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Virtual Eclipse Website Log (2003)

Because the What's New, Site Map and Website Log pages change frequently, they are not mentioned on this page unless their structure changes. This is the Website Log for 2003. See also 2006, 2005, 2004, 2002 & 2001 for further information.

1 November 2003 - 4 January 2004

Research for Virtual Eclipse Yahoo Group Links Pages.

31 October 2003

Science Fiction > Database > Mercenary Contracts (& Finances) section updated. All pages renamed to fit new filename convention. Minor changes made to the following page:

• Andrew Price Group Financial Accounts (15 Feb 297 AI)

23 August 2003

Role Playing > Events section updated and expanded. The following page added

• Latest Game News

22 August 2003

External links adjusted to open in a new browser window on pages:

• Virtual Eclipse > Contact VE
• Role Playing > Tabletop & More > d20 System
• Role Playing > Tabletop & More > Computer Games

21 August 2003

Role Playing > Tabletop & More section updated and expanded. The following pages added:

• Freeform
• d20 System
• Computer Games

20 August 2003

Science Fiction > Background > A Laymans Guide to Wormhole Technology subsection updated and expanded. The following pages added:

• 1 (Starship Wormdrives)
• 2 (Gravity Manipulation)
• 3 (Forcefields)

Science Fiction > Background > A Laymans Guide to Wormhole Technology > 3 (Forcefields) page updated, with new information about forcefield types added.

19 August 2003

Science Fiction > Background > A Short History of Mankind subsection updated and expanded. The following pages added:

• 1 (Colonisation & The Impact)
• 2 (A Fresh Start)
• 3 (A Crucial Discovery)
• 4 (Expansion & Conflict)
• Epilogue (Other Powers)
• Appendix A (Power Bloc Comparison)
• Appendix B (Time Line)

18 August 2003

Role Playing > LARP > Writers Guides subsection updated. Non-VE organisation names in the NCO Course Outline have now been replaced by names of organisations within the Star Kingdom of Pegasus.
Science Fiction > Training section updated and expanded. The following pages added:

• 1 (What is the AMC)
• 2 (How to get an AMC Certificate)
• 3 (How to get an AMC Diploma)
• Certificates
• Diplomas

17 August 2003

Science Fiction > Database > Star Systems section updated with new star information added (now includes data on 58 unused starsystems for writers to use as well as information on the 13 systems already in use).

16 August 2003

Science Fiction > Database > Star Systems section updated with new star information added.

27 July 2003

Virtual Eclipse > FAQ page updated.

24-26 July 2003

Proof reading of website. Internet and book research for future content.

23 July 2003

"Get me out of a frame" JavaScript tested for help section.

22 July 2003

Main Virtual Eclipse, Science Fiction, Role Playing & Club page navigation improved. Each page now also links to subsections for the other three sections.

21 July 2003

Fifth day of navigation table improvements and conversion of pages from HTML 4.0-Transitional to XHTML 1.0-Transitional.
Club section updated. Navigation buttons improved and code converted to XHTML. The following empty subsections had content added:

• History
• Virtual News
• Committee
• AGM & EGM

Help page set up for all four sections.
The website is now technically finished as there are no missing pages, however more content and fine tuning is still required for some pages.

20 July 2003

Forth day of navigation table improvements and conversion of pages from HTML 4.0-Transitional to XHTML 1.0-Transitional.
Role Playing > LARP section update finished. Navigation buttons improved and code converted to XHTML.

19 July 2003

Third day of navigation table improvements and conversion of pages from HTML 4.0-Transitional to XHTML 1.0-Transitional.
Science Fiction > Encyclopedia section updated. Navigation buttons improved and code converted to XHTML.
Role Playing > What is Role Playing? section updated. Navigation buttons improved and code converted to XHTML.
Role Playing > Glossary page updated. Navigation buttons improved and code converted to XHTML.
Role Playing > Tabletop & More page updated. Navigation buttons improved and code converted to XHTML.
Role Playing > LARP section partially updated. Navigation buttons improved and code converted to XHTML.

18 July 2003

Second day of navigation table improvements.
Science Fiction > Database section updated. Navigation buttons improved.
Science Fiction > News section updated. Navigation buttons improved.
Start of conversion of pages from HTML 4.0-Transitional to XHTML 1.0-Transitional. (All above pages and pages from 17 July 2003 updated again, further improvements will be done in one pass).
Virtual Eclipse homepage HTML code validated at validator.w3.org using one of the JavaScript validating bookmarklets from the World Wide Web Consortium.
Virtual Eclipse > Introduction > 5 (Browser Support) page updated.

17 July 2003

Start of navigation table improvements and tidy up of known problems.
Virtual Eclipse section updated. Navigation buttons improved.
Science Fiction > Background section updated. Navigation buttons improved.

16 July 2003

Role Playing > What is Role Playing? section reorganised.
Virtual Eclipse > Introduction section reorganised.

14 July 2003

Science Fiction > Database > Contracts subsection updated.

13 July 2003

Science Fiction > Encyclopedia section updated.

12 July 2003

Science Fiction > Encyclopedia section updated.

11 July 2003

Science Fiction > Database section expanded. The following subsections added:

• Contracts
• Equipment
• Organisations
• People

Existing contracts moved into Contracts subsection. Other information moved into subsection pages.

10 July 2003

After further testing the use of event handlers in tables proved easier to implement than a separate JavaScript. Changes to style of Navigation table implemented in Virtual Eclipse Style Sheet in preparation for the remaining work, which will involve updating every page!

9 July 2003

Role Playing > LARP > Writers Guides updated. The following document expanded:

• Medical System Proposal

8 July 2003

Role Playing > LARP > Writers Guides updated. The following document added:

• Officer's/NCO Course Outline

6 - 7 July 2003

Experimental JavaScript for navigation table written on test page.

