Web Site
Web Site Under Revision
October 19, 2010 • 11:50 AM
The Society’s Web site, unveiled last year, is under going revision. New code is being added to speed up picture transitions, changed header graphics, improved navigation, and a refreshed graphical theme. The biggest change is on the Home page where every visitors lands when visiting the Web site. Watch for more improvements.
Classic Images Photo Section Added
December 05, 2009 • 12:59 AM
A new photo section has been added to highlight photos from years past. The photos taken around the layout show the layout in various stages of construction or different types of rolling stock and motive power.
New Videos Added
December 04, 2009 • 01:04 PM
A new category for digital videos has been added to the Media section of the Web site. this section features videos of the Highland Pacific Railroad that are hosted elsewhere on the web such as YouTube, Vimeo, and other video hosting sites.
Photos from Open House posted
November 08, 2009 • 08:39 PM
New photos taken during Open House on Wednesday and Saturday have been uploaded. Pictures were taken by Steve Smith and Pam Korporaal. Check them out: http://highlandpacificrr.com/Media/page25/page25.html
New layout photos added
November 06, 2009 • 02:18 AM
Photos taken during the opening day of the 2009 Open House have been posted in the Media section of the web site.
New web site is "professional"
October 27, 2009 • 02:47 PM
WOW !! Great new web site.
--George Boggs, Founding Member of HPSMRE, Inc.
"Your club's new website looks great—really professional."
--Nicole Schulert, Reference Librarian, Whittier Public Library
Very nicely done. Modern, clean and informative.
--Ron Lindt, Poway Station Model Railroad Club
New photo montage added
October 23, 2009 • 01:29 PM
| A new photo montage of images taken on around the layout and club rooms has been added to the video section. The static photos are displayed in a self-running digital video. |
New web site goes live
October 23, 2009 • 02:48 AM
| Early this morning the new version of the Highland Park Society of Model Railroad Engineers, Inc. web site was posted to the server of the club's Internet Service Provider. A few pages have been disabled as details and some minor hand-coding of HTML code remains. The details will allow publishing photos directly to the web site without extensive work preparing images for publication. Stay tuned. |
New web site undergoing beta testing
October 13, 2009 • 11:33 PM
Selected members of the cub were seeded with beta copies of the new HPRR web site. The revised web is based on more "modern" Web 2.0 features. Preliminary results indicate all sections are working as expected. No broken links have been found, internal page links are working, and the carousel-style members page is working as well.
Additional testing will continue to surface any bugs, omissions, or errros. At the same time the picture gallery will be expanded as will the digital video section.
Stay tuned.
Additional testing will continue to surface any bugs, omissions, or errros. At the same time the picture gallery will be expanded as will the digital video section.
Stay tuned.
Blog site undergoing revision
October 06, 2009 • 02:01 AM
The experimental HPRR blog site is under development. It isn't clear whether or not it will become an integrated feature on the club's website.
Construction nears completion on new web site
October 05, 2009 • 01:05 AM
Work continues on the project to update the web site of the Highland Park Society of Model Railroad Engineers, Inc. The current web site, designed and implemented by Charles White, will continue to be the "face of the club" until the revised site is devloped and tested. Stay tuned.
Train GIFS now active
April 30, 2009 • 12:59 AM
It has been several years since the Highland Pacific Railroad web site has had animated train GIFs (small digital renditions of train engines and rolling stock). Charley White pioneered the use of train GIFs as far back as 1999 in the early days of HPRR’s web presence. Now Train GIFs are back on the HPRR ... 
Merchandise page updated
January 24, 2009 • 01:17 AM
New items and some old favorites have been posted to the revised merchandise page. Merchandise can be paide using PayPal, a secure e-commerce payment system.
All items are in stock and ship with 2 days of order receipt. Special pricing includes shipping and handling.
Digital videos of layout added
January 21, 2009 • 08:22 PM
Selected, mostly short for quick streaming on the web, video clips have been uploaded. More videos are in the editing room and will be uploaded periodically.