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HISTORY OF WEST END ONLINE
In mid-2000, I joined Classmates.com to reconnect with some of my high school
friends. While there, I contacted
classmates to see if there was interest in holding
a 40th
reunion in 2001. The response was overwhelmingly positive. I teamed
up with Kay Tyler to help organize the reunion.
and together we formed a committee. The rest is history.
We decided that a website would be the easiest way to keep everyone
informed about reunion plans. I built West End Online, and it went live
on February 25, 2001. As word spread, classmates began sending emails and photos,
so I added a few feature pages and started posting them. By the 28th week,
the site had logged more than 20,000 visits. Since then, our class has held 4 reunions and 5
class picnics.
In 2004, the marketing director of Classmates.com told me that West End
Online was the largest dedicated high school reunion website they had ever seen
- and likely the largest on the internet.
West End Online has more than doubled
in size, and likely still holds that distinction today.
WEB SITE RENDERING
West End Online was
built in 2001 using Microsoft Frontpage, long before smartphones and tablets
existed. While Frontpage
is long gone, the site coding still renders properly on desktop and laptop
computers. On smartphones or tablets, however, you may need to enlarge text and photos for
comfortable viewing. It is not ideal, but it works. To fully modernize
West End Online would require rebuilding all 400+ pages from scratch - a major
undertaking.
SITE
NAVIGATION & EMAIL ISSUES
Green
Links
- Recently updated pages.
Easy Access
- See Quick Links
for all WEO feature pages in one place.
Navigation
- To return here from any page, click on 'West
End
Online'
at the top.
Email link not working?
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Just
type in our email address and send it that way.
YOUR INFO AT
WEO
To help classmates stay in touch, please let us know if your email address
changes, or your phone number if you don't have email.
Your
information will remain private and will not be shared outside of West End
Online. If you would like your contact information or photos removed from the
website, please let me know.
PRIVACY STATEMENT
West End
Online exists for only one purpose: to bring WEHS classmates together. We
do not share your information with anyone outside the site. However, we cannot prevent
visitors from copying
information, photos or email addresses posted here. West
End Online is wholly owned and operated by me and has no
outside affiliates.
Please do not
use
"reply to all" to our
group emails or use contact information at West End Online
for any purpose other than the intent of this web site.
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Cliff Walker - 2025 |
HOW TO CONTACT ME
Please call or email if you need
help with West End Online, have comments or suggestions or simply want to chat.
Email:
weonline@westendhigh.com
Home Phone:
770-326-6226
Address:
If you would like to send something by postal mail, please call or email me for my
address.
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