what's new at mdoLive.com

6 May 2005

• Fixed the random gallery image on the main page
• Updated the new gallery skin to look a bit more like the rest of the site

5 May 2005

• Some changes have been made to the site the last few months, nothing too major.
• Removed the OfficeCam from the webcam pages and updated as appropriate
• Installed new version of the journal CMS (1.3)
• Installed new version of Gallery for the Foto Album (1.5)

14 November 2004

• New code uploaded
• I have slimmed down some of the more irrelevant sections of the website that had died or weren't being maintained so leaving it looking a right mess.
• New server directory structure with the code working - fave pages and page locations have not changed

28th October 2004

• Lots - forgot to keep this file updated.
• New Foto Album has been working wonders.
• Launched new journal system.

20th July 2003

• Updated the Journal engine to v3.1.

17th May 2003

• Uploaded new piccies to The Foto Album today. Added a 2003 section to Foto's of Fozzy, added some pics in Events & Holidays - notable New York 2002, Orlando 2002 and San Francisco 2003.

18th March 2003

• Done some tidying up and added the Archive page

26th January 2003

• Uploaded a new version of the Grab site

1st December 2002

• I couldn't resist. I've just uploaded some Christmassy pics to the site.

29th November 2002

• Finally moved the domain to the new servers, its all there. Also added the new Thirty Days sub site.

25th October 2002

• Added a database search to the journal.

24th October 2002

• Lots and lots of updates.
• New look to the main journal page, lots of recoding and some tweaks to the design.

9th March 2002

• The design of the current site is one that I really like and am really pleased with. Today I finished updating the only major part of the site not to reflect the design - Mutterings & Ramblings. It still need some more coding and checking but when done it will make the journal even sexier as all links are generated dynamically.
• I have also updated the webcam galleries and the foto album. The naviagation now allows you to traverse back and forth through the pages, I also added some new foto's of myself and some pics to the Holidays & Events section.

4th March 2002

• Tweaked the Introduction page slightly, rewrote the last paragraph.
• Got a stack load of journal entries to come in the next few days.

2nd February 2002

• Lots of journal stuff entered - nearly all uptodate
• Added a search function to search the entire site
• Redone the navigation slightly to keep the men bar visible a bit more

12th January 2001

• Started a back end recoding for moving entire site onto a new server that uses PHP instead of ASP

10th October 2001

• Journal pretty much upto date.
• I have a new camera at home now in my bedroom - hope to get it working as sleepCam
• Updated the splash screen to show once a month
• Working on getting officeCam working again soon too

9th August 2001

• Ooops - kinda forgot to update this page. Lots of journal entries up with a few more to come, and of course the whole new v3 design up and running!!

22nd April 2001

• Some new journal entries for April added.

15th April 2001

• Added three new Webcam Galleries (images 229 - 308). All three galleries were taken from the officeCam.
• Some new journal entries for April added.

11th April 2001

• Uploaded a preview teaser for the re-design of mdoLive.com (what will be v3.0 of the design). This redeisgn also includes a full site, bits up re-coding so is going to take a few months to complete.

15th March 2001

• Reloaded the Foto Album ... all of it should now work.
• Uploaded a new look Webcam Gallery.
• Done some work on tidying up parts of the code for several pages.

20th February 2001

• I've broken the foto album! I started uploading a new re-coded album this morning but had to leave to go to work. Bummer! I'll fix it tonight.
• Uploaded five new journal entries starting from 5th Feb.

6th December 2000

• officeCam page fixed - works ok now
• Mutterings & Ramblings finally upto date

28th November 2000

• Christmas website (mdoLive : fozzy at christmas) launched.
• fozzy's big gay advent calendar launched - each days picture to be uploaded daily so no peeking!
• Working with Netscape 6 for a lot of the DHTML code not fixed. Working on this atm.

