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News from 2002
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August 2002
Moving
the site... Following a series of PHP/CGI outages ( the last of
which was the result of PHP being upgraded and lasted 10
hours on 22nd August ), bandwidth limitations and service
limitations, I have decided to move the site from my current
hosting company Cedant to hostroute.co.uk. This will entail moving all HTML,
PHP, CGI and also the database tables onto the new server -
something which will take quite some time to complete, but I
hope to have it completed by the start of September, after
which point I will change the Nameservers to point to the new
hosts.
Also, if you have any suggestions on how to make the site
better - please complete the survey on the Survey page.
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August 2002
Back
again... I am back from holidays and will be updating the
site in the next 2 weeks with more content. The polls and
site surveys are helping me decide what types of content to
add - so if you haven't completed the survey please feel free
to do so.
The shanemcdonald.org site now has an operating webcam which
shows live pictures when I am on-line. Also, the pictures on
shanemcdonald.org will be updated this week.
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July 2002
Website
Downtime... There were some server changes made by Cedant my the
hosting company in mid June which resulted in many of the
pages showing old data and many of the dynamic php pages
failing to output correct HTML. PHP is now running as a cgi
module and this means php does not run outside of certain
directories - much to my annoyance. So, I re-coded a lot of
the site to circumvent these problems which seem to have been
fixed by my updates and there has been a redesign of the site
as many of the pages have been moved out to shanemcdonald.org
which went live on Friday 5th of July.
NOTE :
The certain
sections of the members section may be still off line - if
anyone has had problems logging in please let me know and I
will try and update the passwd config file.
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June 2002
Members
News Page ... I have added a News Page specifically for Members of
this site. At present it has information about PostGraduate
opportunities in WIT which Patrick forwarded to me. The
address of the Members News page is http://shanemcdonald.com/members/member-news.html and can be accessed also from the
main Members page.
Anyone
currently listed on the contacts page / missing page who
wants a members password please contact me and I will set one
up for you.
A Members Only section is available to CSD Graduates. All
you need to do is sign up to the Members area and you will be
allocated a username and password. Features such as Message
Boards, Mass Mailers and more is available in that section.
If you wish to be set up as a user on the site, please e-mail
me and let me know ( CC1, CC2, CC3 and CSD Graduates of 1999
Only )
or visit the subscriptions section.
If anyone has
any ideas for this members area please let me know.
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May 2002
WAP
site for shanemcdonald.com... I have added a wap site for those
who have mobile devices - the site only has 3 active pages
but over the coming weeks the WAP site will be extended to
include more functionality.
The
address is http://www.shanemcdonald.com/wap
Preview
the WAP Site
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April 2002
2
Years on shanemcdonald.com... It started off as a cybersquatting
joke on April 12th 2002, but 2 years on shanemcdonald.com has
grown way beyond initial plans. Thanks again to all the CSD
Grads 1995-1999 who submitted material, jokes and news items
over the past 2 years. Also, the Members section has been
updated in the past few days with 1 or 2 extra links.
Continued
increase in traffic on this Site... In the last 7months there has been
an extraordinary and considerable increase in the traffic on
this site, mainly down to everyone who visits the site
telling everyone else - friends, family, colleagues etc.
Thank you to everyone who has used the "Recommend this
Page" application which is available on some of the main
pages. The continued increase in traffic, again saw traffic
in April 2002 having just over 864,500 hits ( up 70,000 on
March ) with over 129,500 pages viewed ( up 5,500 on March).
Below is the
graph for traffic for shanemcdonald.com 2001-2002.
Ciara
Byrke... Some of you may have known Ciara Byrke from CC1. She
recently got married in Waterford and you can Click
Here to view the wedding picture
recently published in the Waterford papers.
One Less on
the Missing List... for those of you who knew Kieran
Farrell from Commercial Computing, Kierans details are
available on the Contacts Section. We may have some more
details added to the contacts section later on and in the
weeks to come.
May 2000
Website Additions and updates in May
New
E-mail Addresses... Please note that Kevin Breen and
Padraig Byrne have joined the growing list of graduates who
have ventured to Australia. Their new e-mail addresses can be
found on the Contact Page. Many Thanks to Graham Cadogan for
the info !
April 2000
Website Additions and updates in April
Paddys
Day 2000.... After the drink and Craic of Paddys weekend there
were a few photos of Skyfest 2000 ( Sun 19th Mar ), and I
have posted them on the website, under a special Skyfest
page. Also, If anyone has other photos of St. Patricks
Weekend where-ever you were ( no matter what you got up to ),
you can forward them on and I'll post them up on the site.
Click the
Link Below to view the photos of
A link to this
section is also now available on the left Frame
New
Website/frame format.... You may have noticed the change to
the left frame of the site. This is to ensure all resolution
screens can see the site without the frames breaking. This
design is now pretty much complete. If you have any problems
with viewing this site correctly or other suggestions, please
let me know. Finally, C.S.D Dance has been moved on to the
Humour Section main page.
March 2000
Website Additions and updates in March
Guestbook
and Chatroom... The Guestbooks and the Chatroom are
now available on their own CSD Guestbook Page. See the link
in the left frame for more information.
Conors
Pics Page Update.... Conors Guestbook is now off the mark
and has many interesting entries, visit his site for a look
don't forget to leave your comments. Click Here to visit Conors
Site and leave your
mark
also
The Sean Conlon/Bill Gates Love Shock
Read about this amazing book ! Photographic evidence !!
