Webservant’s Log
Webservant’s Log
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Tasks completed May 2012
New: Acts 10:34-48 verse by verse
New: Acts 10:24-33 verse by verse
New: Acts 10:1-23 verse by verse
New: Mary, Mother of Jesus
New: Notes on the Passover
Added “Passover” to SciFi database.
Eliminated class="invisible" from all pages. No longer needed.
Placed a facebook “like” widget above pick-a-box.
Tasks completed Apr 2012
New: Be a Donkey.
All keys now replaced with individual globals in all scripts.
Blog posts: Faith Alone Forum; Why Are We Here? Silly Question?
Completely revised functions for page header - a function for each mode.
Made sidebar contents show on narrow windows but at bottom of page.
Edited Pick-a-box image and map to accommodate facebook and blog.
Upgraded the facebook page for simplybible.com including banner image.
Blog post on WordPress: A miserable morning with Facebook.
Attempted SEO on I can do all things... (f125), and define covenant (f216).
Tasks completed Mar 2012
New: Shapes of the Christian Life.
New: Busting the Faith Only Myth.
New: It Ain't You, It Ain't Me.
New: Acts 9:1-19 verse by verse
New: Acts 9:20-31 verse by verse
New: Acts 9:32-43 verse by verse
New: Acts 8:26-40 verse by verse.
New: Acts 8:1-25 verse by verse.
New: Acts 7:42-60 verse by verse.
New: Acts 7:20-41 verse by verse.
New: Acts 7:1-19 verse by verse.
Hid page history behind Australian Flag image (click flag to see).
Commenced replacing content of Datafast files with “left address”.
Created a “left address” page for redirecting Datafast files.
Upgraded the help page to better take account of javascript on/off.
Made an “advert” style to go under ipic on some pages.
Added extra styling to kanga korna and sidebar for nicer design.
Improved numerous short/duplicate meta titles and descriptions.
Added to .htaccess a fix for javascript filenames becoming all lowercase.
Found that Internet Explorer does not empty cache when purporting to.
Implemented a cache buster for cLibrary, cMajor, cMinor.
Added a short cVersion.js to control. This for cache buster.
Tasks completed Feb 2012
New: You Shall Know the Truth (John 8:32)
New: Acts 6:1-15 verse by verse.
New: Acts 5:17-42 verse by verse.
Replaced key 16 with Parts array, and eliminated key 69.
Transferred some Home Page icons to a new Admin page.
Minor coding changes to much improve speed of File Name Index searching.
Replaced all instances of the old series code "TOI" with standard "TIsrl".
Replaced all instances of the old series code "JOS" with standard "SoulJ".
Replaced all instances of the old series code "REV" with standard "Revln".
Improved the Revelation indexes and the way the Revelation Index tab operates.
Added ipic to all of the threads pages.
Upgraded the 12 main service pages to 2011 standard.
Upgraded 17 information pages to 2011 standard and updated text.
Upgraded tabs on all service pages, in particular to always show five tabs.
Added a “Study Series” tab to the stock of tabs. It is coded as bctopics.
Added a “Bible Books” tab to the stock of tabs. It is coded as bcbooks.
Added an “Abbreviations” tab to the stock of tabs. It is coded as bcabbrev.
Programmed a “Related Series” tab to appear when less than five tabs exist.
Reorganized all lessons of three parts into two parts or two lessons.
Tidied up the sidebar for all series for better looks and faster loading.
Simplified scripting related to lesson parts.
Tasks completed Jan 2012
New: New Carts
New: Believing in Creation (Heb 11:3)
New: Acts 4:23-37 verse by verse
New: Grace to the Humble
New: Acts 4:1-22 verse by verse
New: Acts 3:12-36 verse by verse
New: Acts 2:1-11 verse by verse
New: Acts 2:14-36 verse by verse
New: Acts 2:37-47 verse by verse
Tested site in Chrome, Firefox, Opera. Fixed bug in sidebar.
Fixed six faults that were generating not found 404 errors.
Added a crossdomain.xml file to root directory.
Designed and added an apple-touch-icon to the root directory for iphones.
Finder needed fix for Google/Android browsers: js .replace() not handling "@".
Upgraded all 12 “Elders” pages to 2011 standard.
Upgraded all 17 “True Church” pages to 2011 standard.
Upgraded all 15 “Think-Romans” pages to 2011 standard, and split four.
