Updates - 2003
General
- 2003-10-10 Adjusted the colour scheme (I didn't much like the shade of orange on the linksbars at the top and bottom of the main frame).
- 2003-09-08 Changed all the Updates pages to use unordered lists instead of note-style paragraphs - this removes the gap between each entry.
- 2003-08-31 Streamlined table cells so they don't contain paragraphs any more - this makes the code more compact, removes the gaps from top and bottom of cells, and allows me to change the text style within table cells independent of normal paragraphs. Also did the same with LI tags in ordered and unordered lists.
- 2003-06-12 On the menubar, removed the obsolete link to CheckStat as I now have much more reliable statistics provided by my webhost, One And One. Removed all the meta keywords from my documents - they are next to useless now, and just added to the bulk of HTML documents. Need to replace the ALT attributes for graphics, as both IE and NN (and probably other browsers) need the ALT text to replace graphics with if the graphic is missing. Maybe I will have ALT and TITLE together.
- 2003-06-12 Changed all the ALT attributes for graphics into the generic TITLE attribute - this forces Netscape Navigator (and probably some other browsers) to display the picture title as a tooltip (which it won't with the ALT attribute).
- 2003-05-19 Changed the button on the menubar to CafePress instead of OneAndOne. Updated the style of the diary to be more in-line with my website (why didn't I break out of those invisible tables earlier?). It makes the Older Entries Archive page look like these Updates pages. ;-)
- 2003-05-17 I now have a hitcounter on the menubar - it's the only way I've found to count hits at all on my site for free. If you know of a site that will allow me to monitor each page (in as much detail as possible), preferably with invisible icon for free, then please let me know! At the moment this is the best estimate I have for how much bandwidth my site uses per month (which I will need to know when I come to buy proper hosting).
- 2003-05-14 Updated specifications of inline frames to remove frame border in Internet Explorer (it worked in Netscape Navigator, but IE).
- 2003-05-12 Made the copyright notice on the menubar into small print. Fiddled with text sizes of some headings. Put the banners in their own folder - makes filing system tidier. Corrected 200 Updates page (it had an update for the Homepage in early 2002). Added the copyright notice to each Updates page (including the index) as I have now made the copyright line into a separate document used as an inline frame on other pages - it also includes my domain name. Removed embolden effect from some text on various pages (I am trying to cut down on fancy effects :-p).
- 2003-05-11 Changed the One And One banner to something a little more eye-catching (and less like the ones on the menubar and Links page). Minor hidden improvements (made all entities use numerical escape codes instead of names, which conforms better to modern HTML standards; also removed some obsolete code from the menubar document).
- 2003-05-10 All pages now have individualised banners. Went through each and every entry in my diary, correcting the code for my new CSS - the HTML in my diary's entries will be kept very simple to ensure compatibility with future changes to CSS too. On the menubar on the left, removed links to some orphan pages that had been listed there. There are still linked on the relevant pages, but this streamlines the menubar. Slightly modified CSS.
- 2003-05-07 Table borders now slightly lighter. Also now have quite a few banners, and am putting different ones on different pages.
- 2003-05-05 Subtle changes to the style again (made the linksbar peachy-orange instead of green, and one or two other colour changes).
- 2003-04-23 Changed the banner to One And One domain registration and webhosting.
- 2003-04-23 Changing the look of the site by altering the CSS. I think I need my own (unique) style now.
- 2003-04-08 Updated templates for my diary and guestbook, which should now display properly. I have also changed the layout of the guestbook, to be more inkeeping with my website.
- 2003-04-08 Changed the order of some of the pages (specifically Autographs, Pictures and Unserious) to help keep my personal (possibly boring) pages at the top, separate from pages of more general interest. I think I need to give this site its own style again - the Vice City thing has passed. :-p
- 2003-04-05 Revamped the Updates area, giving each page a proper menu instead of just bullet-point links. I've been meaning to do that for ages, but I finally got around to it. :-) Looks nicer (I hope).
- 2003-04-04 Removed the blue ribbon graphic from the menubar - I want to avoid unnecessary moving graphics, and it made my site look cheap and advert-ridden.
- 2003-03-19 Fiddling with text colours. Almost everything so far has been in black text, so I'm trying different shades and different colour to highlight better the headings, etc.
