CLUB WEBSITE

Andy Hine MBE · 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

Coaster Police

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 !

nemesis scribe

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

stevencaine

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

Welcome and thanks Matt
watch that coater counting, the coaster police are watching you Smile

Coaster Police

Nimmykins

Thanks indeed to Norm for his hard work.

And best of luck to The Police.

BAGuru

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

c anderson

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.

Coaster Police

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

Coaster Police

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!

stevencaine

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

Rogue

Coaster Police

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.

bradpeet

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.

Happy Helen

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

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.

Coaster Police

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

Nimmykins

You're a Trojan Matt!

I can't wait to see it.

krusty_the_clown

yes Matt, your a condom Wink

Rough Rider

Coaster Police

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

nemesis scribe

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

Ad Very Happy

Coaster Police

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

butler

I like that idea Matt.

Rogue

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

Nimmykins

You're very brave Matt.

stevencaine

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

Coaster Police

I hope you like it !!

Laughing

Coaster Police

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

Watch this space....

Coaster Police

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.

butler

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

Cheers
John

stevencaine

That looks good well done Matt Laughing

Steven Burns

That is actually really good. What the club always needed in my opinion. Great job mate.

coaster-andy

Well done Matt a great site need to look somemore

c anderson

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.

frosty

Well done Matt. A nice fresh look and a worthy site to represent the club.

nemesis scribe

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

Excellent site, really looks good. Cool

simon08

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

Nimmykins

Excellent work Matt, well done.

Graboy

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

Graeme

Rough Rider

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

smiler

Well done Matt it does look great love it Very Happy

BAGuru

Nice one Matt. Site is positively brilliant. Well Done for all the hard work. Now go and have a beer!!

adey

great site. well done . Laughing

stealth fan

Loving the new site. Well done.

JamesC

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

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

smiler

c anderson

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

stealth fan

I'm looking at the merchandise, but the model keeps distracting me Laughing

Paul H.

Great site.............well done Matt

Happy Helen

Well done Matt.

Have just had a look at the site and it is fantastic !

Sir_LANs-a-lot

Very nice look to the new site.

Great work guys.

coasternutter

Coaster Police

Hi All!!!!

Many thanks for all the great comments that have been left here over the last week or so!

I am really pleased that you all love the new site and format - it makes the effort all worth while when things are received favorably.

Anyhow, things havn't stopped by any means.... any regulars to the site will notice small changes here and there as it's still progressing.

Since the launch, the following updates have been made...

In the background, we also have a few 'special' Club Logo's coming for the site, to celebrate certain calendar events.... so make sure you visit the site on Halloween, Bonfire Night, Christmas etc Smile

(and we're not trying to copy google! Shocked

)

Anyway, once again - many thanks to Andy Huckle who's been working hard on the new graphics for the Logo's and Dave Perry for the Loopathon trip report, and his work on all the other reports that he'll soon be doing.

Dave being the official club photographer will be responsible for the trip reports pages and pictures contained therein, however we want members to actually write the reports. We have set up a new email address for trip reports, and Dave will be posting a note on here soon for help as he re-creates all the club trips on the website going back over the years.

Finally, thanks again for all the great comments - i'll do my best to keep up the hard work and bring you a website that you're proud of.

Matt

P.S. One of the new pages coming is called (for now at least) 'Website Waffle' - this will be a page (under the Miscellaneous menu) where I can announce updates on the site, let you know whats happeneing, and have an update log so 'at-a-glance' you'll be able to see whats new. I'll post more when this is ready!

amigasat

Thanks Matt

I have posted requests elsewhere on the message board but i'm looking for trip reports from club members to use on the site and will also take into consideration any photo's you have too as I can't be everywhere! and some of you are bound to get that magic moment which'll be great for the site.

Due to work restrictions I can't make every club trip so need your help here.

Stephen Frost has sent me some great pics from this year's Summer Bash which I couldn't attend but I would also like a trip report to go with them. If you have anything for me then please get in touch. You can e-mail me at trips@rccgb.co.uk with any reports and photo's.

Your help is appreciated.

Dave

stealth fan

Will there be a normal club member profile page like on the old site?

amigasat

stevencaine

I think a members profile page like on the old site would be a good idea not everyone uses facebook Wink

Coaster Police

Hi there,

When we took the decision to remove the members profile section of the site, it was due to several reasons.

Firstly, the section is terribly difficult and time consuming to maintain, and keep up to date. The nature of our site does not provide for user logins, therefore all maintenance would have to be done by myself by exchanging info, pictures and all updates to every member by email. As you will all hopefully agree, noone wants out-of-date info displayed.

Secondly, there are all sorts of rules and regulations regarding storage of Personal Information, and Data Protection etc. Although we could have designed the page to not include the information effected, and made adequate disclaimers, it's an area that would also absorb time in regulation small print.

And thirdly, with the advent of Social Networking sites, such as FaceBook, MySpace etc. it is very easy for members and users (if they want their profile information displaying), to set it up and join the Official RCCGB Facebook group to do just this function. This way, the updating, content and most importantly Privacy settings are managed and maintained by the member in question.

I hope you find these reasons acceptable. I appreciate that some members may miss this area, but when I last looked at it before I took the old site down, it was terribly out of date and didn't do itself justice.

While i'm here, can I point out to all Facebook users an excellent article that has been put together by Sophos - one of the leading anti-virus suppliers, that will help you configure your Facebook Profile security settings to help avoid being a victim of identity theft due to default weak settings. These settings help lock down your information away from random strangers, but doesn't prevent you from being sociable with your friends/groups etc.

This article can be found at : http://www.sophos.com/security/best-practice/facebook-profile.html

Thanks,
Matt.

nemesis scribe

Hehe, loving the Halloween themed logo on the club site at the moment, mwah hahahahahahaha Very Happy

Coaster Police

hehehehe

stealth fan

Pretty cool indeed Very Happy

sueysue

I can't see it Sad

sueysue

Today the halloween logo is showing OK. Maybe my computer has updated itself - better late than never!

ccp

Coaster Police

I am glad you got it working... just hit re-fresh to update the page as previously mentioned.

Anyway, i've changed the logo again Smile

On the next update, i'll add some code to the homepage to force a reload so hopefully you wont get this trouble in the future.

Thanx

sueysue

Thanks Chris and Matt for the technical support!

amigasat

I updated the website yesterday with the report from last year's USA Trip. Just before that I posted the Blackpool Bash 2008 Report so if anyone who is planning on going this year and hasn't been to a bash before then take a look at the fun you have in store!!

The Summer Bash 2008 report will be next thanks to material supplied by Steve Frost & Oakwood will follow soon and then i'll make a start on uploading some fun photo's from previous year's trips.

I'm hoping to be able to do LIVE reports for the USA Trip this year in conjunction with my own site, so plenty of new material coming soon.....Watch This Space!

Dave

P.S. If you'd like to see some of your photo's make the club's website then please forward them to me at trips@rccgb.co.uk I'm looking for some great shots from last year's Camp Oakmud!! I can't use all of them but will give every consideration to all of them received.