UKWRS / Google Earth Canal Maps

Well,it has now been three years since the UKWRS counter thingummy started running properly.

Despite my many arguments with hosting providers, random database crashes, and some people being really childish, it is still going. Hurrah.

I’ve done some minor fettling of the Ranking site, mainly on the admin side.

The main change is that you can now use the URL http://www.ukwrs.co.uk/ instead of http://www.ukwrs.co.uk/ranking/

Also, there is now a “Like” button for Facebook.
Well, there was until I realised that it wouldn’t format correctly.

Wow.

Some changes were done to the user interface of the ranking site this week, just to make it easier to implement the iPhone/Android version that I’m working on. Hopefully nobody noticed.

I’ve just re-enabled the registration page on UKWRS. Hopefully the new code in it will stop the glut of bogus sites that have been trying to register on it. I’ve backed up all the files and the database, just in case!

Hooray, everything is back to normality.

And, I’ve learned the importance of proper backups.

This week has seen a serious problem with the UKWRS database.

My hosting providers are doing their best to restore the information as fast as they can.

When the database comes back, new registrations will be disabled for a while, until some problems are sorted.

Also, a new rule will be that I will be sending you emails about important news (like things breaking and going wrong). I’ll kill off the yahoogroups Group and just do it myself. If you don’t want the emails, then please unsubscribe from the whole thing.

Edit: I’ve just noticed that the entry below this one is about accidentally deleting databases. To clarify matters: No I didn’t delete it by mistake. So there.