Web Site Garage Closing Down Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit source - Blythe Systems Webchief Long-time Resource "The Web Site Garage" Closing Down We are sorry to learn that the Web Site Garage will be closing down. It has been a very useful site for our website owners, and we have recommended it for years on our own webhelp pages, where (alas) we have just removed the long-standing link to the Garage. You can still reach some of their tools and tips at http://www.websitegarage.com but many of their sections are already closed. In our opinion, the Garage is just about the only useful thing that AOL or Netscape has ever hosted -- and just about the only thing that ever actually worked well. We remember when they were independent and not part of Almost On Line. We aren't sure if the general decline of Netscape, or the corporate troubles at Time-Warner-AOL-Netscape-Mega-Merger, Inc. are responsible for the loss of this great resource, or if the originators of the Website Garage have simply moved on to better things. We wish them well in the future, wherever they are. Blythe Systems Webchief Users of the Web Site Garage have begun to receive the following e-mail. The "help" link in the mail, as is typical with Netscape links, go to a general, useless Netscape help page and probably won't do anything more than give Netscape your e-mail address. | | Dear Web Site Garage User: | | We regret to inform you that Web Site Garage Services will be | discontinued as of August 15, 2002. These services include | Register-It, GIF Lube and Tune Up. Additionally, Hitometer will | only work for AOL Hometown users. Please review the following | important information: | | * AOL HOMETOWN HITOMETER USERS: If you use the Hitometer counter | on your AOL Hometown hosted site, you will be able to continue | displaying the counter after August 15, 2002. NO ACTION is | required on your part. | | * ALL OTHER HITOMETER USERS: If you are using the Hitometer counter | on a Web site, please follow the instructions below to remove the | code from your site. You should complete these steps before | August 15, 2002. After that date, the counter will no longer | display properly on your site, and you will no longer have access | to traffic reports. | | Instructions for removing Hitometer: | To remove the Hitometer code from your website, please delete the HTML | text that you or your Webmaster originally added to your site. This | code started with the text "" | and ended with "". | | * ALL USERS OF REGISTER-IT, TUNE UP AND GIF LUBE: You can continue | to use these services until August 15, 2002. At that time, these | services will be discontinued. Please make other arrangements for | replacing these services | | For additional Help, please click on the link below, or copy and paste | it into your browser and "submit" the form: | http://help.netscape.com/websitegarage.html | | To help you transition from the Web Site Garage products, we'd like | to begin bringing you, via email, relevant offers regarding Web | site-related services and doing business online. While we believe | you'll benefit from these email offers, your privacy is very important | to us. If you don't wish to receive future emails from us, please click | on the link below or copy and paste it into your browser and "submit" | the form, or simply reply to this email and type "REMOVE" in the subject | line. | http://dms-www01.netcenter.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/mcp?p=041ITM3Ql641HQs57KNdQ012000W86UxW | | | We apologize for any inconvenience that the Web Site Garage shutdown | may cause you. Thank you for using the Web Site Garage products. | | -- The AOL/Netscape Web Site Garage Team ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org e-mail: nyt@blythe.org ================================================================= nytmed-07.20.02-07:35:42-23108