On This Page

• About GLadstone
  • Who or what is a GLadstone?
• About This Site
  • Why did you create a website when you already joined a forum?
  • Why did you create your website with Google Sites?
• History of This Site
  • AKA: Adventures in Classic to New Google Sites Migration

Who or what is a GLadstone?

In this case it is a couple things:

• A Telephone Exchange Name that was used in my community as well as communities across America.

For more information about Telephone Exchange Names and the Telephone Exchange Name Project:

http://ourwebhome.com/TENP/TENproject.html

• The username I selected when I joined a forum for phone enthusiasts dedicated to helping people problem-solve and use their vintage phones.

Browse the archives and/or join to ask a question at the Classic Rotary Phone Forum:

http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php

Why did you create a website when you already joined a forum?

This site began as a personal website to keep track of my phones, the work I've done on them, and the resources I've found on them.

I decided to make this site public and share it with the Classic Rotary Phone Forum community in case it helps other rotary phone enthusiasts continue to use and enjoy their vintage phones.

Why did you create your website with Google Sites?

Google Sites integrates with other Google services (Photos, YouTube, Docs, etc.) and allows users to easily create free websites.

AKA: Adventures in Classic to New Google Sites Migration

The original version of this site was created in 2010 using Classic Google Sites.

In 2016, Google released the New Google Sites and announced it would be migrating Classic Google Sites to New Google Sites beginning in 2018:

• https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2016/11/a-totally-rebuilt-google-sitesnow.html
• https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2017/05/an-update-on-classic-google-sites.html

To prepare for the Classic to New Google Sites migration, PDF screenshots of the Classic Google Sites version were archived at Google Drive and can be seen below:

As you can see, the original Classic Google Sites version of this website contained a lot of information!

Curious about how all this information would transfer to the New Google Sites, this version of the website was created in 2018 to better explore the capabilities and features of the New Google Sites.

And, at the time this updated website was created, the New Google Sites features did not include a way to easily navigate to specific content within a page (i.e., jump / anchor links, table of contents, etc.).

So, information that used to be on one page in the Classic Google Sites version has now been divided across multiple pages to utilize the site's top navigation menu to facilitate finding specific information as well as allow easier comparison through opening multiple pages in separate tabs / windows.

The navigation and design of this site may change as features are added to the New Google Sites and the Classic Google Site version is "officially" migrated to New Google Sites...