Archive for the ‘Uncategorized’ Category

Transition to https

We’ve setup https on BigRedDirectory throughout the site, what this means is all information sent and downloaded from the site will be encrypted end to end. There are big efforts from web stakeholders like google etc to get the web more secure for obvious reasons for are all aware of and we’ve now started to […]

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Major updates

Well… major at least for those behind the scenes. While not much will change on the front end, we’re significantly updating the engine room if you like for the site. Over the course of the year it will mean a lot more content, a lot more details about a place (for example official websites) and […]

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Easter update

Some exciting new features and developments going on right now for the site. Firstly, what I’ve termed Phase 3 is now up and running. Phase 2 was rather dull so please don’t ask about it. Phase 3 is a project that will add granularity to businesses and allow them to be subcategorised. Why? Well if […]

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Site updates

Well, quite frankly too many updates to list here in detail but… 1) More categories (and sub categories) on the way, as requested by lots and lots of people 2) Many minor bug updates 3) Improvement to site caching system – should make pages “fresher” and update more frequently and new pages should become “live” […]

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Page load time updates

In a significant expansion of some previous work already being used by the site, we’ve updated a lot of code to bring all pages of the site to you in a very short space of time. Early indications suggest that this will have a huge impact of page loading times with many amenity page loading […]

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Recent updates and plans for early 2012

Over the last few months there have been a few minor updates to the site mainly focusing on performance and content. You’ll notice that the map for each venue and area page has been moved into the top section of each page. This allows the user to see the location immediately without scrolling down. I’ve […]

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More small improvements

Adding some more improvements to the site this weekend. Updates include a better “add a new venue” form with an improved back-end script that allows the team to add new venues much more quickly. We’re also updating the scripts that allow venue owners to update their details more easily. Things such as new addresses and […]

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New improvements complete

URL structure is now hyphenated and URLs have been shortened excluding leading “thes” and trailing “ltd” for example. Amenity pages now have reviews for local pubs, restaurants etc. I’ve also added social media bookmarks to each amenity page so people can share/link/talk about each venue.

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Various new site improvements

Well I hope this will be the last big development push for the site. I’m making a number of improvements which range from minor to significant. Specifically: 1) Improving page loading time. Reducing excess images and replacing with text or css clipart where possible. I want the site to read like a magazine – easy […]

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Updates to internal site linking

Made a few very simple changes to internal page linking. Links to amenities are now much shorter and contain only the keywords necessary for efficient site navigation.

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