The history of Yoxley Old Place for 1997. All changes to the site are listed here in reverse chronolgoical order.

1997.12.14

• added this weeks Rememberances
• added The Adventure of Damascus Rode by Mel Hughes,
• added Sherlockian Childrens Books compiled by Luci Zahrey
• added Kids Sherlockian Artwork Sherlock through the eyes of kids,
• added TAO Sherlock Holmes and the Diamond Gang by Samantha Marcella,
• added Rules of Engagement by Brad Keefauver, BSI,
• Redesign and update of pages is pretty much completed
• Baker Street Webring with 24 sites,
• updated, finally, the Awards pages,
• added a News & Tips page

  1997.12.01

• added this weeks Rememberances
• The Case of the Vronceaux Brougham by Dr. Gerald McDaniel added,
• Slight redesign of pages with fewer, smaller graphics to speed load times,
• Baker Street Webring active now with 19 sites

  

  1997.11.24

• Circumstances kept me from Yoxley most of October/November ... but I'm baaaack,
• alot of catch-up right now but the history page will be one of the last to get caught up,
• added this weeks Rememberances

  

  1997.09.28

• added this weeks Rememberances,
• added 160+ new links New Sherlockian Links,
• alot of code tweaking, site surfing, engine searching, agreement seeking stuff that for the most part isn't visible

  1997.09.21

• added this weeks Rememberances,
• abit of code tweaking

  1997.09.14

• added this weeks Rememberances,
• added four non-Sherlockian Doyle works to the reference section.

  1997.09.07

• added this weeks Rememberances,
• alot of code updating/tweaking to reflect the new directories & space available (10 megs)
  • Please let me know if I have missed correcting any links or images

  

  1997.08.31

• added 80+ new links New Sherlockian Links,
• added the Young Sherlock Holmes area with stories for/by kids,
• added this weeks Rememberances,
• added The Deal-Topped Table page with 'neat' stuff I've been tinkering with,
• updated the Awards page with more awards,
• abit of code tweaking.

  1997.08.25

• added 50+ new links New Sherlockian Links,
• updated the Awards page with more awards,
• added this weeks Rememberances,
• alot of code tweaking,
• GeoCities has had problems lately and an email from them indicates intermitant problems will occur over the next several months as they undergo major upgrades ... 800,000+ FREE websites and growing like a weed! These upgrades will solve some present problems and give them the ability to handle their amazing growth rate. Some images or pages may not be transmitted the first try and erroneous 404 errors can occur at these times,
• we shall not even speak of the back!

  1997.08.17

• updated the Missing Kids page, spent a few minutes and maybe help save a life,
• added 100+ new links New Sherlockian Links,
• updated the Awards page with more awards and split it into three pages,
• added this weeks Rememberances,
• continued to replace banner code and alot of other code tweaking,
• added more graphics to this page to "pre-load" for faster viewing on the rest of the site,
• try typing "come.to/221b" in your browsers location or click it here come.to/221b,
• the second issue of the update newsletter is ready to be mailed out. would you like to Join the Yoxley Mailing List?
• GeoCities has had problems the last few days. Some images or pages may not be transmitted the first try,
• the back is definately on the fritz ... again ... any good surgeons out there?

  1997.08.10

• added the Missing Kids page, spent a few minutes and maybe help save a life,
• added the New Sherlockian Links page for all new links added in a week (28 new links this week),
• added a Yoxley Update mailing list service from CoolList with more in the works,
• updated the Table of Contents page,
• updated the Awards page with 9 more awards. Thanks!
• added this weeks Rememberances,
• began replacing GeoGuide applet code with static graphic only code,
• began reducing the number of pages Exchange banners were on,
• updated the Main page and reduced graphics,
• the back is definately on the mend

  1997.08.03

• added this weeks rememberances,
• updated the WebRings page,
• a bad back with associated problems prevented much else this week again, but definately on the mend

  

  1997.07.27

• added this weeks rememberances,
• a bad back with associated problems prevented much else this week

  1997.07.20

• added this weeks rememberances,
• added Uno Studio in Holmes society page,
• added The Detective in Montana paper,
• removed applet for missing kids from more pages and replaced with static graphic,
• yet again, more tweaking of code on a few pages

  1997.07.13

• added this weeks rememberances,
• added 100's more links to all groups Commonplace Book,
• total links now available is 800+,
• removed applet for missing kids from some pages and replaced with static graphic,
• yet again, more tweaking of code on a alot of pages,
• and the sun sets on joy and freedom ... back to work Monday!

