
What's New on "Gateway to Scotland"
The following chronology details the development of "Gateway to Scotland" and
keeps regular Web-surfers up-to-date with what is new:
2002
- (09-SEP) Added controls for the background music
- (24-AUG) Weather links tidied; new web cam section added
- (20-AUG) History section expanded
- (27-JUL) New links and a photograph added
- (28-JUN) Significantly updated Tourist Section; tidied links elsewhere
- (10-JUN) Added new section on the arts, tidied some broken links
- (30-MAY) Added link to 'Who Owns Scotland', banking links updated
- (16-MAY) Freshen mapping page
- (12-FEB) Food and drink section freshened
2000
- (26-FEB) Add links to new detailed mapping
- (15-FEB) Removed broken regional links and added tourist sites
- (10-JAN) Tidied up some broken links, and added Robert Burns links
1999
- (01-SEP) Added background music and few new links
- (06-MAY) Updates to reflect new Scottish Parliament
- (22-APR) New Links added
- (07-APR) Links tidied and added
- (06-JAN) Some links tidied, added
1998
- (30-NOV) Gazetteer for Scotland launched
- (22-SEP) Family history advice page added
- (26-JUL) Weather Page Updated
- (22-JUL) Minor updates; rampant lion logo removed after a disagreement with
Procurator Fiscal of the Lyon Court!
- (31-MAY) Significant updates and revised route for feedback
- (08-JAN) Various minor updates and corrections
1997
- (05-SEP) Updates to tourism links
- (12-JUL) Misc. updates to links
- (24-APR) Updates and enhancement of Gaelic language page
- (21-APR) Various Updates and links added to several sections
- (04-MAR) Updates and some links added
- (19-FEB) New section bringing together Places, Regions and Maps
- (20-JAN) Various links fixed and some new 'Great Scots'
1996
- (30-AUG) Whole collection of new photographs added to 'Great Scots'
- (20-AUG) A few broken links fixed and some tidying up
- (08-JUL) Clickable 'Council Areas' map enhanced to include descriptions
- (24-JUN) "Gazetteer for Scotland" pages launched
- (14-JUN) Added some more "Great Scots"
- (13-JUN) Some new links
- (11-APR) 'Gazetteer for Scotland' Questionnaire added - potential major new
resource!
- (29-MAR) Starting to put in pictures of the "great scots"; more on the flag
- (11-MAR) Link to OS Gazetteer. Genealogy, Great Scots, Weather all enhanced.
- (06-MAR) Tidy up front page
- (25-FEB) Link to pictures of St. Andrews Golf Course greens
- (20-FEB) Link to list of Scottish Golf Courses added under 'Sports'
- (13-FEB) Great Scots - links to GROS and famous person's home pages
- (02-FEB) Tourist Portraits now have illustrations
- (01-FEB) "Gateway to Scotland" now has its own "New Information" Section
- (30-JAN) Tidying up of facts and figures on front page, further details
on rivers, mountains etc. are now in a separate section. List
of "Great Scots" further enhanced.
- (26-JAN) Redesign of page footer, with new logo.
- (25-JAN) Awarded 'Top 5% of the Internet' status
- (23-JAN) Guidelines on using information from the "gateway" provided on
first page
- (15-JAN) Commercial servers no longer maintained as part of "Principal
Scottish WWW Servers" list
1995
- (20-SEP) Another slew of enhancements and new links for "Gateway to Scotland"
- (13-AUG) Numerous enhancements to "Gateway to Scotland"
- (15-JUN) Misc. additions to the "Gateway to Scotland" (eg. genealogy)
- (01-JUN) Major enhancements to the "Gateway to Scotland" and pages added
for Royal Scottish Geographical Society
- (27-MAY) New "Dress and Tartans" section
- (25-MAY) New "Discovering Scotland" section
- (29-APR) Various enhancements to Gateway to Scotland
- (27-APR) Extended Photos section in Scotland
- (12-APR) New list of major Scottish WWW Servers
- (27-MAR) Extended Scottish Sports to include Golf
- (22-MAR) Tourist Information Contact Points added
- (14-MAR) New Music, Song and Dance Section added
- (11-MAR) New Sport Section added
- (05-MAR) New Food and Drink Section uadded
- (18-FEB) Additional info on historical local government divisions in
Scotland and page on Scottish weather.
- (18-FEB) Section on the Loch Ness Monster developed
- (20-JAN) Further development of Scotland Pages
- (02-JAN) "Gateway to Scotland" was revealed to the internet.
1994
- (10-DEC) First "Gateway to Scotland" pages were prepared and tested