I added a photo to an old webpage — and in the process used some of the things I’ve been leaning about making webpages more smartphone friendly. This revised page should work welll on screens
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Bill is past-president of the Campbell of Nelson Reunion Association and created and maintains our website.
Happy New Year
Best wishes forf a healthy and enjoyable 2023.
Continue ReadingWhat’s A Simple Web Page Made Of? (part 3 of 3)
Congratulations to the hardt souls (if any), who have made it this far. You’re almost done!!! The last 3 lines, circled in red, just show the ending of the scope of the <article>, <bidy> and
Continue ReadingWhat’s A Simple Web Page Made Of? (part 2 of 3)
You don’t need to try to remember any of this. There’s no quiz at the end. If you don’t have any curiosity as to what’s “under the hood” of a web page it probably won’t
Continue ReadingWhat’s a Simple Web Page Made Of? (pt. 1 of 3)
I just posted a simple web page of a news clipping about my 1st cousin, Joseph Walker, receiving a certificate. Ever wonder what’s “under the hood” of a web page? I’m going to intentionally oversimplify,
Continue Reading1948 – Cousin Joseph Walker Gets Certificate
https://www.campbellluggblackwell.com/ClipJosWalker1948.html My 1st cousin, Joseph Hoyt Walker, completed a year long course at the NY State Highway Dept. He was good looking, personable, and played football before the war.
Continue ReadingCSS Advice Needed
I’m trying to make our webpages more friendly to users of small-screened smartphones. Ahmed Shadeed’s article “Enhancing the Clickable Area Size” provides a solution for fat-fingered, frustrated users by adding pseudo-elements to the CSS. I’m
Continue ReadingA 1945 Christmas Card from Lillian LOSEY Preston to My Mother
Note that many of the names are links and change color if a cursor (or finger) passes over them. ARTEMUS LOSEY DESCENDANTS 1-Artemus Losey (1797-1869) +Emily (1819/20-) . . 2-James Taggert Losey (18 Sep 1843-1
Continue ReadingPhotos of Leo C. Blanchard & O. B. Blanchard
Here’s a genealogy Chart One of our members is a child of Leo Close Blanchard. I remember visiting his parents, Oliver Benjamin “Ben” and Vera Close Blanchard at their home in Nelson, pn Rt. 49.
Continue ReadingMemoir Webpages Fixed
My memoir’s web pages have been fixed (I think) and now work on all devices, operating systems and browsers. If you have problems or find errors, please let me know. I’ll be adding more people
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