16th November 2000

• officeCam is currently going through all sorts of updates and work arounds at the moment. I have started to develop my own JavaScript suite of refresh scripts and utilities aimed purely at Webcam pages. These include little gizmo's like having a resizable remote window that will automatically adjust the height depending on the width you set it to. Full documentation will appear once the scripts / pages have been completed. Until then the officaCam might be a bit irratic. For example at the moment the exhanced resized window function only works in Netscape 4.x.

14th November 2000

• The total number of hours furing which I am on cam will now be significantly extended. I have today began trialing my new officeCam.

22th October 2000

• 5 new Webcam Galleries added (60 new pics selected from a total of over 10,000!!).
• Journal updated with October entries.
• Pages starting to use includes so a lot of files end in extension '.shtml' instead of '.htm' as previously the case.

30th August 2000

• Uploaded another 50 webcam pictures, including the "Freak-Boy" picture in Archive 11. The picture will also feature as the Journal Snapshot of the Month for September. The Webcam gallery has also been re-organised slightly.

22nd August 2000

• The new look menu enters Beta testing and compatibility testing. All links should point to current files. Once satisfactory testing has been completed (including cross browser and version compatibility) all new files will be uploaded and the menu replaced. The beta menu is available here.

13th August 2000

• Major redesign of the welcome screen and menu. Also complete check and update of all pages started - I must be mad!

6th August 2000

• Did lots of long overdue housework tidying up meta tags, title bars etc.
• Reinstated the link to the mdoLive : a celebration of human rights
• I've finally given in ... the advertising has appeared. If you see a banner advert you like why not click it ... I'll make some money just from you clicking. Also if you want to order a book from Amazon.co.uk use a link on the site and I'll get comission. Or best of all if you use one of the Google search boxes I get cash just because you searched using my page. How cool is that?

17th July 2000

• Uploaded 18 new photos to the Webcam Gallery.

17th June 2000

• Uploaded 50 new photos to the Webcam Gallery.
• Started working on updating and sorting out the Webcam FAQ.
• I'm also working on making a more reliable method of getting the webcam to update and get rid of those gremlins causing Broken images.
• Also working on updates to Grab. It's been left alone too long. I have some new files to add to Grab and some new stuff for A Lighter Shade of Pink too.

4th June 2000

• Uploaded a load of new photos to the Webcam Gallery.

25th April 2000

• Added some new pics of friends to the Foto Album.

24th April 2000

• New look Webcam menu loaded ... rest of the Webcam section being developed.

23rd April 2000

• Finally added a link to this page on the main welcome.
• Added new pictures in both the Webcam Gallery and Foto Album.
• Added Friends page to the Foto Album
• The stars have been good to mdoLive this week ... I got a mention in Boyz!

4th March 2000

• Started complete site overhaul with new design
• Name changed to mdoLive - fozzy on the net

30th November 1999

• Uploaded the special Christmas edition of mdoLive
• A new improved version / layout of the galleries is on it's way v soon!

22nd August 1999

• Added new webcam piccy to Page 5 of the Webcam Gallery

16th August 1999

• Added a status indicator to the Webcam that actually works! The indicator makes use of the ICQ network facilities. It should not be assumed that it is 100% accurate, only a guide.
• Added lots of new photos to the Photo Album in the following galleries:
  1. Holiday Snaps - New York
  2. Friends & Family
  3. Photos of Fozzy
• Also changed the welcome to the Gallery piccy again. This time it uses a bit of JavaScript to randomly select an image to display from a small selection of the gallery.

9th August 1999

• Added new pictures to the 'Friends & Family' and 'Photos of Fozzy' gallery's in the Photo Album.

8th August 1999

• Changed the Photo Album welcome piccy (actually done a few days ago)
• Made a minor change to the Friends & Family gallery in the Photo Album.

2nd August 1999

• Added some new photos to the Friends & Family section of the Photo Album.
• Reworked the thumbnails in the gallery - so they look a lot better and you can actually tell what they are of now.
• Added a few new pics to the Webcam gallery.

