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Past Updates
(You'll note that obsession with documenting every little thing done to the site petered off in 2003. No more updates will be added here, but this page will remain for sentimental reasons.)

November 26 2003

  • Animation challenge winners announced.

October 17 2003

  • Moved =)

September 27 2003

  • 12 models added to site.

September 13 2003

  • Animation challenge announced.

September 12 2003

  • 12 models added to site.

September 2 2003

  • Something was added, but I'm supposed to keep it a secret =)

September 1 2003

  • 4 models added to site.

August 8 2003

  • 2 textures added to site.
  • 9 models added to site.

August 6 2003

  • New poll added.

June 14 2003

  • New poll added.
  • 1 model added to site.
  • 11 textures added to site.

June 7 2003

  • 4 models added to site.
  • 12 textures added to site.

June 6 2003

  • New challenge announced.

May 12 2003

  • 10 models added to site.
  • 11 textures added to site.

May 03 2003

  • Myst Challenge Winners announced.

April 29 2003

  • 6 models added to site.

March 30 2003

  • 6 textures added to site.
  • 11 models added to site.

March 20 2003

  • 10 textures added to site.

March 17 2003

  • 10 textures added to site.
  • 3 models added to site.

March 16 2003

  • 13 textures added to site.

February 26 2003

  • 10 textures added to site.

February 23 2003

  • 6 textures added to site.

February 20 2003

  • 5 models added to site.
  • 10 textures added to site.

February 18 2003

  • Home Sweet Home challenge winners posted.

February 10 2003

  • Home Sweet Home challenge entries posted.

January 28 2003

  • Home Sweet Home challenge announced.

January 27 2003

  • New poll posted.
  • 4 models added to site.
  • 1 texture added to site.

December 31 2002

  • Santa challenge entries posted.

January 2 2002

  • 1 model added to site.

December 24 2002

  • 1 model posted to site.
  • 2 categories added to models section.

December 30 2002

  • Added "last page" button to profile galleries.
  • Added option to change background color on image pages.

December 9 2002

  • 2 textures posted to site.
  • 4 models added to site.

December 23 2002

  • 7 models posted to site.

November 25 2002

  • Challenge entries posted.

December 5 2002

  • Challenge winners posted.

November 10 2002

  • Added 'challenges' category to gallery.

November 21 2002

  • Added 5 models to site.
  • Added 2 textures to site.

November 7 2002

  • New challenge posted.

November 9 2002

  • 5 models added to site.

October 13 2002

  • 4 models added to site.

October 15 2002

  • 3 CDs from Bit Brush Graphics added to Store.

September 27 2002

  • 7 models added to site.

October 10 2002

  • Challenge entries posted.

September 14 2002

  • 5 models added to site.
  • New Poll added.
  • New challenge posted.

September 15 2002

  • 3 textures added to site.

August 27 2002

  • Challenge results posted.

September 5 2002

  • 5 models added to site.
  • 1 texture added to site.

August 6 2002

  • 2 models added to site.

August 5 2002

  • 5 textures added to site.
  • 9 models added to site.
  • New poll.

July 26 2002

  • New Challenge Posted.

July 7 2002

  • 8 textures added to site.

July 4 2002

  • 11 models added to site.

June 27 2002

  • Challenge winners announced!

June 16 2002

  • 2 models added to site.

June 16 2002

  • 5 models added to site.

June 13-15 2002

  • Dealing with hacker =(

June 12 2002

  • Latest challenge entries posted.

June 4-10 2002

  • At Red Rock Revival. What a blast =)

May 21

  • 5 models added to site.

May 19 2002

  • New challenge announced! "These boots were made for..."

May 13 2002

  • 4 models added to site.

May 7 2002

  • 3 models added to site.

May 6 2002

  • 4 new models added to site.
  • Ongoing construction on new site layout. sorry for the extended wait folks.

April 14 2002

  • 22 new models added to site
    (the ones you can't see on the "new" page were added to the Phoenix models page)

April 12 2002

  • New Challenge posted.

April 6 2002

  • Benchmarking added to site.

March 30 2002

  • 2 models added to site.
  • Challenge entries posted.

