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Andy Hine MBE · Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 5:34 pm Post subject: CLUB WEBSITE

Due to health reasons, the current Club webmaster (Norm) is currently not able to look after the website as he would like. As such I am looking for a member to takeover the task. You will need to understand websites and how to update them, change them, etc., etc. (and have some free time to do it.)

If you are interested please send me a PM or e-mail (andy@rccgb.co.uk)

Thanks
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Coaster Police · Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:42 pm Post subject:

Hi all,

I have recently been appointed by Nev to get the website up to date, and it won't be long now until you see some updates Laughing

On top of that, there is also a 'new' site under development as I type with a fresh new look and feel, bringing us up to date and in line with modern web site development techniques!

So watch this space !
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nemesis scribe · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 4:10 pm Post subject:

Thats great news Very Happy

Does this mean the name of the club will change to the RCCU??? (Roller Coaster Club of Ukraine) Very Happy

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stevencaine · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 5:45 pm Post subject:

Thanks Norm for all his hard work on the club website and hope you are ok Wink

Welcome and thanks Matt
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Coaster Police · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 7:13 pm Post subject:

Nimmykins · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 10:28 pm Post subject:

Thanks indeed to Norm for his hard work.

And best of luck to The Police.
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BAGuru · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:01 pm Post subject:

Thanks Norm for all your hard work in the past. It has been appreciated.

Looking forward to the relaunch as and when it comes in. Good luck Guys.

Laughing

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c anderson · Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 5:23 pm Post subject:

Good luck with the website, it will be a lot of work but know you will do an excellent job of it. Hope Norman is ok soon.
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Coaster Police · Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:26 am Post subject:

Hi All,

Quick update for you......

Things are progressing along well with the new site. I will be posting an update on the homepage of the current site this evening so the site is up-to-date with developments.

As the new site progresses, I will looking for a few willing volunteer's to help me check it for typo's, bad links etc. Hopefully there won't be many issues, but when you are staring at the same thing for hours, you become blind to it Shocked

I'll post more on this nearer the time.

And that's about it for now, just letting you know what's going on really.

A few quick thank you's as well to: Norman Mercer, Andy Huckle and Andy Sheppard for your help so far with providing me with information/images etc. that i need Mr. Green

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Coaster Police · Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 12:02 am Post subject:

Hi all!

Another Update for you.......

We're on Track ! (No, not a track walk!!)

All being well, the new RCCGB website will be live with you all next week!

Our target live-date is "Just after Loopathon 2008", so i'm working towards Tuesday 07 October. All is well, and the new look site is nearing completion. There are still a few small bits to finish, but it's over 95% there now.

Testing is now underway (Thanks Bunnie) as my typing can be flakey sometimes when staring at the screen for ages. Your typo patrol, link checking, and other reviewing is invaluable.

There may be a short period of downtime during the migration to the new site, but i'll change the main homepage during this time. I don't expect it to take too long. And just incase, i'll be backing up the old site incase of any unforseen issues!

Anyway, look at the time!!! I have to sleep, do some work, finish the site tomorrow and then get to Loopathon!

Look forward to seeing you all over the weekend!
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stevencaine · Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:02 am Post subject:

great too hear the new website is coming along nicely cant wait for launch day
Should be good Cool

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Coaster Police · Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:28 am Post subject:

Hi all...

Another update... at 02:00 on Friday morning whilst copying the new site to the laptop to take to loopathon, I have found a reasonably major problem with a component of the new site.

There is a bug in Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 5 & 6 that prevents some of the code from working propely - this means the menu's won't work, and some blocks of the page are displayed in the wrong place.

Clearly not an ideal situation and i'm very annoyed.

Therefore, i'm working very hard to re-do some of the code and update the site accordingly in order to support IE6. It's a pain as IE7 is out, and IE8 is in beta already - because of this, Microsoft won't release a fix for the bug. However, as approx 50% of you probably still use IE6, i feel abliged to re-code it.

I'm not sure of the delay to the new launch (not more than a day or two), but i'll try and keep it to a minimum and get the site live ASAP.

I'll keep updates posted to here.

Thanks,
Matt.
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bradpeet · Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:39 am Post subject:

I can sure understand why you are annoyed Matt.

I hope I can speak for everybody when I say I appreciate all the hard work you are putting into this - and that I would rather wait a little longer for a quality site, than to have a new site which does not work properly.
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Happy Helen · Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 2:14 pm Post subject:

That is the best way to wait a little longer for a better website rather than have a website that does not work.

I do appreciate the hard work that you have done.

Can't wait to see it.

Helen.

frosty · Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 2:54 pm Post subject:

Thanks Matt for all the effort put into the new web site.

Likewise we found that IE6 had issues with menu's on web pages but as we still have some older Win 2K PC's we had to install firefox as IE7 is XP only - as you would expect.
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Coaster Police · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 12:14 am Post subject:

Update : Wednesday 08 October @ 01:09

So then.... i've now re-coded all the menu's and have tested them with IE6 and they all work now which is good.

I've also been tweaking all the code around the layout of the pages to get round another CSS bug in IE6 that was causing problems when divisions overlap, thus making the page totally out of alignment and look stupid.

