New Stuff (no, I haven't been slacking for 3 months!!)
October 9, 2009
Despite the gap in the dates, there has been masses of stuff going on behind the scenes. I've had to reconstruct a new website about the Kemptown Railway, as the original domain provider Sampa went to the wall at the end of August. The site is now 90% done and there is a separate blog for the progress of this website: follow the link HERE to go to the new Kemptown website
There are some new treks that have been programmed up on the "Places" page on ghost-of. We have been to Stonehouse Lunatic Asylum, The Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital and there is now a link for the Pullman Raiway Works as well, as this was the first and best explore we've done to date (for me at least).
I will be gradually introducing "transport buttons" into the websites in order to simplify programming and make te web pages look more professional. This is an ongoing thing, but is being tried and tested (pioneered) on the Kemptown website.
I've been trying to compact pages down as well in order to allow the pages to load as quickly as possible. Again this is a vast task and is ongoing. There are several gigabytes of photos to compress in order to achieve an increase in speed overall, but the results are quite pleasing so far.
There are some new treks that have been programmed up on the "Places" page on ghost-of. We have been to Stonehouse Lunatic Asylum, The Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital and there is now a link for the Pullman Raiway Works as well, as this was the first and best explore we've done to date (for me at least).
I will be gradually introducing "transport buttons" into the websites in order to simplify programming and make te web pages look more professional. This is an ongoing thing, but is being tried and tested (pioneered) on the Kemptown website.
I've been trying to compact pages down as well in order to allow the pages to load as quickly as possible. Again this is a vast task and is ongoing. There are several gigabytes of photos to compress in order to achieve an increase in speed overall, but the results are quite pleasing so far.
Posted by Lawrence Russell. Posted In : Update for site building.
Ninja photographer, editor, web designer, programmer and the maniac who started all this off in the first place almost a decade ago!
I just can't let this project slip because I feel so strongly about the complacency of the people of the UK in their need to destroy, remove and replace perfectly serviceable buildings (albeit with a little care and attention to detail). Most of these buildings could be pressed easily into alternative useage and easily modernised rather than replaced, such is the strength and longevity of Victorian Architecture.
Where most of today's structures have a life of just 35 years at the very most, The Victorians considered that their creations were the last word in construction and would be there for a very long time to come.
So, when they disappear or are threatened with removal as so many of the abandoned structures in this project are/were, it is nice to have some sort of record of them, hence the undeniable purpose of my crusade.