March 21 2002

  • 1 model added to site.
  • 2 textures added to site.
  • optimizing code on the image pages.

March 19 2002

  • Challenge winners announced.
  • New challenge announced.

March 14 2002

  • Finally, Golive 6 came and I can update this thing without losing any teeth to the classic monster =)

March 10 2002

  • 9 models added to site.

March 3 2002

  • 8 textures added to site.
  • 12 models added to site.

February 24 2002

  • New gallery category scheme.

February 20 2002

  • New challenge posted.
  • New poll posted.

February 16 2002

  • 2 textures added to site.
  • 5 models added to site.

February 14 2002

  • 2 models added to site.

February 8 2002

  • 6 models added to site.

January 24 2002

  • 12 models added to site.

January 21 2002

  • Challenge winners posted.

January 16 2002

  • Updated one model.
  • 5 new models.
  • 2 new textures.

January 15 2002

  • New poll.

January 3 2002

  • Added 9 models.

December 25 2001

  • Added 14 models.
  • Added 9 textures.

December 22

  • Added search functions to Profiles section.

December 15 2001

  • Changes to all index pages to make allowances for Spanish menu (never occurred to me that English menu would show up in image links. Oops =)
  • Changes to entire challenges section to accommodate easier updating and a consolidated archive menu.
  • Announced next challenge.
  • Added 3 textures to textures section.
  • Added 2 models to models section.

December 12 2001

  • Announced winners of StrataVectors Challenge

December 9 2001

  • Added 11 models.
  • Added 1 texture.

December 2 2001

  • Added 12 textures.
  • Added 10 new models.
  • Added new poll.

November 16 2001

  • Added 3 models.
  • Added 16 textures.

November 13 2001

  • Holy moly. I'd forgotten how dense the code was on the models and textures pages were. Models was pulled out for localization, and most of the groundwork was laid for textures. Here's hoping the rest of the site goes quicker.

November 10 2001

  • Added 7 models.
  • More work on Spanish. Gallery pages done.

November 9 2001

  • Added 16 textures to site.

November 6 2001

  • Added 6 models to site.
  • More work on Spanish version of StrataCafe.

November 5 2001

  • Started the process of adding localization to the site, starting with Spanish.

November 3 2001

  • Added formatting options to tip system.
  • Added option to view clean, easily printable version of Tips.
  • Fixed long-standing bug in Models and Textures pages that would cause the page to jump when you clicked on a "Notes" button.
  • Fixed bug where deleted images would still count as "Featured" images.
  • Made changes to tip system to allow people to add images to tips. Useful for screen-shots of dialog boxes and the like.

November 2 2001

  • Added new poll.
  • Visual tweaks to gallery page. (next/prev buttons on top and bottom for all you non-mousewheel people ;)
  • Tweaks to flash upload script to deal with slower internet connections.
  • Multiple changes to comment system to cope with new security measures, in place to deal with Nimda and it's stinky brethren.

October 31 2001

  • Adding 2 textures to site.
  • Adding 2 models to site.
  • Posting the StrataVectors Challenge.

October 26 2001

  • Now, if you view an image from a profile page, the next and previous buttons only show images from that profile.
  • Adding option to check your own profile from the admin section.
  • Posting the challenge winners.

October 25 2001

  • Adding 8 models to site.

October 21 2001

  • Putting up the latest Challenge entries.

October 18 2001

  • Adding 18 textures to site.

October 17 2001

  • Adding 16 textures to site.

October 15 2001

  • Adding 6 models to site.

October 13 2001

  • By popular demand, added "next" and "previous" buttons to gallery images.
  • Some changes made over the past few days to attempt to speed up StrataCafe.

October 10 2001

  • Enabling flash additions in admin section.
  • Completing all administrative functions for flash support.

October 9 2001

  • Working on Flash support for StrataCafe.
  • Adding 1 texture.

October 6 2001

  • Posting new challenge.

October 2 2001

  • Adding new poll.
  • Adding 20 textures to the site.
  • Adding 6 models to the site.

September 28 2001

  • Links on client logos in profile are now auto-correcting.

