Link: http://jchistory.technobohemia.net/index.html

I've added an intro page to Jobe's Opera House. It's a simple page to give visitors 3 links to the main history sections: forum, wiki, and photo gallery.

The photo gallery has double duty acting as an image host for techno bohemians.

I'm waiting for the new forum url to go live so I can fix the bad links the domain juggling has caused. The new directory won't recognize index.html, so visitors keep getting a forbidden message. I hope that once the forum moves to http://jcforum.technobohemia.net, it will fix the problem. Otherwise, I'm going to use some bad words.

I finally fixed the posting permissions to allow me to post to my blog again!

Here is what's been going on in the website progress...

I installed a new gallery that I hated...now I've restored the old gallery, but I can't take time to import more than a fraction of the old images.

Blogs fixed themselves...go fig.

Music service is on hold. No one used it anyhow.

Chat is gone. It was never used.

I think I'll be able to use the Coppermine gallery to play back our videos! I'll work on it over the break. I want a YouTube style interface!

The Coppermine Gallery is being reoriented to post images for my history site Jobe's Opera House!

Radio vs. Static needs an upgrade.

I'm getting disheartened. I'm not seeing much evidence that people are using my sites since the hack. Without feedback and people cheering me on, it's hard to get motivated to rebuild.

My local history forum Jobe's Opera House seems to be growing a nice little community. Loaded with photos from JC's past, it's already become a tool for identifying lost buildings, dating photographs, and helping people build a more complete understanding of the city's past.

"Henry" from Johnson's Depot has been a big part of keeping the discussion rolling. He seems to have an unending supply of relevant photo images and anecdotes! His enthusiasm is contagious!

I'm proud of the Opera House, it makes me feel like I'm giving a little back to the home town.

What we really need to do is get the Johnson's Depot web address splattered all across Main Street JC. If we can get people to visit his site, they will click through to the forum and hopefully become entangled in our web. (Forgive the pun.)

JC history has always been one of my fascinations. It would be great if I could one day publish a book on it's history. (But more on that dream later!)