Posted By: David Erwin
A New Look for the J/30 Class - 09/21/09 08:48 PM
Bill and Dave here announcing improvements to our class web site making it more relevant and accessible. In early 2009 the J/30 class co-presidents John McArthur and Carl Sherter declared the class web site and forum the official mechanism for J/30 class communications. We've renovated J30.org with current Web 2.0 technology standards using blogs and widgets. This will help us improve class communications and continue to keep in touch - especially with the newest generation of sailors.
In 2010 and beyond, we want more media coverage from the fleets to include announcements, regatta news, video and photos. Each fleet should nominate a person to serve as news chairman. If you would like to volunteer, contact your fleet captain. We will provide innovative access methods to the publish class news to be automatically posted on the front page of J30.org. You will also be able to subscribe to the news feeds using browsers, iPhones, Blackberrys and other PDAs.
The new system has a floating design. If you use a browser in resize mode, you'll notice that pages automatically shape to fit the window size. This will help as we all have different screen sizes to it make our programming efforts a bit easier.
We have added the US Sailing and the ISAF new feeds. As these sailing organizations add more content, it will automatically appear on J30.org. You'll get the latest and greatest news on the class web site.
With the growth of social media, we expect the new web site to integrate nicely with Facebook and other networks. Many do not know of the J30 Sailing group on Facebook. If you are using Facebook, we recommend that you join the group.
Please continue to help us proof the new web site by visiting http://J30.us/blog. If you see any formatting or content errors, let us know.
Bill@j30.us and Dave@j30.us
In 2010 and beyond, we want more media coverage from the fleets to include announcements, regatta news, video and photos. Each fleet should nominate a person to serve as news chairman. If you would like to volunteer, contact your fleet captain. We will provide innovative access methods to the publish class news to be automatically posted on the front page of J30.org. You will also be able to subscribe to the news feeds using browsers, iPhones, Blackberrys and other PDAs.
The new system has a floating design. If you use a browser in resize mode, you'll notice that pages automatically shape to fit the window size. This will help as we all have different screen sizes to it make our programming efforts a bit easier.
We have added the US Sailing and the ISAF new feeds. As these sailing organizations add more content, it will automatically appear on J30.org. You'll get the latest and greatest news on the class web site.
With the growth of social media, we expect the new web site to integrate nicely with Facebook and other networks. Many do not know of the J30 Sailing group on Facebook. If you are using Facebook, we recommend that you join the group.
Please continue to help us proof the new web site by visiting http://J30.us/blog. If you see any formatting or content errors, let us know.
Bill@j30.us and Dave@j30.us