Maintenance Log

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I started this log to let frequent users know exactly where the changes I made were at. I make changes on my own or get suggestions from users of this site. If you have any suggestions, please email me at editor@richtonparkherald.com

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12/28/07, Deleted references to old stories, updated and cleaned up calendar and put back interactive community bulletin board, in the process of organizing pictures by village

02/10/06, Took the search function off the home page, left it on the bulletin board page
02/09/06, Changed the layout of the bulletin board page
01/16/06, Added a survey and site search capabilities to the bbs page
01/12/06, Deleted old Star and Southtown stories with dead links
01/12/06, removed the need for approving entries added to the calendar, so anyone can add an entry and it goes right on the calendar
01/11/06, Added a link for the GSU Performing Arts Center 01/11/06, Added live chat to bulletin board page so I can converse with my readers!
01/04/06, Added scrolling text box to the business and food page to link to bussiness or restaurant newsletters, brochures, coupons or to go menus. These are PDF files, so I would have to scan a hardcopy version
12/15/05, Got a new scanner with software that can create PDF files which can be read by Adobe Acrobat Reader, added my first PDF file to the BBS page
12/09/05, Added a link for Cook County Board f Review (Property Taxes), added a new forum for Rich Township, updated Cbale TV forum with Dec Show and tentative Jan show, changed headlines, added my opinion on China, added brain cramps text from Gary to Trivia page
12/09/05, Added tree lighting pictures and 5k Run pictures to pics page
11/07/05, Added donation buttons to links page for various causes
11/07/05, Added more stories to the Local Stories section on the home page
11/01/05, Added a interactive community bulletin board
10/29/05, Changed to different calendar type, lets the public enter events, can look at the calendar by village, or all villages
10/24/05, Added some more trivia and added a Lakewood HOA Membership Form for people to print out and join the Lakewood HOA
10/24/05, Added pictures from the local stories section to the pictures page, lots of pictures
10/22/05, Added code to highlight the links when you put the mouse cursor over them, (only on the main pages)
10/22/05, Added story about a clown
10/22/05, Added ticker tape line to bottoms of some screens for advertising
10/11/05, Changed the advertising page a little
10/11/05, Added wrestling registration to banner on calendar page
10/11/15, Added a mission statement, you get to it from the home page
10/11/05, I rearranged the business page, made it more generic for the region and not just Richton Park
10/11/05, I changed the way opinions were listed to save space, they're now in a scrollable window. I also updated some of the opinions, like the Law, Easy Way Out One
10/11/05, Added events to the calendar, added child safety story to local stories, added the word "posted" to the local story titles so people can tell the difference between when the event in the story is taking place and when I posted the article
10/10/05, Added pictures to the picture page 10/10/05, Wrote a tinie tiny article about the Ricchton Park Fall Family Fest, will ad pictures later 10/08/05, Changed links page, divided links into categories
10/07/05, Added Links to YBARP and Chicago Dough Company, Sutton Ford and others
10/07/05, Added story about YBARP
10/06/05, Added story about saying goodbye to old friend after 27 years
10/05/05, Added Richton Park information
09/26/05, added a map of Richton Park that you can get to from the HOA page
08/24/05, Changed the way local stories were listed on the home page, I added them to a scrolling menu window so they could be listed all in one location (now if I can only figure out how to increase the font size in a JavaScript it would be great!)
08/20/05, added Tony's Ribs to business list
08/20/05, added Friends of R.P. Library book sale article and event to calendar
08/20/05, added web page for Tony's Ribs Menu
08/20/05, added article for Tony's Ribs
08/20/05, added web page for Jiffy Vac
08/20/05, added link for Bill Gallaher to business page (but it doesn't work) sent email to Bill
08/16/05, moved test ads from people page to food page
08/16/05, added more links to links page and rearranged them