by Otto Vondrak
The folks at NYCHS do a pretty good job keeping the society together and putting out the Central Headlight. But I really think that the NYCSHS web site needs an update of useful information.
http://www.nycshs.org
The web site is easier to read now (thank you for getting rid of that BLACK background!). But more importantly, there is NO information on the web site about what the New York Central is! No history of the Central, no maps, nothing. More information about the Society and what you can buy for them, though.
I offer as an example the excellent web site of the Erie Lackawanna Historical Society. http://www.erielackhs.org/
The web site is clean, easy to use, and full of useful information for the casual browser. There is a section devoted to the Erie, its history, a map, a link to photos and information for modelers, and more. The same for the DL&W, and for the EL. They manage to tell you what the railroads were about, offer some basic information to get you started, and also manage to sell their publications and services. We could learn a lot from this web site's design.
What do you all think?
-otto-
http://www.nycshs.org
The web site is easier to read now (thank you for getting rid of that BLACK background!). But more importantly, there is NO information on the web site about what the New York Central is! No history of the Central, no maps, nothing. More information about the Society and what you can buy for them, though.
I offer as an example the excellent web site of the Erie Lackawanna Historical Society. http://www.erielackhs.org/
The web site is clean, easy to use, and full of useful information for the casual browser. There is a section devoted to the Erie, its history, a map, a link to photos and information for modelers, and more. The same for the DL&W, and for the EL. They manage to tell you what the railroads were about, offer some basic information to get you started, and also manage to sell their publications and services. We could learn a lot from this web site's design.
What do you all think?
-otto-
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