The address: http://www.SiteOne.com
GCCN becomes first subscription-based, bay area newspaper to publish on-line
With its May, 1996, issue, Gulf Coast Christian Newspaper became the first and only subscription-based newspaper in Southwest Alabama to go on-line. Now you can browse through its articles at no cost by taking a "virtual journey" to SiteOne.
There are no charges or subscription fees for reading the articles or browsing other locations on the new computer site. You can also communicate directly, via e-mail, with Gulf Coast Christian Newspaper staff.
Positioning on the new site makes the newspaper available to anyone who is interested and who has internet access anywhere in the world. "Cyberspace is a new mission field," Gulf Coast Christian Newspaper publisher Dan Hanson said. "Over the years we've struggled to grow a God-based news rack presence in the bay area. Mr. Scott has now made it possible for us to plant virtual-racks in cyberland around the bay." Dick Scott, Site One's founder, has been developing the computer destination for several months.
Gulf Coast Christian Newspaper is a small part of his overall plan. The Montrose, Alabama, native sees his part of the venture in several ways.
It is, for example, a "Web Showcase" for the Greater Gulf Coast "community". Web-surfers anywhere in the world will be able to visit the site and once they've landed, take a virtual tour to many the towns, attractions, and scheduled activities in 12 counties which collectively form the Greater Gulf Coast. These include Mississippi, Alabama, and the panhandle of Florida.
Want to know about churches? Restaurants? The five-day weather outlook? After browsing Gulf Coast Christian Newspaper articles, double-click on the restaurant option to tour area restaurants. Want to know about church services? How about Gulf yachting, or local arts, or health services? The site will be rich in local information.
It will also serve another purpose, Scott said. It's an experiment in "organizing the web," so to speak -- developing a user-friendly, family-friendly way to surf the net. "Unfortunately, the Web today can be a most confusing place to veterans and certainly to newcomers," Scott said. "There are over 250,000 different home pages or web sites out there, and the list is growing."
Site One helps tame this. It was created to provide a way to point-and-click via familiar subject headings around numerous web sites on the Gulf Coast as well as nationally.
A devout Christian, Scott has taken extra steps to keep the location clean and family oriented. Links to other sites that Site One provides as well as the material on the site itself must be "worthy of someone's time and suitable for the entire family," he said.
It's no surprise that Scott, a retired IBM executive, has found his way into the electronic publishing business. He's been involved with computers almost since they entered the marketplace: 36 years as a matter of fact.
His most recent focus prior to retirement involved health care applications, but his resume is daunting. In addition to management and sales, he put his talents to work in developing computer solutions to problems in a wide range of industries including health care, local, state and federal government, communications, finance, and the wholesale/retail trade.
Visit the site, read Gulf Coast Christian Newspaper on-line, look up back articles, even download information. Then, browse the Gulf Coast.