Hostelling International

Hostelling International Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh Council, American Youth Hostels) To provide inexpensive educational travel, intercultural understanding, and an understanding of the natural environment through hostels, hostelling, and outdoor recreation.

Updates completed Sept 26, 2000 by Roy Weil

• Added new marketing position page

• Removed previous marketing position page

• Added pointer to the position on the home page

• Added a reservation button to the Hostel web page

• Changed all of Sabre dates to Canceled 

• Updated reservation from to include address and fax number

Updates completed July 11, 2000 by Roy Weil

• Revised Mon Valley Century date from Aug 27 to Aug 20

• Replaced internship posting with new internship and volunteer posting

Updates completed January 21, 2000 by Roy Weil

• Added consistent heading and navigation to all pages

• Changed color scheme 

• Removed or rewrote dated information.

• Fixed dead links

• Redid home page to provide information is a useful way to the unknowledgeable user

• Redid Pittsburgh Hostel page to provide information is a useful way to the unknowledgeable user

• Changed map to hostel to a map with street names

• Rewrote textual directions to hostel for clarity and non-Pittsburgh native

• Added photo hostel thumbnails to all hostel photo pages.

• Straightened and enhanced the Kitchen photo

Updates completed weekend of Jan 29-30, 2000 by Roy Weil

• Bicycle Tours - Need dates for the Mon Valley Century and SABRE

• SABRE - Need dates for the SABRE

• Mon Valley Century -  - Need dates for the Mon Valley Century 

• Bike mailing list - Need dates for the Mon Valley Century and SABRE

• Contacts - Check with each about email addresses.

• Bicycling - Need dates for the Great Ride and SABRE

• Baker Trail - Remove/update hiker alerts - (e-mail sent to Jim Ritchie)

• Rachel Carson - Remove/update hiker alerts

• Internship - Determine if this is the current thoughts of the marketing committee

• Climbing - - Update announcement of 1999 trips

• Bicycling - add additional bike shops or remove the two listed

• Wilderness Lodge - Update announcement of Oct 1998 trip

The following files need to be worked on - primarily additional content.

• All files need meta tags for "keyword" and "Description"

• A "site" map for the website

• A map and directions to Ohiopyle Hostel

• A map and directions to headquarters

• Kayaking activities - needs description of the program

• Sea Kayaking activities - needs description of the program

• Rafting activities  - needs description of the program

• Hiking activities  - needs description of the program

• Bicycling - needs to define its audience - then needs organization and content

• Rambles - Update/remove last years schedule

• Newsletter - needs description of the program

• Rachel Carson - needs to define its audience 

• Baker Trail - needs better description of trail

• SABRE and MVC pages should be similar in structure and information

• Add to mail list form - needs a complete activities/program list
  

• Hostel Photos - Adjust in PhotoShop to eliminate wash out and lean

• Travel Information - needs to define its audience - then needs organization and content 

• Budget Travel Workshops - Out of date - currently not linked

• Travel Store - needs to define its audience - then needs organization and content 

• About Hosteling International - needs to define its audience - currently not linked 

• Other Links - needs to define its audience - currently not linked 

• 50 State Travel Guide - (phone number of State Travel agencies) should be checked or deleted

The following files need internal changes - low priority

• All pages - Fix the mailto: links to avoid Spam i.e. mailto:weilr@acm.org.nospam

• Bike list request - Change mailto: link to a internal form mail.pl

• Comments/questions page - Change mailto: link to a internal form mail.pl

"To provide inexpensive educational travel, intercultural understanding, and an understanding of the natural environment through hostels, hostelling, and outdoor recreation."

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This page was last updated January 21, 2006