Actually, all of us got new gear, not just the boys. My mom and dad had Ariel sweatshirts made for everyone as a Christmas present. Too cool! Not only are they extremely attractive, with a handsome drawing of the Cape Dory 36 on the back, but they’re oh-so-cozy. There’s nothing like a comfy pair of jeans and the Ariel hoodie after returning home from a long day of work.

Thanks to some good advice, I’ve figured out how to fix the formatting issues on the “new” Ariel site, and I’ve begun transferring the content to the newly coded pages. Each main page should display properly at this point, but the additional pages they link to still have issues. I will update as I find time. Until then, at least the top pages are looking better!

The Ariel website is viewable HERE.

**I’ve noticed that IE is still having problems with the code.  I have no clue what might be causing the formatting issues, so if you use IE, dump it and start using Firefox – it’s a free download.

Blogger.com’s announcement that they would no longer be supporting ftp prompted me to look into alternatives. Why? I don’t know. Truthfully, I’m not even sure about the implications of ceasing ftp, except I know that I set up Blogger to ftp files to our hosting service so archives will be stored there rather than on Blogger. This stuff is beyond me, but somehow I seem to bumble my way through it. Now, whether WordPress is the best (or a better) alternative, I don’t know, but I managed to get it installed on our hosting service and it appears to be working.  So far, I like its versatility and interface. And the setup process was fairly easy to figure out.

Blog entries will appear here now, so bookmark this page if you’re interested in following updates.  I added a new tab at the upper-right that includes a link to the old blog entries. You can access them there or here.  They should remain in cyberspace for a while.