User talk:FrankZ
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Again, welcome and have fun! Bring out that hidden "Cruising Guide writer" in you. JanetH 22:41, 3 October 2011 (BST)
Webpage links
Hi Frank
Couple of weeks ago Gordon (User:Atheneoflymington) had a good idea. He proposed that in order to encourage active participation to the wiki we let a contributor's to add a link to his or hers webpage or blog (if there is one). This should work to mutual advantage: the contributor get more hits and the wiki gets more regular contributors.
I had been keeping my eye on recent contributors looking for one with a webpage. I saw that Noel Swanson (User:LifePart2) not only added a lot of new material in our Panteleria<http://www.cruiserswiki.org/wiki/Pantelleria> page but has a nice cruising blog where he has extra material, including photos, on Panteleria and other places where he cruises. I communicated with him and he was very receptive to the idea.
After several exchanges with Gordon and Noel we decided that, at least for the time being, not to add a new header but to add the web ling in the existing External Links. To differentiate this links from the regular one I added a favicon (small graphic) and made a test link to my own pertinent webpage in Monastir.
I would like, before we publicize, you to take a look at this test links in Monastir<http://www.cruiserswiki.org/wiki/Monastir#External_Links> and let me and Gordon know what you think and suggest any changes.
I will be leaving my home in Washington, DC this weekend for Leros where I will be launching my sailboat Thetis for extensive cruising. So I will be less active on the wiki and forum for the next few weeks.
Happy sails Vasilis
PS: I am sending this to all administrators
Websites
Hi Frank
After several discussions among several wiki administrators we decided as an encouragement to more wiki contributions to let active contributors add their personal Web site
In your case, if you do have a Web site, you will add under "Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here)" date of visit --FrankZ 
Your site's name
Fair winds --Istioploos 15:12, 17 July 2013 (BST)
Vadim and I have been discussing whether it is preferable to replace the existing Nav Bar, which is displayed at the bottom of a wiki page by a new one that he has created, displayed at the top of the page. The new Nav Bar can be created automatically and is much less error prone than the old one. Nevertheless I have voice some reservations.
Vadim put some of our arguments on the "public" Talk:World_Cruising_and_Sailing_Wiki#Template:PartOf_as_a_new_.22Navbar.22 so that everyone can add his/her opinion and help us decide whether to adopt the new Nav Bar.
Please do take a look and add your comments. The decision to adopt the new Nav Bar will create a fair amount of work but it may be worth doing it.
Also for your information I have been systematically replacing the old non-functioning Charlet with a new one from Navionics after obtaining Navies' agreement to use it on our wiki. Here, again, Vadim has done a lot of ground work to make this tradition as painless as possible.
Regard Vasilis
