Observatory: FAQ

Hopefully, we will be bringing people's own reef to life on the net. We will be doing this in two ways:

1. I will be accepting links to other home reef exposes' pages on the net. Please try to be precise in your links to a page with pictures and description of your tank(s). I don't want links to home pages with your tank information 3 clicks deep. If you have other informational pages other than descriptions and pictures of your reef tank, please submit them to RTO Pipes. Otherwise, just send me email with your name, web page url and title.
   
2. I will host people's reef pictures and descriptions here if they wish. Initially, I'm going to set aside up to 50k per person, so if you can't get a web page on your own, or don't know how to do it, or for any other reason, you can get your pride and joy all the attention it deserves. The only thing I ask is that you send me text and pictures electronically. I'm not about to type in anything, but I can arrange to do free scanning of two (2) pictures for this limited offer. Just for those of you who are curious, the pictures, text, etc., remain your property and you may do with them as you like - with this in mind it wouldn't be very friendly of someone to ask me to scan their pics just to use them some other way. Please see more info below.
   

Guidelines for getting a free Web Page for your reef and marine tank information

• You must request an account via email including the following information: full name, email, and a brief description (for my benefit only) of what you're going to do with the page. Your username will become something like first initial last name like (jdoe) based on my best judgment. This will also be the directory your files will reside in.
  
• You may also request a number of pages you can access. If you choose more than one (1) page, please explain why you need them. The URL for the additional pages will be demonstrated as you edit them.
  
• You will actually be able to write your own HTML. Your email address and title of the pages will be done automatically, as will the headers and footers of your HTML page: this means you only have to do what would fall between the <BEGIN> and </END> tags.
  
• If you do not know how to write HTML, you can do it easily. For the simplest method, just type your text, separating each paragraph by a <P>. For more information try
  Intro to HTML or
  Bare Bones Guide or
  HTML 3.0 Specification or even
  More....
  
• Once you have edited your page, you have to notify me so I can place it in the Observatory page list.
  
• I reserve the right to limit or reject any and all pages for whatever reason.
  

Address Information

RTO EMail

Attn.: RTO Observatory ...address stripped...

Things to keep in mind:

• Since I don't have an in at the post office, I can't afford to send back every piece of mail I get. So, if your want your pictures back, you had better include a SASE (Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope).
  
• Please include your EMail address with any correspondence so its easier to contact you.