- 2003-03-19 Modified the banner to notify visitors that the site is now at a new server. My FreeServe account is now CLOSED DOWN, so although the site is still present at that address (I have checked), it will not be updated there. Please use the domain leevclarke.net to access this site, as that domain will always point you to the correct server and the most up-to-date version of the website.
- 2003-03-13 Added a "NEW!" bit to the menubar for the Unserious page, so that you know I am still doing things with this site! Also been fiddling with the Email bit so that non-graphics users can still see my email address (in case you haven't noticed, it now uses a little trick so that my email address is displayed, but is never quoted as text... this is to help guard against auto-spamming email-crawlers).
- 2003-03-12 Excellent news - I now have a brand new server! This site is now hosted by my DSL broadband provider. I have more webspace than I did before, as well as no banner on the homepage and way faster transfers. Updates from now on should be regular and expeditious. ;-)
- 2003-03-10 Most frameset index documents did not incorporate the CSS properly, due to an incorrect path on my part. Now all corrected and checked with Xenu.
- 2003-03-07 Having trouble with my online diary. Also now have DSL (hooray), but FreeServe will no longer let me upload (hence patchy uploads for the latest version of this site), and may stop hosting altogether. Major problem - please make sure any Bookmarks, etc. you have pointing to this site use the domain name Leevclarke.net, and do not contain the word FreeServe. Added the Unserious page.
- 2003-02-13 Correct the code for my diary - temporary problem with Diaryland, which prevents me from properly updating the Contents Archive page.
- 2003-02-11 Modifed all font size definitions again, to make them as percentages instead of absolute font sizes. This is because Internet Explorer's View menu has an option to change overall text size (e.g. in case you have poor sight, you might want all text to be bigger). The old system did not work in IE, but the new sizes do. :-) Netscape Navigator worked fine, incidentally. :-p Also changed the colours.
- 2003-02-06 Added more horizontal rules to my pages (to separate sections). Made lots of progress, including sorting out the scrollbars issue in both Navigator and Internet Explorer - after much research it seems that the two browsers require different syntax in their Frame and Frameset tag attributes, so I have to include both (I wonder what a validator will make of it :-p). Maybe I can use the CSS in conjunction with my Frameset documents to streamline code and facilitate tweaking.
- 2003-02-05 There is now a display issue if you're using Internet Explorer. It is very troubling, and I can't figure out what's causing it. Please people, use Netscape Navigator. My site works fine in that, and it's got nice features that IE doesn't. Go on, give it a go!
- 2003-02-04 Plenty of progress today, lots of little fixes and (hopefully) improvements, as well as refining the technical and structural quality of the code and pages. Sorry no updates on individual pages recorded, even though there have been a few. Still a few little things to do though.
- 2003-02-03 Work done on as many pages as possible, causing minor changes to the look of some tables and other parts. Some things do not look perfect right now, but bear with me - I will make sure everything is up to my personal standards.
- 2003-02-02 Consciously moving away from the DIV tag and towards the Heading and Paragraph tags in my code. Cosmetic changes will occur in places, but structure will be much improved - especially for those without Cascading Style Sheets compatability. HTML version will be Transitional from here on, since Frames are not supported in newer versions(!).
- 2003-02-01 Been having some trouble with my web host (FTP has been down quite a bit due to maintenance), which is why uploading the latest version of the site has been patchy. Changed the colour scheme in the last few days (this is not permanent, but I have three different styles to choose from, and variety IS the spice of life. ;-) Going through the process of validating my HTML and CSS - this has turned up a few mistakes, and some unconventional coding.
- 2003-01-31 Removed the links to my webcam at Camarades.com - my trial period has expired, and I hardly ever had it switched on anyway. Maybe when I get broadband... Also removed framing for individual Updates pages, so no more banner on those pages.
- 2003-01-29 Revamped the whole Updates section, to have a separate page for each year. This will reduce page loading times if you're only interested in recent updates, but still keeps older updates archived for reference.
- 2003-01-28 Modified CSS to increase size of title text (back to what it was for IE users) before changes on 2003-01-26). Also tweaked HTML code to remove the gap between the linksbar and the title at the top of each page. Changed the title of each section on this page to a hyperlink to the page in question. This should make it easier to navigate away from the Updates page, to the next page you want.
