St Peters web site latest changes.

The history of this site

Latest amendments to the site are added at the top, so you can see if anything has changed since you last visited.

31 Jul 2008: Monthly update.
04 Jul 2008: Monthly update. Recent repairs page amended to give details of disabled access.
16 Jun 2008: New Vicar's letter.
02 Jun 2008: Events page updated.
01 Jun 2008: Monthly update.
06 May 2008: Hope08 24/10 prayer event added to events page. Links page updated with details of Hope08.
01 May 2008: Monthly update.
31 Mar 2008: Monthly update, friends pages removed.
03 Mar 2008: Monthly update, new Vicar's letter.
31 Jan 2008: Monthly update.
01 Jan 2008: Monthly update.
03 Dec 2007: New Vicar's letter.
02 Dec 2007: Monthly update.
02 Nov 2007: Monthly update (ok, missed one)
16 Sep 2007: New Vicar's letter.
04 Sep 2007: Monthly update.
20 Mar 2007: Change to service details for this coming Sunday.
31 Jul 2007: Monthly update.
15 Jul 2007: Correction to location for tonight's service.
30 Jun 2007: Monthly update.
14 Jun 2007: A page renamed.
30 May 2007: Monthly update, new Vicar's letter.
17 May 2007: Contact address for Friend's of St Peters updated.
02 May 2007: Monthly update. New pattern of evening services introduced.
01 Apr 2007: Update to service times for the month.
31 Mar 2007: Monthly update, and additions to recent history page.
04 Mar 2007: New vicar's letter, correction to service times for next week.
28 Feb 2007: Monthly update.
01 Feb 2007: Monthly update.
03 Jan 2007: Monthly update.
06 Dec 2006: You may now contact the Parish Magazine through our feedback page.
03 Dec 2006: New Vicar's letter.
01 Dec 2006: Monthly update with details of Christmas services.
07 Nov 2006: Details for 19th Nov. added.
31 Nov 2006: Monthly update.
22 Oct 2006: Correction to next Sunday's details as a result of staff sickness.
29 Sep 2006: Monthly update.
17 Sep 2006: Correction to details for next Sunday.
12 Sep 2006: New Vicar's letter.
10 Sep 2006: Corrected location for tonight's service!
03 Sep 2006: Monthly update.
22 Aug 2006: Correction to details for Sunday evening.
01 Aug 2006: Monthly update, added photo and contact details for Revd Alison Finch.
09 Jul 2006: Change to times page to show Celebration of Colchester service.
28 Jun 2006: Monthly update.
04 Jun 2006: New Vicar's letter, links page and events page amended.
02 Jun 2006: Monthly update, new navigation graphics throughout site.
03 May 2006: Monthly update.
04 Apr 2006: Monthly update.
27 Feb 2006: New vicar's letter, monthly update, New items on event page and new graphics on some pages.
06 Feb 2006: Correction to times page. Error pages amended to meet W3C validation, png files recoloured, vicars page re-coded.
02 Feb 2006: Monthly update. Friend's application form tidied up.
02 Jan 2006: Redrawn logo on friends pages.
28 Dec 2005: Monthly update. The 8am services have been discontinued.
19 Dec 2005: Changes made to error trapping.
02 Dec 2005: New Vicar's letter, monthly update.
06 Nov 2005: Alison Finch, the Industrial Chaplain, added to the feedback page.
02 Nov 2005: Additional service details added for this month.
31 Oct 2005: Monthly update, St Leonard's Church added to links.
04 Oct 2005: New Vicar's letter.
01 Oct 2005: Monthly update. All Wednesday services now in modern language. References to "The Vicar" replaced with his name!
