All future site update information and Webmaster messages will be found in the Forum, under Website News.
The reason for doing this is to allow the Blog to focus only on IOA members Posts.
webadmin
Oct 272011
Oct 252011
Hi Iroquois Owners,
I’ve got the Iroquois bug and am in search of an Iroquois
owner that might be considering parting with their beloved catamaran. It seems
that the only ones for sell recently in the U.S. are on the East Coast or Hawaii. Would
prefer to find one on the West Coast, but would consider as far east as Texas or
above. I am finding out that Wide Load transport costs an arm and a leg! Your
boat can be turnkey or if in need of work, that is ok (probably my prefernce so
I can put my own mark on her). You can post here on send me an email directly:
toddbrsd@socal.rr.com
I only know of 2 on the West Coast, (“Zen 2? in Alameda and “Martes” in Marina
Del Rey). I am in Orange County, CA.
Thanks
Todd
Oct 042011
Over recent weeks much of this websites software has been updated. The latest one being the ‘theme’ software (4 days ago). I think that I’ve covered all angles and tested everything – however sometimes things slip through.
If anyone finds a problem, please let me know (via Comments at the bottom of this Post) and I’ll do my best to rectify it.
Thanks, Peter Humby.
Aug 212011
Members can now email each other via this website, a form of personal messaging. I have added this feature for the sake of completeness, making sure I haven’t left anything off the ‘wish list’. This facility is available after members have logged in.
Peter Humby.
Technical Updates
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Jul 102011
WordPress updated to version 3.2
Suffusion updated to 3.8.1
Adjusted post-nav in single.php
Removed site news from All Posts (see simply exclude)
Members Registration
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May 292011
The Join Us form has been updated, ready to accept both New and Current members.
Martin Corrick and I decided to adopt this ‘form based’ system of registration, at least to begin with. It means that only IOA Members will have access to the Blog and Forum.
One disadvantage is that being a manual process, a prospective member will not know immediately if their desired user name is available. Hopefully this will not cause too many problems.
The alternative is to allow anyone to register on the site directly, member or not. This can be implemented in the future if required.
Peter Humby, Webmaster.
Menu system
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May 262011
A new menu system has been implemented in order to simplify site navigation. This required some changes to the overall layout including the header area.
Search has been moved to the left sidebar.
The main Pages are listed along the top, just below the header area.
‘Links’ moved from the sidebar to a new Links page.
A Blog Page lists all of the Posts (most recent first).
Post categories have been renamed Topics and still appear in the left sidebar.
News and Events Page renamed to Event Diary in Topics.
Site progress and Webmaster combined and renamed Site News in Topics.
Some wording shortened for the horizontal menu.
It has become necessary to provide an update on site progress.
The new Forum was completed approx one week ago.
The Posts facility was completed one month ago.
Both of these facilities reflect the interactive nature of the site. They will be made available as soon as the Membership Registration process has been completed (along with instructions).
In the meantime the Forum is hidden from view to avoid any confusion. If anyone is interested in seeing the Forum, please send a message to the Webmaster (via the Contact page) who will provide viewing instructions.
Archive material such as past newsletters will be added as soon as possible.
Please refer to the Archive Material page for more information.
Peter Humby.
Spring Rally 2011
General
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May 102011
IOA – Spring Rally and Photo Shoot 2011.
The Solent, 30 April – 2 May
The itinerary is:
Saturday 30 April from 1500 and overnight: At The Folly Inn on the River Medina
Sunday 1st May: Wootton Creek for lunch, then to Newtown Harbour overnight
Monday 2nd May: disperse to home ports.
…. The Spring Rally happened as planned. The photo gallery includes some pictures of the event and a rally report will appear on this page shortly ….
Members Login
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May 102011
A login box has now been included in the sidebar.
It is currently has restricted use, but all IOA Members will eventually be given access to the site, to write Posts and Comments etc.
Site Navigation page added – explaining Pages, Posts and Categories.
Search bar moved to allow more room in LH column.
Photo gallery update.
WORDPRESS UPDATED to 3.1.2
FS CONTACT FORM UPDATED to 3.0
Recent site changes and additions are summarised as follows:
Archive Library > tech drawings and boat list.
Search bar.
Photo Gallery.
For Sale category.
Search optimisation for Iroquois Owners is based on Organic SEO techniques described in the AimHighSEO website.
These standards are also used in the Web-Design-Gosport site.
Two Updates
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Apr 202011
1) The following background graphic has been removed:
It has been replaced by a plain ‘pale turquoise’ background.
The current Iroquois boat graphic is more suited to a pale plain background. This may change in the future if a more suitable background image and/or graphic is selected.
The line spacing for the text has been increased to better define the heading and tag lines.
The theme body has been reset to the default colour values.
2) IOA blog has been removed from the Pages menu. Entries are now selected via the Blog Categories
New header
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Apr 172011
Header image updated inc new logo.
The layout has been changed from Fixed to Fluid / Flexible.
Text has been added to the About page
Wording on the forms fields has been changed.
The Welcome page navigation label changed to ‘Home’.
Forms Update
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Apr 142011
Two contact forms have now been implemented.
Contact the IOA – a simple email form for general communication.
Join the IOA – requests additional information from prospective members.
Contact Form implemented – currently being tested.
Top level page structure / navigation in place.
Choice of Forum still being evaluated.
Additional graphics (inc header) being designed.
Note the structure is still in a ‘fluid’ state. The Blog section may be expanded through additional catagories, possibly reducing the number of static pages.
12/04/2011
Netservers www.iroquois.org.uk forwarded to www.iroquois-owners.org.uk. Note, it is not possible to configure Nameservers online. Netservers require an email request to do this. This is not urgent.
WordPress site www.iroquois-owners.org.uk enabled on WebHostUK using the Suffusion theme (Atahaulpa disabled).The header graphic is currently a gradient version. A custom graphic will be implemented in due course.
Still evaluating Forum software.
10/04/2011
The new WordPress based website is progressing ‘behind the scenes’ – however the live site will not be available for viewing over the next few days. This is because of a theme compatibility issue. A decision will be made within the next 48hrs on whether to stay with the current Atahaulpa theme or move to an alternative called Suffusion.
Although the Atahaulpa designers have identified a resolution to the problem, I am not happy with the nature of the fix at present – it relies on changing some web host settings. An earlier version of Atahaulpa still works fine, but this may not be the case with future releases of WordPress.
A theme mostly governs the overall aesthetics and layout of the site – not things like custom graphics and content. Therefore site development is largely unaffected. As soon as the theme situation is resolved I will be happy to make the site viewable.
Domain Names:
Currently iroquois-owners.org.uk is active. However,iroquois.org.uk will also point to the site as soon as nameserver configuration is complete.
IOA Blog Posts
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Apr 132011
Posts may be organised into categories to group different subjects, topics and authors.
Examples may be:
Members stories.
Newsletters.
Meeting Minutes.
Editorial.
Site news (webmaster).
Buy and Sell.
etc.
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