  1997.07.09

• added Moriarty's Mathematicians society page,
• added Convergence at Baker Street pastiche,
• added three more Awards ,
• added a Graphics page to pre-load graphics for faster surfing,
• added this weeks rememberances,
• added 2 more Sherlockian Society links,
• added 8 more Arthur Conan Doyle links,
• added 51 more Sherlockian Information links,
• added 7 more Writings about the Writings links,
• added 16 more Canon links,
• added 6 more Pastiche links,
• added 29 more Victorian links,
• total links now available is 470+,
• added applet for missing kids to more of pages,
• added code for Canadian missing kids graphic to a number of pages,
• added 'Proudly Canadian' link & graphic to number of pages,
• added Webtechs link & graphics to number of pages,
• changed the links at the bottom of rest of pages,
• added code for NetMind to more pages,
• added code to more pages for the new GeoGuide,
• yet again, more tweaking of code on a alot of pages,
• having heck of holiday so far ... nothing but Net!

  1997.07.01

• added The Brooks of Carlisle society page,
• added two more Awards,
• added this weeks rememberances,
• added applet for missing kids to number of pages,
• changed the links at the bottom of more pages,
• added code for NetMind to more pages,
• added code to more pages for the new GeoGuide
• yet again, more tweaking of code on a few pages

  

  1997.06.22

• added 218 links to 14 of 15 link pages in the Commonplace Book for a total of 350+ links,
• added a WebRings page,
• added this weeks rememberances,
• changed, again, the links at the bottom of most pages,
• added code for NetMind to a number of pages so you can track the pages you want,
• started adding the code to pages for the new GeoGuide banner & navigational tool
• yet again, more tweaking of code on a few pages

  1997.06.15

• added 10 more Sherlockian Information links,
• added an Awards page,
• added this weeks rememberances,
• yet again, more tweaking of code on a few pages

  1997.06.08

• added 4 more Sherlockian Society links,
• added 41 more Arthur Conan Doyle links,
• added this weeks rememberances,
• added links to all table of contents pages to bottom of some pages,
• added Web Side Story site tracker code
• added more graphics,
• started adding code for evaluWEB, Weburbia & Vancouver-Webpages to pages,
• activated banner code on more pages,
• yet again, more code tweaking on updated pages

  1997.06.01

• added 7 new links with comments to Sherlockian Sites of Note links page,
• added 2 new sites to The Literary Agent links page,
• added more graphics,
• added this weeks rememberances,
• added code for URLMinder block to insignificant portions on rest of pages,
• alot more code tweaking,
• added code for SafeSurf & RSAC to all pages,
• added more META tags,
• added more 'keywords' to Keyword META tag,
• added code for two banner exchange programs to most pages,
• started using banners on several pages to see if traffic increases and/or load times adversely affected.

  

  1997.05.25

• added more graphics,
• added URLMinder courtesy of NetMind to History page,
• added code for URLMinder block to insignificant portions of pages,
• more code tweaking,
• added this weeks rememberances

  1997.05.17

• Added 'GeoCities Readers Ring' and,
• 'Crime Ring' links,
• added a history page and,
• an acknowledgements page,
• cleaned up site links on bottom of pages and,
• added more META tags,
• more code tweaking,
• reworded Disclaimer given nature of subject matter
• added this weeks rememberances,
• added a few more graphics,
• and further clean-up of GOLD.

  1997.05.15

• Accidentally reset counter,
• added Athens plaque and,
• added Athens City Times graphic link.

  1997.05.13

• Added 4 abbreviation listings and,
• The Shaw 100,
• more code tweaking.

  1997.05.11

• Added link back to Table of Contents from all 15 link pages,
• added Library Table of Contents and,
• two reference pages (Rememberances & X-Ref),
• added flags to non-english links,
• abit more code tweaking.

  1997.05.10

• Added Guest Book,
• Links Table of Contents page,
• 15 Link pages with 90 links,
• cleaned up HTML on GOLD,
• tweaked some code,
• altered some graphics.

  1997.05.04

• First day online with home page,
• a few links
• and unedited TAO the Golden Pince-Nez (GOLD).

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