| site updates |
January 2007
Started experimenting with using Blogger as diary tool. Removed Christmas card and other minor adjustments. Marked up Alan Moore: Portrait of an Extraordinary Gentleman as sold out. Added news story to similar effect.
December 2006
New blog entry. Modified original art pages. Posted Christmas e-card in new xmas section. Updated blog.
November 2006
Updated next issue preview page. Updated Appearances section. Amended relative news pages. Blog updates.
October 2006
Updated links page. Updated Appearances section.
September 2006
Blog updates. Added merchandise section to millidge.com shop. Added comics section to shop.
August 2006
Updated blog. Revised Links page design and added new link. Added link to self-publishing bibliography.
July 2006
Amended Appearances pages and associated news and home pages. Blog updates. Updated next issue preview. Added dates to appearances page. Integrated new PayPal online order processing system in millidge.com shop starting with trade paperback section.
June 2006
Blog updates.
May 2006
Update 'Appearances' section and associated pages. Blog updates.
April 2006
Blog updates. Removed links to distributor Red Route who have ceased trading. Added some links to new website reviews of the French Strangehaven. Added further links to new Internet reviews. Added new news item. Updated next issue news. Revised entire 'Words' and 'Diary' sections to make more compatible with the Firefox browser, including font display issues. Revised font on homepage. Revised font on site updates page for firefox compatibility.
March 2006
Blog updates. Appearance page updates. Removed links to distributor FM International who closed its doors at the end of February.
February 2006
Blog updates. Repaired errors and reformatted text in Words section. Reformat text and background in Site Updates section.
January 2006
Blog updates. Two new queries and answers added to the self-publishing forum.
December 2005
Blog updates and additions to millidge.com shop - t-shirts and christmas card packs. Additions to Online Reviews page.
November 2005
Blog updates and sundry other minor updates.
October 2005
Added news story. Made additions to online interviews section. Updated Blog. Updated appearances section. Added new links to links page.
September 2005
Added news story, updated and made additions to links page. Updated shop
with new issue and the Conspiracies trade paperback. Made additions to online
interviews section. Regularly add to Blog. Updated appearances section.
August 2005
Update blog section on a regular basis. Updated appearances section. Updated
next issue section, news section.
July 2005
Added new Strange
Maven's Diary/Blog section. Various minor updates to appearances, next
issue preview and associated pages. More appearances updates, new additions
to reviews links page. Updated all online shop pages to indicate that Insomnia
mini-comic is sold out. Added new sites to links section.
May 2005
Various minor updates to appearances, next issue preview and associated
pages. More appearances updates, new addition to reviews links page.
April 2004
Amended shipping details for Strangehaven #17 on next
issue preview pages. Updated appearances
and appearances
archive pages. Added Strangehaven #18 cover on next
issue preview page. Added
news stories about the new Spanish translation of Strangehaven, and the
new trade paperback Conspiracies. Added Strangehaven #17 to the millidge.com
shop.
Uploaded new, entirely overhauled original
art section with many pieces offered for the first time. Added several
new links to links
section. Added brand new reviews
links section in Scrapbook.
November 2004
Made assorted changes, additions and maintenance to links
page. Small addition to printer's details in self-publishing
forum. Appearances
and Appearances
Archive updated. Five news stories added to news
section. Insomnia mini-comic added to millidge.com
shop. Added issue 17 to the next
issue preview page. Started work on new review & interview links page.
Placed Original
Art for sale page on hiatus pending redesign and reconstruction.
July 2004
Updated appearances section and related pages/links.
June 2004
Updated appearances, archive appearances and related pages/links.
May 2004
Added three news stories, assorted updates across site.
March 2004
Updated and amended news of Strangehaven #16 in next
issue preview section. Corrected one instance where Sean Michael Wilson
was referred to as Sean Michael Phillips!.
December 2003
Updated self-publishing section with new
article by Sean Michael Wilson. Amended appearances section and sundry
related sections. Uploaded Top Shelf US 2004 convention dates in appearances
section.
October 2003
Added three new news stories, updated earlier Simpsons Treehouse story
with new images. Added further news story regarding charity art auctions.
Added two substantial new responses in the self-publishing
forum. Amended appearances section.
August 2003
Added four new news stories, two with additional image links. Revised
Chris Staros' e-mail address. Minor corrections to Shop stock pages. Added
new store details in Retailer index. Updated Appearances section.
June 2003
Added new self-publishing
forum query from Angus McKie.
May 2003
Added news stories, updated news stories, updated appearances section.
Modfied next issue info, Alan Moore: Portrait info. Updated shop with new
stock items.
February 2003
Updated links section, repaired broken links. Updated news section with
Alan Moore book announcement and previews. Updated shop with advance details
of Alan Moore book and Strangehaven 15. Added "abiogenesiscam" studio
webcam page. Updated Strangehaven 15 preview with solicitation info and shop
link. Transferred older files from news index to news archive.
