Thanks, Lynn, for the suggestions. Sorry I've been so slow
replying.

You're quite right. We do not want a blog; all we want is
what you suggested: a kind of front door or front page to
our club's website, maybe with a picture of a magnificent
14,000 ft. Colorado mountain, but nothing fancy. (My
daughter and son-in-law are avid mountain climbers--no
shortage of photos!). Not much time to work on it right
now, but that's what I'll do eventually.

One quick question: Did you use some program for your home
page, or did you just create it from scratch?

Thanks again,

Andy

Lynn Ostrem wrote:
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> I am no expert in web design, or technology for that matter! <G>  But I would like to comment on Ellen's recommendation for a blog.
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> I visited each club blog she sited as examples, and both of them directed me to their respective websites, elsewhere.  If a bivio club used Blogspot in the same manner, they would still have to have a homepage on bivio.  I don't recall Andy asking about blogging capabilities.  I think he just wanted a "front door" on bivio.  (I may be wrong!  I'm sure he'll let us know.)
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> I've done several homepages for clubs on bivio. Like Ellen, I believe in simplicity.  I try to encourage a simple welcome page that describes the club, guides visitors to their Files Page, and gives the visitor someone to contact if they have questions.  I believe a club's time is better spent developing and maintaining worthwhile content on their Files page, or better yet, studying stocks!
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> The best front door you can have on bivio is one that doesn't require frequent maintenance.  And those are so simple to make.
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> As far as blogs go, I have a running blog on another bivio account which I plan to move over to the Crow River site this year.  It's an HTML page that I update on an occasional basis.  I keep it in Dropbox so I can update it where ever I am.  After I save any updates to the page, I can use the "replace" button on bivio's Files Page to upload the revised page.  One click. That's easier to me than trying to maintain two separate websites.
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> Lynn Ostrem, Minneapolis
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> Crow River Investment Club
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