published. Readers will also be able to post comments that will be automatically published with each article.

Please take the time to check it out and send in your suggestions and comments.

Thanks!