Website Development Information

Website 1.0 = former GNSRA website, compiled by Griffon Website 2.0 = restructured by JFH, containing all content from v1.0 (went live 12 March 2020) Website 2.1 to 2.3 = cumulative incremental developments of v2.0 (went live 3 April 2020), incl.:- • Revised Wagons and Home pages, the latter with rolling pictures and hit counter display • Railway interconnections on all Section maps • 57 Station pages (+2 in v2.11) created and 103 pictures (+20 in v2.11) added • Signal diagrams added (v 2.11) for Elgin, Ellon, Inveramsay, Keith Jct., Maud, Portessie • non-GNSR platform and Halts on Strathspey Section (v 2.21) • historic GNSR Youtube clips added (v 2.21) • FSLS Archive (Scottish Railway Photographs) page added (v 2.22) • Gift Aid, membership and constitution pages revised (v 2.23) • webpages for Mortlach Section (v 2.24), Lenabo Branch, Cruden Tramway and Peterhead H of R Railway (all v 2.25) • Harbour Lines webpages - Portsoy, Banff, Lossiemouth (all v 2.31), Aberdeen (Guild St/Waterloo), Fraserburgh, Peterhead, Buckie (all v 2.33) • YouTube videos on Ballater and Cambus O’May pages (v 2.35) • Photo competition results page added (v 2.35) • Minutes and Accounts page added (v 2.36) • Sitemap and Trams page added (v 2.37) • 48 images from Virtual Summer Outing 17/6/21 added (v 2.38) • note re Dalriach Farm added to Kemnay page (v 2.39) Website 3.0 = subsequent developments (from 16 Dec 2021):- • Data Privacy Statement (v 3.01) • Ellon Station and other pictures (v 3.02) • Restructuring of Shop page(s) (v 3.03) • revised membership form download (v 3.04) • test access to Reviews (v 3.05) • [disaster recovery version of v 3.05 (v 3.055)] • online version of Review Archive (v 3.06) • technical drawings of Drum, Holburn Street and Milltimber Station buildings added (v 3.07) • Announcement of 2022 Photo Competition and Xmas cards (v 3.08) - subsequently deleted • Staff Interviews page (audio and transcript files) (v 3.09) • notes added re Craigmyle, Mills of Drum and Aboyne Loch (on Glassel, Park and Aboyne pages, respectively) (v 3.10) • location of Strabathie Light Rly indicated on Lines & Stations and Tramways pages (v 3.11) • development work on e-commerce lite (v 3.12) • miscellaneous plus update of Review Archive (v 3.13) • migration to Windows 11 PC (v 3.14) • addition of Study Room info and revised price list (v2.8) (v 3.15) • Added Xmas cards 2024 page and deleted Interviews page (v3.16) • Upgraded PHP version used on host to v8.3 (v3.17) • PLS incorporated for licensing GNSRA material (v 3.18) • Roll-out of membermojo (v 3.19) • Revision of publications Order Form (v 3.20) • Great North Memories, Towiemore and Rails to Banff, Macduff and Oldmeldrum all noted as out of stock plus Contacts updated (v3.21) • Standing Order information provided (v3.22) • Update of Buchan Line simulator (v3.23) • Modelling pages marked as “Under Reconstruction” (v3.24) • First successful upload after “migration” of web host caused some dislocation (v3.25) • Updated membership and GA forms and instructions thereupon (v3.26) • Early O.S. maps of station areas experimentally added, e.g. Elgin (v3.27) Website 4.0 = future developments:- • enhanced Carriages page • Modify selection of rolling photographs on home page • Miscellaneous (including privately-owned) goods sidings pages