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History: Hal Miller started this site. It was too successful and became impossible to manage. In a perfect storm of unfortunate events, the old site developed unrecoverable technical problems. An update of the site contained the data of the original site, but spread it over 6 independent MediaWikis to make it easier to maintain. Since 2020, The Altamont Enterprise has maintained and hosted the site to preserve local history and relieve volunteers of the cost. All available data was migrated to a single, mobile responsive site.

Contributions: You are encouraged to add information to the site. To prevent vandalism, you must email The Altamont Enterprise hello@altamontenterprise.com, who will create your account. Send your full name, the potential contributions you can make, and the email address you want associated with the site.

Organization: Main categories include Hilltowns, Berne, Knox, Rensselaerville, Westerlo, and Biographies. At the top of the page you can see a "Bread Crumb" trail showing the path you have followed through the site. Click on a page name to return there. The tabs at the top of your screen will have icons that indicate which site you are currently on.

Searching: The home page has most major links listed. Use the search bar at the top right to look up information across all categories.

Coding Changes: You can link among the wikis in the articles you contribute, but you need to indicate where to look for the linked file. If you reference the "Berne Town Hall" in a biography or in a article in Knox, the coded reference is [[Berne Town Hall|Berne Town Hall]]. Try it: Berne Town Hall. The prefixes are: h: for Hilltowns, b: for Berne, k: for Knox, r: for Rensselaerville, w: for Westerlo, bio: for Biographies, g: for Gallupville. The link name is listed a second time after the vertical line so the prefix does not appear on the page. All links to another site appear blue, even if the link is faulty. Test each link.

Instructions for Entering Service Personnel and general Biographies
Instructions for Uploading and Displaying Graphics
Instructions for posting Then and Now images

Instructions for uploading graphics from the CD-based site

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-*'''History''': Hal Miller started this site about 5 years. It was TOO successful and became impossible to manage. In a perfect storm of unfortunate events, the old site developed unrecoverable technical problems. This new version of the site will eventually contain the data of the original site, but will spread it over 6 independent MediaWikis which will be easier to maintain.
+*'''History''': Hal Miller started this site. It was too successful and became impossible to manage. In a perfect storm of unfortunate events, the old site developed unrecoverable technical problems. An update of the site contained the data of the original site, but spread it over 6 independent MediaWikis to make it easier to maintain. Since 2020, [https://altamontenterprise.com The Altamont Enterprise] has maintained and hosted the site to preserve local history and relieve volunteers of the cost. All available data was migrated to a single, mobile responsive site.
-*'''Contributions''': You are encouraged to add information to the site. To prevent vandalism, you must email John Elberfeld at [mailto:JElberfeld@aol.com JElberfeld@aol.com], who will create your account. Send him your real name, preferred user name and password, and the email you want associated with the site, and he will sign you up on all six sites. You will receive six emails, one for each site. '''Please reply to each email.'''
+*'''Contributions''': You are encouraged to add information to the site. To prevent vandalism, you must email The Altamont Enterprise [mailto:hello@altamontenterprise.com hello@altamontenterprise.com], who will create your account. Send your full name, the potential contributions you can make, and the email address you want associated with the site.
-*'''Organization''': The six wikis cover the Hilltowns, Berne, Knox, Rensselaerville, Westerlo, and Biographies. At the top of the page you can see a "Bread Crumb" trail showing the path you have followed through the site. Click on a page name to return there. The tabs at the top of your screen will have icons [[File:NavigationTabs.gif]] that indicate which site you are currently on.
+*'''Organization''': Main categories include Hilltowns, Berne, Knox, Rensselaerville, Westerlo, and Biographies. At the top of the page you can see a "Bread Crumb" trail showing the path you have followed through the site. Click on a page name to return there. The tabs at the top of your screen will have icons [[File:NavigationTabs.gif]] that indicate which site you are currently on.
-*'''Searching''': A search looks on one site ONLY. For that reason, the Hilltown site has most major links listed, as that is probably the site where most visitors will start. It may be necessary to search all six sites to find a particular page.
+*'''Searching''': The home page has most major links listed. Use the search bar at the top right to look up information across all categories.
-*'''Coding Changes''': You can link among the wikis in the articles you contribute, but you need to indicate where to look for the linked file. If you reference the "Berne Town Hall" in a biography or in a article in Knox, the coded reference is <NOWIKI>[[Berne Town Hall|Berne Town Hall]]'''.</NOWIKI> Try it: [[Berne Town Hall|Berne Town Hall]]. The prefixes are: '''h:''' for Hilltowns, '''b:''' for Berne, '''k:''' for Knox, '''r:''' for Rensselaerville, '''w:''' for Westerlo, '''bio:''' for Biographies, '''g:''' for Gallupville. The link name is listed a second time after the vertical line so the prefix does not appear on the page. All links to another site appear blue, even if the link is faulty. Test each link.
+*'''Coding Changes''': You can link among the wikis in the articles you contribute, but you need to indicate where to look for the linked file. If you reference the "Berne Town Hall" in a biography or in a article in Knox, the coded reference is <NOWIKI>[[Berne Town Hall|Berne Town Hall]].</NOWIKI> Try it: [[Berne Town Hall|Berne Town Hall]]. The prefixes are: '''h:''' for Hilltowns, '''b:''' for Berne, '''k:''' for Knox, '''r:''' for Rensselaerville, '''w:''' for Westerlo, '''bio:''' for Biographies, '''g:''' for Gallupville. The link name is listed a second time after the vertical line so the prefix does not appear on the page. All links to another site appear blue, even if the link is faulty. Test each link.
 *[[Instructions for Entering Service Personnel]] and general Biographies