Longview Hills @ Newport Oregon

Where "R" the Writers ? Send in the Writers...

ron thomas

Since we had our problem with spammers putting advertisements on the webpage we've had NO articles written by anybody but me. This of course leads to a boring and stilted web site with only one writer.It also leads to me running out of ideas as to what should be here on the page.

We had to take measures to remove those that had access to the website to publish posts (articles) in order to isolate where the SPAM ATTACK was coming from. At present there are NO folks signed on to publish articles. All that were had to be deleted to get rid of the Spam Virus that was causing the problem.


I would like to tell you a little bit about how this website works. There is the position of ADMINISTRATOR... This is typically the owner of the site. This person can alter the way the the page looks and what it can do by use of a code called HTML (hyper text machine language). This person can write and publish articles using a special word processor called an HTML EDITOR. This EDITOR allows one to put in colors, bolding, and different sizes of type face and also provides a means to which the writer can install any HTML coding that they may want. But it is in its most basic essence just a typewriter with a few extra bangles tacked on. If you use it... You only use those features that you know how to use. The ADMINISTRATOR also can edit and delete any article published on the site.

TEAM MEMBERS of the webpage are those that sign up to write on a regular basis on our website. They are given access to the HTML EDITOR to write and edit their own articles (called POSTS) but cannot do anything to other folks POSTS. They can come back and correct (EDIT)errors in their writing.

Everybody else can write on the page (MAKE A POST) by simply sending an email to the SPECIAL E-MAIL PUBLISHING ADDRESS. When something you write is sent to this address it is posted , usually within minutes, after you send it. This is done automatically. We DO NOT publish this address here on the website because this leads to SPAMMERS acquiring the means to send their junk to the website. Still, after a time the SPAMMERS inevitably find the address and we have to change it and then notify everybody to get it again.

This then is a capsule of how this page works. We would like you to participate. You can find the SPECIAL EMAIL ADDRESS posted on the bulletin board at the clubhouse or you can email me CLICK HERE and I will send it to you. Anybody that reads our website can get this address. That includes our children, grandchildren and other interested folks. Those who would like to gain the degree of access to the website of a TEAM MEMBER should also send an email to me and we will get you set up.

Finally, you should know the rules of this website. They have evolved to these rules of the road:


* The GOLDEN RULE is in force at all times. Do unto your neighbors as you would have them do unto you.

* Articles prostelitizing religion not allowed. We will create a site for those wishing to do so in the community as soon as a person willing to be responsible for it volunteers. Of course we will teach them how to use it too.

* Political discussions or articles not allowed. As soon as Jim McCrea gets back from vacation he has agreed to host such a site and we will build it for him linking it to our website.



That about sums up the website. I hope to see more participation. When even the comments fall off it is hard to see if we are going in the right-write direction.