Upgraded all 12 “Outreach” pages to 2011 standard.
Upgraded all 12 “Paul Amazing Man” pages to 2011 standard.
Upgraded all 11 “Remember” pages to 2011 standard, and split one.
Upgraded all 16 “Seal of God” pages to 2011 standard.
Tasks completed Dec 2011
New: A Time for Gifts
Upgraded all 12 “Thessalonians” pages to 2011 standard and split one.
Upgraded all 11 “Galatians” pages to 2011 standard.
Upgraded all 10 “Man and Woman” pages to 2011 standard.
Upgraded all 23 “Premillennialism” pages to 2011 standard and split 4.
Upgraded all 9 “AD70” pages to 2011 standard.
Revised the File Name Index (FNI) and the Tally system.
Improved page data function in library; it was spaghetti.
Updated help and user tips (all pages) to reflect recent changes.
Tasks completed Nov 2011
New: The Sealed and Sanctified Heart
New: We Are Not Ignorant of His Devices (2Co 2:11)
Made simpler, faster loading, page banner for page ranges 3 to 5.
Upgraded all 18 “Last Days” pages to 2011 standard.
Upgraded all 12 “Ministry” pages to 2011 standard.
Upgraded all 19 “I Can!” pages to 2011 standard, and split one.
Upgraded all 12 “Involvement With God” pages to 2011 standard.
Upgraded all 14 “Heart” pages to 2011 standard, including one new.
Upgraded all 9 “Responsibilities” pages to 2011 standard.
Upgraded all 9 “Faith Hope Love” pages to 2011 standard, and split one.
Upgraded all 18 “Tulip” pages to 2011 standard, and split 4.
Upgraded all 8 “Truth In Love” pages to 2011 standard, and split one.
Upgraded all 7 “Notes” pages to 2011 standard.
Upgraded all 11 “Glory” pages to 2011 standard, and split two.
Upgraded all 9 “Why Be Religious” pages to 2011 standard, and split two.
Upgraded all 12 “Warnings” pages to 2011 standard, including new.
Tasks completed Oct 2011
Changed heading line in all upgraded pages (auto find and replace).
Removed all references to columns and right menus out of use since 2010.
Improved print and simple modes and their supporting style sheets.
Revised and edited the Hebrews series splitting several lessons into two.
Upgraded all 14 “Genuine Faith” pages to 2011 standard; split three.
Upgraded all 32 “Soul Journeys” pages to 2011 standard; split one.
Upgraded all 27 “Hebrews” pages to 2011 standard.
Upgraded all 21 “Christ Is All” pages to 2011 standard.
Upgraded all 21 “Spiritual Enlightenment” pages to 2011 standard.
Upgraded all 5 “New Covenant” pages to 2011 standard.
Upgraded all 21 “Challenge and Change” pages to 2011 standard.
Upgraded all 22 “Blessed Assurance” pages to 2011 standard.
Upgraded all 29 “Parables” pages to 2011 standard.
Upgraded all 16 “Miracles” pages to 2011 standard.
Upgraded all 8 “Upholding Law” pages to 2011 standard.
Upgraded all 31 “Jesus” pages to 2011 standard.
Added a new SeparateInflections() function to SiFi to shrink Thesaurus.
Added “medic” and “magic” to SiFi database.
Installed favicon.ico (favourites icon) in root directory
Installed a .htaccess file, and error default page (dnotfound.htm), for 404 errors.
Programmed avoidance of the [notfound] page in previous and next links.
Changed KEY 75 to global PrevPageStem and KEY 91 to global NextPageStem.
Installed a minimal robots.txt file in root directory and tested it.
Shortened the default home/welcome page (index.htm) and upgraded icon scripts.
Combined most pick-a-box images into two mapped 5x5 grid images for faster loading.
New Hosting Sep 2011
Set up new site hosting for domain simplybible.com.au independent of current ISP.
Uploaded site to new web host and tested thoroughly on temporary URL.
Corrected a minor file name issue on a few gif images.
Delegated nameservers (DNS) from domain name host to new web host.
Edited site map on both sites to same new URL www.simplybible.com.au/...
Set up Google Analytics account for simplybible.com.au, verified, submitted sitemap.
Set up Bing Analytics account for simplybible.com.au and verified, submitted sitemap.
Set up Yahoo account, submitted site, authenticated, submitted sitemap.
