. Agri-news. Agriculture. 000000CO000000c Februarys, 1996 CAN A DIAaN A Come "rope" f/?e iveb ivfth Alberta Agriculture After a successful Internet pilot project. Alberta Agriculture. Food and Rural Development has expanded its delivery of information and services on Internet. Ropin' the Web has replaced Project Barley. "We've moved bevond just barley information," says project manager Ron Weisenburger. "The new project also reflects the message that our site has the ability- to help users gather and tie information together to meet their ; To go with the ne
. Agri-news. Agriculture. 000000CO000000c Februarys, 1996 CAN A DIAaN A Come "rope" f/?e iveb ivfth Alberta Agriculture After a successful Internet pilot project. Alberta Agriculture. Food and Rural Development has expanded its delivery of information and services on Internet. Ropin' the Web has replaced Project Barley. "We've moved bevond just barley information," says project manager Ron Weisenburger. "The new project also reflects the message that our site has the ability- to help users gather and tie information together to meet their ; To go with the new name, there's a new site address: The project team has also redesigned the home page, incorporated feedback from the pilot project and set priorities for what will be added to the site. "If you've visited us before, you'll notice the new home page," he notes. One visible difference is the Ropin' the Web graphic. The new design also gives easy access to all agriculture, food and rural development areas the department provides information about. The site also provides direct links to literally hundreds of other agriculture related sites around the world. One of the links is something close to home, the national electronic bulletin board system FBMInet. "This alternative link to FBMInet is for users who now have to pay long distance charges to access the service," says Weisenburger. |See separate story on FBMInet. j Newsgroups and direct e-mail access to department specialist are being emphasized in current project development. "Feedback from the pilot project was that people wanted these features," he says. "So, we're building clickable e-mail links to many department ; Users will be able to click on to any place where they see, "Ask the Expert". Over the next several months the project team will begin adding information in priority areas. This includes information about other cereal crops besid
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