ShiloBrats Guestbook

Submitted by
Name: Faye Helgason Linseman
From: Ottawa
E-mail: fayeh51@yahoo.com

Comments:
Note to D: why don't you get your shilobrat friends to post to the guestbook to keep others coming back to see new chatter.
And D: please remember that the web team are all volunteers, who have lives to live. I think you placed blame on this team four times in your last posting. I THINK we get the message. Now how about you give some thought to what changes you'd like to see on the web site and submit them to any member of the web team.
In the interim, you'll have to be patient. :!emo:

Added: May 10, 2014

Submitted by
Name: (D)

Comments:
Well Lonnie ;; I don't think all the blame should go on Ken .I think some of the blame should be put on you & the rest of the team running this site. None of the team said nothing, while this was going on,& there was all those avid Face Book people that went along with it & liked it. They were happier than a pig in ( well you know what the last word is there ) They just loved it & didn't say any thing about it & didn't go on the site & post to much. NO BODY (the rest of the TEAM SAID nothing & went along with it). IT could have been stopped by the team while there were some upgrades going on when this happened. You & the rest of the team are at fault too, for letting this go on for as long as it did., but none of you said nothing. That's my opinion as to what went wrong & with the rest of the team going along with it. ( Any body else have any thing to say, about this ) Maybe some of these FACE BOOK LOVERS will feel sorry for posting on there & not the BRATS web site;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; :!devil:

Admin reply: Fair enough.

Added: May 10, 2014

Submitted by
Name: Lon

Comments:
Hi...for those that don't know, I've been looking after the coding and maintenance on the website for the last 8 years, and for me to be posting anything on the site is very unusual. The thing is, we have a huge problem - one that was totally avoidable, and one we shouldn't have to fix. Nevertheless, here we are.

Admin reply: I should also point out viewership on the site has fallen from 7500 unique visitors in Jan 2013 to less than 2700 last month

Added: May 10, 2014

Submitted by
Name: Lonnie

Comments:
Ken's statement below is right about only one thing - ShiloBrats website has not been very active recently. That's an understatement. As for the rest of it - a lame effort to change the channel. The activity has fallen off because for the last year Ken has been actively driving traffic away from the site...he's been lifting content from the site, re-posting it on FB, and promoting it as FB content...no promoting the site - zero, zip, zilch (scroll back thru the timeline on FB if you doubt this). All promotion has been going to his FB page. To be clear, I'm not talking about chatter, but real content - photos (or blocks of it) and other content that should be going to the website and promoted is going on to FB. He even admits in his post below that he's hoarding content.

Added: May 10, 2014

Submitted by
Name: Lonnie

Comments:
I should point out that structurally the coding on the site is rock-solid. I use xhtml Strict throughout the site. At the bottom of the left-hand index there's a button that says 'Valid xhtml'. By clicking it on any page, you can see that most, if not every page on the site validates - in other words, meets the coding standards set out by w3c (world wide web consortium) including accessibility. So the site's stability has never been an issue. The site needs an upgrade and a facelift - no question. When word came of a healthy treasury, it seemed like a good opportunity to do some upgrading (and I've started making inquiries). That doesn't mean everything to do with the site just stops while that happens. Besides, it's funny the upgrade thing only comes up after Ken gets called out on his colossal screwup.

Added: May 10, 2014

Submitted by
Name: Lonnie

Comments:
I was speaking with a friend in the business - a very successful web developer, designer, coder, you name it - he tells me he sees people doing this with business websites all the time...funneling all traffic away from the website to FB. He says it's a huge mistake which usually ends with a husk of a website that nobody visits. Bottom line - having an active website on your own domain is a huge asset...having a busy FB page - not so much.

Added: May 10, 2014

Submitted by
Name: Lonnie

Comments:
Sorry for being so long-winded. folks. I want people who support and care about this site to know that I won't be letting go of this issue - Ken will not be changing the channel on this... And I won't be going anywhere.

Added: May 10, 2014

Submitted by
Name: Carol Ann (Delmage) Emond
From: Ottawa

Comments:
Thank you Edie for sharing your journey to Kombouya. I enjoyed it so much. It makes one count their blessings in life. Although there are many differences, your friends look very happy. What a wonderful visit. By the way I remember walking and rocking while I stood to settle my siblings. I wish I had thought of the carrying shawl the African women use.
I am one who has not joined Facebook. ShiloBrats is precious to me and I thank everyone who work so hard to keep all running smoothly. Bless you all! And as my sister Debbie always says "Enjoy your Day"

Added: May 8, 2014

Submitted by
Name: ShiloBrats
E-mail: shilobrats@shaw.ca

Comments:
ShiloBrats web site has not been very active recently as the web team are working in the background to introduce new modifications to viewing and navigation for the volume of new photos waiting to be added. The Facebook page has been active in the meantime to keep you informed, apologies to those not on Facebook, new features are in the works to upgrade the ShiloBrats web site for the benefit of all. These new features and additions will be integrated as they are ready, watch What's New and This just in... on ShiloBrats web site in the coming months. Unlike Facebook, new features and additions require a lot of coding to be able to be seen properly on different browsers and systems.

Added: May 7, 2014

Submitted by
Name: Karen Pollock
From: Winnipeg
E-mail: damumkaren@hotmail.com

Comments:
I was one of the first people to post on Shilobrats about 12 years ago. I used to check the site every day as I enjoyed seeing names and reading posts from people I remember from the 50's and 60's. Then 5 or 6 years ago I found that days and weeks would go by and there would be no posts, and I missed reading the dialogue between long lost friends, I use FB and enjoy it very much, and while I am not a prude, it is wonderful to have a place where people can communicate without the $*@#^%@ LANGUAGE! :!mad:

Added: May 6, 2014