I decided to tweak Route 66 News this weekend, mainly the links. I hope it’s more useful now.
I originally envisioned this site having about 75 links down the side. But I underestimated Route 66’s presence on the Internet, and ended up with more than 250. That was too unwieldy, and the links were listed in alphabetical but otherwise willy-nilly fashion. Part of the problem was that I was still learning the capabilities and limitations of the WordPress.com program.
So I decided this weekend to create separate pages for links to Route 66 associations, restaurants, lodging and attractions. They are listed by the state in which they originate, and from east to west geographically. That way, I figured it would be easier to find information about a certain cafe or museum.
I’ve also added pages, state by state, of nearly all the towns Route 66 goes through. Each town is linked to an official or semi-official Web site, if it has one.
The links on the side of the main page remain; it’s just a shorter list of personal Route 66-themed Internet sites or areas that are too specialized for their own page.
If you have any other suggestions, e-mail route66news (at) yahoo (dot) com or use the comments section here.