- 2003-01-26 Updating my CSS to use absolute font sizes instead of qualitative words ("small" for example). IE users should not notice much difference, but other browsers such as Netscape Navigator (which I now use instead of IE) had the text at the wrong size. Now all browsers use the correct text sizes. Now I have to work on cell-padding, which is interpreted differently in different browsers!
- 2003-09-08 Under Miscellaneous Notes, corrected my current OS to Windows XP instead of Windows 98 SE. Also took out links to Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator, and made them into ordinary text.
- 2003-05-08 Removed another of the Miscellaneous Notes (the copyright notice, which I am now going to put at the bottom of each page anyway).
- 2003-05-08 Removed one of the new Miscellaneous Notes (!), which said you do not need an plugins and that I have no Flash sequences or things like that. In actuality now the banner on some pages is a Flash sequence, and you may need a plugin to view it.
- 2003-05-07 Added a couple of Miscellaneous Notes.
- 2003-04-08 Removed a reference and a link to my old pictures website. Also removed it from the list of links for users without frames.
- 2003-02-07 Reworded the notes at the bottom to mention a download accelerator, instead of DAP specifically. If you want a download manager/accelerator, see my Links page for a couple of ideas.
- 2003-02-05 Corrected the copyright notice to encompass the current year.
- 2003-01-29 Removed a reference to my now non-existant poll about browsers. Added a link to my chatroom under the list of links for users without frames. Modified the notes to reflect the fact that I now use Netscape Navigator as my main browser. Down with Microsoft! LOL
- 2003-05-13 Changed the text at the bottom (with links to real page-translations) into the style of a footnote. Put each flag into a frame-style box. Translation links did not seem to be working, so I have now found and incorporated a new translation webpage - this also adds an extra language (Dutch) to the options. ;-)
- 2003-05-11 Changed the title of the first section to "Introduction" instead of "Introduction For International Users". Corrected my age to 23 instead of 22 (it was my birthday last month :-p). Slightly changed the wording for the Australian section.
- 2003-04-23 Put the flags on a white background so they look better (why didn't I do that before?).
- 2003-04-05 Turned the list of countries into a proper menu, using the new "menu" class definition in my CSS. ;-)
- 2003-09-12 Corrected a possible display issue with people viewing with large text sizes - the frames for the photos might appear too wide; they are now forced to stay at the same width. Corrected code of Standardising Time essay to display calendars properly (cell entries are now centred).
- 2003-09-07 Corrected a minor display issue that affected people with high resolutions (the "new image " photo overlapped the Favourites table below it).
- 2003-08-31 Added my purity to the stats section, and EastEnders to my favourite TV programmes.
- 2003-08-27 Added stats from the Sex Test and the Un-telligence Test. Reorded the stats into a more meaningful order, and turned the left-hand column into a proper subheading column.
- 2003-08-26 The Stats For Pratts section has been turned into a table instead of an unordered list (I must have added in the last few weeks, but forgot to note it in the Updates section). Also added Life Expectancy and Gayness stats. Changed the words Friends Reunited into a link to their website.
- 2003-05-27 Added some new RLGFs (Random-Lee Generated Facts), and reordered them.
- 2003-05-16 Changed the style of a couple of the announcements (H4) to the style of H5 (a new heading style I have freed up for such purposes).
- 2003-05-13 Changed the link to Tudor House Museum - the old link is now down because the museum is closed for refurbishment.
- 2003-05-12 Removed the link to Southampton's history, since the page has been missing for some time and I am told that it does not look as though the domain it was hosted at (quickindex.co.uk) will be renewed. Made the essays on Tolerance and Standardising Time into proper orphan pages (which now have a single inline banner instead of a banner frame permanently at the bottom of the screen). Minor wording changed under the Pictures Of Me section.
- 2003-05-11 Moved the "My Favourites" table to under the "About Me" section (since it's about me!), and corrected some code to make gaps appear above and below the horizontal rules in all the right places. Changed the name of the "My Essays" table to "Some Documents I Have Written".
