About Web Designs Bath
Web Designs of Bath was born in February of 1999. It was started
by Dale Christ who had just retired from the Independence Police
Department. He got his start in computers while attending
Cleveland State University where as a business major, he was
required to take Cobol B programming. Yes, that was in the days
of punch cards being fed into LARGE computers.
He graduated in 1972 with a B.B.A. in Management. However, at
this time, he was also serving on the police department. In
1982, the police department computerized for the first time.
Because of state requirements, the department needed a
supervisor for the terminal. Dale was selected because he was
the only person on the department that had experience with
computers. From that experience, he learned Tip Query Language.
As the 80's decade closed, the department added another computer
system for internal records and e-mail. As system administrator,
he was required to teach police officers, who had never touched
a keyboard in their lifetime, to learn how to send and retrieve
e-mail plus obtain records over the computer. It was during this
period that Dale learned the Mapper and UNIX programming
languages.
In the 1990's, the department upgraded to Novell servers and
Dale began using FrontPage by Microsoft to build an internal web
site for access to department policies, rules and regulations,
etc. After retiring and starting this company, he began
consulting on web sites and assisting in building sites.
Dale is assisted at Web Designs of Bath by Ellie Nape. She helps
with layout, design and quality control. She is also the owner
of Accents by Ellie and the Patriot Lady Store. Also, both Dale
and Ellie are licensed to sell health and life insurance in the
State of Ohio.