05 Sep 2005: Monthly update.
01 Aug 2005: Monthly update.
09 Jul 2005: If you make a mistake viewing the site, we now have a pretty error page!
01 Jul 2005: Monthly update
31 May 2005: Monthly update, completed events removed, new Vicar's letter, news of arrival of Revd. Alison Finch.
25 May 2005: Eld Lane and Lion Walk churches added to the links page.
01 May 2005: Monthly update.
18 Apr 2005: Old BTinternet site taken down - only the fully hosted site now visible.
13 Apl 2005: Various code changes - all pages on the site now pass W3C validation.
30 Mar 2005: Monthly update with new times, some redundant frame code removed from links page. More validation.
28 Mar 2005: Two more pages re-coded for compliance.
26 Mar 2005: No visible changes, but twelve pages are now W3C compliant.
07 Mar 2005: Opening page has minor invisible coding changes to meet W3C validation.
04 Mar 2005: Correction to service details for Easter Day.
28 Feb 2005: Monthly update and new Vicar's letter.
24 Feb 2005: The feedback page really has been changed - wrong file loaded last time.
18 Feb 2005: Feedback page changed earlier than planned due to rule changes at BTinternet. The old site and the new one now completely separate.
04 Feb 2005: Details of Alpha course added to Events page.
31 Jan 2005: Monthly update. Some other stuff is going on behind the scenes.
08 Jan 2005: Correction to service details.
01 Jan 2005: Friends of St Peter's now have some pages of their own.
29 Dec 2004: Monthly update. St Luke's church added to links page, St John's link corrected.
27 Dec 2004: Small coding change to isolate fully hosted site from the old one.
24 Dec 2004: Site loaded to new server and now back on line with full web hosting.
20 Dec 2004: Full web hosting requested. Site vanishes!
20 Dec 2004: Gilberd Carol service details removed.
07 Dec 2004: Correction to service times.
30 Nov 2004: Vicar's Christmas letter added, with monthly service times update.
17 Nov 2004: Favicon.ico file added (Bookmark this site to see what it does!)
09 Nov 2004: Details of Gilberd School re-union carol service added.
01 Nov 2004: Monthly update.
03 Oct 2004: New Vicar's letter.
29 Sep 2004: Monthly update.
31 Aug 2004: Major new page with the memorials on the church floor. Link changes on several other pages to fit this in.
30 Aug 2004: Monthly update.
26 Jul 2004: New Vicar's letter.
17 Jul 2004: A much better picture on the opening page, and not before time! Our thanks to Richard Lawn for this picture.
13 Jul 2004: Correction to Events page.
01 Jul 2004: Monthly update.
01 Jun 2004: Monthly update. Correction and additions to links page. Out of date links removed.
31 May 2004: New Vicar's letter.
17 May 2004: Minor corrections and addition of Russian Choir visit to Events page.
16 May 2004: Update failed due to BTinternet/Openworld/Yahoo login failure.
30 Apl 2004: Monthly update. New colours on the service times page!
03 Apl 2004: Monthly update with details of Easter services.
02 Apl 2004: Monthly update failed due to BTinternet/Openworld/Yahoo login failure.
22 Mar 2004: New Vicar's letter.
21 Mar 2004: Further change to mems2 page to mention theft of regimental flag.
02 Mar 2004: Monthly update. Amendment to entry on Essex Yeomanry memorial.
10 Feb 2004: New Vicar's letter. Change to Sears family page and to links.
05 Feb 2004: Correction to this month's service times.
28 Jan 2004: Correction to information on local parking. Monthly update.
31 Dec 2003: Monthly update.
19 Dec 2003: New Vicar's letter (but written by the University Chaplain this time)
03 Dec 2003: Monthly update.
24 Nov 2003: Correction to service times for coming week.
07 Nov 2003: Completion of monthly update.
02 Nov 2003: Correction and additions to yesterday's update.
01 Nov 2003: Partial monthly update.
23 Oct 2003: Colchester Evangelical Church added to the links page.
02 Oct 2003: Monthly update. New Vicar's letter, a tribute to the late Revd Paula Gregory.
04 Sep 2003: Monthly update.
10 Aug 2003: New Vicar's letter.
02 Aug 2003: Monthly update.
01 Jul 2003: Monthly update. Orchestral Concert details added to Events.
20 Jun 2003: Missing details of Sunday's service added.
08 Jun 2003: New Vicar's letter. Details of flower festival added.
31 May 2003: Monthly update.
01 May 2003: Insertion of details not available yesterday.
30 Apl 2003: Monthly update. Details of Prayer Book Society's service added to Events page.
06 Apl 2003: New Vicar's letter, events page and tour slightly updated.
31 Mar 2003: Monthly update. Behind the scenes work continues to add details of more memorials.
22 Mar 2003: Finally discovered why Internet Explorer messes up the home page, and every other browser gets it right. Minor change made to hand written code to make page IE compatible.
