Monday, March 21, 2011

Changes are coming

Here is what has been going on for the past several weeks:

I have been very busy performing a complete overhaul of my website, Philcoradio.com. Pages that have been promised for years have finally been built. At last, sections covering auto radios as well as Philcos in Canada, the UK, and elsewhere in the world will be available. New pages are being added to The Philco Radio Gallery as well.

Every page will have a consistent look and feel. Also, instead of a single "Search" page, every page will have a small search box at the upper right-hand corner, so you will be able to search the site from anywhere within the site.

The work is nearing completion, and it is my intention to make the new and improved site "live" next month.

I will warn you that if you are still using very old browsers, the site may not display correctly. However, I decided that it was more important to join the 21st century and build the site to be compliant with current XHTML and CSS standards.

And I am glad to report that, unlike a lot of "new and improved" websites, Philcoradio.com will not use any Flash, nor do I plan to utilize Flash in the immediate future on my website.

In conjunction with the upcoming debut of this new and improved website, I am considering changing the look of the Philco Phorum.

No firm decision has been made in this regard, but I am thinking about it. Should I decide to do this, I will give you a "heads up" here before it happens.

Thanks for your support.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Philcoradio.com & Philco Phorum offline tonight, 3-8/3-9

The Philco Phorum, as well as the entire website (Philcoradio.com) will be offline at some point during the wee hours of March 9 between midnight and 7 am EST because the site host has deemed it necessary to move this site to another server.

That's 11 pm March 8 and 6 am March 9 CST; 10 pm and 5 am MST; 9 pm and 4 am PST.

For other time zones in the world, you do the math.  :)