I havn't quite finished yet, but the majority is done - alas, i need to sleep now. I'll have it finished tomorrow evening tho, so it'll be ready for final testing. If all goes well..... expect to see the new site Thursday (fingers crossed)!

I'll keep you updated as things progress!

Thanx
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Nimmykins · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 1:50 pm Post subject:

You're a Trojan Matt!

I can't wait to see it.
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Coaster Police · Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 12:54 am Post subject:

Update : Thursday 09 October @ 01:53

Well, i've finished!! YAY!!!

All the code is re-done, all the layout is re-done. So now the site will work with IE6. Thanks go to Microsoft for providing me with such entertainment during the last 2 days Sad

I've checked all the pages for errors, i've had loads of help from Bunnie checking for typo's, links, fonts and all sorts - so i am confident that there won't be many errors.

Anyway, i've started the upload process to the live server. So far it's taken over 4 hours to upload just the AIRtime and Yearbook images. However, there are over 1500 images, so i didn't expect it to be quick.

The rest of the uploading will be quick - but i need to do a bit more testing tomorrow before i do anything drastic and release the new version, but folks... it's imminent now! Smile

If all goes well, it will appear at some point tomorrow. It needs to, because.... 1) I said it would be, and more importantly 2) I am going to go and have lots of beer on Friday evening!

Anyway, I will let you know when it goes live (or doesn't!)

Time for zzzzzzzzzzzz's
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nemesis scribe · Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 10:51 am Post subject:

Well done Matt!! All your hard work is much appreciated and i'm sure the web site will be 'Ukraine-tastic'!!!!!

Ad Very Happy

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Coaster Police · Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 11:34 am Post subject:

maybe i could embed a media file to the homepage, so it plays the Ukraine tune as you browse the site Smile

or, maybe not Laughing

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butler · Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 11:38 am Post subject:

I like that idea Matt.

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I should be around later today and tomorrow all day if you want me to cast my eye over it again Very Happy

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Nimmykins · Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:04 pm Post subject:

You're very brave Matt.
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stevencaine · Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:26 pm Post subject:

Cant wait for the new website im sure it will be well worth the wait Laughing

Coaster Police · Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:38 pm Post subject:

I hope you like it !!

Laughing

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Coaster Police · Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:39 pm Post subject:

Not long to go now..... final checks in progress !!!

Watch this space....
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Coaster Police · Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:58 pm Post subject:

Ladies, Gentlemen, Boys & Girls..... i present you.....

THE NEW RCCGB WEBSITE !!!!

IT's LIVE !!!

http://www.rccgb.co.uk/

Very Happy

I hope you all like it. It's been checked, double checked and the checking has even been checked..... (i'm getting memories of working over Y2K projects here)..... however, they may be a couple of typo's still. If you find any, please let me know.
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butler · Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:03 pm Post subject:

Hi Matt,
Just had a quick look at the new site. It looks fantastic. The crew section is a great idea.

Cheers
John

stevencaine · Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:11 pm Post subject:

That looks good well done Matt Laughing

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That is actually really good. What the club always needed in my opinion. Great job mate.
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coaster-andy · Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 5:34 am Post subject:

Well done Matt a great site need to look somemore
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c anderson · Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 5:37 am Post subject:

There has been a lot of time and effort put into the new web site. How did you find the time, beer sales must be down in your area. It is a fantastic job, forward planning (the 2009 trips section etc) well done.
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frosty · Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 5:58 am Post subject:

Well done Matt. A nice fresh look and a worthy site to represent the club.
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nemesis scribe · Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 8:37 am Post subject:

Wow

All i can say is AWESOME Laughing

Well done Matt. The site looks stunning and shows all the hard work you have put into it the last few months.

Love the meet the crew section and all the back issues of AIR Time and the year books.

Well done mate - the Ukraine will be proud!! Very Happy

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bluea61 · Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 11:49 am Post subject:

Excellent site, really looks good. Cool

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simon08 · Kiddie Poster Joined: 20 Dec 2007 Posts: 33

just had a quick look at the new site, well done matt, easier to read than the last site.

Nimmykins · Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 4:11 pm Post subject:

Excellent work Matt, well done.
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Graboy · Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 4:19 pm Post subject:

Well done Matt! Professional, historic, comprehensive and user-friendly! Nice one mate. Much appreciated! Smile

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Just "SUPERB" Matt.................Well done and thanks Laughing

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smiler · Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 9:38 pm Post subject:

Well done Matt it does look great love it Very Happy

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BAGuru · Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 10:47 pm Post subject:

Nice one Matt. Site is positively brilliant. Well Done for all the hard work. Now go and have a beer!!
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adey · Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 10:52 am Post subject:

great site. well done . Laughing

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stealth fan · Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 3:32 pm Post subject:

Loving the new site. Well done.
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JamesC · Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 8:38 pm Post subject:

The new site is really superb! I honestly said "wow" out loud when I first saw it. Laughing

The layout and colours are great, it's all very clear, and everything is easy to find.

Well done for creating such a brilliant site!

USfriends · Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 5:56 am Post subject:

The site looks great!
And so does the merchandise model !
Thats some good stuff Cool

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c anderson · Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 9:26 am Post subject:

You are supposed to be looking at the clothes not the model, remember Lisa 99 ?
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