What's New on thehds.com

Website update history

22nd February 2009

Added Committee email addresses
Fixed footer copyright notices and charity reg number
Corrected Links page entries
Created Paypal account for The HDS

13th February 2009

Amended details for HDS France
Updated Homepage and What's New (this page)
Updated Conference & Calendar of Events 2009
Updated webmaster email to webmaster@thehds.com
Moved thehds.com email platform to Google Applications

11th September 2008

Amended details for HDS Australia
Updated Homepage and What's New
Prepared site in readiness for handover to new webmaster

22nd June 2008

Updated 2008 calendar
Added details for Weymouth July 2008

27th May 2008

Updated contact details for stolen Gabbana helmet
Added details of recently stolen helmet from Slovenia
Amended homepage - advertising 2008 Spring Conference
Amended What's New

31st March 2008

Updated homepage
Added reports for Thorne Film Evening and LIDS
Added invitation to Underwater Diving Seminar in Sweden
Added Horsea Island Petition document

8th March 2008

Updated 2008 Programme
Amended homepage

24th Feb 2008

Uploaded new HDT - issue 43
Fixed links
Updated past events

23rd Feb 2008

New 2008 programme published
Updated Conference Awards
Updated Committee pages
Uploaded new Membership Application form.

26th Jan 2008

Updated homepage, copyright
Included Thank you to Ernest Clayton - past-member of East Lancs Sub Aqua Club Number 2 Branch of the British Sub Aqua Club for donation of a Fenzy Adjustable Buoyancy Life Jacket, circa 1960s

3rd Dec 2007

New homepage
Added HDT 41 and 42
Updated Corporate Membership page
Updated Merchandise

6th Nov 2007

Updated homepage.
Added advert for 17th November Film Evening.

20th Sept 2007

Added two new London Aquarium dates to Programme.
Amended home page.

1st June 2007

Amended 2007 Programme of Events and updated home page.

8th April 2007

Amended 2007 Programme of Events

5th April 2007

Updated 2007 Programme of Events

13th-Feb-2007

Added thank you for donations in News and Notices
Added new 2007 Programme of Events
Added HDT 40 - Winter 2007
Updated homepage

3rd-Feb-2007

Updated homepage
Added info about Slovenian Museum of Diving, including photos

7th-Jan-2007

Updated homepage
Added address details for HDS Poland

10th-Dec-2006

Updated HDS Affiliated Bodies
Added Stolen Equipment Notice ref 04.
Added Journal.
Updated Committee Members and 2007 Committee Dates

4th-Dec-2006

Updated homepage.
Added notice re Thorne Film Evening.
Updated membership subscription fees.

9th-Nov-2006

Added notice about London Film Evening on 24th November.

3rd-Nov-2006

Added new products to shop and removed old references.
Added HDT 39.
Updated Conference info.

2nd-Nov-2006

Added flyer for Old Doctor Butler's Head Annual Siebe Gorman Dinner on home page and via News and Notices.
Added detail of Annual Conference.
Amended errors in HDT contents.
Updated homepage.
Added link to the proposed new HDS website.

20th-Oct-2006

Added new date for London Aquarium event and updated home page.

26th-Sept-2006

Added reminder to home page about Annual Conference and Dinner and Olde Tyme Dinner at The Old Dr Butler's Head.

13th-Aug-2006

Added News Item re forthcoming Bergen Event October 12th 2006
Added reports from Eastern Members do (May), the Denmark visit (May) and Stoney Cove Rally (June).
Updated homepage.

29-May-2006

Updated HDS 2006 programme
Added list of awards from 2005 Annual Conference
Uploaded new products to the HDS shop
Added latest HDS times
Updated homepage

27-April-2006

Added new link to HDS Spain website.

5-Mar-2006

Amended events calendar, events and visits pages, WEG pages, diving history pages, about us, and subscriptions page.
Added photographs from Kalymnos Holiday.

30-Jan-2006

Added new programme of events and committee meetings.

6-Jan-2006

Removed Postcard from Online Shop. Removed link to 2005 calendar.

1-Jan-2006

Updated homepage.

13-Nov-2005

Added new HDS Times, edition number 37
Added photos from recent Ancient Bell Diving Seminar in Norway.
Updated homepage.

12-Nov-2005

Amended online shop order form. Added HDS Russia email address and made several minor amendments to About Us, News and Notices, HDS Worldwide and Membership pages.

1-Sept-2005

Added BLUElight05 report and photos
Amended price of Madelman Diver

22-Aug-2005

Added new London Aquarium date

15-Aug-2005

Archived old news items

13-Aug-2005

Launched the HDS on-line shop

07-Aug-2005

Added new HDS Times, edition number 36.

30-July-2005

Updated HDS worldwide page, adding new flags and logos for all societies.

