New Mountain Forum website launched!

Welcome to the new Mountain Forum website! The new website features a new design, new navigation, and easier retrieval of information - without giving up on its simplicity and usability for low bandwidth users.

New features in the Mountain Forum website

On the homepage

1. The latest mountain news from around the world
2. Theme of the Month section highlights a mountain related issue every month by providing direct and easy access to resources on that theme
3. New documents to the Online Library are announced as they are added
4. Highlights of Mountain Forum members and their work

Other new features

1. Each members has a unique webpage which can be used to highlight their work and interests
2. Members can now include photographs, organisation logos and/or CVs in their webpage
3. Member profiles are password protected and can be updated in real time
4. New visually attractive design
5. New search feature allows searching for and contacting other Mountain Forum members who live in your town/city or your region, and meeting them face-to-face
6. No need to download documents from the Online Library - you can now email them to yourself or your colleagues automatically
7. Navigation has been streamlined so that you can access the information you need more easily
8. Improved security measures for all data so that your information can never be abused

While making these changes, the needs of users with limited and expensive internet access have been uppermost in our mind. This is why we have continued with our practice of not using too many images to keep the pages light and easily downloadable.

For users who find even these pages too heavy, we recommend the use of http://www.loband.org through which a text-only version of this (and any other) website can be browsed.

We hope that you will find the new website with all its improvements to be of use to you. Please do send us your feedback on the new website as well as suggestions for further changes to feedback@mtnforum.org.