Webmaster Makes a Mistake

If you have been looking at our website, www.southeastbasset.org.uk, you will have noticed that the venue for this Sunday's, 21st October 2012,  walk has changed.

We are walking from Broadstone Car Park on the Ashdown Forest.

Unfortunately it seems I was asleep at some point at a committee meeting and missed the discussion which led to a change from what was originally suggested.

My apologies to all.

The Webmaster's Howl

'Mango Chutney' an attempt 

several years ago at

drawing with a mouse,

probably best to stick with pencils.

Sadly my idea that members other than me might contribute to a regularly updated blog have come to nothing. So I guess I have the choice of either getting rid of this blog altogether or claiming it as my own, effectively making it an editorial, the online equivalent of (the poor relation to) Tony Roberts' excellent, 'The Editor's Bark' in our newsletter, 'Lowdown'. I doubt that I have enough of interest to say but here goes. From now on this is 'The Webmaster's Howl'.

CONTACT form

An issue that has been troubling me for some time,

"does the form on the CONTACT page work"?

The first response received from the CONTACT form, I received on the 8th February this year. I am not sure when the form first appeared but the domain name was purchased in June 2008 and the website was online in some form immediately. For many months I wondered if anyone had looked at the site.

It had got back to me that some people had difficulty with the form, their computers not letting them use it. In response I had others test it, some, but not all, found no problem with it. I suspect that where it doesn't work it is being subverted by a zealous firewall. Unfortunately I am not expert enough to offer advice on how this may be overcome. Clearly Wayne, my first responder, had no problem with it. To help those whose systems lock them up tight I have included an email address for use in whatever is the normal way their emails are sent.

Today I had my second response, which read as follows:

Name=Arthur Mow
AppName=Microsoft Internet Explorer
AppVersion=4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; GTB5; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 3.0.04506) Resolution=1280 X 800 Email= amow@wentamowameadow.com Query=Dear Mr Webmaster man,
Am I not too late to partake of the walk that flashes before my eyes on your home sweet home page?
Like me, I suppose you are a creature of some antiquity, who finds this new technology a bit baffling. eh!
There must be some button you can press to update the date of the next date. Am I right, or am I right?
Enough, already. I must go and water the cactus.
Yours in eager anticipation.
Arthur.

Mr. Mow's message was gratefully received. I had forgotten to change the banner headline on our HOME page and set about putting it right as soon as reminded. I cannot promise that I will attend so promptly to everything that is brought to my attention, but please, please let me know of anything else that ought to be adjusted, amended on the site. Mr. Mow hid his identity (not very well) but there was no need, I am very selective of whom I bite (Mr. Mow's head, however, is on the stake on the right).

Back to the point. The CONTACT form does work, but if not for you use the email address. Oh, and I need contact!