Logoblue

Site Versions

  • 1.0

    Site Created
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    Version 1

    Site Launch
  • 1.1

    Site Launch
  • 1.2

    Editing of photo content
  • 1.3

    Addition of Icons
  • 1.4

    Menus altered
  • 2.0

    Site Redesign - New menu's
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    Version 2

    Site Redesign
  • 3.0

    Site Redesign - New colour screen, new navigation
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    Version 3

    Site Redesign
  • 3.1

    My Guides and Scoreboards redesigned
  • 3.1.1

    Minor changes
  • 3.1.2

    Cosmetic changes
  • 3.2

    Background section added
  • 3.3

    UK split into different regions
  • 3.4

    Front page redesigned
  • 3.5

    Search facility added
  • 4.0

    Site Redesign
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    Version 4

    Site Redesign
  • 4.1

    Countries section rewritten
  • 4.2

    Shop pages redesigned
  • 4.3

    Quick jump menu and flag bar added
  • 4.4

    My Guide to Public Transport re-written
  • 4.5

    My Guide to Airports re-written
  • 4.6

    Limited searching of resources added
  • 4.7

    Redesign of countries pages, imagebank added
  • 5.0

    Introduction of CSS
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    Version 5

    Introduction of CSS
  • 6.0

    Removal of frames from site, links re-written
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    Version 6

    Removal of Frames
  • 6.1

    Locations index rewritten
  • 6.2

    Upgrade to cgi databases for resources and images
  • 6.3

    Flash animation introduced on timeline
  • 6.4

    Minor changes to the shop
  • 6.5

    Links database created
  • 6.6

    Splitting of countries in EU section into EU-15 and New members
  • 6.7

    Countries section rewritten
  • 7.0

    Site Redesign, script driven menu introduced
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    Version 7

    Site Redesign
  • 7.1

    New database added for locations and scoreboard
  • 8.0

    Site Re-launched using an underlying Access database and "On the fly" page writing
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    Version 8

    Site completely re-written, On-the-Fly page writing from flat file database introduced.
  • 8.1

    Minor bug fixes
  • 8.2

    New front page added on .com address
  • 8.3

    Anything to declare added
  • 8.4

    New photo banners added to countries sections
  • 8.5

    See Also section added
  • 8.6

    Maps updated across the site
  • 8.7

    Page banner redesigned from 6 small to one large image
  • 9.0

    Site completely re-organised
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    Version 9

    Site reorganisation
  • 9.1

    Direct linking from countries to fotopics added
  • 9.2

    Statistics pages re-written
  • 9.3

    "Done in a day" section added to countries
  • 9.3.1

    Additional help files added to Country Info and Done in a day sections
  • 9.3.2

    Minor changes made to the currency charts, replacing DKK and NOK with USD and JPY
  • 9.4

    Photo information upgraded to include basic image details such as camera make, model, focal length, shutter speed and aperture length.
  • 9.5

    Historical records of furthest places visited added. Longitude and Latitude figures for each entry in the A-Z list added
  • 9.5.1

    Altitude figures also added to A-Z list
  • 10.0

    Introduction of video files
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    Version 10

    Introduction of Video
  • 10.5

    Done in a day section expanded
  • 11.0

    New design for the front page, "Big Trips" section added
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    Version 11

    Front page redesigned, Big Trips introduced
  • 11.1

    News transferred from external site onto internal database following the external site falling over
  • 11.2

    Links from the images pages within countries to the slideshows for that location
  • 12.0

    Mapbank added to site, pulling all mapping across the site into one browsable location
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    Version 12

    Mapping redesigned across site
  • 12.1

    Attractions pages altered to bring all details together in one place, rather than split across three pages
  • 12.2

    Photo pages updated with more image information, layout of page altered to bring more of the image onto the visible area.
  • 12.2.1

    Gallery pages altered to reduce number of headings, and show a total number of images for each day
  • 12.2.2

    Minor changes to the My Guides menu and the filename of the front page
  • 12.3

    Background and Details pages combined within the countries section
  • 12.4

    Front page of countries section redesigned to bring through highlights
  • 13.0

    Redesign of layout of stie. Removal of sections that were proving too difficult to maintain (Resources and DaysOut)
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    Version 13

    Rationalisation of site
  • 14.0

    Videos outsourced to YouTube
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    Version 14

    Outsourcing of Videos to You Tube, increased use of external content to enrich pages (basic "mash-ups")
  • 14.1

    Embedded videos linked from videos page direct to YouTube
  • 14.2

    Information on banner images included in Images section
  • 14.3

    Embedding of current weather conditions on the countries home pages
  • 15.0

    Introduction of Google Search within the site
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    Version 15

    Site Searching via Google
  • 16.0

    Major overhaul of the hotel scoreboard pages. Google maps added for each hotel, link to TripAdvisor reviews, chains identified.
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    Version 16

    Re-working of scorboards for hotels. Google maps and TripAdvisor reviews added
  • 17.0

    Minor re-design of page templates, new "Add This" button added to each page, YouTube and Twitte links added to each page. Blogger and Fotopics links moved to bottom bar on each page
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    Version 17

    Addition of "Add This" functionality to all pages
  • 17.1

    Overhaul to the links pages within each destination, more links added.
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    Version 18 - CURRENT VERSION

    Rewrite of Attractions to include dates of visits. All attractions mapped to Google maps
  • 18.0

    Google maps added for all attractions as an addition to the lists.
  • 18.1

    Review created and last reviewed dates added to all attractions.
  • 19.0

    Introduction of flash timelines from TimeToast. First one added to Timelines section.
  • 19.1

    Timeline addedd to history statistics
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    Version 19

    Introduction of Flash Timelines
  • 19.2

  • 19.2.1

  • 20.0

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    Version 20

    Major redesign
  • 20.1

  • 20.1.1

  • 20.2