September 22 2001

  • Updated Challenges page with current winners.

September 21 2001

  • Added 9 models to the site.

September 18 2001

  • Changed profile lists to show who has a portrait.

September 17 2001

  • Top secret ;)

September 16 2001

  • Enabled "Key Client Logos" in profiles. There a few pages pertaining to this, which can be found in the profiles section of the admin menu.
  • Enabled "comments" and application logos in profiles. Use "Modify Profile" to edit both.
  • Enabled "featured images" in the admin section. Just go to "modify image info" to make images featured.
  • Added 3 models to site.

September 15 2001

  • Posted latest challenge entries.
  • Redesigned individual profile pages in anticipation of new features.

September 12 2001

  • Added 2 models to site.
  • Added 9 textures to site.

August 31 2001

  • Added 5 models to site.

August 30 2001

  • Posted new challenge.
  • Posted latest challenge results.

August 28 2001

  • Implemented new cookie security on entire site.

August 27 2001

  • Added 14 models.

August 25 2001

  • Added 1 texture.
  • Added 2 models.
  • Added "delete image" option to Admin Section.

August 19 2001

  • Cropped gallery section in profiles pages to display only 9 images at a time, with buttons to move between pages, just like regular gallery.
  • Adding 10 textures.

August 18 2001

  • New Poll
  • Finished textures database and texture page.
  • Redesigned the gallery page slightly, just combined a few things to save space on the page.
  • Adding 16 models.

August 17 2001

  • Data entry. (blah)
  • Added "Edit model info" link to the admin section.
  • Posted new StrataCafe challenge.
  • Rewrote user-authentication. Uses cookies now instead of session ID's. Every time you log in, it's good for a year now instead of 10 minutes.
  • Rewrote comments scripts. You must now be signed in before commenting. No more spoofing and anonymous comments. Sorry, getting out of hand.
  • Finished model database and display pages. Figured I might as well post it while I work on the texture side of things.

August 9 2001

  • Moved a few topics in the forum around. Just keeping the place tidy =)
  • Rewrote profiles pages. (That "all" one was getting huge!)

August 8 2001

  • Updated image submission guidelines.
  • Blowing up the forums database and running around like a looney trying to fix it. Whew.
  • Random image on home page.
  • Data Entry.

August 5 2001

  • Several Changes to the image display page. Now shows URL if you want to paste it elsewhere. Made some changes so that URL is smaller as well. Added option to pull-in frameset if they get ti image from external link. Added frame link to Profile page as well.
  • Data Entry

August 4 2001

  • Repairing several Netscape-related display errors on site and forum.
  • Upgrading the forum to SnitzForum version 3.3 final

August 2 2001

  • Data Entry. Yuck. =(
  • Designing database for models and textures.

August 1 2001

  • Added login reminder feature.
  • Added 1 model.
  • Added 1 texture.

July 31 2001

  • Added 6 models.

July 28 2001

  • Added 7 models.
  • Added 3 textures.
  • Posted challenge winners for latest challenge.

July 22 2001

  • Posted challenge entries for July 19th challenge.

July 21 2001

  • Added "Page Jumping" ability to gallery pages. Please note that pages are kind of like moving targets, since I count from the beginning back, the newest images are always on page one, so the first image added is on a higher and higher page number as images are added.
  • Added "New Additions" section to home page.
  • Added 15 models.
  • Added "lighting" category to TipCenter.

July 17 2001

  • Finished up the last of the "Tip Center" admin features. I have enabled it, but I consider it beta quality at the moment. Please report any bugs to me.

July 15 2001

  • Added 12 models.
  • Added 1 texture.

July 14 2001

  • Added view counter on gallery images.
  • Added A ton of work on the TipCenter. Not there yet, but close.

July 9 2001

  • Added 36 textures.
  • Added 4 models.

July 7 2001

  • Added new challenge.
  • Added new Poll.

July 4 2001

  • Added 5 models.
  • Added 1 texture.

July 1 2001

  • Finished "Add Image" section of the admin pages.

June 30 2001

  • Added 32 images.

June 26 2001

  • Added 39 images.

June 24 2001

  • Added 6 new models.
  • Added 27 new textures.

