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My thanks to Jeannie Van Lew, who designed the original web site for the Motorola Hiking Club. When I joined the club in 1999 there were two web sites, one internal to Motorola and accessible only to employees, and another for hikers outside the company. Some of Jeannie’s original work can be seen on the Hike Arizona page and in those hike descriptions which haven’t yet been moved to separate HTML files. When the club became independent from Motorola in 2003, I inherited its web site. At first, everything stayed the same. But as hike descriptions and trip reports proliferated, it became clear that the files and directories were growing and would have to be reorganized to keep their sizes manageable. Changes were made incrementally, over the years: |
| 2005 | New trip reports placed yearly directories.
For the next few years I would copy some existing report to use as
a template for the new one, hoping that all vestiges of the old
report got replaced with the new information. Day Hikes folder created. New or modified hike descriptions start going into separate files. Copy an existing hike description to use as a template for the new one. |
| 2006 | Sub-region folders created for Day Hikes, to keep the Day Hikes folder of manageable size. |
| 2007 | Each new Trip Report has its pictures in a separate directory.
With thousands of pictures and an ever-expanding list of reports,
the Images folder had been bursting at the seams. Also it was hard to tell
which pictures belonged to which report. New index page. It features a cover picture linked to a recent Trip Report. Hike Planning page reorganized. |
| 2008 | Cascading Style Sheets replace in-line formatting. Thanks to John Warren for recommending CSS. |
| 2010 | Trip Report Template and Hike Description Template created.
All new reports and all new or modified hike descriptions now
have standard contents and formatting. I started using the Trip Report Template to standardize old reports, and then moved them into annual directories. |
| 2012 | Surveyed the readers to find out what they usually search
for in trip reports. Trip Report Index replaced and regional indices created. All trip reports are indexed by geographic region, even though they are filed by year. Finished moving all new or modified hike descriptions from Day Hikes to the sub-region directories. Only the template remains in the Day Hikes folder. |
| 2013 | Four new articles written, including this one. Jim Buyens becomes backup webmaster and designs the new index page. |
| 2014 | Trip Report Index replaced. Links to individual reports moved to regional files. |
| 2015 | More about pictures. Trip Report author guidelines updated. |
| 2016 | Transition from Globat to A2 Hosting. Templates for hike descriptions and trip reports updated to HTML 5. Trip reports begin with a link to the hike description. |
| 2017 | Improved formatting of trip reports and hike descriptions. Backgrounds of hike descriptions are filled in when the hike is full. |
| 2018 | Email list limited to paid members. Switched from Captain FTP to FlashFTP. Trip Report author guidelines and picture guidelines updated. |
| 2020 | Trip report template and hike description template updated. Many older files brought up to the latest standards. |
| 2021 | Trip reports page expanded to 10. Search engine added. Weekly email now includes the latest trip reports. |
| 2022 | Phoenix directory created in day_hikes. Both Phoenix and c_Phoenix
cover the same territory.
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| 2023 | Michael Humphrey takes over as Webmaster.
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| 2025 | Kayaking added to club activities and a new directory.
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Arizona Trailblazers Hiking Club, Phoenix, Arizona
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updated February 2, 2025