27th July 1999

• Fixed the Photo Album headers.
• Trialing a new server for the webcam images. Basically i can now be connected to any ISP and the cam will still work. :-)

25th July 1999

• Moved around the Photo Album menu and added some graphical page titles to the album sections - looks much nicer now.

24th July 1999

• Extended the Style Sheets Trial to a few more pages. All is going very well, will be rolled out to the rest of the site shortly.
• Fixed the link to the Grab section from the main page. Oops!
• Performed some general house work on the site.
• Added three pictures to the Webcam gallery.

11th July 1999

• Trialing Cascading Style Sheets on several index pages. These do require a 4.x or above browser. Having monitored site access for the last few months I say that about 95 - 99% of all visitors use a suitable browser. I will add a message to the main welcome screen shortly.
• A new access counter system has been brought into practice. This new systems logs a lot of information, referal page, PC screen setup used to view site, location, reloads, OS / browser used. The information from this counter is kept confidential and is only viewable by the site owner - me. General stats are available by clicking on the little purple Icons on the bottom of welcome pages to key sections.

7th July 1999

• Added another to section to the Photo Album - Holiday Snaps. This is a colelction of photos from my holidays (atm only Canada and New York). Unfortunately I haven't added any photos yet. I am planning on scanning some more of the New York ones very shortly. I don't currently have access to the Rocky Rambler photos, but will shortly and will scan & add those pics when I can.
• The Java slideshow of the 'Celebration of Human Rights' has been removed. Also due to disk space restrictions I am not in a position to upload the Wallpaper collection at this time.
• The site is in desperate need of tidying up, I've noticed a few minor typos and links that need fixing. A full reload with these updates will be made shortly.

27th June 1999

• Added to section to the Photo Album - A Celebration of Human Rights. This is a collection of images (both PC wallpapers and an online slide show) that celebrate the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
• The webcam is currently on-line for periods of time. Whenever I am using the Internet mdoLive - The Webcam will be updated at intervals of approximately one minute. The banner will remain flashing 'Webcam Off-Line' until I can sort out a fix for this to change to On-Line whenever the camera is working.
• I have finally got around to completing v1.01 of the FAQ for mdoLive the webcam.

21st June 1999

• Added photos of my new apartment to the 'Walls & Gardens' section of the Photo Album

5th June 1999

• Reduced the number of pictures in the webcam history to four.
• Added a new wallpaper to the Gallery section.

4th June 1999

• The Webcam files have now moved to the main server. The actually Camera is currently offline. I have a new one ready for installing once I have my flat all organised and ready. All the Webcam pages have had a bit of face lift - looks much nicer now.

28th May 1999

• Registered the domain name mdolive.com and configured the site appropriately. Access to the site can now be achieved by using the new address www.mdolive.com.
• New E-Mail address of fozzy@mdolive.com is now working.
• Added the refresh to the splash screen so that after 10 seconds the main menu is automatically loaded. Relates to how the domain name forwarding works.
• Added the Blue Ribbon Supporters webring fragment to the splash screen.
• Added some new links to the Fave Sites page.
• Grab updated - see Grab Latest News for details

18th May 1999

• Renamed the Gallery to "Fozzy's Photo Album" and replaced section logo.
• Added a onMouseOver icon to the logo for the What's New page
• Added a onMouseOver icon to the logo for the main logo which links to my WebCam page
• Added 'Created with Notepad' logo to bottom of main page
• Grab updated - see Grab Latest News for details

16th May 1999

• Added "What's New" page
• Reformatted the Gallery
  • Categorised all images
  • Added thumb nails for speed and ease of use
  • Added new pictures from when I was a child / teenager
  • Added Webcam gallery
  • Added new feature - My Desktop Wallpaper
• Added mdoLive button to base of many pages, links to section welcome or site menu