Please excuse our appearance…
…while we make some changes to the site.
I’ve been making subtle changes to the site lately mostly moving links to the cicada links page, rebuilding the navigation (at the top of the page), link checking, rebuilding the video page (now if Revver will cooperate), deleting orphaned files, creating a page just for cicada audio — subtle changes that I hope will make the site easier to use, better organized and less cluttered looking.
Over the next month or so, when not working, swimming, eating watermelon or watching cable, I’ll continue to refine the changes I’ve made.
Changes to come:
In the past I’ve focused on the speed of getting information and photos up on the web, while sacrificing good scientific information — while I don’t see that changing, I am going to spend some time labeling the cicada photos on the site with more substantial information, like actual species names (not just genus or “this is a cicada”). By no means do I expect to venture into the level of detail of my friends in the scientific community, but I do hope to improve the quality of the site.
I’m also investigating better management of the cicada photos on the site. Again, I’ve often sacrificed organization and labeling for speed of publication.