Edited javascripts to make identical scripts work on both old and new sites.
Edited javascripts to point most automatic hrefs on old site to the new site (back button preserved).
Pointed [www.]simplybible.com to [www.]simplybible.com.au (new site).
Several checks that Google is attributing traffic to new site.
Updated What's New with an explanation of how site migration is seamless for users.
20 Sep, corrected 21 crawl errors on simplybible.com.au notified by Google.
Added canonical links to over 1300 files - names starting with b,d, and f.
Checked that Google indexing is starting to show www.simplybible.com.au (yes).
Tasks completed Sep 2011
Upgraded all 15 “Forgiveness” pages to 2011 standard and split 1 lesson.
Upgraded all 45 “Bible Interpretation” pages to 2011 standard and split 10 lessons.
Upgraded all 19 “Quiz/Puzzle” pages to 2011 standard.
Upgraded all 20 “Old Testament” pages to 2011 standard, and split one lesson into parts.
Upgraded all 7 “Patience” pages to 2011 standard, added pdf tracts.
Upgraded all 8 “First John” pages to 2011 standard.
Upgraded all 11 “Priceless Things” pages to 2011 standard.
Upgraded all 10 “Disciples” pages to 2011 standard, and split one lesson into parts.
Upgraded all 8 “Abstinence” pages to 2011 standard.
Upgraded all 7 “How To Be Happy” pages to 2011 standard.
Upgraded all 7 “Seven Influences” pages to 2011 standard.
Upgraded all 5 “Dead or Dedicated?” pages to 2011 standard.
Upgraded all 6 “Ancient Order” pages to 2011 standard, and changed chart markup.
Upgraded all 34 “Sermon on the Mount” pages to 2011 standard.
Added keywords “mount” and “sermon” to SiFi.
Revised the quizzes and puzzles in “Sermon on the Mount” series.
Tasks completed Aug 2011
New: Woe Songs to Babylon (Rev 18:1-24)
New: The Seventh Song (Rev 19:1-10)
New: The Angel Explains (Rev 17:7-18)
New: The King in His Glory (Rev 19:11-21)
Completed the series Revelation the Book.
Made Revelation index tab link from lesson pages to appropriate sub index.
Made image map for “Seven Ems” ipic.
Upgraded all 6 “SStudy Starters” pages to 2011 standard.
Upgraded all 8 “Spiritual Wellbeing” pages to 2011 standard.
Upgraded all 12 “Faith to Faith” pages to 2011 standard, and split 4 lessons into parts.
Upgraded all 24 “Success in the Pulpit” pages to 2011 standard.
Upgraded all 19 “What Must I Do” pages to 2011 standard, and split 1 lesson into parts.
Upgraded all 6 “James” pages to 2011 standard, and split 1 lesson into parts.
Upgraded all 10 “Seven Ems” pages to 2011 standard, and split 3 lessons into parts.
Upgraded all 5 “James” pages to 2011 standard and upgraded the ipic image map.
Upgraded all 94 “Revelation the Book” pages to 2011 standard.
Upgraded all 9 “Magnificent Promises” pages to 2011 standard.
Upgraded all 5 “Money Matters” pages to 2011 standard and split 1 lesson.
Upgraded 10 “1st Timothy” pages to 2011 standard, and split 2 lessons into parts.
Improved accessibility for sight impaired, and inserted large right corner icons.
Made Service pages index and automatic icons operate within Simple mode.
Integrated Simple and FixPage systems with SiFi — input now transports.
Split lesson on He Led Captivity Captive into two parts; it was too long.
Edited style sheets to make a new alternative header for javascript disabled.
Also made a better header for simple mode, giving page information.
Made ipics behave correctly when javascript disabled or simple mode is on.
Found cause of occasional printing of extra blank page and fixed problem.
Created a List tab to take user to the series listing. Appears adjacent to Next tab.
Made a new GetListInfo() function to better manage titles on all LIST links.
Eliminated instances of KEY 90 now changed to SeriesTitle global variable.
Eliminated instances of KEY 84 now changed to SeriesTally global variable.
Improved style of multiple choice questions and repositioned on 21 pages.
Tasks completed Jul 2011
New: Symbols of Christ’s Death
Split “Jesus” keyword to reference “More about Jesus”
Made and installed “ipic” on all information pages.
Updated links page and removed broken links.
