Editor:
Dave Uphoff
Many of you have requested the ability to develop webpages for your high school class on this web site. In response to this I have added a feature that enables the development of high school class home pages with a few simple input forms. There are already numerous home pages for various classes from Minonk and MDR high school in the Alumni section. I have developed most of these by going through old high school annuals. The development of a homepage for your class does not require you to have any knowledge of web page syntax or knowledge of the html language which is the backbone of all webpages. All you have to do is enter names, events, or photos in easy-to-complete web forms. Everything you enter will be put together behind the scenes by the software.
The development of a class homepage requires the designation of a webmaster who will be responsible for the creation and maintenance of the class homepage. In order to add or change data to your class homepage you will have to enter a password to prevent others from altering the homepage.
If you are interested in being the webmaster for your class homepage, you will have to register yourself as the webmaster for your class. First, you should check the list of webmasters to see if anyone else has registered themselves as the webmaster for your class. You do this by clicking on this link. If no one is registered then you can register yourself as the class webmaster by clicking on this link and entering your name and a password. Once you have entered this information, you will become registered as the class webmaster and will be able to create and maintain your class homepage by clicking on the Update Class Homepage link at the top of the Alumni webpage.
The class homepage can be as simple or as sophisticated as you want. It is as simple as taking your high school annual and typing in the names of your classmates, teachers, coaches, events, etc. There is a separate entry form for each category of data. In addition, there is a section for entering class news such as marriages, deaths, promotions, upcoming reunions, etc. that will allow classmates to be kept abreast of what is happening to other classmates.