Graduate
Survey... I have been contacted by CollegesWeb (http://www.collegesweb.com), and they are currently running a
graduate survey. It only takes a minute to fill out so why
not do it now.
[ Click Here to Take
the CollegeWeb Survey ]
While
you're in the frame of mind, why not send some details to me
on what you thought of your years at WIT, all the information
is on the WIT Course Info page.
The
Graduation Photo... I know it has been a few months, but
I've image-mapped the graduation photo with links to the
relevant e-mail addresses, aswell as putting names to the
faces, just to complete the photo / page. I put up this page
Monday 21st Feb and it has had a good few hits, so thanks to
everyone for visiting the page.
CSD
Website... Your comments and feedback are important as well as
your interaction with the website, e.g. posting your comments
on the CC2, CC3 and B.Sc. courses (see the WIT Info section),
entering the Fantasy Football Contest, Posting a review or
two etc. The mentioned changes should be finished by late
March.
CSD
Review Section, is up and running. There are 5
sections in total where you can post reviews on everything
from the curry in your local Chinese to a great film you
recently saw. Send as much detail as you can and your review
will be posted within 5 days. Others can then comment on
posted reviews if they wish. Many Thanks to Conor for being the first person to
post a review !
Feburary 2000
Website Additions and updates in Feburary
Check out the short description
of what took place during Ragweek 2000
New
E-mail Addresses Added... I have added Sabrina Whelan and Paul
Murphys e-mail addresses to the Contact Page.
Graduate
Survey... I have been contacted by CollegesWeb (http://www.collegesweb.com), and they are currently running a
graduate survey. It only takes a minute to fill out so why
not do it now.
[
Click Here to Take the CollegeWeb Survey ]
While
you're in the frame of mind, why not send some details to me
on what you thought of your years at WIT, all the information
is on the WIT Course Info page.
The
Graduation Photo... I know it has been a few months, but
I've image-mapped the graduation photo with links to the
relevant e-mail addresses, aswell as putting names to the
faces, just to complete the photo / page. I put up this page
Monday 21st Feb and it has had a good few hits, so thanks to
everyone for visiting the page.
The
Empire Strach's Back... Alastair Strachans e-mail address
has been posted on the Contact Page.
CSD
Website Upgrade, will be coming up over the next few
weeks. The site will become less reliant on text links to
accommodate screen resolutions below the recommended 1024 X
768. A few improvements will also be made to existing pages.
I'm developing JavaScript which will load the appropriate
html files for your screen resolution.
Your comments
and feedback are important as well as your interaction with
the website, e.g. posting your comments on the CC2, CC3 and
B.Sc. courses (see the WIT Info section), entering the
Fantasy Football Contest, Posting a review or two etc. The
mentioned changes should be finished by late March.
CSD
Review Section, is up and running. There are 5
sections in total where you can post reviews on everything
from the curry in your local Chinese to a great film you
recently saw. Send as much detail as you can and your review
will be posted within 5 days. Others can then comment on
posted reviews if they wish. Many Thanks to Conor for being the first person to
post a review !
The
Feedback Section, has been update to allow you to sent
more detailed comments on what you would like to see on the
website as well as detailing what you don't like.
Going Down Under
Sean Conlon
is leaving these shores next week, travelling down under.
Australia look out ! In an emotional press conference today
17th Jan 2000, Mr. Conlon delivered this press release :
Dearest People,
This is my
last week working here........I'm off to the land of
Ozzies next week to fulfil my lifelong ambition and
become a wino beach bum.....I'd like to take this
opportunity to say I'm going to enjoy eating
kangaroos and wallabies (ummm tastes like chicken)
while at the same time being whole-heartedly accepted
into the aborigine community.
If you really miss me you can catch me at:
seanie@baldandsexy.com Enjoy.......and
don't work too hard!!!!!!
Seanie aka Cono.
PS :
Look out for me in Home and Away......I'll be the one
in the diner pulling mooners....(just for old times
sake Conor).
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Bon Voyage Sean !
Going Away Drinks - Monday 24th of Jan, 2000
We're
hoping to have a few beers in Sinnott's on Monday evening
to celebrate Sean Conlon's leaving the country. See you
there around 8pm.
Sinnotts
is located beside the Stephen's Green Centre, directly
across from Gaiety, and it is down steps on the left.
Conlons Departure contd.
Well, Sean
Conlon has finally left Ireland. The Flight of the
Hairy-Arse. Poetry.
A few of us met in
Sinnott's last Monday (24th) to see Sean off. In addition
to a few CSD4s, Sean was joined by Messrs. Cadogan,
Courtney & Byrne from old days of CC3.
Thanks to
everyone from Dublin who showed. A great laugh was had by
all due to the copious amounts of pints being consumed.
Good luck in Oz, Sean !!! Don't smoke too much ........
Thanks to
Conor for sending me the above. :-)
Website Additions and updates in January
Vincenzos
Topic of the Week, is not part of this site but it is a
website by our very own 'Vincenzo' providing a
controversial/satiricial view on the world in his thought for
the week section, and to be updated every Friday.
The Links Page, has undergone a major revamp
and all work on the changing the format of the links page has
been completed. The old links page is no longer available. Feedback
on the format and the look of the new links page is welcome.
CSD
Dance, you may have noticed this rather unusual addition to
the website. It is based on the popular Hamster
Dance(www.hamsterdance.com) except using familiar faces.
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