Added “SHOW ME” buttons to several icon scripts.
Added a Maps Index tab to show on the ActsFacts series.
Eliminated all references to files f61u and f61d and deleted them on server etc.
Upgraded all 86 “Times of Israel” pages to 2011 standard.
Upgraded all 46 “Isaiah Gleanings” pages to 2011 standard.
Upgraded all 23 “Acts Facts” pages to 2011 standard.
Upgraded all 16 “Wonderful Words” pages to 2011 standard.
Upgraded all 34 “Glossary pages to 2011 standard.
Adjusted print style sheet to exclude ipic and increase width of content.
Made page data appear on smaller screen widths except narrowest.
Upgraded Treetop page and set next/previous links to go to the Hub.
Tasks completed Jun 2011
New: The Origin of Life on Earth
Converted the eleven topic lists into separate and independent indexes for each series.
Upgraded the series listing and organized it into topic clusters (dtopics.htm)
Made two cluster indexes, "The Last Days", and "Jesus Christ".
Tasks completed May 2011
New: Forgiveness in Old Testament Times
New: From the Flood to the Fire
New: Why Harold Camping’s Prediction Failed
New: Believing a Lie
Eliminated instances of KEY 50 disused counters, and KEY 65 disused comments, from all scripts.
Major rewrite of Phraseology script (building on April upgrade) to connect it to the thesaurus.
Transferred Phraseology data to the thesaurus greatly improving efficiency and ease of management.
Eliminated need for fourth segment in Xrefs, dBaseA,B,C; Changed some functions in Finder accordingly.
Did a check and correct through the Xrefs database and dBaseA,B,C; Made many additions to Thesaurus.
Added several functions to the Mentality script to gain "Best lesson" and lookups for skipped terms.
Tasks completed Apr 2011
New:Is Medicine Magic?
Split lesson "Enlightenment" into 3 parts because it was too long and cluttered.
Split lesson "Unconditional Election" into 3 parts because it was too long and cluttered.
Added train picture to "Success in the Pulpit" pages; added other pictures to other pages.
Greatly improved SiFi's Phraseology system —new functions and efficiencies.
Improved row of navigation tabs —more control of size and titles.
Checked for broken links and and updated links page; improved SiFi images and the SiFi help page.
Changed page structure of the 34 word studies in the glossary series; table layout removed.
Made SiFi able to give specified files high priority and list them at top.
Split thread list 1 into several short individual lists.
Tasks completed Mar 2011
New: The Name Jesus
New: Five Marks of Good Teaching
New: The Love of God
Revised SimplyBibleFinder gizmos for compatibility with touch screens.
Solved problem in bypassing a bugged URL frame redirect (URL masking).
Upgraded page data display in sidebar and changed its appearance.
Replaced key 42 with a PageDescr() library function to improve page descriptions.
Separated Quizzes from Crosswords to act as independent series.
Simplified display of Quizzes for compatibility with Android and similar browsers.
Added Library functions to give me the option of coding quiz answers directly on the page.
Edited all quiz pages, including Acts and Philippians, to suit the new display.
Added Philippians quiz to QuizMaster database, increasing number of questions to 461.
Eliminated all KEYs from the Phraseology script.
Split topic lists 1 and 9 into several shorter lists.
Added a function to Finder so alpha indexes open directly upon single letter inputs.
Tasks completed Feb 2011
In Brisbane and Tokyo for the month.
Reviewed website's behaviour on touch screen tablet —made notes.
Tasks completed Jan 2011
New: Chain Thinking to Understand the Bible
New: Mother of Harlots (Rev 17:1-18)
New: The Lamb and his First Fruits (Rev 14:1-5)
New: Three Angelic Messengers (Rev 14:6-13)
New: The Two Reapers (Rev 14:14-20)
New: The Beast from the Sea (Rev 13:1-10)
New: The Beast from the Earth (Rev 13:11-17)
New: Scenes in Heaven (Rev 15)
New: Bowls of God's Wrath (Rev 16)
Added a byline to all Bible studies and linked the byline to author page.
Updated the outline of Revelation and the sidebar series description.
Started year 2011 with 1374 pages on the site, made up of: Bible Studies 990, Extra lesson parts 143, Training pages 23, Quiz and Puzzle pages 38, Indexes 64, Documentation pages 39, Information pages 38, Aptja pages 39. The site size is 23mb and contains 2385 objects.