- 2003-05-06 Corrected one of the Random-Lee Generated Facts (my IQ was listed twice and my typing speed was not listed at all). Made my evilness rating of the RLGFs instead of an announcement under my biography. Made the link to my eBay page as an announcement, and got rid of the "Other Personal Pages" section (not much of a list with only one entry!). Restructured the layout of the page to include my sub-sections under the "About Me" section.
- 2003-05-05 Changed the factfile into an Unordered List (bullet-points) instead of a table. Added a list of Random-Lee Generated facts.
- 2003-04-15 Added a Care Bear thing - I took a quiz to find out which Care Bear I am most like (Bedtime Bear, before you ask), so I posted my award graphic on this page, along with a link you can follow to take the quiz yourself.
- 2003-04-09 Modified the Contact Me section - now using unordered lists instead of sub-section headings (it looks a lot neater), and added a line promoting ICQ as an alternative to Friends Reunited (which is a ripoff IMO).
- 2003-04-08 Removed a couple of links to my old pictures website (for pics of trains and Dr. Katz - all pics are still available on my Pictures page). In my Favourites table, changed the category of computer game to video game, and added The Getaway to the list. Added Pink and Robbie Williams to the list of musicians.
- 2003-03-20 Corrected a missing word typo, kindly pointed out by my brother. Added a link to my ICQ Unified Message Centre, and changed the style of the link to my eBay page.
- 2003-03-07 Removed the Stupid Quotes section, as it now belongs on my Unserious page.
- 2003-02-23 Added another two photos of me as a boy (age 2 and 3). Made the thumbnail pics slightly smaller (140 pixels high instead of 150) because they line would not fit in the framed version at 800x600 resolution. Further compressed the thumbnails, reducing the total size of the files by 15% (even including the two added pics).
- 2003-02-11 Corrected the South Park pic (I hadn't defined the cell class in the HTML code, so it wasn't displaying quite as I intended). Also corrected some text to reflect that fact that you can now download a short video if you click the pic, and added the text "Artist's Impression" underneath.
- 2003-01-28 Corrected and slightly added to the Tolerance essay.
- 2003-07-03 Recreated the One Liners section, and divided into subsections for Office Philosophies (new part) and Posters (just that one entry so far :-p). Also now put in the link to SuperCleanerBrian.com, which features the amazing Hydrogon, thanks to my two new web domains! :-) Also now a fairly respectable line of Hydrogon products for you to buy! Please browse - the shop is linked from the website.
- 2003-06-03 Corrected a typo near the top.
- 2003-05-16 Questionnaire now released, and added an announcement that will Ask Jeeves a meaningful question. ;-)
- 2003-05-12 Made the word "Guaranteed" at the top as normal case instead of all caps, and repositioned two announcements. Removed explanations from under Stupid Quotes (you don't need explanations, you can work it out for yourself). Social Classes questionnaire is coming along nicely, just a little more work needed before release.
- 2003-05-07 Working on the Questionnaire - decided to make that into an orphan HTML document instead of a .txt file. I have the framework of the page laid down, and a couple of questions. Need to copy over the remaining questions, perhaps compose more, and write summaries for the post-mortem.
- 2003-05-06 Added a placeholder for my Social Classes questionnaire, which is all but finished and will be uploaded soon.
- 2003-05-05 Dr. Katz scripts are finally online! Feel free to browse and offer feedback. :-) Expanded the paragraph about Murray Walker and George. W. Bush. Removed bold text-weight under Stupid Quotes - it now looks much simpler and neater. Corrected a minor typo at the bottom of the page.
- 2003-04-08 Removed a hyperlink to MurrayWalker.com, since the domain has been abandoned.
- 2003-03-20 Added a "Send no money now" message. Added another scene to the Dr. Katz script, but will not be adding it today.
- 2003-03-19 Corrected a minor type (lack of a closing parenthesis), and put the Coming Soon section higher up (since on the finished page the content to be added will be more prominent). Also, I am on the verge of posting a new addition to this page - I now have two separate episodes of my fantasy Dr. Katz script ready to post. Stay tuned! Added a joke I thought of today. ;-)
- 2003-03-13 Added a short "Coming Soon" list at the bottom, to let you know about some of the stuff I intend to put on the page.
