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Use table below, or use our Recent Master browser. Use "At A Glance" in the sidebar to see department updates. Legacy HTML articles are linked in the sidebar under "Pages-Summitlake."

News in a Nutshell

1. Can't find an old legacy HTML page? It may have been converted to WordPress. Look in the sidebar links for its department.
2. "What's New" site news and major new postings are now handled by this HOME department.

At A Glance

Our little real-time utility on the sidebar helps locate where new posts are found on the site. The date a department was last modified is displayed. If most dates are extremely current, this could just be due to maintenance, but a new post always updates the department to today's date.

History

Our site has been online continuously since 1995. For a little background on site history, you might want to check out these two posts:

• The first Home Page
• The last HTML Home Page

Credits

This website was originally uploaded to the Best.com server, from a Power Macintosh 7100, on October 18, 1995. The appearance, content, client platform and a lot of the methodology has changed since then. The host server has been changed (or acquired) six times. We have been hosted on the WestHost servers since November 2002. Much of the legacy HTML content has been absorbed into the WordPress databases. The basic concept of this site has always been to feature the original written word on the web, and we're still committed to that. The following credits, largely unchanged, were first posted on November 25, 1995.

Special thanks to my friends at Poor Richard's (now LDResources) for encouragement and direction. In Sandra Silcot's work within Nisus Writer 4.12 I found more than a little help in splendid HTML examples. Thanks to Ted Wagner, for egging me on. And most of all, thanks to Bob, who added both his enthusiasm and his patience with this 14-year ongoing project.

A special heartfelt "thanks!" to my friend Al, who has been a pioneering booster and supporter of these pages since the very beginning.

In recent years, support and contributed material from readers and fans have helped Summitlake.com mature and broaden its scope. To Al, Dave, Swan and Gary in particular, our thanks and gratitude. To all of you who write in or post comments, and those Guest Authors who grace our pages, your extra input helps us keep the focus on our readers.

User Reference In A Nutshell

1. Registration. Users are encouraged to register in each Summitlake department they use frequently. Registration requires a real name and email address, but email addresses are not automatically posted to the public domain (you would have to intentionally include an email in a comment). Some privileges do come with registration, such as the ability to update your Profile, bypass CAPTCHA security, and subscribe to our RSS feeds. Some departments may require registration now or in the future.
   More Info: If you would like further information on registration, see our Register link, in the sidebar of most pages on Summitlake.com..
2. Comments. Comments are queued for moderation unless comment author has a previously approved comment. Departments may require registration and log-in to post a comment.
   - When Comments are enabled for a post, look for the tag No Comments (or else a list of prior comments) at the bottom of the post. You can submit a comment on any such page; you do not have to click the "Write Us" button when comments are enabled, but are certainly welcome to do so.
   - When Comments are disabled, look for the tag Comments Off at the bottom of the post (use "Write Us" in this case). Some comments are automatically closed after a preset numbers of days (typically 90) following the post.
   More Info: If you would like to see more information on posting content on this site, please see our Posting Guidelines link, in the sidebar of most pages on Summitlake.com.
3. Site Navigation. We try to provide several different intuitive tools to navigate this site, and to search for and browse content.
   More Info: If you would like further information, do visit our Site Navigation page link, in the sidebar of our HOME department pages on Summitlake.com.
4. Manuscripts and Submissions. We encourage submission of original articles, creative writing and photos that have not been published elsewhere.
   More Info: For detailed information about submissions, please see our Manuscripts page link, in the sidebar of our HOME and WRITING department pages at Summitlake.com.

Regards always,