RECORD OF UPDATES
The webmaster, maintains these records of the changes he has made to the appearance and functionality of Virtual Citizens.
(Tuesday, 28 November, 2006): Images in all articles changed to absolute locations from relative ones (i.e. src="pictures/logo_small.jpg" to src="http://www.virtualcitizens.com/pictures/logo_small.jpg") . A dynamic article count was also added to all archive categories.
(Monday, 27 November, 2006): Revising URLs for "search-engine friendlines" complete. URLs addressed to article.php with GET information after a "?" are now addressed to articles (no file extension). Information passed in the url now falls after a "/". Older URLs will continue to work. The same right, navigation bar is now being used for the home page.
(Saturday, 24 November, 2006): Begin revising URLs for "search-engine friendlines".
(Tuesday, 21 November, 2006): Finish revision of comment, feedback and "share with friend" forms.
(Sunday, 19 November, 2006): Begin revision of comment, feedback and "share with friend" forms.
(Sunday, 19 November, 2006): Completed including right-aligned navigation-bar, which leaves little need for a sitemap, so it has been removed. The list links at the top of all pages has also been shortened, and the update records has replaced the sitemap. Visits to http://www.virtualcitizens.com/sitemap.php will now redirect to this page.
(Friday, 17 November, 2006): Begin adding right-aligned navigation-bar to all pages.
(Wednesday, 16 November, 2006): New logo for syndication form added and default values changed.
(Sunday, 13 November, 2006): Link to Halloween layout on front page taken down.
(Sunday, 13 November, 2006): Event information for "Immigrant Women" taken down.
(Wednesday, 8 November, 2006): With the 2006 election over, Kinky Friedman advertisements removed (see below).
Bread And Roses
Bldg H Cafeteria, Pecan Campus
3201 W. Pecan Blvd.
McAllen, TX 78501
Europlex & Bhaji on the Beach
Midvalley Campus Auditorium
3201 W. Pecan Blvd.
McAllen, TX 78501
(Monday, 6 November, 2006): Announcement for "Immigrant Women" added. It will be moved higher after the election.
(Friday, 3 November, 2006): On a lark, Digg.com submission integrated into all articles.
(Tuesday, 31 October, 2006): Halloween themed index page implemented. For those who missed the occasion, click here. Happy Halloween!
(Saturday, 21 October 2006): Sitewide conversion to CSS complete.
(Friday, 20 October 2006): CSS conversion of index page complete. Tables version available here (index page only).
(Monday, 16 October 2006): Begin revision of site: Convert tables to CSS.
(Thursday, 12 October 2006): Virtual Citizens endorses Kinky Friedman for Texas Governor.
(Thursday, 12 October 2006): Sitemap complete.
(Wednesday, 11 October 2006): Redesign of front page complete. The size of the banner on all other pages were also reduced. Click here for a cached version Google created on Sunday, 8 October 2006.
(Monday, 09 October 2006) Begin revision of front page for faster loading.
(Saturday, 07 October 2006) Horizontal rule under rights statement removed on articles display page. Most resent articles also added to left margin.
(Friday, 06 October 2006) "Feedback" and "Comment" links moved from the top of articles pages to directly under the title/author/VirtualCitizens.com/date block. This has no effect on functionality, but improves usability for people with small resolution settings.
(Monday, 02 October 2006) Record of Updates created.
(Sunday, 01 October 2006) Comment feature added to articles.
(Sunday, 24 September 2006) In an effort to make the syndication of Virtual Citizens articles simpler, we are now providing an alternative to our RSS Feed. We will continue to provide our RSS as well. This service is free, so click here for more info.
(Monday, 4 September 2006) "Friends" link-exchange list added to Virtual Citizens.
(Friday, 1 September 2006) Virtual Citizens switched to a content management system. Our old Original Media page is still available so people who have it bookmarked can update their links, but the content has not been updated since Thursday, 31 August, 2006. Click here to visit our new Original Media page.
(Friday, 1 September 2006) Virtual Citizens switched to a content management system. Our old Categorical Archives page is still available so people who have it bookmarked can update their links, but the content has not been updated since Thursday, 31 August, 2006. Click here to visit our new Categorical Archives page.
(Tuesday, 4 July 2006) Virtual Citizens came online.
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