June 19 2001

  • Added 43 new images.
  • Worked a bit on admin. Now the only fields you have to keep full in your profile is your name, email, username and password. If you leave any of them blank, that section will not show up on your profile (you can always add it back later though ;).

June 16 2001

  • Added new poll.
  • Added 12 new models.
  • Added "Add Links", "Edit Links" and "Delete Links" to admin section.
  • Made "Edit Image Comments" self-correcting. You'll notice that after a while in the gallery, all of the images that were added before the database was in place had no author information. The problem was simply that I did have enough time to add a name to over 650 images. Now, if you go into edit image comments and hit submit, even without making changes, it will add a name to the image in the gallery.
  • Added 3 new textures

June 13 2001

  • Added 69 new images.
  • Added 2 new links.
  • New site design.

June 9 2001

  • Re-coded profiles page. Now with 75% less empty profiles.

June 8 2001

  • Re-coded gallery section. Now has 12 images per page, with next and previous buttons. Sorry about the previous gallery. I was unaware that some of you did not have a T3 connection to the internet.

June 7 2001

  • Added "Modify Image Info" to Admin section.
  • Added 4 models.
  • Added 2 textures.

June 6 2001

  • Language filtering in comments.

June 5 2001

  • Added 21 images.

June 3 2001

  • Completed phase 1 of admin section.
  • Added 5 profiles.

June 2 2001

  • Added 8 models.

June 1 2001

  • Added 31 images.
  • Added 1 link.
  • Added 3 profiles.
  • Worked on Admin.

May 31 2001

  • Added challenge submission form.

May 30 2001

  • Coded new "no-cheat" voting system in ASP.
  • Added 5 profiles.

May 29 2001

  • Figured out mail server. Now when you post comments to someone's gallery page, they get emailed your comments. Pretty nifty eh?

May 28 2001

  • Added 23 Images.
  • Added 2 links.
  • Working on admin.
  • Added 3 profiles.

May 27 2001

  • Deleting another 200 files! Whoo hoo!
  • Entering 261 comments into database.
  • Coded comments system in ASP.
  • Implemented number of images selection on gallery page.
  • Moved links section over to ASP.

May 26 2001

  • Added 3 profiles.

May 25 2001

  • Added 40 images to the gallery.
  • Added 11 models.
  • Added 13 profiles.
  • Reorganized file structure, removed 755 files.
  • Inputted 200 profiles and 554 images into database.
  • Wrote database-driven app to run profiles and gallery pages ASP.
  • Taught myself ASP.

May 19 2001

  • Added new categories to models section in order to keep the file sizes down on several of the existing sections.

May 18 2001

  • Added 17 new images to the gallery.
  • Added new poll.
  • Added 6 models.
  • Added 4 profiles.

May 15 2001

  • Added 8 images.
  • Added 1 link.
  • Added 3 models.

May 12 2001

  • Added 6 models.
  • Added 2 textures.
  • Added 32 images.

May 11 2001

  • Added 3 profiles.
  • Added 1 link.

May 8 2001

  • Added 2 profiles.
  • Added 7 textures.

May 6 2001

  • Added 20 images.
  • Added 5 profiles.

May 3 2001

  • Added 13 models.

May 2 2001

  • Added links from gallery pages to artists' profile.

May 1 2001

  • Added 22 images.
  • Added new link graphics.
  • Added 1 link.
  • Added 8 profiles.

April 29 2001

  • Added 19 textures.
  • Added 38 images.
  • Added 4 profiles.

April 27-28 2001

  • Added 5 models.
  • Added 3 links.
  • Added 5 profiles.
  • Added StrataCafe Forum.

April 22-26 2001

  • Redesigned entire site :-)

April 21 2001

  • Added 27 images.
  • Added 5 profiles.

April 20 2001

  • Added 15 models.

April 19 2001

  • Housekeeping.
  • New poll.
  • Added 15 textures.

April 17 2001

  • Added 41 images.
  • Added 2 links.
  • Added 9 profiles.

April 8 2001

  • Added 37 images to the gallery.

April 7 2001

  • Added 8 models.

