[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: MEMBERSHIP LIST AND THE PC SITE

  • From: lollark@xxxxxxx
  • To: hckryhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, "PAGAIRS@xxxxxxx" <PAGAIRS@xxxxxxx>, sally@xxxxxxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 22:16:14 +0000

Good points Christine.  I agree with you and hope the webmaster has the 
resources to address the suggestions.
Karen Lollar
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> I would like to get off the Hunte topic for just a moment to discuss the 
> PC site.Since the subject has come up about getting into the membership 
> portion of the site I figured this would be as good a time as any to bring 
> up some other issues about the site.Frist let me say I truly appreciate the 
> efforts of keeping up the site and all the changes that need to be made is 
> a chore.However the site has a few "issues". I have spoken with a few Board 
> members, privately about these issues for about a year or so, although the 
> members agree and others who have visited the site agree, nothing seems to 
> be happening to fix the issues, or at least not happening fast enough. so I 
> am just going to be direct about this..I apologize in advance if I hurt 
> some ones feelings! In my opinion..the PC site..for a lack of a better 
> description looks like an "angry fruit salad"..If this is being 
> professionally done..we need our money back! the colors clash..the animated 
> graphics are too juvenile looking. the font type varies from page to 
> page...it is an artistic train wreck.I also find it hard to navigate 
> because it is not visually friendly. It also lacks continuity. Each page 
> should share a similar format..both in font and graphically.I also have 
> suggested "nicely" that perhaps the puppy page and all other pages that 
> have paid ads, have breeders listed under the state they reside in..and 
> under each state heading be alphabetized..to me this is common sense and 
> gives equal billing to all who have paid their annual fee.Other breed PC 
> sites have this type of format. I did an unscientific study for a month 
> comparing those ads( from the same states) which had "top billing" to those 
> at the bottom of the page. the hit difference was about 200 in just one 
> month yet we all pay the same amount! companies shell out big bucks to have 
> prime advertising space..we pay more for a Review ad if we request the 
> inside covers or back covers..this would indicate that ad placement 
> matters. I designed the artistic part of my own site and Liz Leshhorn put 
> it together for me and is great at updating the site accurately and in a 
> timely manner..Most puppy inquiries I get also include a complement on our 
> site. People like to go to sites that are visually pleasing. I will 
> volunteer to put the artistic portion together of the GSDCA site 
> together..if someone can do the tech part. the PC site is the first 
> impression the many get of the GSDCA..it needs to look sharp, classy and 
> professional.and.be easy to navigate for non PC members as it looks now..it 
> doesn't make that impression! Christine 
> 
> hckryhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> Steve and Christine Grainger 
> WWW.HICKORYHILLGSD.COM 
> 
> 
> > [Original Message] 
> > From: 
> > To: ; 
> > Date: 2/6/2007 4:23:12 PM 
> > Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: membership list 
> > 
> > In a message dated 2/6/2007 4:00:05 PM Central Standard Time, 
> > sally@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: 
> > Would someone please tell me where I find the current membership list on 
> the 
> > PC website. I think I have a mental block with the new set up- Bill reset 
> > me and now I can get in but now I can't find what I want- Maybe It is 
> > because I can only read part of the left side without scrolling over all 
> the 
> > time 
> > 
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> > - 
> > 
> > Good question I cant find it either...this new format for the website is 
> not 
> > user friendly. 
> > 
> > Patty Szymczak 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original 
> author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any 
> kind 
> are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the 
> Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 
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> ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY 
> MANNER 
> OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF 
> ALL 
> PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A 
> VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. 
> 
> For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> 
> VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org 
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POST is Copyrighted 2007.  All material remains the property of the original 
author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind 
are permitted without prior permission of the original author  AND of the 
Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 

ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY 
MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS 
PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY 
FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE 
PROSECUTED. 

For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx

VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org
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