- 2003-03-07 Added the Unserious page to my website. Moved the Stupid Quotes over from my Personal page, and updated/modified them to include brief comments from yours truly.
- 2003-05-07 Added a searchbox link to a certain poster-buying website - I'm not gonna mention their domain name since they seem a bit shirty about it being a trademark, but their logo now appears on my Pictures page. Photography lovers, you may want to check them out and see if they have some artistic-type posters or prints you like. And hey, it earns me commission! ;-)
- 2003-04-07 Corrected some details on the page about the albums - some links said the pics were at Central Station when they were actually at Swaythling Station. Also officially changed the name of this page to Pictures instead of Pics. Corrected some links at top and bottom of page.
- 2003-04-07 Linked to the first three sets of pictures (albums) as .zip archive files. Also added the only video I recorded, also as a .zip file. These I am now hosting on my own website's server, but for each of those albums you can download all the pics in one file. ;-)
- 2003-04-05 Ported over more text from the old pictures site for all sections, and laid down the structure of the trains photos section. Uploaded all but three trains photos galleries (the first three are having technical problems for some reason). Decent-looking links now laid down, but I will probably modify those.
- 2003-04-04 Created some proper sections and links. Porting over and modified text for the Dr. Katz section that was on the old pictures website (that site is still online at FreeServe, but I cannot update it).
- 2003-04-03 Been uploading Screencaps pictures to the storage server, and sorted them into albums (alba?). Listed some basic hyperlinks on the Pictures page.
- 2003-04-01 Added this page in the last few days. It replaces the separate Pictures website, which has been completely neglected for months. The actual pictures will now be hosted at ImageStation.com, and this page will just have an index of links to the albums. Please be patient while waiting for this page, as it is on my shortlist of website issues to address!
- 2003-01-28 Corrected the URL for a small button link graphic to Llamasoft. Also corrected the spelling (ish) of all occurences of the word EastEnders, which I had previously been spelling with only a capital first letter; the correct way apparently is with a capital E in the middle of the word too. Corrected the link to Ariel Liquitabs, since that website has been redone.
- 2003-01-28 Added my new autographed picture of Christopher Parker, which arrived in the post this morning. :-)
- 2003-05-11 Slightly modified/corrected the text that refers to Winamp skins in the Google search engine or the Google web directory.
- 2003-05-04 Finished previews, reducing total filesize of previews by 56%. Also edited the paragraph about Triple H to make a better hyperlink (link text should never be "here" or "click here" or something silly like that).
- 2003-05-03 Edited some text to the right of previews, so that the column of previews displays properly. Optimising previews, but now need to regenerate skins and put them up here.
- 2003-04-20 Corrected the link (again) to Chris Benoit's official webpage, since he's now on SmackDown! instead of Raw. Working on reducing the loading time for this page, which means shrinking the preview pics slightly, and optimising them. They don't need to be good quality graphics do they!
- 2003-04-19 Added a new skin - Mark Hammond of The Getaway. I know this is the first skin for ages, but hey if you have any requests, let me know! I will look at a few other ideas too.
- 2003-04-08 Changed a hyperlink that used to point to my old pictures website, but now points to my Pictures page.
- 2003-02-06 Changed the headings that display the name of each skin.
- 2003-09-12 Links to the SkinnerToo purchase page now open in the same window because, although it's technically an external page, it does link back to my site. The notice about feedback above the template previews is now in a different style heading.
- 2003-08-14 Updated the templates to SkinnerToo (by popular demand from one person!), and reworded the text on the page to be more up-to-date. Removed estimated download times, and cosmetic changes elsewhere.
- 2003-05-17 Corrected a "missing word" typo, and added a section about the newly-released SkinnerToo.
- 2003-05-12 Slightly changed the wording of the first paragraph, partly to make sure that the link to the currency convertor contains more than the word "here", which is bad practice for writing links. Added a full stop to the end of the announcement at the bottom of the page.
- 2003-05-11 Changed the banner to One And One instead of Swapitshop's Gadget Zone. Changed a link at the bottom that pointed to a page at Winamp.com listing skinning programs; it now goes to general information about skinning manually, since the other page at Winamp.com seems to be missing. This page needs updating, so I will get to that ASAP.
