This page is designed for documentory purposes only for those wishing to see how our site has changed over time.
It merely attempts to document changes made between versions, which
(could also help to highlight if and when any errors creep in......)
Changes made in Version 0.4
1: response.buffer = true
- added to a number of pages unless need false in order to speed up presentation of pages
2: split into 4 pages instead of 3
- in an attempt to speed up visibility of initial page loading
- 4th page is sideend.asp and just does the "new visitor" processing
3: Fixed date so that Sydney date is shown when running on the American server
- at the moment it is just a crude +1 date adjustment based on 19 hour displacement.
- it will be improved later to cope with daylight saving differences......
4: Can now Page forwards & Backwards through Plants.asp based on Preferences
- Will only display number of plants specified in preferences (default is 10).
5: New page PlantDtls.asp added which shows detailed information on a particular plant
6: A few column changes to some of the tables, plus a few new tables added to support survey questions
7: Nursery address added to far left top permentantly displayable (in grey).
8: Companion Plant added to plant details page, which, if exists in PlantTable now has a link (Bill of Materials concept)
9: Flip added a load of new plants, now have a total of 149 plants in the database 25 of which have a photo
Changes made in Version 0.41
1: Fixed survey.asp so that the logpagetable reports when a survey has been answered
2: Changed display date/time processing in header.asp to use JavaScript rather than asp,
that way we can pick the date and time from the PC rather than the server
3: Compatibility changes made to make sure the site displays as well as possible with different browsers.
- Browsers actively being tested now include the following:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer Versions 4.0, 5.0 & 5.5
- Netscape Navigator Versions 4.08, 4.7. 6.1
Changes made in Version 0.42
1: A few more Photos added, plus a few more plants
2: In Plant listing page, now uses Thumb photos rather than resized main photos for faster response times
3: Corrects plant prices as being for Pot size rather than plant size
4: Landscape Design page completed in basic format.
Changes made in Version 1.00
1: A lot more plants, plus quite a bit more detail to existing plants
2: Header Belrose Nursery "Sign" replaced with normal text (request by Flip)
3: Main page opening text now in place instead of made up text.
4: Removal of all "Under Construction" statements, as the site is now live.
5: Search Engine updated to include Flowering Season, and to remove link to Products search.
Changes made in Version 1.01
1: A bit of colour added to the heading and sidebar, plus border control... any good?
2: Plants Flowering Now added to sidebar (calculates season based on current month)
Changes made in Version 1.02
1: Plants Flowering Now updated to include plants that flower 'year round'
2: Version # and Change date now hidden from general view (still in left bottom corner)
3: Plant Gallery (photo thumbnails) added (but only have 33 photos!!!!!!!)
4: Admin menu added with 1st level security features
5: Can now insert and Update plants online
6: Plant listing screen offers "update" link when an Admin user logged on
Changes made in Version 1.03
1: SideBar menu now at last buttons to look better
2: Header now an animated GIF which also looks lot better than static text
3: 4 reports added to Admin menu ie most viewed plants, num visits etc
4: AdminPlantUpdate.asp now allows update of Plant Photos and Thumb Photo
5: SQL syntax standardized to allow application to run on SQLServer
(A)ConnectDB.inc sets database connection for either
Also now has a new variable called DBMS
(B)CatagoryTable column name change as "Table" is reserved word in SQLServer
AdminUpdatePlantDtls.asp changed to support Column name change
AdminInsertNewPlant.asp changed to support Column name change
(C)JoinTextTable column name change as "Column" is a reserved word in SQLServer
AdminUpdateJoinText.asp changed to support Column name change
AdminUpdateJoinTextSelect.asp changed to support Column name change
TextJoiners.inc changed to support Column name change
(D)Plantphotos.asp changed "where not null" syntax to be "more correct"
6: Alpha Count in plants.asp now does uppercase translation in case some plants are entered without Capitalisation
DBMS now checked as doesn't work in MS Access,
but doesn't need to......
7: SetPref.asp fixed a silly bug with Newsletter item setting
8: Signin.asp now passes through to called program rather than index/default
9: Fixed DateofVisit being written to pagelogtable
10: Changed sign display in main.asp from background to normal image with -1 Z setting...
11: Added new page called showphoto.asp displays full size photo from plantdtls.asp
12: Added PlantID random AutoNumber to PlantTable to support showphoto.asp
13: Added index for companion and photofilename to support larger quantities of data
14: Sidebar menu frame made smaller in default.asp to better display the whole site on smaller screens
15: plantphotos.asp modified to fit only 4 photos across the page, and changed table width to %age
16: Changed sideend.asp background colour from #E2E2E2 to white and
version.asp background colour from #E2E2E2 to #FFA448
17: Main.asp now detects screen size and saves as a cookie (using Javascript)
18: Plantdtls.asp now displays layout and font based on screen size (either lt 800x600 or
gt)
19: Images all stored together, so one main images directories, with the following subdirectories:
thumbs - thumbnail photos
small - normal display of plants
large - Page display of plant
buttons - buttons
general - banners, anything else
20: In support of above, following .asp pages changed:
plantphoto.asp, sidebar.asp, plantdtls.asp, plants.asp, main.asp, header.asp, showphoto.asp,
findus.asp, adminupdateplantdtls.asp, AdminInsertNewPlant.asp
21: AdminInsertPlant.asp updated to allow photo upload same as AdminUpdatePlantdtls
22: AdminUpdatePlantdtls.asp now has link to display photo if one already uploaded
23: AdminUpdateCategories.asp now added to Admin menu
24: Sentencedtext.inc modified to fix a bug where "old" text from previous plant shows through if current plant has no text
25: AdminInsertDisplayOrder.asp added to enable self maintainence of Display Orders
26: In support of the above, added or modified the following:
SentencedText.inc modified
DisplayOrder.inc added (new)
DisplayCols.inc added (new)
Plants.asp modified (include DisplayOrder.inc)
Plantdtls.asp modified (include DisplayOrder.inc)
Showplant.asp modified (include DisplayOrder.inc)
27: SentencedText.inc, AdminUpdatePlantdtls.asp and
AdminInsertNewPlant.asp modified to allow "no join text" for a column....
Changes made in Version 1.04
1: plants.asp modified plant array now stored as
an Application variable, so should give a large overall performance boost
Also set rowsperpage to 10 if user doesn't allow cookies
2: admininsertnewplant.asp also updated to reset
plant array to keep plants.asp in sync when updated
3: Sidebar.asp modified to remove Quick Find button and onchange added to look a bit more
professional
4: AdminUpdatePlantdtls.asp changed so that the default plant type is spaces rather than Annual
Also now allows for user to delete the current photo (Thumbsize option removed)
5: logpage.asp modified to log as User Number 1 if user doesn't allow cookies
Changes made in Version 1.05
1: sidebar.asp modified to remove the cachesize
statement, which sometimes causes problems (based on browser and server
combinations)
2: plantphotos.asp modified to cope with visitors
that don't support cookies (specifically session info) - defaults to 40 photos
per page
also fixed the bottom "previous" button going to the wrong place!!
Changes made in Version 1.06
1: connectdb.inc modified to work on calfordgreen
2: sidebar.asp modified to add admin menu option
if domain name is admin.belrosenursery.com