What's New...
(The evolutionary history of BashRox)

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(Dates are UK format dd/mm/yyyy)
01.01.2002 BashRox Geo Content Award now available to sites with related content!
New sites on the Links page.
03.11.2001 The author is now a member of the International Association of Web Masters and Designers.
Chat Board abandoned due to lack of interest.
Links added to Other Useful Sites page.
Homepage and Site Map updated.
10.08.2001 New photos added to Southern Spain page.
05.05.2001 Pamukkale page added to the World Locations section!
08.04.2001 Geo Poem
Item added to Guest Gallery.
Collections page updated.
21.02.2001 New link on Links page - Links for Mineralogists.
I'm currently evaluating some new software.
05.02.2001 Pasterze pic added to Austria page.
Surrey Satelite Technologies Limited link added to links page.
Nick Sandru added to contributors page.
04.02.2001 Austria pages (2) added to World Locations.
28.01.2001 Sitemap updated.
Competition abandoned due to lack of interest  -i.e. there were no entries.
01.01.2001 6 Tenerife photos by Gerald Newitt added to the Tenerife page.  One is a sunset and will also be added to www.binarysunset.net
Christmas decorations removed.
10.12.2000 Counter Fixed!
12.11.2000 Christmas Decorations and music added!
05.11.2000 Modifications to many pages to make them work better in lower resolutions.
Guest Gallery in the Collections section for your specimen photos.
New Competition.
I now have a totally new site at http://www.binarysunset.net
xx.10.2000 Not much happening with the site this month as I have been upgrading my main PC's operating system and hard drive and adding USB.  Also put some of the old bits into my backup PC.
24.09.2000 New Home page layout.
New pull-down menu Navigation system!
New 'Whats New' Text Ticker on Home Page
Search the WEB from the BashRox Home page using the top search engines!
The Glossary page is finally uploaded and fully functional, although not yet fully finished.
17.09.2000 BashRox is awarded the Fine Art On Line Special Site Award!
05.09.2000 BashRox receives the Award of Excellence from Angela.
03.09.2000 I now have my own "personal" site at http://www.bashrocks.co.uk
02.09.2000 Buy minerals from the mineral shop at Adam's Minerals
01.09.2000 BashRox is Awarded the Excellence in Web Design Award by Summer's Rain!
28.08.2000 Smith's 35 Gold Award for Outstanding Design, Award for Excellence, Family Safe Site Award and more! awarded to BashRox!
Home page updated.
Animated backgrounds added to Awards page and Space Science News page.
23.08.2000 News pages restructured - oil & gas, geo, environment, space, science, cool sites!
Home page updated.
Enter the competition!      ...or else!
New link on Geo-Links page - Mysterious journey - some great info on deserts and more.
22.08.2000 Competition!  -  Identify the minerals and win a BashRox cap!
21.08.2000 News page added.
Environmental News Headline box (provided by the Environmental News Network, ENN) added to News page and GeoLinks page.
UniSci Ticker added to News page and Home page.
Science News Ticker on News page - provided by ABC Science Online.
20.08.2000 Links page split into Geo Links and Misc Links pages.
Earth Alert (discovery.com) and Earthweek diary (ENN) links added to Geo Links page.
Geo-News Ticker on Home page! (provided by Newsindex.com)
BashRox Geo-News Headlines page (provided by Newsindex.com) - link on Home page.
13.08.2000 Kos & Nisyros pages added to World Locations section.
Home page updated.
Gerald Newitt photographs added to Tenerife page.
Gerald Newitt added to contributors page.
07.08.2000 ChatRox link is now updated on all pages.
Minor modifications to many pages
Major "behind the scenes" HTML work on page descriptions and meta tags prior to another [hopefully more successful] bout of registering with the major search engines.
01.08.2000 The little-used Chat Room (ChatRox) has been replaced with a chat/message board hosted by Hosted Scripts.com (still called ChatRox) which, unlike the chatroom, will be available 24 hours a day 7 days a week.  (In principal that is, I'm not making any guarantees for ther host's reliability).  So if you have any messages or questions for myself or other site users you can post them on this baoard.  Please note: not all ChatRox links have been updated yet.  To ensure you get to the message board use the ChatRox links on this page, the Home page or the Site Map.
30.07.2000 Tenerife page added to World Locations.
Home page updated.
29.07.2000 Text added to Gran canaria page.
28.07.2000 Home Page updated.
Contributors Page added.
Hazel and Chris Blunt added to Contributors page.
Acknowledgements Page added.
27.07.2000 Copyright Statement added.
New location added to World Locations page: Gran Canaria.
Home Page updated.
22.06.2000 Meta tags now fixed, RSACi ratings now working.
Home page modified, animated email .gif removed.
Graphics added to Contact page.
16.06.2000 Links page modified.
Home page modified.
Minor Navigation Bar error corrected on About Bashrox page.
15.06.2000 Attempt to rate site with RSACi not working as yet.  Meta tags do not appear to be behaving as they should.
Work has begun on the Glossary page.  The link will not go live until the page is finished, but it will be uploaded in the mean time, so if you want to have a moan about it before its even finished take a look at http://bashrox.net/glossary.html
14.06.2000 APE link added to links page.  Links page modified.
13.06.2000 Amiga link updated on links page.
All tables have been widened to 80 or 90% of window, mainly to make them work better when loaded in lower resolutions.
11.06.2000 A few links updated.
Minor changes to Locations and Conduct pages for better functionality.
10.06.2000 The author of BashRox is now a member of the HTML Writer's Guild.
BashRox is now beginning to get listed on some search engines.  Hit rate has increased.
BashRox is awarded AwardWorld Special Award.
About BashRox page added.
Any Damn Browser!  BashRox is now supporting the Campaign for a Non-Browser Specific World Wide Web.  The author is keen that this site should be "optimised for everybody".
Help rate BashRox at AwardWorld by following link on Support page.
Items added to links page.
Home page modified.
Site Map updated.
30.05.2000 BIG O.S. crash, no access to website for 5 days, no access to develop site for almost 2 weeks!
28.05.00 Contact page added listing contact information for BashRox.
Support page details ways in which visitors may support this site.
Navigation Bar updated.
Home Page modified.
26.05.00 BashFlash added to Home page.  Subscribe to this email news flash to keep up-to-date of any changes made to this site.
Initial testing has shown that BashRox works in WebTV browsers, although there are resolution-related problems to be dealt with.
21.05.00 Igneous and Metamorphic Rock pages added.
Mineral Collection section restructured.
Links on Mineral Tables updated.
Formating and link errors corrected.
Site Map updated.
20.05.00 Minerals in Metallic and Non-Metallic tables linked to specimens on Mineral Collection page.
UK Locations and Non-UK Locations sections are now restructured so you don't have to wait 60 seconds for a single page with 30 pics on it to download.
Navigation Bar updated throughout site to include link to ChatRox.
Site map modified to reflect new changes.
17.05.00 ChatRox now live most nights from 20:00 GMT.
Minor graphics changes to Links page and Home page.
Site Map page updated.
13.05.2000 Dammit!  I've had to change it again. ChatRox is now on MSN, link should work.  Enjoy.


