A refreshed Letterboxing North America
A refreshed Letterboxing North America
I'm delighted with the changes Choi is making to our beloved letterboxing.org. He has been maintaining the website for many years now, and with a burst of energy has re-written much of the code and modernized the look of the pages. A few notes for letterboxers who are interested:
LbNA was created in 1998 soon after the Smithsonian Magazine article by Chris Granstrom introduced boxing to America. Actually, though, there were letterboxers active here before this landmark article, especially in VT with the Valley Quest program (which continues today).
Anyhooo, the LbNA website went through several iterations over the years. I think it was first housed on AOL. The design was pretty cool, and it was set up so that letterboxers would email their clues to a “webmaster” who would manually create clue pages and maps in html and upload them to the site one by one. This was fine while boxing was new, but as it caught on a way for planters to create their own clues was needed.
The website was redesigned in php and moved to it's own url, letterboxing.org. People could finally upload and edit/maintain their own clues. Letterboxing.org remained pretty much the same for quite a while, with small tweaks and changes keeping it going.
Many folks were involved in this process over the decade and a half since Chris' article in the Smithsonian, and I'd like to write a little post about them when I'm feeling creative. And of course AtlasQuest and the creativity of Ryan, our favorite Green Tortuga, has promoted letterboxing wonderfully.
So if you get a chance, check out the new letterboxing.org. I think you'll like it.
Jay in CT
Re: [LbNA] A refreshed Letterboxing North America
On Aug 29, 2015, at 10:25 AM, drewclan@aol.com [letterbox-usa] <letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
I'm delighted with the changes Choi is making to our beloved letterboxing.org. He has been maintaining the website for many years now, and with a burst of energy has re-written much of the code and modernized the look of the pages. A few notes for letterboxers who are interested:LbNA was created in 1998 soon after the Smithsonian Magazine article by Chris Granstrom introduced boxing to America. Actually, though, there were letterboxers active here before this landmark article, especially in VT with the Valley Quest program (which continues today).Anyhooo, the LbNA website went through several iterations over the years. I think it was first housed on AOL. The design was pretty cool, and it was set up so that letterboxers would email their clues to a “webmaster” who would manually create clue pages and maps in html and upload them to the site one by one. This was fine while boxing was new, but as it caught on a way for planters to create their own clues was needed.The website was redesigned in php and moved to it's own url, letterboxing.org. People could finally upload and edit/maintain their own clues. Letterboxing.org remained pretty much the same for quite a while, with small tweaks and changes keeping it going.Many folks were involved in this process over the decade and a half since Chris' article in the Smithsonian, and I'd like to write a little post about them when I'm feeling creative. And of course AtlasQuest and the creativity of Ryan, our favorite Green Tortuga, has promoted letterboxing wonderfully.So if you get a chance, check out the new letterboxing.org. I think you'll like it.Jay in CT
Re: A refreshed Letterboxing North America
I agree and am so happy LBNA is not only still around, but evolving to be more useful. And to think, just a few months ago I was worried it was going to fade away, along with all the old clues and letterboxing history. Like the Phoenix, it is rising from the ashes thanks to Choi and others working behind the scenes. Thanks, and keep up the good work!
Silver Eagle
P.S. Everyone, tell your friends to check it out and let's start discussing it in this Group, just like the old days.
Re: A refreshed Letterboxing North America
DrewClan.......I need some of your old clues (referenced in clues I have now....) When I get a moment I'll have to send a list......
Luv LB!
RE: [LbNA] A refreshed Letterboxing North America
I'm delighted with the changes Choi is making to our beloved letterboxing.org. He has been maintaining the website for many years now, and with a burst of energy has re-written much of the code and modernized the look of the pages. A few notes for letterboxers who are interested:
LbNA was created in 1998 soon after the Smithsonian Magazine article by Chris Granstrom introduced boxing to America. Actually, though, there were letterboxers active here before this landmark article, especially in VT with the Valley Quest program (which continues today).
Anyhooo, the LbNA website went through several iterations over the years. I think it was first housed on AOL. The design was pretty cool, and it was set up so that letterboxers would email their clues to a “webmaster” who would manually create clue pages and maps in html and upload them to the site one by one. This was fine while boxing was new, but as it caught on a way for planters to create their own clues was needed.
The website was redesigned in php and moved to it's own url, letterboxing.org. People could finally upload and edit/maintain their own clues. Letterboxing.org remained pretty much the same for quite a while, with small tweaks and changes keeping it going.
Many folks were involved in this process over the decade and a half since Chris' article in the Smithsonian, and I'd like to write a little post about them when I'm feeling creative. And of course AtlasQuest and the creativity of Ryan, our favorite Green Tortuga, has promoted letterboxing wonderfully.
So if you get a chance, check out the new letterboxing.org. I think you'll like it.
Jay in CT