One word about the layout and style. I decided to use as generic of a formatting as possible. I have had to make some concessions to make some pages work smoothly on Smartphones.
I try to keep things as simple and low tech as possible. I have tried various photo display programs and Blogging software. I have not liked any of them. As of December 2017 I have been using my basic web site for most everything, plus a site called SmugMug for photos. If you want to be notified of new posts, see my e-mail addy on the home page and request to be put on the list. I will occasionally send out e-mails, blind carbon copy only.
As this is a static site, there is no database to slow things down, and it can be used without the internet on my computer, my phone or my tablet. I have chosen to not use many typical features in web sites. For example, no animations, and I don't define text style. So if you don't like the look of the text on your screen, it is up to you to change the default text in your own browser.
ABOUT MY SITE:
I have kept notes of my trips for as long as I can remember. When E-Mail came about, I would write my stories and send them to people I knew, sometimes from the road, sometimes from home when I got back. Quite some time ago I added a website to store these stories. These were free websites that would show a few advertisements as a way of paying for the free part. Eventually, these free sites became burdensome as they kept changing, going out of business, or requiring pages to be written with their own programs. I kept my photos in a few different sites, both paid and unpaid. The best one is SmugMug.com. There are plenty of good free ones as well.
In 2009 I finally broke down and got my own website and name. This allows me to keep my formats as I see fit. My preference for keeping posts is as static web pages that will never change, keeping my coding Stone Knife simple.
The Main Menu, at WhereIsBobL.com has a list of new posts at the top, links to all my articles or longer stories below that, and a section at the bottom I call my Blog which has links to all my smaller posts that do not fit in any of the above categories. There is also a link to my Archive, which has all articles sorted by date.
BLOG/JOURNAL:
I tried using a BLOG a number of times. Every time I try, I run into formatting problems plus none of the blog programs can be used off line. In 2019 I tried to get people to subscribe to my posts using the WordPress Blog software Subscription setup. It was a disaster. Too many people that I really wanted to read my blog would just refuse to add their e-mail to the site. The main reason I wanted to go back to a blog was that it would be easier for me to deal with subscribers. Since that did not work, I decided I would just go back to my Dinosaur of a web page and distribution list. Hopefuly forever. I may eventually get rid of this site and go to JUST e-mail distribution of stories. It really is the best way. The only real reason for keeping this site is for my own reference. So, Stone Knife Simple Web Site it is.
Well, for now. All the above could change at any moment as I am never completely satisfied, repeatedly changing things, often going back to a setup that I removed in the past.