GC Website Updates & Notes

Site Updates
  29-02-2008
Updated the meets lists on the About page.
Updated the Home page.
Removed the redundant info from the News page.
Updated the contact details for all huts on the reciprocal hut use page in the members area.
These updates should be more frequent!

12-04-2007
Meet update by Ken Wood (info on Home Page).
Been a while since the last update, other than meets lists and bookings.

21-06-2006
Removed some redundant information on the Home page.
Added PDF file of available titles to the Maps and Guidebooks page in the members area.

16-06-2006
Added link to Rucksack Club website to the links page.

23-05-2006
Updated the contact details for Craigallan on the reciprocal hut use page in the members area.

19-05-2006
Updated the contact details for Beudy Mawr on the reciprocal hut use page in the members area.

04-05-2006
Updated the huts page in the members area, also amended the Stagecoach Bus Company links and timetables for the Smithy.
Added Guidebooks & Maps page in the members area.

29-September-2003
Home page updated and News page added.

16-May-2003
Hut Bookings page updated for Smithy and Ribblehead.
Information on reciprocal club hut bookings.

Removed many 'routine' updates regarding hut bookings.

05-July-2001
Image 'Gallery' added.
Page counter added to the Home Page. The starting value of 1000 was estimated from the web site access logs, this counter is for indication only.

29-June-2001
Newsletter page updated, added two recent meet reports.

25-May-2001
Meet information page added (in members area), carrying details of forthcoming meets.
Added appropriate links from the club meets page to the meet information page.
Please contact webmaster@gritstoneclub.org.uk if you are a meet organiser and would like to submit information about your meet.

15-May-2001
New links added to the links page.

04-May-2001
Site-wide validation to HTML4.01, all pages compliant with the exception of the message board pages which have still to be validated.
This should mean the site will be viewable with the widest range of browsers. See below for further information.

21-January-2001
More information about the Club in the About page.
The beginnings of a History of the Club.
Hut bookings updated and Smithy hut warden contact telephone number added, Smithy email removed.

05-January-2001
New links added to the links page.

12-December-2000
Message board date problem corrected.

10-December-2000
Moved the meets list onto it's own page.
Minor modification to the message board in the members area,  aware that the year is not being correctly displayed.

03-December-2000
Message Board activated in the members area.
Added the Site Updates & Notes page (this page).

02-December-2000
Hut Bookings page now carries valid data and the email addresses for both hut wardens are now active.
Member Area now has the current list of meets, members area.

01-December-2000
All National Grid References on the site are now active and will call up the relevant section of OS map when clicked, see meets list for examples, go-on give it a try! You can even print out the resulting map.
 


Site Notes
  Members Area
Members will need a username and password to access the members area, please contact us secr...@gritstoneclub.org.uk for the appropriate details.


Message Board
You don't need any special information to use the message board (except of course, the username and password for the members area).

To read other peoples posts:
   * Just click on the subject of the message you are interested in.

To post a message:
   * Simply fill in your details in the spaces provided (bottom of message board page),
   * then click the Post Message button.


Reporting Problems with the site
Please report any problems with the site to Chris Ambler, or email webmaster@gritstoneclub.org.uk, it would be particularly useful if you could give as much detail as possible, for example.
   * Platform: (eg. PC or Mac)
   * Operating System: (eg. Windows 98)
   * Browser name and version: (eg. Internet Explorer, version 5.00)
   * A description of the problem


HTML Validation
This site has been checked and complies with HTML 4.01 Transitional, this means it will work with the widest range of browsers.   It also means that the site should remain readable when viewed with earlier versions of browsers that do not support certain features, indeed it should work with text only browsers such as Lynx.   If anyone can verify this we would be pleased to hear from you, webmaster@gritstoneclub.org.uk.

Valid HTML 4.01!   Valid CSS!

Part of the reason for undertaking the above process was an attempt to get away from the 'Best viewed with xxxx or yyyy browser.' syndrome.  It was prompted following a visit to the www.anybrowser.org site.


Browsers and settings for best results
The site has presently been tested with Mozilla Firefox 1.0, Internet Explorer 6.02, Netscape Navigator 7.2 and the Opera 7.5 browser, each appear to give reasonably consistent results.  We intend testing the site with other browsers as time permits, however, if you use an alternative browser or version and are able to provide some feedback of the compatibility of the site with that browser we would be pleased to hear it.  Contact webmaster@gritstoneclub.org.uk.

Style Sheet
Most of the formatting on this site is controlled by a 'style sheet'.   If you can't see any background colours on the site, your browser may not support style sheets or support may be disabled, ensure style sheet support is enabled where possible, this should normally cure any problems.   Check your browser help files for details.   Most browsers have style sheet support enabled by default.   It is also possible to configure browsers to ignore any colours specified on the web pages, consult your browser help files for information about turning this facility off as it would also prevent the display of colours and backgrounds.


Site maintained by Chris and Matthew Ambler.

To revalidate this page click here.