Webmaster details:

All questions should be addressed to the Naiad Webmaster.

The HMS NAIAD website was first created in Oct 2000 and is a work in progress. It's currently being re-developed and this is now Version 4.1 of the site, with Version 5.0 due for completion June/July 2008

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Website Creation:

The initial idea followed a surprise letter from Mike Cresser, an old NAIAD messmate who managed to locate me, together with some other members of 3MP Mess. A small reunion followed in 2000 together with the posting of a very basic website. This was little more than a visitor's book and front page. Not long after, I left the country for 3½ years and the site had to fend for itself. When I returned I was surprised to find around 40 entries in the visitor's book and over 1,000 recorded visits logged on the homepage. This prompted a re-think and the site received a modest update together with the registration of the domain name hmsnaiad.co.uk. Following this update it was again left dormant for around 3 years and the rights to hmsnaiad.co.uk expired, together with any associated email addresses. This period also saw the demise of the first visitor's book in 2005, as the hosting company changed their administration procedures and access to the data was withdrawn.
(update 14.01.08 - this data has now been recovered).

The domain hmsnaiad.co.uk has now been registered for a further 2 years and the Webmaster has sole rights of ownership. The financial cost of running the site is slowly rising and when active takes a significant amount of time to maintain, especially the page design. Should it continue to grow, we may have to rethink and seek some kind of sponsorship or modest donation scheme from members. The site however will now be allowed to develop as originally intended.

How the site runs:

Presently, the Webmaster is the sole administrator and owner of the rights to www.hmsnaiad.co.uk. The site content has moved from its former free provider (Yahoo) to a dedicated server, hosted by Pulse Web Hosting. This has many advantages, but does mean the site is no longer published at no cost. The NAIAD Members page has been re-designed and now has a private 'members only' area, requiring a User ID and password, to protect information and email addresses. The visitor's book is controlled exclusively by the webmaster, with all entries subject to screening prior to addition. This will future proof the information and ensure all new data is backed up, avoiding loss of one of the sites best asset's - it also prevents spurious entries. It is however a manual process, so there will always be a delay (sometimes lengthy) before any entries 'go live'.

I hope people will find the website useful and support it's continued growth.

NAIAD Webmaster
April 2008

Thanks to Mike Cresser for the inspiration to start the Naiad website and to all those who have visited and emailed their appreciation and encouragement - it's your site and develops with the assistance of visiting members.

Website Facts:
If you are interested in building your own website, or just want to know what went into this construction, the below lists all the software packages and resource material utilised for www.hmsnaiad.co.uk

Design:
The site pages are designed and constructed with Microsoft Office FrontPage and the graphics\photographs are edited using Adobe Photoshop. The gallery albums are powered by JAlbum. Logos and buttons produced by Cool Text
Hosting:
The pages are hosted by the UK based Lancashire company Pulse Web Hosting, part of the Supanet Network. Supanet is one of the fastest growing Internet Service Providers in the UK. FTP software provided by Globalscape - CuteFTP
Site Monitoring:
Web analytics and statistics provided by Awstats and Statcounter. 24/7 website uptime monitoring powered by Uptrends.
Reference Sources:
The following websites proved valuable resources for research and information on design functionality for the site.
HTML Source code and JavaScript HTML Goodies - Richard Waller, Website Design & Creation www.waller.co.uk - The JavaScript Source, Free JavaScript Code www.javascript.internet.com - Codewidgets Web Design www.codewidgets.com