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– with apologies to Charles Dickens –
(Or “Website Inkwell: The Origin and Travel Guide”)
Almost exactly four years in the making.
When founding committee member Jim Tournas constructed our site within our first month of creation in January 2008 we were ecstatic and all eager to turn it into THE one-stop inking resource site on the web. We had Inker-centric News, an Inker Links page to tutorials and interviews, an About page with core committee, contributors and ambassadors info listed, my blog, a Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame page and some sections that would eventually fade into limbo such as the Advertisers info page, a Press page with our announcements, a Friends page, A Conventions/Photos page and a Links page. Another committee founding member Daniel Best who acted as webhost (along with our first contributor Tim Aslat) took over the site maintenance soon after Jimmy. Besides doing updates and polishing up the venue to create a cohesive, consistent-looking site, we eventually added a Results page, new HoF pages, Art Supplies links, Inker Samples, and after his passing in June 2009 a Dave Simons Scholarship page. I even got our first comprehensive and exclusive Inkers Database launched with Danny’s help. Like it does today, the homepage ran news, a definition of the craft of inking, social networks links on the web, supporters banner ads, and, until recently, upcoming convention events. Some of these additions were my ideas, some were those of our associates, and some were in response to our online annual ballot poll which asked “what would you like to see more of at our website?” (I believe the number one answer was nekkid girls <g>….number two was for more graphics). We were expanding and the site was something to be proud of. Until Danny eventually found it more problematic to keep up with it and updates began to get less timely. It was time for a new maintenance contributor to take over and keep us fresh and current. Thus ended the honeymoon period.