April 6 2001

  • Having some computer problems tonight, should get remaining models and gallery images posted this weekend.
  • Added 10 profiles.

April 4 2001

  • Added 16 textures.
  • Added 1 link.
  • Updating link to StrataList Archive.

April 1 2001

  • Added 25 images to the Gallery.
  • Redesigned the User Profiles page and removed profiles list from individual profile pages (individual pages were taking way too long to load).

March 31 2001

  • Added 8 new profiles to the profiles section.

March 30 2001

  • Added 2 new textures from Yves Boudrealt and Jim Kingston.
  • Added 7 new models from Jim Ludwig, Sulivan Clayton, Yves Boudreault, Scott V., Larry Travers and Frank Auge.
  • Added new poll to home page.
  • Added 1 link.

March 28 2001

  • Added 8 textures.

March 27 2001

  • Added 24 images to the gallery.

March 26 2001

  • Added 7 models.
  • Added 1 texture.
  • Added 10 profiles.

March 21 2001

  • Added 10 models.
  • Added 1 texture.
  • Updated links.
  • Added 21 images.
  • Added 6 profiles.

March 18 2001

  • Added poll to home page.
  • Cosmetic and structural changes to site.
  • Added 3 profiles.
  • Added 2 models.
  • Added 8 images.

March 17 2001

  • Added 13 images.
  • Added 4 models.
  • Added 8 profiles.

March 14 2001

  • Added 6 models.
  • Added 4 textures.
  • Added 26 images.
  • Added 12 profiles.

March 12 2001

  • Added 2 models.
  • Added 3 textures.
  • Added 1 link.
  • Added 6 gallery images.
  • Added 14 profiles.

March 10 2001

  • Added 5 models.
  • Added 7 images.
  • Added 11 profiles.
  • Added 1 link.
  • Added Gallery submission form.
  • Added Email links to comments.

March 7-8 2001

  • Comment system is working! Woo hoo!
  • Added 29 images.
  • Added 2 models.
  • Added 6 textures.
  • Added 5 profiles.
  • Trying like heck to get comment system working. No-go yet.

March 6 2001

  • Added 16 images.
  • Added 4 profiles.

March 5 2001

  • Added 8 textures.
  • Added 3 models.
  • Added 1 profile.

March 4 2001

  • Added 6 images to gallery.
  • Added 3 profiles.
  • Added 1 link.
  • Added 4 models from Larry Travers.
  • Added 7 textures from Larry Travers.

March 1 2001

  • Added 1 texture.
  • Added 15 images to the gallery.
  • Added 7 profiles.

February 28 2001

  • Added 1 link to links page.
  • Added 9 images to the gallery.
  • Added profile from Trevor Nelson.

February 24 2001

  • Added 8 textures from Mark Banas.

February 21 2001

  • Added 2 images to the gallery from Tom Tyler.
  • Added 7 images to the gallery from Kevin A. Black.
  • Added 3 images to the gallery from Barney Lahaye.
  • Added 1 profile.

February 20 2001

  • Added 3 images to the gallery from Paul Swallow.
  • Added 2 images to the gallery from Dan Jonsson.
  • Added 1 image to the gallery from Marc de Jong.
  • Added 1 image to the gallery from Brian Mundy.
  • Added 6 images to the gallery from Stephen Elliott.
  • Added 1 profile.
  • Added 2 models from Dennis Kelly.
  • Added 6 textures from Brian Mundy.
  • Added 7 textures from Dennis Kelly.

February 19 2001

  • Added 2 profiles to profile section.
  • Added 2 models from Jamie Scowcroft.
  • Added 1 model from Marlo Steed.
  • Added 1 model from JJE.
  • Added 24 textures from Marlo Steed.
  • Added 8 textures from Mark Banas.

February 14-18 2001

  • Added 22 images to the gallery.
  • Added 7 new profiles to the profiles section.
  • Added 6 new model categories.
  • Created Models and Textures forms, complete with file attachments!
  • New Links and Profiles forms.
  • Configured Perl Script on new server.