01 Mar 2003: Monthly update. Two entries on links page updated.
09 Feb 2003: New Vicar's letter.
01 Feb 2003: Monthly update. Information about the building being open to the public added.
12 Jan 2003: Corrected details about United service this month.
05 Jan 2003: Correction to last update. Inscriptions on reading desks added.
29 Dec 2002: Monthly update—a new pattern of services starts this month.
10 Dec 2002: Events diary updated. Details of the bell on display in the church added.
01 Dec 2002: Monthly update.
13 Nov 2002: New Vicar's letter, and Christmas and other happenings added to the Events page.
02 Nov 2002: Monthly update.
01 Oct 2002: Monthly update—details of lunchtime services added to the events page.
01 Sep 2002: Vicar's letter updated, and additions made to the events page.
31 Aug 2002: Altered one link on the links page as the destination site has changed.
29 Aug 2002: Monthly update. Minor layout change to address page.
01 Aug 2002: Monthly update.
15 Jul 2002: Vicar's letter updated - and you can now see what Revd. Fred Woods looks like.
02 Jul 2002: Monthly update. New interior pictures (thanks to Rachel Hutchings) that show the new lights.
01 Jun 2002: Corrected a mistake made yesterday.
31 May 2002: Monthly update. Bell ringing times corrected.
19 May 2002: Diary amended to remove completed event. Work on more monuments underway, but completion will take some months.
01 May 2002: Details of orchestral concert added. Corrections to links, update to recent history.
29 Apl 2002: Monthly update. New Events page added, all the other pages modified to fit it in!
06 Apl 2002: A bit late, the monthly update.
13 Mar 2002: Update to times for Good Friday, formatting change in Vicar's letter.
10 Mar 2002: New Vicar's letter, service times corrected.
03 Mar 2002: Monthly update.
02 Mar 2002: ISP logon failure prevents monthly update.
08 Feb 2002: More corrections to the service times, as we get used to moving to the Common Worship services.
03 Feb 2002: Minor correction to service times page for this month.
02 Feb 2002: Monthly update.
23 Jan 2002: Minor coding change to service times page to improve appearance.
22 Jan 2002: At last, the domain name is fully transferred to the new supplier.
17 Jan 2002: UK2 have still not changed the IPS-TAG. Reminder sent by fax and recorded delivery letter.
12 Jan 2002: The site is now controlled by the new supplier's nameservers. However, UK2 have not changed the IPS-TAG.
12 Jan 2002: Original of the faxed letter sent to UK2.net's registered office to request release of the domain. Letter sent recorded delivery.
11 Jan 2002: Fax finally sent to their dispute resolution fax number as the only one available that works.
11 Jan 2002: A fax number is identified from UK2.net's own domain registration information. Attempts to contact it reveal the number does not accept incoming calls.
11 Jan 2002: Attempts to locate a fax number for UK2.net suggests they may be ex-directory.
11 Jan 2002: Form completed on UK2.net page requesting release of domain to the new supplier. Their instructions request confirmation by fax, the number to be provided after completion of their on-line form. After completion of the form, no fax number is offered.
07 Jan 2002: Arrangements are made with another supplier to host the domain name.
02 Jan 2002: Vicar's message updated.
01 Jan 2002: Monthly update of service times.
24 Dec 2001: Domain renewal becomes active and an advertisement appears on this website. Note that we do not control this advertisement and do not endorse the service advertised.
21 Dec 2001: Vicar's Christmas message added.
11 Dec 2001: Experience of using UK2.net as host for the domain name has not been a good one. The price advertised on their home page is low, but to be usable, extras have to be purchased which make them expensive. In order to avoid their penalty clause for moving within 2 years, the domain is renewed at the basic level only.
