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New look for Tour de Stooges Web site

2007 will be the 10th anniversary of the Tour de Stooges bicycle ride, and I figured it will be appropriate to redesign the ride's Web site. I posted the revamped site this morning, and I invite you take a look.

The 2007 ride will be on Saturday, May 5, at McKendree College in Lebanon, Ill. Registration for the ride likely will open Feb. 1. Because this is the 10th anniversary of the ride, we are hoping to add a few surprises for 2007.

In the scheme of things, I'm not blazing new trails in the world of Web Design with this site, but they're new trails for me. It is the first site I've created that uses Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for all design elements of the site. All my previous sites, including this page, use tables to set the location of elements of the page. For all you non-computer geek types, what using a CSS-based design as opposed to a table-based design means is that it takes less time for the page to load. It also makes it easier for me to change the look of the site if I need to.

I've also added a page describing the history of the ride, and I updated information on the pages about McKendree College, the Gateway Council of Hostelling International and Lebanon. For example, the Gateway Council includes some information about the Gateway Council's Great Rivers Hostel at the University of Missouri-St. Louis campus. The Gateway Council will celebrate the hostel's grand opening Friday, Oct, 13, with a Haunted Hostel party.

I'm excited about the Tour de Stooges' new site, and I'm even more excited about the ride! Hope to see you there.

Roger 0 comments 10:16 AM