Welcome to GOE Version 2
April 8, 2007
As you’ve probably figured out, GOE has been redesigned. I’ve taken into consideration much of the feedback we’ve gotten from you, and hopefully you’ll find this site easier to navigate, more streamlined, and just plain better to look at. (If you do decide you like the basic layout, thank Heidi. She found the layout and I just made it pretty.)
And now, for your grand tour. Here is a list of changes I’ve made or things you need to be aware of.
1. The site will only show one post on the front page. This makes it faster loading for you, and leaves things a bit less cluttered. In the upper right corner, however, is a list of recent articles so you don’t miss anything.
2. If you haven’t subscribed to the RSS feed and you want to, you can do so with the big button located in the right sidebar. If you don’t know what RSS is, don’t even worry about it. At some point perhaps I will write up a tutorial for folks wishing to get into that.
3. You wanted a prominent forum button, and you got it! Follow the flying eagle to go into the forum you all know and love.
4. I’m in the process of finishing up an image for the GOE store. When it’s done, you’ll be first to know! Until then, please excuse the mess in that tiny section.
5. If you prefer your GOE updates in audio format and served with a side of sarcasm and sass, then you can check out my radio show on Wednesday and Friday nights, where I have all the GOE info you could want, as well as a whole bunch of other things that you’re probably interested in. Check out the Front Line button to find out more.
6. In an effort to keep this train on the track without constantly pounding you for donations, we’ve accepted some small advertisements. Please consider helping to support GOE by buying stuff you probably could use anyway. 
7. The GOE Photo Album is coming along nicely, although I do need to answer concerns by a few of you that the anti-war kooks show up in our photos. I toyed with the idea of trying to filter out those photos, but I thought better of it. Sun Tzu said it best: Know your enemy. It’s ugly, it’s despicable, but it’s what we’re up against.
8. The website now has AJAX capability. Long story short, it means you can read comments, add comments, or read long posts right here on the page without having to go to another one. It’s nifty, it’s awesome, it will make life easier for our Eagle Site Comment Security Detail, as I like to call y’all…and you know who you are.
9. I’ve moved the long list of supporting sites and image links to pages of their own…again, to help with load times and clutter. You can find them in the right sidebar at the top.
10. The event calendar is a very nice feature that folks will use often. This will list all upcoming events for GOE in the next 60 days. If you click a particular event, it will take you to the main post for that event, where you can find out more details or chat in comments.
That about does it, I believe. I am still working on certain portions of the site, so please forgive my rutting around for the next few days. Oh, and the login/register link is still at the bottom right side.
If there are any other suggestions or issues, please let me know. I will do my best to make sure the site is easy to work with and deal with. I hope you enjoy the new site. There are many toys here to come.
EAGLES UP!
–Kit Jarrell
Webmaster
UPDATE: If you need to find a post, you can still use the search function (which actually works now), all the way at the bottom of the page.
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Great job Kit, it looks great!
I LOVE the new site! One question- How do we see posts older than the “recent news” bar?
Great job! Love the new look and features.
Kit - Great job! The site looks great. Keep up the good work!
Nice…. very nice!!
Nice redesign, Kit!
Professional and well organized!
WITH YOUR PERMISSION — I’ve started a blog roll of participanting blogs (on my blog now). For those wanting to add it to their sidebar or to add their blog, I’ll post the script — unless organizers prefer another format or display!
The site looks great, but where are the state forums?
Very nice, Kit! Thanks for all your hard work. I was going to suggest an event calendar, but I’m too late!
If it’s not already being pursued, can we link/otherwise associate the GOE state coordinators with their respective states? Let me know if I can help in that effort. Cheers!
The website looks really nice. You all really work hard don’t you? Thanks for that!
God bless
There are going to be Regional sites too. For instance, if you are in Massachusetts, you would click a link on the sidebar and go to http://northeast.gatheringofeagles.org. The site will look just like this one, but have region-specific info.
Kimberly, the state forums are still there, just not linked to. We need to be getting ready for GOE II, and as a result I’m reworking the site and getting rid of the old, in with the new. I will be putting state forums in the actual forum.
Super Job! Thanks for all of your hard work!
nice touch with the technorati and rss feed, took a bit to figure out how to make it feed Sage
Gull, for us non-bloggers, what is a “blogroll”?
This is what I miss the most it had lots of importance to GOE. It was foundation of GOE. Glenn
Isaiah 40:31
“But they that wait upon the LORD
shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings as EAGLES
they shall run, and not be weary;
and they shall walk, and not faint”
Did you know that an eagle knows when a storm is approaching long before it breaks? The eagle will fly to some high spot and wait for the winds to come.
When the storm hits, it sets its wings so that the wind will pick it up and lift it above the storm. While the storm rages, below the eagle is soaring above it. The eagle does not escape the storm, it simply uses the storm to lift it higher. It rises on the winds that bring the storm.
When the storms of life come upon us … and all of us will experience them … we can rise above them by setting our minds and our belief toward God.
The storms do not have to overcome us, we can allow God’s power to lift us above them. God enables us to ride the winds of the storm that bring sickness, tragedy, failure, and disappointment into our lives. We can soar above the storm.
Remember, it is not the burdens of life that weigh us down, it is how we handle them.
~ Author Unknown ~
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Opditch,
A blogroll is a “directory” or listing of all blogs (and websites) under one topic (such as “Gathering of Eagles” or “9/11 Tributes” or “Texas Bloggers”). It’s a network of websites and blogs that support a cause or share an interest ….
URL’s (internet addresses) are typed into a “script” and the “script” can be added to individual sites/blogs. The script auto-generates the list, such as the list of GOE participants!
Hope this helps!
Yes it looks good but maybe I have missed it—is there a button on the forum to come back to the home page
Kit,
Love what you ‘guys’ are doing with the site. Its great now and will be awesome soon! Keep on keeping on!
I love the new site Kit, it’s great. Keep up the great work.
Eagles Up