04 Dec 2001: Inscription on the Cross added to the memorials pages, and "Home" button to this page.
01 Dec 2001: Monthly update, tiny change to home page.
11 Nov 2001: Rather late, the monthly update.
23 Oct 2001: Very minor change to Sears page.
07 Oct 2001: List of services for the month updated.
30 Sep 2001: Monthly update, numerous minor changes to mark the arrival of Rev. Fred Woods as Vicar.
06 Sep 2001: Some missing details added to the diary of services.
31 Aug 2001: Monthly update. News added of the welcoming service for the new Vicar.
31 Jul 2001: Monthly update.
30 Jun 2001: Monthly update. We are now a part of a United Benefice.
06 Jun 2001: Corrections and additions made to the links page.
31 May 2001: Monthly update, incorporating many small changes required by the Vicar's retirement.
20 May 2001: Corrections to Storry memorial. News of new vicar added.
29 Apl 2001: Monthly update. Silly error corrected on Aisle memorials page.
11 Apl 2001: Inscription on the lectern added to the memorials page.
28 Mar 2001: Monthly update. Applications for the vacancy are now closed.
11 Mar 2001: Minor changes to reflect re-opening of building after re-wiring, and change of the name of the Pub opposite!
28 Feb 2001: Monthly update - news added of the advertising of the parish vacancy.
14 Feb 2001: Feedback page added.
10 Feb 2001: New design home page.
07 Feb 2001: Missing pages reloaded.
06 Feb 2001: Problems at Service Provider result in the loss of some pages.
03 Feb 2001: Minor corrections to memorial of Samuel Carr.
31 Jan 2001: Monthly update. News on rewiring added to recent history.
24 Jan 2001: Minor corrections to Martyr's memorial.
01 Jan 2001: Monthly update. Trustees page updated.
24 Dec 2000: Typographic corrections to one of the Sayer memorials.
16 Dec 2000: Minor changes to home page including "Stuck in frame?" link. Links added to.
02 Dec 2000: St Peter's monthly update, map amended to show new road schemes.
01 Nov 2000: St Peter's monthly update, links page added to.
28 Sep 2000: Monthly update.
14 Sep 2000: Link banner added to top of St Peter's pages.
13 Sep 2000: Link to St Botolphs' updated.
27 Aug 2000: Monthly update.
22 Aug 2000: Code correction to external links on church pages.
21 Aug 2000: Colour change to gifs.
03 Aug 2000: Church pages amended slightly. SITE GOES LIVE.
09 Jul 2000: Colour and minor changes to Church home page.
28 Jun 2000: HTML validator used and code changes made.
27 Jun 2000: Updates to church pages. Hall page removed (it was blank).
13 Jun 2000: Minor corrections & amendments for Netscape compatibility.
10 Jun 2000: Changed net software yet again.
09 Jun 2000: St Peter's pages uploaded for private viewing.
08 Jun 2000: Pictures of two memorials added.
07 Jun 2000: Interior pictures added to St Peter's tour. (Thanks to Richard Allen for the pictures)
04 Jun 2000: Headings to St Peter's pages updated.
29 May 2000: Guided tour added to St Peter's pages, plus update for June.
21 May 2000: St Peter's home page updated.
18 May 2000: Finally got on line with own account.
11 May 2000: Account applied for.
26 Apl 2000: Memorial pages completed, and split into smaller pages.
25 Apl 2000: Memorials in the Chancel added.
05 Apl 2000: More work to Sears family page.
02 Apl 2000: Sears family page added.
01 Mar 2000: A page added to contain the times of services.
29 Feb 2000: Link modifications.
27 Feb 2000: Yet more amendments to the memorials pages.
24 Feb 2000: More memorials added.
06 Feb 2000: More memorials added. Technical changes to the St Peter's pages.
29 Jan 2000: Some more memorials added.
09 Jan 2000: A further memorial added to the St Peter's pages.
06 Jan 2000: Domain names pointed to a dummy site.
01 Jan 2000: Another memorial added.
30 Dec 1999: Two more memorials transcribed and added.
23 Dec 1999: Domain names requested.
19 Dec 1999: History of St Peter's church added from the guidebook.
12 Dec 1999: The Wright memorial transcribed and added to the St Peter's pages.
05 Dec 1999: Some additional memorials added to St Peter's pages.
23 Nov 1999: War Memorial added to the pages.
22 Nov 1999: pages given return links.
05 Apl 1999: Home page redesigned and a picture added.
19 Mar 1999: Minor syntax checking and amendments.
20 Dec 1998: List of Vicars added.
03 Dec 1998: Some changes made to direct search engines to ignore some pages.
11 Nov 1998: Work started to build St Peter's Church pages off line.





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