Technical details and general information about the Indiana Large Scale Railroaders web site are included here.

Facts -

• The Internet Service Provider for this web site is http://www.lunarpages.com/
• We are on the "Basic Hosting Plan - Personal and Small Business Web Site"
• We have "unlimited" storage
• We also have "unlimited" bandwidth [which is the volume of information per unit of time that a transmission medium (like an Internet connection) can handle]
• The Domain Registrar for this web site is also http://www.lunarpages.com/
• The domain http://www.indylargescaler.org/  was first registered on October 31, 2008
• The web site was launched November 10, 2008
• We are using the free “Shop Talk” web site template from http://www.outfront.net/
• The web site has been constructed entirely by, and is maintained by, a mildly experienced ILSR member volunteer
• The program used is the very obsolete FrontPage 2000 Version 4
• The site was built on a Dell Dimension 8400 (RIP)
• As of December 23, 2009, it is being maintained on a Toshiba laptop

Standards -

• The most commonly used text font is Arial 12 point
• The use of the "Default font" is avoided
• On pages that are continually updated, the "blog" style will normally be used; that is, the newest information will be placed at the top of the page. 
• Trivia - "blog" is short for "web log".
• Home page, center column pictures are 350 pixels wide:
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• The general standard for all other pictures is 600 pixels wide:
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• The standard section divider is:

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• The "Return to the Top" feature is used on all pages by copying from an existing page and pasting on a new page

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