February 13 2001

  • Added 7 new models from Jamie Scowcroft.
  • Added 6 new models from Yves Boudreault.
  • Added 1 new profile.
  • Added 6 new texture categories.
  • Added 10 textures from Larry Travers.
  • Added 7 textures from Larry Travers and Simon Terrey.
  • Added 15 images to the gallery.

February 12 2001

  • Updated one of Michael Ambjorn's images (french windows).
  • Added 12 images to the gallery.
  • Added 1 more profile to the profiles section.
  • Added 6 profiles to the profiles section.

February 11 2001

  • Added 3 models from Jacqueline Lewis, Paul Swallow and Lukas Bures.
  • Some design changes for easier viewing.

February 10 2001

  • Retrofitted entire site with cascading style sheets. If you are using Netscape 4.x on a Mac, and some fonts are still too small to read, please enable CSS in you browser preferences.
  • Added 25 images to the gallery.
  • Added 6 profiles to the profiles page.
  • Added 1 link to the link page.

February 8 2001

  • Added 28 building models from Larry Travers.
  • Added chess board model from Rodrigo Duarte.
  • Added dumpster model from Christopher Bishoff.
  • Added Walter Gonzalez to profiles section.
  • 4 models added from Larry Travers (2 cars and 2 architectural elements).
  • 3 Images added from Brian Mundy.
  • Adding David Kelly and Paul Hetherington to the profiles section.

February 5 2001

  • Adding Jacqueline Lewis, Chris Bell and Bruce Johnson to profiles section.
  • Added 15 textures from Larry Travers.
  • Added image from Paul Evy to gallery section.
  • Added 3 new images by Steve Cairney to gallery.
  • Added gallery section back into site.
  • Added relevant gallery images into profiles (Andreas Koehler, Steve Cairney, Brian Mundy)

February 4 2001

  • 6 new models added from Michael Luscombe; mailbox, wooden chair, female character with and without IK setup, cartoon face and back alley scene.
  • Trimmed texture maps on "old car" and "countdown in metaballs" to reduce file size dramatically.
  • Cafe Mug model added from Michael Luscombe ;)

February 3 2001

  • Added 2 textures from Jacqeline Lewis.
  • Added Michael Ambjorn's Profile.
  • Added several links to links page.
  • Added Barney LaHaye's Profile.
  • Added announcement to home page.
  • Changed text in tutorials section.
  • Added partners links on top right.
  • Added List Archive section.
  • Removed Gallery section.
  • Brian Hinter's profile added.

February 1 2001

  • Brian Neurauter's profile added.

January 31 2001

  • Steve Cairney's image added to the gallery.
  • 5 textures added from Brian Mundy.
  • Scott Tamas and Steve Cairney added to profiles section.
  • 1 new model from Brian Mundy added.
  • 3 new models from Brian Mundy added to models section.

January 30 2001

  • 6 new bookcase models from Jamie Scowcroft.
  • 6 images from Andreas Koehler added to the gallery section.
  • Colin Jackson and Andreas Koehler have been added to the profiles section.
  • 1 new model added by Jamie Scowcroft.
  • 13 new models added by Larry Travers. Assorted office equipment and office furniture.

January 29 2001

  • 16 new trees and plants from Larry Travers have been added to the models section.
  • 5 textures have been added from Larry Travers.
  • Dale Roe and Brian Mundy have been added to the profiles section
  • The gallery section has been updated with 1 image by Brian Mundy.
  • 1 new texture has been added by Brian Mundy.

January 28 2001

  • 6 backgrounds from Larry Travers have been added to the textures section.
  • Richard Lo Piccolo's profile has been added.
  • The Gallery has been updated with 6 images from Larry Travers.
  • Corner Cabinet added from Jamie Scowcroft.
  • 15 models added from Larry Travers; assorted boats, furniture, cars and plants.

January 27 2001

  • 8 models added from Larry Travers.
  • Models and textures changed from .zip format to .sit format.
  • 10 car models added from Larry Travers.

January 25 2001

  • 2 new user site links have been added.
  • Rodrigo Duarte's profile has been added.
  • 13 metal textures from Rodrigo Duarte have been added.
  • 3 Metal textures from Bruce Johnson have been added.

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