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updates made to varos in 1998

29 December 1998

• Due to numerous requests and emails concerning the themes on my Themes page, I've added a "How To" guide on installing themes to the Data and Themes sections.

20 December 1998

• I've also added updated versions of Brian Morris' Beanie Icons and his new Desktop Theme - Beanie Wilderness
• I've also added a section on Sydney. It's still under construction, but I do have a list of links culled from the Bookmarks page.
• I've updated the website graphics, I hope you like them :)
• Yes, I know it's been a while. I've been busy with exams and Christmas preparation

4 November 1998

• Redesigned the themes page to make it easier to read, based on the suggestions of one of the visitors to Varos, (see, I do read and do something about the comments you send me :) )
• A big thank you to those of you who have sent me comments via the Feedback form. It's been greatly appreciated.

24 October 1998

• Acknowledged the fact that Varos has been awarded the "Web Guide Gold" award on the Awards page.
• Added a Feedback form so you can fill in and let me know what you think of my site.
• Added a mirror of Paul Harman's Web Guide to Doctor Who

10 October 1998

• New pictures of the Doctors, Companions, and the Master in the essays of the Doctor Who Information section.
• Redesigned the Bookmarks and About Me pages in the Jondar section.
• New Doctor Who books in, so the covers, information and blurbs for these books have been added to the relevant sections. The books are Vanderdeken's Children, Dreams of Empire, The Scarlet Empress and Last Man Running.
• Redone the Doctor Who Episodes, Links, and Books pages to new format and adding of content.
• New cartoon to the cartoons page
• 80% of the pages have reorganised/rewritten content.
• Stage 2 of a two stage update of Varos.

6 October 1998

• Apologies for some inaccuracies in content of the pages. They'll be fixed in the next update (This one was so big, I had to do it in stages)
• Renamed two sections: Midi becomes Audio (I plan to add wav files to it) and Computers becomes Data (I plan to add some non-computer related information up.
• Graphics changed and page layout fixed to a table, font size has been reduced throughout.
• Stage 1 of a two stage update of Varos.

26 September 1998

• I've been rather busy lately, but I found time to write a fanfic. One Good Turn... is up at the Jondar: Downloads page.

5 September 1998

• Updated the cover page as promised last update.
• Added a Site Map for Varos.

1 September 1998

• A new cartoon to the Cartoons page.
• I've got some new Doctor Who and Benny books in, so the covers, information and blurbs for these books have been added to the relevant sections. The books are Seeing I, Placebo Effect, Mission: Impractical and Zeta Major from BBC Books and The Medusa Effect, Dry Pilgrimage and The Sword of Forever from Virgin Books (Benny titles)
• To reflect the removal of the Reviews section the image map and cover page have been changed. Text links have also been changed to accomodate the removal of the Reviews section, and the addition of the Varosnews mailing list page, and the guestbook.
• Due to me not having any time to devote to them. The Reviews section never got off the ground, so it's had to be scrapped.
• I've discovered that HTMLScript (what I use for counters) has a guestbook script, so I've set a guestbook up. Please feel free and sign it :-)
• The cover page will get another redesign once I work out a suitable way to put all the information I want to in a small space :) - The other pages may also get a minor change (probably only cosmetic, like a new heading and navigation image map.)
• The two month birthday of Varos at Simple

11 August 1998

• As promised, the updated Beanie Baby icons and a new theme have been uploaded to their respective pages.

8 August 1998

• Another theme, and some updated Beanie Baby icons will be going up within the next day or so.
• A new cartoon for the Cartoons page as well.
• Changes again to the cover page, switched the two columns around, and added a Grey Day link graphic.

29 July 1998

• A link-checking we will go! - the Doctor Who Links section has had a link check, clean up and resort. Two new link categories added: Broadcasting and Merchandise.

25 July 1998

• A new cartoon for the cartoons page. If you haven't seen it, I think you'll enjoy it... :)

21 July 1998

• Redesigned the main cover page, adding a new Varos heading graphic, Jeans for Genes Day graphic and a JondarSite/hosted by Simplenet graphic.

19 July 1998

• Added two more themes to the Themes page, a Beanie Babies theme by Brian Morris and a Doctor Who McGann theme by Bill Thompson.

12 July 1998

• Two dates on this page were in the future by one day, so they've been corrected.
• Because of the new page, the cover page, the Image Map and Text Links have been altered to reflect this
• Added a Cartoons page, with selected cartoons I've drawn.

11 July 1998

• Added preview graphics for all themes.
• Removed the search form for Lizst Mailing List search due to it being non-functional.
• Minor modifications to the Doctor Who: Books index page to ensure all graphics display properly.
• Corrected Who's Who in Who Ring link on the cover page to point to the correct location.
• Corrected all the links to the midi files in the 4 Midi index pages, they were causing 404 errors.
• Slight modifications to the tables in the Doctor Who sections using small graphics, hopefully to rectify display problems in some browsers.
• Changes to the background graphic and image map graphic.

1 July 1998

• Also, changes in graphics and minor colour scheme changes.
• Themes - An expansion of the old VarosThemes page. Several new themes added.
• Search - A collection of search forms for major web references.
• MIDI - Contains public domain MIDI files to download.
• Computers - Still under construction, will contain computer information.
• Added several new sections:
• Removed the BLMBIFC section. It's now at Alden Bates' Mel Bush Page.
• Redesigned and rewritten the Who's Who in Who Ring and Doctor Who IRC Ring pages.
• Added a Reviews page to the Doctor Who section. Still under construction.
• Redesigned the Doctor Who: Information and Doctor Who: Writings pages.
• The Doctor Who: Links section has had a thorough link check and resort.
• The Doctor Who: Episodes section has had a similar redesign. Story to a page, and a few more items of information.
• The Doctor Who: Books section has been totally redesigned. It's now book to a page, with publication information, cover scan and back cover blurb.
• The Links and Friends pages have been separated and rewritten again.
• Rewritten the Downloads page and gotten rid of the descriptions
• Rewritten the About Me page into a new format in the style of an application form. It was Steve Hill's idea first, I "borrowed" it :)
• Redesigned all the pages - The frames are gone in favour of a nicer table based format.
• Varos has moved to SimpleNet - this has allowed me to expand the site significantly.