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  1. 1. What is your reaction to the new appearance of penshops.info?

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    • Never saw the old one, but I like the way it is now
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Every now and again I go back and try to improve the penshops.info site. There are still too few entries to be as useful as I would like, but it has bothered me since I first put the site up that the map wasn't the first thing visible. I also didn't care for the page's overall design, which was a free template downloaded from somewhere. I don't think it was terrible, but I wanted to make it spiffier.

 

So over the last few days I devoted some of my time to rebuilding the site. I hope the change meets with people's approval and I'd like to know what you think and why.

 

For those of you who are not familiar with http://www.penshops.info/ there is more information at the pinned thread in Market Watch. Basically, the site is a directory for pen shop locations, information, reviews, ratings and comments. It was built in response to the perennial question from new or traveling FPN members: "where can I find a pen shop?" Since these threads come up repeatedly I thought it would be a good idea to have a single place for this kind of information.

 

Any suggestions, comments, criticism, insults or praise? Let me know. I'd like to make http://www.penshops.info/ a really great resource for FPNers (and everyone else, too).

Who are the pen shops in your neighborhood? Find out or tell us where they are, at http://penshops.info/

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It looks great Splicer.

 

 

I have an update for the Bay Area.

 

There is a bookstore called 'Read' in Danville that now carries fine pens including Aurora, Montegrappa, Pelikan, and a few others.

 

The VIP Luggage in Stoneridge mall picked up MontBlanc after the MB store went belly up.

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In the directory, the numbers in parentheses next to place names appear to be ID numbers. If you're going to have numbers at all, it should be the number of shops in that location.

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The new version is clearer and easier to use.

 

...but when I added a store I noticed the list of inks lacks Caran d'Ache and Rohrer & Klingner!

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When I just went to add a shop I couldn't get it to show multiple brands sold, could only select one.

 

 

 

 

 

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When I just went to add a shop I couldn't get it to show multiple brands sold, could only select one.

Hmmm.. It works from here. Did you try holding down the shift key or the control key (command key on mac) while clicking the other selections? If that doesn't work, PM me and let me know what browser and operating system you're using so I can try to test it using your same configuration.

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The new version is clearer and easier to use.

 

...but when I added a store I noticed the list of inks lacks Caran d'Ache and Rohrer & Klingner!

 

Thanks! Added both.

 

And I feel really stupid about missing Caran d'Ache inks since I actually have some!

Who are the pen shops in your neighborhood? Find out or tell us where they are, at http://penshops.info/

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In the directory, the numbers in parentheses next to place names appear to be ID numbers. If you're going to have numbers at all, it should be the number of shops in that location.

 

THanks! That used to count correctly, so I just removed the numbers until I find a way to fix it.

Who are the pen shops in your neighborhood? Find out or tell us where they are, at http://penshops.info/

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Update to this: you can now use Facebook Connect for your login account on penshops.info. So if you're on Facebook you won't have to create a new account. It also means that when you add a pen shop or comment on an existing one you can let all your Facebook friends know about it. Yay!

Who are the pen shops in your neighborhood? Find out or tell us where they are, at http://penshops.info/

Blog: http://splicer.com/

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