New American Bladesmith Society Website Online

[Dan Cassidy]

The new Website for the American Bladesmith Society is now Online at www.americanbladesmith.com (http://www.americanbladesmith.com) . On Monday May 18th the new website went online and generated emails to all current ABS members and gave them their user names and passwords.

The new ABS site consists of the informational Website, Membership Application, ABS Store, Google Apps Educational Edition, YouTube, Constant Contact Email Newsletters, Forum, and Gallery. Please take a few minutes to visit the new site at www.americanbladesmith.com (http://www.americanbladesmith.com) .

[Allen Newberry]

The new site is much more than I had expected. Everyone who played a part should be proud.

[Jim Treacy]

I think that the new ABS website is a big improvement. Congratulations to all involved.

[Kevin Jones]

A HUGE and much needed accomplishment.

Congratulations and thank you to all involved.

[Lin Rhea]

The site is exceptional. Thanks to all who worked so hard on it.

I have been going over the testing pages and see the addition of some MS test knives shown in their group shots. This is a nice feature for those who want to see what choices that previous makers made as their test knives. As far as I know, this is the only place, even on the internet, that you can find this. IMO, this should be built upon as the years go by. Click on the link and scroll all the way down. After reading, of course. Lin
http://www.americanbladesmith.com/ms-testing.html

[Bob Starkey]

Fantastic...the site looks great Dan! What program did you use to make the site and the graphics?
Bob

[Dan Cassidy]

Thank you. The new website for the American Bladesmith Society is really a suite of applications and consists of the traditional informational Website, Membership Application, ABS Store, Google Apps Educational Edition, YouTube, Constant Contact Email Newsletters, Forum, and Gallery.

Sally and I worked on this project full time for more than 18 months and the development, configuration, and integration of each application into the total system was different for each component. Our main goals were education and more effective communication.

Call me anytime and I will share what I learned during the development process as it may assist you with the administration of the CKCA website.

[Bruce Bump]

All your hard work shows Dan. It looks like a modern up to the minute site and very much needed. Thanks so much for taking on the job. We all win!

BTW, I couldnt help but notice you used my MS Dagger on the front page. :)