October 10th is Haysville Onlines 5th anniversary. Wow! Its hard to believe its been 5 years since we first went online. A little HOL history… When I first created HOL, the City of Haysville had a website but it was static and didn’t provide a lot of the information that I thought a city’s website should. At that time I contacted that site’s webmaster to make my suggestions but never saw any changes nor received a reply. I then decided to create my own interactive unofficial Haysville website with a large portion of the content like news, photos and events, being provided by the residents themselves. I also wanted to create a meeting place where residents could voice their opinions whether positive or negative. Throw in what I knew and could find about Haysville’s history, a few fun things and Haysville Online was born.
HOL was not my first venture in providing an online service. This hobby dates back to the days before the Internet and my title of Webmaster to when the BBS ruled and my title was SysOp (anyone remember the BBS?). When HOL was started I had no idea it would become what it has today in the amount of information within the site and the number of visitors we get. Visitors are not just limited to the locals either. We receive e-mails from former Haysville residents who like to keep in touch with whats going on in the old hometown and have even had comments from visitors in other countries who check the site to see what its like where a relative lives.
Since HOL’s beginning 5 years ago our visitors have steadily increased. As of our 5th anniversary we are receiving an average of over 10000 page views per month and our newsletter has 161 subscribers. I would like to let you know that it is a pleasure to provide this service to such a fine community and to thank you all for your continued support. Also a special thanks to these local businesses who have supported us over the past 5 years… Amandas Floral, Bergmanns Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch, Blackburn Automotive, Butterflys Giftshop, Changes Family Hair Care, Dairy Queen, Debbie Freese Certified Massage Therapist, Haysville Florist, House of Screams, Leekers Family Foods, Perfect Touch, Shades of Summer, The Haysville Times, Rhonda Townson Home Interiors, Tara Wolfenbarger – Mary Kay and West Haysville Baptist Church.
We are looking forward to many more years online and the changes that will come to both this website and the city. For more info on HOLs 5 years online, check out the HOL Scrapbook.
An Archive Of Haysville History