Web Software and Publishing
A recent screen shot. The 23" cinema display is a lot of real estate for reviewing pictures, movies, and web pages!
Recently, my web pages were moved over to a different web software package I came across. I am now using Rapid Weaver (Sorry, Apple computers only). I know pretty much nothing about web development (I took that on as a learning project also). Rapid Weaver is the easiest web page development software I have been able to find to date. It handles the basic stuff and that was all I was after on the builders log. Additionally, it is relatively cheap software to get started with. It has two drawbacks: 1- it only works on Mac computers and 2- Mapping of your website is fairly limited, so I don’t have a lot of flexibility of how you navigate from one page to another. On the PLUS side, all of the links are done automatically when new blog entries are made. In my other software (Adobe Contribute) I had to set up all the mapping and page links manually. Fairly time consuming. Anyway, if you are interested in publishing your own web site, you can check out the software in greater detail at:
http://www.realmacsoftware.com/rapidweaver/
When I started the empennage kit, I entered my construction log into Kitlog Pro.
Kitlog Pro worked really well and documented everything a person would be required to document during the building process. However, I did have one big beef with it in that I had nice detailed photographs, and Kitlog Pro would only print them out just a hair larger than a postage stamp. You couldn't see any details.
From the beginning, I really wanted to put my construction log on a web site as I have found it very beneficial to look at how others have performed various construction tasks. Besides, the construction log is saved on a remote server so if my computer takes a nose dive, my construction log should be safe and retrievable. I have also found a couple added benefits of a web site in that I can call it up from any computer, others who cruise my web site offer constructive feedback and if I have a particular problem, I can post a web page, submit the link to the Yahoo groups e-mail list and those who will help can see what my challenge is.