- 2003-05-03 Removed a paragraph pertaining to Adobe PhotoShop 6, as I haven't used it for ages. Made the gap above each template's name the same for all of them (Frame had a smaller gap before).
- 2003-02-06 Changed the headings that display the name of each template.
- 2003-02-06 Changed the headings that display the name of the desktop theme.
- 2003-10-08 Added an extra Bytesized News Snippet informing visitors about Tony Hawkes' Underground from Activision, and changed the banner at the bottom to promote the game too.
- 2003-08-31 Made the Good Vs. Bad section into two subheaded sections instead of tables (it was sloppy really, which was highlighted by problems caused by today's style policy changes to the LI and P tags). Changed the Q&A section, to use unordered lists instead of a table.
- 2003-05-11 Made the contents list at the top of the page into a proper menu, in the same style as other menus on the site. I have been meaning to do that for a while now.
- 2003-05-03 Replaced the link to Liam Best's GTA3 website with Liam's new domain.
- 2003-04-08 Removed a link to RockstarStudios.com, as the domain seems to have been abandoned. Removed link to Sky-Scraper.net and GTA3warehouse.com for the same reason. I am getting pretty fed up with people who register a domain, only to abandon it a short time later. It is extremely frustrating to have broken links all over the web, and no way of tracing where the information is available thereafter, if anywhere.
- 2003-02-15 Correct the default text on the orange Swapitshop search box to read Vice City. That must have lingered from when I copied the code from my homepage.
- 2003-02-12 Removed the customised pointer, as it requires you to download and install new software - and it keeps asking you every time you refresh the page, if you don't want to.
- 2003-02-11 Fixed the background colour problem under the Controls table (again!), and changed spacing etc. regarding horizontal rules to make the page look better. Also corrected a couple of display mistakes in this Updates section.
- 2003-02-01 Fixed the "white background" problem underneath the Controls table, that affected the bit about the analogue sticks.
- 2003-01-28 Fixed the Q&A section so that the text no longer appears in a white box (I've been meaning to address that for ages).
- 2003-12-05 Added this page with the review for Tony Hawk's Underground (T.H.U.G.).
- 2003-04-13 On the ePIPO orphan page, changed the unordered list (with bullet-points) near the top into normal paragraph-style text. Put the banners, button, etc. on a white background instead of table cell default.
- 2003-04-08 Corrected a link to a banner graphic, which has now moved path on the MyPoints server.
- 2003-05-12 Removed the link at the top for people to email me with a link suggestion (no-one has ever used it, and to be honest I wouldn't want them to - I am trying to keep the Links page as concise as possible. Changed the link to One And One to a text link instead of a graphic, and corrected a missing word type under the link to Swapitshop.
- 2003-05-11 Completed (for now) the Webmasters section, and moved it before the General section (which contains links that are probably less useful to many people). Changed the banner to Swapitshop's Gadget Zone link instead of One And One, since that link already appears on this page under Webmasters (as well as on the menubar!).
- 2003-05-10 Removed the links to CometZone.com, FreeDownloadsCenter.com, and StraightPrideWear.com from the General list, as they are superfluous and the page is becoming cluttered. Removed the entire Whimsical section for the same reason (it's been up for nearly a year, which I think is a good run as I only added it on the spur of the moment).
- 2003-04-09 Removed the "Suggest A Relevant Link" at the bottom of the page (it only linked to my email, and it's easily accessible elsewhere on the page).
- 2003-04-09 Corrected the top line of the Recommended Programs table - the AVG Antivirus program had the description of Diskeeper Lite. Also corrected a grammatical error near the beginning (it was a split infinitive).
- 2003-03-08 Added a link to StraightPrideWear.com - be proud of your heterosexuality!
- 2003-02-06 Added a link to Fresh Download - it's a good alternative to DAP, if you prefer freeware (and hey, who doesn't?). Also corrected the link to Lavasoft's Ad-aware download page - their site has been redone, and version 6 of their software has now been released.
- 2003-01-06 Modified the Winamp link to be text instead of the logo graphic, which looked sort of intrusive. Added links to Diskeeper Light and Ad-Aware. Replaced link to Trend's Housecall online virus scan with a link to the AVG Antivirus system, which is freeware antivirus software.