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Site Privacy Policy updated 28.04.2008

25th April 2008

Apologies to anyone that made entries to the Visitors Book in the last few weeks, as there has been a longer than usual delay in uploading the entries. I have been working away from home recently and have had no time to work on the website - normal service should be resumed for now. Also, the new site will be delayed for sometime, due to new work commitments as I have recently changed jobs. The website will be staying in the UK with PulseWeb Hosting for the next 12 months and I have been assured their interruption of service problems have been addressed.



Website unavailable - Saturday 26th April 2008

Apologies to anyone trying to access the site on Saturday 16th April, during 0600 & 1700 hours. We suffered an interruption of service during that time due to problems at Pulse Web Hosting. Their servers were down and there was no access to the site, or even Pulse Web's own website - not a very good advert for a web host provider! We have no idea what happened and there is no explanation from the company. Our contract expires on 16th June 2008, but we should be moving to a US provider before then, despite being paid up till June. Again, please accept our apologies, but this is something beyond the control of the webmaster.

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19th April 2008

- Coming Soon -
 

Work is underway on Version 5.0 of the website, which will be the last major upgrade for at least a year. Some more new content has been submitted recently and thanks to all that have forwarded items for inclusion in the site - projected completion will be around June/July 2008, but will depend on the move to the US and may require some downtime during the transition. The aim of the upgraded site is to provide as much information as possible to visitors, with minimal moderation by the webmaster.

Update:

The website has recently been suffering some downtime errors (see below), due to interruptions of service from the Host server - apologies for this, but it's beyond the sites control. We are not happy with this, so will be moving to a hopefully new permanent home in the US, where reliability is more dependable. The sites functionality can also be increased at a lower cost than equivalent UK web hosts. The main thing we wish to include is the site's own Forum, so members can interact independently of the webmaster. This should be especially useful on the run up to the Reunion. The forum will be a feature that allows anyone to browse the content, but you will need to sign up to post to the message boards - the service will also be free, unlike some other forces forums. If you are not a regular member/browser of internet forums, you can take a look at a popular site for Pink Floyd music fans, to give you an idea of how a forum works - www.notaussiefloyd.com. Naiad's webmaster is a regular poster at this forum and the proposed format will be similar in design and principle.

The guestbook may also be moved to Bravenet, who have recently upgraded their service and now provide an embeddable book, so it can be designed to match the rest of the site. This will reduce the amount of input required by the webmaster and visitors will be able to post entries a lot faster. However, this will be trialled first to see if it's feasible. The main concerns are 'spam' entries and the safe retention of data.

New site content:

The Forum will be the main addition, but we have some more photographs of HMS NAIAD to include in the gallery together with Ship's Company lists from various dedication ceremonies. Information from the Queens Silver Jubilee in 1977 and some logs kept by a member of the ships flight in 1981-1982. Of particular note will be material provided courtesy of the Navy News, from when HMS NAIAD was sunk as a trials ship. There are other miscellaneous items, which should prove of interest to visitors.
 

Site Uptime:

Uptime over the last few days has dropped to the low 90's percentage wise (66.7% in the last 24 hrs), which is very poor service. You can check this anytime yourself, by clicking the Uptime button on the front page (located at the bottom left of the frame). This unreliability has confirmed the need to move to a more dependable hosting service. The United States is a world leader in web hosting and with very tough competition their prices are comparable to the UK, but they offer a more feature rich service and proven reliability. I would rather host in the UK, but cost is a major factor and the level of service here does not compare to that provided in the US for similar costs.

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