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HOW WEO GOT STARTED In January of 2001, Kaye Tyler and I decided to promote a class reunion for the West End High School graduates of 1959 through 1963. We assembled a committee and began planning for a reunion on October 6th, 2001. It was decided that a website would be the easiest way to keep classmates informed about reunion plans. The site went live on February 25, 2001. As word spread, emails and photos poured in and new feature pages were added. By week 28, we had over 20,000 hits. We have since held 4 class reunions and 5 class picnics. * In 2004, the Classmates.com marketing director informed us that WEO was the largest dedicated school reunion website they have seen and was very likely the largest in the world. WEO has since more than doubled in size, so the same probably holds today. WEB SITE RENDERING West End Online was built in 2001 using Microsoft Frontpage, which was introduced before the advent of tablets or smartphones. Frontpage coding enables pages to render properly on desktop monitors and laptop computers. However, if you browse WEO on a smart device, you may need to scroll in to enlarge text and photos for viewing (not ideal, but it suffices). To correct this, I would have to rebuild WEO from scratch using more current software. Needless to say, with over 400 pages, this would be a daunting task. SITE NAVIGATION & EMAIL ISSUES Green Links - Recently updated pages. Easy Access - See Quick Links for all WEO feature pages in one place. Navigation - To return here from any page, click on 'West End Online' at the top. Email link not working? - Just type in our email address and send it that way. YOUR INFO AT WEO So that your classmate friends can reach you, be sure to let us know if your email or changes (or phone number, if you don't have email). If you prefer to have your contact information removed, let me know and I will delete it within a few days. PRIVACY STATEMENT West End Online has only one purpose, which is to bring WEHS classmates together and to promote reunion events. We will not share your information, but we cannot prevent site visitors from copying information, photos or email addresses. West End Online is wholly owned and operated by me and has no outside affiliations whatsoever. - Cliff Walker - Class of '61 NO FORWARDING E-MAILS Please do not email or forward jokes, stories, virus warnings, etc. If you typically forward to everyone in your address book, please remove our email address, then come to this site and email from here. We also request that you not "reply to all" to our emails or use information at West End Online for any purpose outside of the intent of this web site. |
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