Three years ago I started a new project. One year ago I started a new website for this same project. Today it is “done.”
Entitled Life in the Holy Land . com , this website is the historic counterpart to BiblePlaces.com. Whereas BiblePlaces.com give you the here and now, LifeintheHolyLand.com gives you the there and then.
Take a look. There’s a lot there, and I hope that it will provide both for fun browsing and for help in research.
There is more to come, but we’re launching it with five major regional categories (Galilee, Jerusalem, Judah, Lebanon, Egypt) and three cultural categories (Bible Illustrated, Peoples of the Holy Land, Way of Life). Altogether there are about 100 pages and 400 illustrations. I think it is unique in the internet. There are sites with tons of thumbnail pictures and no explanations, and other sites with entire books but no pictures, but this combines the best of both.
Many thanks to Seth Rodriquez for countless hours of work in putting this together. It took the two of us all of 2005 (with breaks for work, school, and the like :-)). David Niblack created the design.
So you, the fine readers of this blog, know first. I’m thinking about a way to promote the site, by giving a way a free CD to anyone who puts a link on their website (or gets one on someone else’s site). That would include blogs. If you’re interested, send me 1) the website; 2) your CD of choice; any one you like from any of my work; if you think you already have them all, ask for something special and I’ll see what I can do; 3) your address. My email address is tbolen61 at bibleplaces.com.
Sweet! After work, I’ll give the site a proper investigation. What I’ve seen so far looks very helpful.
Good work! Hopefully the search engines will index you soon.
Todd, I only had about 5 minutes to look at the new site, but I really like what I was able to see. I can’t wait until I have more time to really look at it and study it! Thanks for all your work in putting that together!
Rachel
Congratulations, Todd. Not only is the site neat to see and browse; it’s also healthy to think about long-term goals, their profitability, and how to bring them to fruition over time (as you’ve done with this one).
Todd, I put up a link and over on my site here. :)
How about this for a free commercial?
I thought about mentioning your prophesy that Heather and I would get married, but decided that is probably a topic for a different post.
Todd, sorry it took me so long to post your promo. It ‘s not much, but hey, it ‘s a promo.
P.S.- don ‘t worry about the Cds, but if you can get me a job in Israel I would appreciate it.
:-)
All of you guys are GREAT! Thank you very much! Jonathan – I have learned that it wisest to specify the prize and not make it a “choose your own” lest someone ask for something as impossible as you :-).