The Chat Room has been crashing people's systems so I now have a new ChatBoard (still called ChatRox).  Follow the link on the Home page to view the board.
Won item added to links page.
12.05.2000 Chat Room added! - Visit ChatRox and chat with other site users.
Index page modified.
30.04.2000 Totalise link added to links page - an ISP that gives you shares when you use them (and gives me shares when you register through my link).  Minor changes to other pages.  Re-organisation of UK Locations and Mineral Collection pages planned.
20.04.2000 Site Map page added and is now active on the navigation bar.
Minor corrections to Links page.
19.04.2000 Successful Amiga Testing.  Thanks to those who tested my site on their Amigas: Jeff Gilpin, Patrick Ford, Mike Leavitt, Murray Finlay, Walter Delorey.  The general opinion is that this site works perfectly on most browsers.  BashRox is proud to be Amiga friendly!
17.04.2000 BashRox is awarded the School Zone Award! 
10.04.2000 Home Page modified to resolve minor viewing inconsistencies in Internet Explorer.
More text and photos added to Arran item in UK Locations page.
09.04.2000 BashRox is awarded the Rockhounders 'Rare Find' Web Site Award!
Photo added to Southern Spain item on Non-UK Locations page.
Photos and text added to Arran item on UK Locations page.
05.04.2000 BashRox is awarded the Otakou Creative Design SILVER Award!
Awards and Listings page added.
Home Page modified.

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