Voice

What should be the 'rules' for the description on each business's 'Visit!' page? So far, i've either just made up a short line or 2, often based on their sign out front, eg for an RV Park, something like: "Full hookups. Tent sites. Pool. Store. Propane." I like it because it's short and hits the highlights. For more details, folks can go to the actual business's website, the link is right there, or they can call the place, etc.

In a few cases, instead of he very brief description, i more-or-less copied paragraphs out of their website homepage. Later, as I thought more about this, i came to the conclusion that the 'voice' of the 'Visit!' site should be different from that of the typical business site: The style of the Chamber's 'Visit!' should be 3rd person, impartial, informative, like how one would write a 'review'; whereas the 'person' of the typical biz site is 1st person, the tone: often gushy. That hypothetical RV Park cited above might want their page to say: "Everything for every visitor to beautiful Trinity County. With 40 years of experience at this location, we stand ready to attend to your every need. Camping, hiking, bird-watching, wildlife, swimming, rafting, and the Trinity Alps Wilderness lie within a short lovely walk. Just let us know what we can do to make your vacation here one that you and your family will remember for a lifetime." Now i'm not saying there's anything wrong with that statement or its sentiment, and it's surely fine on the enterprise's own site; i just wonder if it's appropriate on TrinityCounty.com.

On the other hand: i had the idea a while ago that i would set this all up so that businesses could write their own descriptions, and in fact CHANGE the info as often as they cared to (for example, changing business hours, prices, the weekly dinner special, whatever). But if i let them do that, am I to review every change for tone and proper '3rd person' voice? Yuk, that's more than i can realistically handle! And i'd be arguing with folks constantly - creating hard feelings. It's a real dilemma.

Moving on, small changes to:
Aven Estate
Trinity River B&B
Six Rivers Lodge

Attended the Dutch Oven Cook-Off at the Jake Jackson Museum...

...and the Salmon Festival...

And added Google Search to 'Visit!'. Thought briefly about programming a Search feature myself, but there's too much to do, and i knew Google's reliable. Purchased ($100) and installed now, isn't working as expected. Dang.