sacollectables.co.uk David Miller

We bought our first computer - a second-hand Pentium 75 (old and slow!!) last February and after getting on-line, started to trawl the net for information on one of our hobbies, collecting Salvation Army memorabilia. Guess what? We found absolutely nothing! With a wish and many prayers we decided to construct our own site as we felt there must be many more collectors who would welcome a source of information and support. Professional web design and hosting were definitely not in the budget (even if we knew how to get it!) but we had free web space with our ISP (Yippee) Having assessed that we had free web space and a very old and slow computer we came to a halt. How do you actually design a web site? With the help of a very patient neighbour, whom we bored to death with endlessly silly questions, like "What does this button do?, we actually got a whole four pages up and running (success!!) Although they were not what you would call very professional, (dodgy backgrounds!!) we actually had a web site! As you may or may not be aware the site has come a long way since those early days and we actually know what all the little buttons do!! (Well most of them anyway). We have invested in another computer (new and fast!) and some cool little bits of software to help us on the way. The site always seems to be growing and we welcome suggestions for additional pages. Seriously though, we believe that interest in Salvation Army collectables and artifacts is on the increase. This site is our attempt to spread the interest even wider and to bring together individuals with similar collecting interests. We hope you will visit our website soon. (It's a lot bigger than four pages now, with no dodgy backgrounds!!) - and that you will find it interesting and informative, also don't forget to fill out our collectors survey! You will find us at http://www.sacollectables.co.uk. Any questions regarding the web site can be sent to webmaster@sacollectables.co.uk,  Editor's Note: Since the above article was submitted some weeks ago, the site has added a shop and is receiving over 1,000 "hits" per month. It really is all well worth a visit. N.B. Since this article was written Salvation Army Collectables has moved to http://www.sacollectables.com