January 2003
Updated next issue preview with publication date of Strangehaven 15. Added
issue 15 cover reproductions to next issue preview. Removed Black Boar Press
website link from Self-Publishing section as David's Hitchcock's lapsed domain
name has been taken over by a porn site!
Added Nucomix cover news story. Redirected
index page to open directly into homepage. Added news headlines to homepage.
Updated book distributor information.
December 2002
Updated UK Retailer list, Appearances, added "Tripwire" news
story. Added new image to gallery section. Added and updated various external
links.
September 2002
Updated US Retailer list, Appearances, Appearances archive and added preview
section for Strangehaven #15 in Next Issue News section. Added two news stories.
Added and updated various external links.
June 2002
Added news story,
added Strangehaven #14 to
online shop, updated appearances
and appearances archive. Added new Words
section with area devoted to articles on self-publishing
April 2002
Updated appearances
section, uk shop section with shop links and added tail piece to Undirtonar
interview, translated by Arni Beck Gunnarsson.
February
2002
Updated news
section with new story. Added new navigational links to all news section pages.
January 2002
Updated news
section with new stories. Added Tripwire
column to forthcoming words section. Created
simpler and faster-loading index
page and reorganised homepage
links. Updated shop
with Meanwhile #4.
October 2001
Updated and added assorted news
stories. Added further scrapbook
items.
August 2001
Worked extensively on recreating scrapbook
section from old site files; redesigned homepage
due to loading time concerns
June 2001
Added news stories "#13 hits stores," "meanwhile...
#4 finally scheduled" and "card
art raises over £100 for charity";
fixed bad "mailto" links; updated appearances
section; updated original
art section; added Six
of Hearts to gallery, added all-new links
section
April 2001
Added news story "card
art to be auctioned for charity"
March 2001
Added news story "Strangehaven
#13 confirmed for June 2001", created news archive section.
January 2001
Updated remaining parts of original
art section - cover
art, blue
line art and greytone
art. Revised links between greytone art and inked
pages section. Standardised text mouseovers and active links for entire
art section.
Designed new art
index menu. Added new
baby piece to gallery
section.
Revised news section
by experimenting with a two-column format.
December 2000
Added flags to shop section to aid easier identification. Added to and updated
UK retailer list and all Distributor pages. Reformatted Wayne
Beamer interview, designed new interview navigation maps and created Beamer
jpeg. Created interview
index page. Added interview link to news page. Added full US/Canada retailer
list and updated UK and ROW retailers. Added art previews to next
issue preview pages.
7 December
2000
Millidge.com site finally goes "live" after more than two years of development (on and off), albeit in a stripped-down
format. Site features only news, shop, contact and about
sections on launch.
November - early December 2000
Modified homepage graphics in order to get site officially launched as
quickly as possible.
Added next
issue subsection in news section. Added contact
and about this
site pages, desined or redesigned banners and wallpaper for shop, contact,
and about pages.
Created all-new (if basic) shop
section with maps and cover images.
Created animated logo for index page.
October 2000
Inaugurated news
section with the announcement of TV/film option.
Added image map of Dave's 50th birthday picture to new Gallery commissions section
September 2000
Continued to work on updating original art pages.
August 2000
Recreated and edited site updates/site log section.
Transferred original art files from old site, updated links, edited text and
some minor redesign.
July 2000
Redesigned structure of entire site and started to rebuild site from old files.
Uploaded new "under construction" page with two text links, "why
is this website taking so long?" and "when's the next issue of Strangehaven
out?"
February - June 2000
Still no communication from Steven Gettis, despite various attempts to contact
him. Site is in limbo while I sort out other matters in my life.
November 1999-January 2000
Redesigned all site menus and graphics from scratch, to reflect new emphasis
of site on individual personality rather than pseudo corporate identities. A
more logical structure takes shape as a result, despite concerns over apparent
egocentricity. Text menus and links are superceeded by an all-image approach
to site navigation. No news from Steven Gettis.
August 1999
Work on the site grinds to a halt as Steven Gettis' family considerations
rightly take preceedence. Work on Strangehaven #12 continues in earnest.
October 1998 - July 1999
Tremendous amount of work undertaken on construction of the Abiogenesis Press
site. Site is completely redesigned at least once and Steven Gettis works very
hard on translating my vague and impractical ideas into fully functional web
reality.
Many different navigation systems, graphics and buttons are tested as is Steven's
patience. Experiments with animated graphics, chat pages are undertaken.
Autumn 1998
Despite my best efforts to dissaude him, Canadian Steven Gettis agrees to become
the webmaster for my new Abiogenesis Press website. Steven accepts that it will
be a difficult and thankless task, as working under a dictatorship always is.
Our working relationship is conducted almost entirely via e-mail over the course
of the next year or so.
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