5 July 2003

Role Playing > LARP > Rules > Combat System expanded again (now 11 pages long).
Virtual Eclipse > What's New page updated. Log of website construction put onto a sub-page called:
Virtual Eclipse > What's New > Website Log.
Virtual Eclipse section reorganised with What's New page promoted to navigation menu and the Site Map page linked to from the What's New page.

4 July 2003

Role Playing > LARP section updated. The following subsections added:

• Rules
  One page was added to the Rules subsection.
  • Combat System
• Writers Guides

Role Playing > LARP > Rules > Combat System expanded.

3 July 2003

Role Playing > What is Role Playing? section expanded a bit more.

2 July 2003

Role Playing > What is Role Playing? section expanded.

1 July 2003

Science Fiction > Background section reorganised.

30 June 2003

Science Fiction > Database > Star Systems section updated with star information added. The following star-system updated:

• Sol

22 June 2003

Science Fiction > Encyclopedia section updated. Page: R has been updated with information from the following pages from the Science Fiction > Background section:

• A Short History of Mankind
• A Laymans Guide to Wormhole Technology

21 June 2003

Science Fiction > Encyclopedia section updated. Pages: P & Q have been updated with information from the following pages from the Science Fiction > Background section:

• A Short History of Mankind
• A Laymans Guide to Wormhole Technology

20 June 2003

Science Fiction > Encyclopedia section updated. Pages: J, K, L, M, N & O have been updated with information from the following pages from the Science Fiction > Background section:

• A Short History of Mankind
• A Laymans Guide to Wormhole Technology

19 June 2003

Science Fiction > Encyclopedia section updated. Pages: G, H & I have been updated with information from the following pages from the Science Fiction > Background section:

• A Short History of Mankind
• A Laymans Guide to Wormhole Technology

18 June 2003

Science Fiction > Encyclopedia section updated with main page expanded. So far pages: A, B, C, D, E & F have been updated with information from the following pages from the Science Fiction > Background section:

• A Short History of Mankind
• A Laymans Guide to Wormhole Technology

17 June 2003

Science Fiction and Role Playing sections updated with links standardised. Club section page updated with links standardised. Online test website updated, pages from other three sections uploaded.

16 June 2003

Virtual Eclipse section updated with links standardised and Introduction page expanded. Online test website created, Virtual Eclipse section pages uploaded.

14 June 2003

Website user testing at webmasters house, link title standardisation recommended.

12 June 2003

Main section pages standardised, with those pages now following an identical format.

10 June 2003

Science Fiction section updated, with links to Data & News sections amended to reflect reorganisation.

9 June 2003

Science Fiction > News section reorganised. The following newspapers added:

• Merc Bureau Vacant Contracts (Jul 297 AI)
• Wild Blue Ads (11 Feb 297 AI)

7 June 2003

Science Fiction > News section updated. The following newspaper added:

• Vanden Daily News (11 October 297 AI)

6 June 2003

Alteration to entire site to show date pages were created and last amended: full dates put into the copyright section at the bottom of all pages . Site Map page improved to show the date of last amendment.
(Note: this page lists pages added from previous VE information, by the date they are added to this website, but the copyright section at the bottom of the pages show the date that pages are written by the origional author.)

5 June 2003

Virtual Eclipse section updated. The folowing page added:

• What's New - This page! (later split into two pages with this page renamed "Website Log" and the What's New page dedicated to the last updates in the four main sections)

Everything already in existence will be listed below when time permits.
(Note: as this page will be updated every time other pages are added, it will not be mentioned here again unless the structure of this page is changed)

4 June 2003

Science Fiction > News section updated. Advert Index added. In character links redirected to a StarCom Email Request page. The following newspaper added:

• Valhalla Herald (25 Jul 297 AI)

14 May 2003

Science Fiction > Data section updated. The following contract added:

• Mission Royale Contract (later moved into Contracts subsection)

8 May 2003

Science Fiction > Data section updated. The following contract added:

• Mission Valentine Contract (15 Feb 298 AI) (later moved into Contracts subsection)

22 April 2003

Science Fiction > Data section updated. The following contract added:

• Mission Whisky Contract (24-26 Mar 300 AI) (later moved into Contracts subsection)

15 April 2003

Science Fiction > Data section updated. Main Index created. The following contract information added:

• Andrew Price Group Financial Accounts (15 Feb 297 AI) (later moved into Contracts subsection)

3 April 2003

Science Fiction > Data section created. The following contract added:

• Mission Contract (Feb 297 AI) (later moved into Contracts subsection)

31 March 2003

Science Fiction > News section created. Story Index added. The following newspapers added:

• Merc Bureau News Service (16 Feb 297 AI)
• Merc Bureau News Service (12 March 298)
• Star Kingdom of Pegasus (General Forces Recall Mar 298)
• Valhalla Herald (30 Mar 297)
• Valhalla Herald (19 May 297)
• Valhalla Herald (27 Jul 298)
• Wild Blue Yonder (Jan 297)
• Wild Blue Yonder (Feb 298)
• Wild Blue Ads (Mar 298)

17 March 2003

Virtual Eclipse section updated. The folowing pages added:

• Introduction
• © Copyright Notice

16 March 2003

Virtual Eclipse section updated. The folowing page added:

• Site Map

(Note: as the Site Map page will be updated every time other pages are updated or added, it will not be mentioned again unless the Site Map structure is changed)

14 March 2003

Virtual Eclipse section updated. The folowing page added:

• Frequently Asked Questions

This is the Website Log for 2003. See also 2006, 2005, 2004, 2002 & 2001 for further information.