Re: Re: AIS: ETIS website

Linda;

 I have been thinking about this for some time and
totally agree. I have been quietly trying to see if
this could be done, and more importantly if we have
the resources and people to do it. Until I have some
realistic proposals I have restrained myself from
talking about this too loud. I would hate to create
expectations that could not be fulfilled. There are
many possibilities for websites. Affiliates, Sections,
Regions, and AIS can work together to realize many
goals. Unfortunately we really need more volunteers to
make some of these ideas realities. So far I have
found people that have had the same thoughts and have
the ability but are already overextended. But having
watched the internet evolve I am certain this will
ultmately come to pass. Essentially SIGNA has already
done something like you are suggesting check out
Dennis Kramb's site for Iris species. If there are
programers who would want to try something have them
contact me and I would be willing to talk about
possibilities.

--- Linda Smith <irisgrower@cableone.net> wrote:

>  Hi Bob and anyone else following this.
> 
> 
> Along some of this thinking, I'd like to see on our
> photo site more pixs.  I
> love the way it is set up. If you have a question
> about a particular iris,
> you go to search and wow, you may get 5 different
> pixs  from reg. people
> like me.  It's nice to be able to compare non
> professional pictures, in most
> cases, and not catalog issue pixs.  Plus, you don't
> have to go through 3 or
> 4 catalog vendors before you finally find the iris
> you are looking for.
> 
> There are now, what 70,000 iris.
> What a site if we had a pix of each. (homegrown-so
> to speak)
> 
> And this site is so easy to use.
> And if you need a better resolution you can just off
> line to that person.
> 
> 
> Gelsine,
> 
> I do enjoy those sites you mentioned. They are under
> my favorite button.
> 
> Linda in CW AZ
> -------Original Message-------
> 
> From: Robt R Pries
> Date: 06/06/07 08:37:34
> To: iris@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [iris] Re: AIS: ETIS website
> 
> Thank you Linda Mann for the clarification to
> Gelsine.
> I promote the idea of each affiliate having a
> website
> because I think it can be a great benefit. Just
> because one promotes something doesnt mean it is
> for
> everyone. I promote Iris but that doesnt mean that
> I
> dont like tulips, or daffodils, or peonies. There
> are
> many good websites and one can go to the AIS links
> and
> choose other information and find all sorts of
> interesting Iris pages that may have nothing to do
> with AIS. But back to the original topic.
> 
> I am pretty stupid when it comes to http language. I
> bought Frontpage but have yet to find the time to
> learn it. I have been told that many internet
> providers have wizards that can create a website for
> you if you plug in the info. I have no idea what the
> costs are involved. Each website requires a URL
> domain
> name and that is a charge also. There are about 180
> affiliates, about 30 already have websites. Which
> leaves about 150 that may want a website. The
> thought
> occurred to me that perhaps AIS could bargain
> collectively with a website creator to do a template
> and a 100 URLs that could be used by affiliates. I
> realize this is out of the box thinking, and maybe I
> am out of my mind. Nonetheless my personal feeling
> is
> that AIS should help its affiliates if possible.
> Because my thoughts may not be reality based one
> should take them with a grain of salt but I would be
> interested in what others might think of such an
> approach.
> 
> I believe Linda is suggesting something similar in
> using her site as a template.
> 
> 
> --- Linda Mann <lmann@lock-net.com> wrote:
> 
> > As Gesine says, there are lots of non-AIS
> websites,
> > but the other
> > Linda's question was about AIS affiliate club
> > websites, so that's what
> > I'll keep trying to answer.
> >
> > Gesine, do you know if the AIS website has a
> pretty
> > inclusive list of
> > links to non-AIS websites?
> >
> > Linda, the hit counter for our website says we've
> > had 2079 visitors
> > since the site was created in April 2004.  (It
> also
> > says the site was
> > last <updated> in 2004, which isn't right - it was
> > updated last summer -
> > one more thing I need to fix!).  That averages out
> > to 520/yr.
> >
> > The first couple of years, I think we only donated
> > $75, so that works
> > out to....less than 70 cents per hit.  If only a
> > portion of those folks
> > come to our show or sales, I feel like we've
> > accomplished our mission as
> > a non-profit group, so yes, that makes it worth
> it.
> >
> > Of course, we have to overlook all the hits from
> me
> > accessing the site
> > to make sure it was working right <g>
> >
> > A quick and easy way to create a website for your
> > local club would be to
> > copy all the files from my website, then open each
> > file with some kind
> > of HTML editor, change the text to contain info
> > pertinent to your club,
> > then ftp the files to whatever server is hosting
> it.
> >
> > It's a little easier to do that using Frontpage as
> > editor, since that's
> > what was used to create the website in the first
> > place.
> > --
> > Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
> > East Tennessee Iris Society
> > <http://www.DiscoverET.org/etis>
> > American Iris Society web site
> > <http://www.irises.org>
> > talk archives:
> > <http://www.hort.net/lists/iris-talk/>
> > photos archives:
> > <http://www.hort.net/lists/iris-photos/>
> > online R&I <http://www.irisregister.com>
> >
> >
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