We are back!
Please watch this spot as I import the content from the original version of this website from a backup of my old hosting account, and then I will begin adding new content for the 20 year anniversary coming up!
PLEASE be patient as I import pages and parts of pages from old backups as there will be some broken links for a while.
– Admin
A Brief History:
The current site “A Walk TO Remember” Online is a merger of two separate sites “A Walk To Remember” Online which has always been located at http://www.awalktorememberonline.org and the “A Walk To Remember” Shrine formerly located at http://www.transwarp2000.net/awalktoremember/ . The “Shrine” was started in February of 2003 and “A Walk To Remember” Online was started shortly before 5/25/03. On or around 6/25/03 I made the decision to merge them into one site.
“Online” was originally a share point team services site, chosen to suit my needs for an interactice site. The original merged site was that basic site with content from the “shrine” added in. This didn’t work out very well and due to the inadiquacy of the site and the cost, I moved the whole thing to a professional web hosting account with Webmasters.com. I found that I could replace much of what I lost from the sharepoint site by installing the phpBB forum and other PHP and CGI scripts.
The site was originally designed with Microsoft FrontPage and when i nixed the share point site I decided to convert things gradually over to the more flexible tool DreamWeaver. Over a period of several months the stie was redesigned with the new software and recoded. About 2/3 of the site is new code. This is the site you seenow. I continue to enhance the site and bring back the original pedition(s) and poles and add new content. This page is a record of that journey.
Below are the archived updates:
Sorry I haven’t had the time to update the site in a while; just because you haven’t seen much published does not mean that I have been idol. I’ve been working on lots of things behind the scenes as well as keeping up on things in the forums. I am working on adding an image gallery and in the next few days the site itself will be getting some more images to spruce things up. I’m trying to get things to the next level by adding features to the site. Right now I’m investigating the possibility of switching site design over to a piece of content management software so I can devote less time to site design and maintenance and more to site content. Stay tuned to this page for more updates, hopefully coming soon.
I’ve added some exciting new features to the site this week.
First is the Fanfic section. You can now upload your A Walk To Remember and related fanfic stories to a section of the site which works a lot like fanfiction dot net. You can post your own and read each other’s stories and post feedback. Your first story post will have to be approved by me, but after that you will be able to add/revise stories at will. Check it out!
Next is the guest book. Please take a moment to sign it and let me know what you think of it!
I’ve also added a tell your friend script for you to use to tell your friends about this site. Please use it to invite all of your like minded friends to visit this site!
Oh, and least I forget the forum has added a few more message boards. Check it out
I’ve also fixed a couple broken links.
That’s all for now. Thanks again for visiting the site!
The transition seems to have been successful and the site is working. The forum has been tested and is working at http://forum.awalktorememberonline.org/ please use that address. The older awalktorememberonline.org/wforum does not work anymore and you may experience some issues if you use awalktorememberonline.org/forum/ I’m not sure.
The site is viewable at awalktorememberonline.com .net and .org (.info coming soon), but the forum only works on .org. Please keep that in mind. More updates/enhancements coming soon.
Boy has it been ages since I’ve updated this site (especially since the last update (below) was never actually uploaded to the server. Thanks to those who have written about updating the site. I hope the wait was worth it.
If you are reading this then the site has finally been moved to it’s new home on the Transwarphosting server. Within a day or so you should be able to see the site at awalktorenenberonline.org, com, net, and info. The correct location of the forum has been moved from awalktorememberonline/wforum to /forum and will be moving to forum.awalktorememberonline.org as soon as the DNS updates.
My apologies for any broken links that you may experience. I’m working on fixing them. Feel free to shoot me an email if you think I’ve missed something.
That’s all for now and thanks again for visiting the site. More to come.
Happy Birthday to us! This site is turning one year old (on the 15’th). In celebration of that event I am planning an extra special upgrade to the site for next weekend! If you check the site regularly, please pay close attention to the following:
THIS WEBSITE WILL BE MOVING TO A DIFFERENT MACHINE some time this week. For most of the site the transition will be seamless. I will have the pages and graphics up on the other machine before I change it over. However, to minimize the possibility of data loss, I will be shutting down the forum just before I change the domain pointing. DON’T WORRY! I will have a copy of the forum database installed on the new server before I shut this one down.
Why am I doing this?
Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause (I know the forums are getting quite popular), but I think it will be better for the overall functionality of the site
This Week’s Updates:
This week I’ve only updated a few things:
I’m still working on fleshing out the Mandy section, but haven’t uploaded it yet.
Thank you for visting my site and please tell your friends about it.
For this week’s update I have been working on a lot of little things for the site. I’ve added a few more things to the Mandy Moore section. I finally saw “Chasing Liberty” this week and will have a review up soon. I’ve added my review of her current album “Coverage” and made some revisions to her bio.
I’ve also added three new sections. The first is a page about the real Beaufort North Carolina and have included a map to it’s location. The second is an invitation to interview people involved in the making of “A Walk To Remember” and post those interviews. If you know anybody that this applies to, please let them know about it. The third section is a page with a text link and banner to link to this site if you are so inclined. If your site is AWTR related (about the movie, the book, one of the actors, etc.) I will link to you on the main page as well if you drop me a line and tell me you linked to me.
This is just a short update. For the time being I still have the site on my account at Webmasters.com. I had intended to move it but decided to leave it here for testing. I wanted to make sure that the new design of the site was working fine before I moved it to it’s new home.
For this update, I’ve made some additions and revisions to the existing text and have added a section about Mandy Moore. It’s not quite done yet, but I uploaded it so you can see what I have so far. Please give me your suggestions and feedback. I changed the theme on the forum today to match the website. Let me know what you think.
I am still working on a couple final enhancements before I call the redesign done.
That’s all for now. Keep checking back and I _will_ be implemnting your site suggestions so please send them along.
–Tim, Owner/Webmaster
“A Walk To Remember” Online
Saturday, December 27, 2003
At the request of the hosting company I am moving the entire site to a different physical machine on their network. This will necessitate a rebuild of the site (server side) from backup files over the next day or two. Please excuse any functionality problems with the site until then. Thanks.