New WMH site official launch |
As of August 13th, 2009, we have rolled out the most extensive redesign and reprogramming of this site since it's inception. Testing and feature finalization has been going on for the last week and today we are ready to give official announcement of the new Western Mining History website. The new site features entirely new design and backend programming that allowed a host of new powerful features:
Interactive state maps. See map of western states and select a state.
Blog - read What is a Blog? for more info.
Tags to tie content together into new sets - example: Best of mining era structures. View all tags.
Panoramas are now displayed in a special plugin that allows display of very high resolution images that load very quickly. Examples: 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Gallery, mines & mining town panoramas
Users can now register for accounts and comment on blogs and articles.
We are creating an extensive collection of books from Amazon related to mining, mining history, and the American west. Click here to visit the Bookstore.
Starting in the Fall of 2009 (once I get things settled with the new site launch), there will be regular weekly site updates with new photos, articles, town profiles, and blog entries.
Western Mining History turns five years old this year and I would like to thank all the users that have sent positive feedback over the last few years.
Aaron Walton, Webmaster