I have a new web site ...

[Grateful Diver]

Our own Spatman generously offered to create a web site for me (in exchange for some scuba classes) ... and it's finally ready. I've still got some photo folders to populate in the gallery, but that'll be an ongoing process anyway.

Go take a look ... http://www.nwgratefuldiver.com ... and let me know what you think ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

[John Rawlings]

Pretty darned cool!

I need to do something like that....

- John

[bnboly]

Very nice site! :smt038

[Tom Nic]

Very nice Spatman! Good job on the design...

And of course kudos to Bob for having enough cool stuff to actually create great content for said cool design!

[Joshua Smith]

Nice site! Lotsa good content, too.

[spatman]

congrats on your official launch, bob!

and thanks for the kudos, everyone. the look and feel was mostly bob's choices of color and imagery. i just provided the structure and functionality. if anyone has any questions, feel free to drop me a line.

[DiveMonkey]

Nice site Bob, and nice work Spatman!

Looking forward to reading through the articles when I'm not at work.... (doing productive things, like posting here! - LOL)

[SquishyDuck]

That's a great site. Excellent content and the design is superb. Well organized, very clean, easy to navigate. I like it.

And the fact that it works well with Safari is a huge plus.

[Tangfish]

As a web site snob, I have to say that I likey!

Great work Spatman (and nice choice with WP), and good job providing him all that content to work with, Bob. It's usually the toughest part for a web designer, designing a site with enough content ready to populate the pics. I enjoyed clicking through your photo galleries too.

A couple questions:

- Are you sure that you want to offer hi res versions of your photography? Thieves will surely go after that.
- Is Northwest Dive Club a discussion forum and not a dive club? (I guess it's both)

Congratulations on the new site, Bob, it's something that will consume many hours yet will give you so much happiness as well. The best site is a frequently updated one, and I definitely know how hard it is to do that - since my own site rarely gets any love lately.

[Penopolypants]

The best site is a frequently updated one, and I definitely know how hard it is to do that - since my own site rarely gets any love lately.

Oh, ptthbbb! I love your site Calvin!

And kudos to all!

[airsix]

EXCELLENT! :smt038
-Ben

[spatman]

And the fact that it works well with Safari is a huge plus.

i use a mac, too, so i test across many browsers!

As a web site snob, I have to say that I likey!

Great work Spatman (and nice choice with WP), and good job providing him all that content to work with, Bob. It's usually the toughest part for a web designer, designing a site with enough content ready to populate the pics. I enjoyed clicking through your photo galleries too.

...

- Are you sure that you want to offer hi res versions of your photography? Thieves will surely go after that.

thanks, calvin. bob defintely had a wealth of content, so it was pretty easy to build the site around that.

and bob, calvin is right. the high res versions will get stolen and repurposed without your consent. i changed the settings in the admin to prevent that.

[Sounder]

Good call on the high res question Calvin. Especially following John's issue with stolen photography, it's one to consider.

[John Rawlings]

Good call on the high res question Calvin. Especially following John's issue with stolen photography, it's one to consider.

The bizarre thing about that is that the stolen pics WERE low-res! The guy that stole them used them on other web sites and claimed that they were HIS photos. He didn't need high-res shots to do that.....

[spatman]

Good call on the high res question Calvin. Especially following John's issue with stolen photography, it's one to consider.

The bizarre thing about that is that the stolen pics WERE low-res! The guy that stole them used them on other web sites and claimed that they were HIS photos. He didn't need high-res shots to do that.....

that's the nature of the internet, unfortunately. if you put it on a website, it can be taken and reused on a different wesite. hi-res images can be reused in print media as well, so it's best to keep those files protected.

[Pez7378]

Congratulations Bob! And Nice work Matt!

[kwbyron]

Very nice site Bob! Although, you should have a goldfish in a bottle around your neck in your bio pic, or maybe a Sea Lemon....

[Tangfish]

Very nice site Bob! Although, you should have a goldfish in a bottle around your neck in your bio pic, or maybe a Sea Lemon....

Dare I ask what this is in reference to?

[Grateful Diver]

Very nice site Bob! Although, you should have a goldfish in a bottle around your neck in your bio pic, or maybe a Sea Lemon....

Dare I ask what this is in reference to?

I was kinda wondering about that myself ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

[Jan K]

Bob, it is a winner !

[kwbyron]

Very nice site Bob! Although, you should have a goldfish in a bottle around your neck in your bio pic, or maybe a Sea Lemon....

Dare I ask what this is in reference to?

I was kinda wondering about that myself ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

It's from "What About Bob?!" The scene where Bill Murey gets off the bus with his goldfish in a bottle that is hanging from a string around his neck....the Sea Lemon would replace the goldfish, saluting the local aquatic life.

[Grateful Diver]

It's from "What About Bob?!" The scene where Bill Murey gets off the bus with his goldfish in a bottle that is hanging from a string around his neck....the Sea Lemon would replace the goldfish, saluting the local aquatic life.

Time for me to watch that movie again, I guess ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

[smike]

"Look at me! I'm sailing! I'm a sailor!" - (whatabout)Bob (tied to the mast)

[BASSMAN]

Nice website Bob!