23-July-2005

Updated home page
Amended the membership application form
Edited Events page - removing out of date reports
Added Liverpool 2005 maritime festival report

11-July-2005

Updated News and Notices, adding links to up-coming events.
Updated home page to advertise introduction of HDS on-line shop.

27-June-2005

Updated 2005 Programme.
Added press release for Diving the River Conference.
Added HDT images for past publications 1 - 18, including small and large images and Alt text.

23-May-2005

Updated Corporate Members list and links.
Deleted reference to IFOS in Events Calendar.

12-May-2005

Added details of 2nd International Diving Festival, Kalymnos, Greece.
Added Flag to Norway HDS Invitation.
Updated Newsindex file.
Amended HDS Homepage layout and added Kalymnos link.

08-May-2005

Updated Awards page for 2003 and 2004 awards.
Added HDS Conference 2005 details.

06-May-2005

Added Diving Bell Image to Norway HDS Invitation.

05-May-2005

Updated HDT pages with issues 9, 14, 19, 20, 21, 32, 33, 34 and 35. Amended Alt text to be consistent for all issues.

03-May-2005

Added Triewald monograph image and Alt text.

01-May-2005

Added invitation to Ancient Bell Diving Seminar from HDS Norway to HDS homepage, creating new Invitation document and links to Triewald's Monograph.

10-Apr-2005

Removed St Alphege Appeal and Announcement regarding Mike Portelly filmshow from HDS homepage.
Added profile for Peter Dick, editor of the HDS Times.
Added new monograph - Triewald's The Art of Living Under Water.

09-Apr-2005

Ammended diary dates, regarding postponement of London Aquarium events

25-Feb-2005

Added Announcement - The Magic of Mike Portelly

24-Feb-2005

Amended diary dates

06-Feb-2005

Amended diary date re North Queensferry.
Updated Events and Visits to link to 2005 diary.
Removed old email link from HDS Photo Gallery.
Removed duplicate copyright info from Rope Signal page.
Removed duplications from Historic Diving Times page.

30-Jan-2005

Added 2005 diary and committee dates.

27-Dec-2004

Updated site fully with CSS ready for new webmaster

17-Jun-2004

Updated: Diary of Events for 2004

08-Feb-2003

Updated: Diary of Events for 2003

24-Dec-2002

Added: details of Klingert monograph.

03-Nov-2002

Updated: general tidy up of site
Added: Terms of reference for some awards

15-Oct-2002

Updated: HDT contents page

04-Mar-2002

Updated: 2002 Calendar of Events
Updated: Committee Information

12-Jan-2002

Added: piece about Kalymnos
Added: report about William Walker statues

07-Jan-2002

Added: report on Festival of the Sea

06-Jan-2002

Added: details of HDT 29 on contents list
Added: new feature image to front page

09-Aug-2001

Added: news feed on home page
Added: more featured links
Added: new featured picture
Added: HDS docks with the past

01-Jul-2001

Added: cover images for HDT and contents lists

13 April 2001

Added: scripted a featured link to pop up on home page each day.
Updated: the Events Calendar.

07 January 2001

Added: photo gallery 2: diving career of Jim Hutchison.

31 December 2000

Added: Norwegian info page and flag; Happy New Year!

28 December 2000

Added: new image on front page; report on Siebe plaque; new calendar of events for 2001
Amended: Working Equipment pages

16 September 2000

Added: story about Blue Plaque for Augustus Siebe; report about HDS visit to Liverpool; memory quiz; joined Historical Dive Ring; linkspot #7
Amended: Working Equipment pages

13 August 2000

Added Diving Historical Society Norway; added some new links.

02 July 2000

Updated Historical Diving Times pages and added new cumulative index.

30 June 2000

Added Atomz search engine to site.

28 June 2000

New website address of http://www.thehds.com. Reorganised front page; added HDS worldwide and site information in other languages.

19 February 2000

Updated forthcoming events. Added some extra information to the Hans Hass bibliography.

16 January 2000

New featured picture and links. Stolen property register.

08 January 2000

Re-designed navigation bar and tidied up a bit.

29 November 1999

Bulletin notice requesting re-sign up of people since 23 November, due to computer glitch.

23 November 1999

New item on front page with details of stolen helmets in France

07 November 1999

New picture on front page. Featured link to Hans Hass website. Added links to the London Aquarium and Cave Diving Group

30 October 1999

New re-designed home page. New service: Historical Diving Society Bulletin. 

5 October 1999

Latest Historical Diving Times - Summer 1999 Issue 25

13 June 1999

Link to Deep Sea Diving Cards: cigarette cards about historical diving

08 May 1999

New page about HDS Awards for achievements in diving history

06 May 1999

Updated links and added links to Historical Diving Societies

17 April 1999

Whats New page added with email notification sign up form