tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58704192009-05-19T15:44:27.319+01:00chorltonblogan occasional blog about life in chorlton, running chorlton.web, feeding the cats and shouting at the kids...isn't life splendid?Mark Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637505450055896252noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870419.post-79598743710664690282007-06-25T16:33:00.000+01:002007-06-25T16:34:02.705+01:00Fenton Gone. yippee.Finally - just heard that Brookburn's long suspended head teacher is no longer employed at the school.About time too...Mark Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637505450055896252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870419.post-74008532503591166292007-03-10T17:27:00.000Z2007-03-10T17:30:26.997ZWell, I've made a liar out of myself: it's more than a year. I'll tell you what though: if Tesco do come to Chorlton (current Esso garage down from Unicorn) I'll be on here a lot more. I do not like the Big T at all. Not at all. That's n-o-t a-t a-l-l, boys/girls.What else: oh yeah: check out www.flickr.com/groups/chorltonweb-logos to see the options for the new logo for the chorlton.web Forum Mark Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637505450055896252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870419.post-1162156833236024622006-10-29T21:19:00.000Z2006-11-06T20:34:59.410ZNot quite a year since my last post. Sorry, must do better (year til the next one, no worries).Brookburn School (youngest attends) is STILL STILL STILL without a head teacher. What is going on? Am I repeating myself?Mark Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637505450055896252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870419.post-1136507613562422832006-01-06T00:32:00.000Z2006-01-15T12:08:15.376ZFlockCheck it out at www.flock.com (it's a new browser...)Mark Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637505450055896252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870419.post-1136507013125053072006-01-06T00:19:00.000Z2006-01-06T00:23:33.133ZBrookburn SchoolWhat is going on?Mark Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637505450055896252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870419.post-1120693748957485452005-07-07T00:47:00.000+01:002006-12-03T09:29:01.690ZChorlton 2012Yesss! Come on!Chorlton 2012Yesss! Come on!Mark Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637505450055896252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870419.post-1120158110793187272005-06-30T19:51:00.000+01:002005-06-30T20:01:50.796+01:00MarmaladeBeech RoadNew Restaurant (or is that Bar)The things I do for you lot...Went to Marmalade the other night - the new restaurant that's taken The Nose's place opposite the Beech Road Pet Shop. It's been started by the bloke who used to have something to do with the whats-it-called. There, that'll teach you to look to me for information.Anyway, I had Cauliflower and Cheddar soup, followed byMark Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637505450055896252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870419.post-1119862099308371732005-06-27T09:44:00.000+01:002005-06-27T09:56:04.803+01:00Beech Road Festival 2005Just couldn't be arsedBeech Road pluses:Best food everGreat weatherHuge amount of peopleBeech Road minuses:Cars on the road - why on earth are the roads not shut?Bloke walking with huge dog not on lead down Beech Road - where's your respect?Bloody funfair - unsafe, unattractive, and a complete shamblesHuge amount of people (more than normal, imho)...and I just couldn't getMark Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637505450055896252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870419.post-1118745713800451872005-06-14T11:40:00.000+01:002005-06-27T09:57:01.773+01:00Unity 2005 CancelledIs anyone upset?I know I'm not...Mark Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637505450055896252noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870419.post-1118607967317249522005-06-12T21:15:00.000+01:002007-02-07T22:55:03.956ZMorrisons, morrisons, morrisons...Now it's not just lack of stock, but shocking attitudes and DANGER DANGER DANGER!Here goes:I finished shopping and noticed a smashed jar of tomato puree on the floor just by one of the cashdesks. Gunk everywhere (unpleasant, so what) along with broken glass including 2 or 3 large bits with pointy ends sticking straight up. In a proper supermarket this would be Mark Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637505450055896252noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870419.post-1118430400685804932005-06-10T19:58:00.000+01:002007-03-10T14:54:40.570ZAccessible web design rocks. Just been at the @media2005 conference discussing Web Standards and Accessible Web design.This is a reasonably new field, so virtually all the stars were there - oh, you should have seen us swooning.Briefly, Accessible web design is the design of sites/pages so that they work properly in all modern web browsers as well as in as much assistive technology - such as Mark Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637505450055896252noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870419.post-1118073973510576072005-06-06T17:06:00.000+01:002005-06-06T17:13:39.483+01:00Blog postSpent part of the weekend at Platt Fields Garden of Delights. As usual, a cracker; it's the last one as the City Council (I believe) seem to have pulled the plug. Boo hiss etc.Most of chorlton in attendance as befits the city's best/only concentration of alt/surreal drama/art/presence...Two festivals left - Beech Road (can't wait) and Unity (anyone got anything better to do?)...Mark Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637505450055896252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870419.post-1117792400752907722005-06-03T10:51:00.000+01:002005-06-03T11:01:31.540+01:00I don't seem to have updated this blog for 12 months, now.Criminal.Criminally insane.What have I been doing?Getting to grips with digital slr-ing and photoshop.Trying to get a freelance web design thingy off the ground - see www.potterycorner.co.uk and www.dkmarquees.co.uk.That'll do for now - must keep this thing going.Does anyone read it?Mark Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637505450055896252noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870419.post-1081375674704268462004-04-07T23:07:00.000+01:002004-04-07T23:11:42.093+01:00has it been a long time or have I just slept in?
well, the chorlton.web forum has passed a leedle watershed - something has happened that has made me very happy so I thought I'd share it.
No, we haven't got more than 60 subscribers. No, we haven't had more than 2 or 3 new posts in the past 2 or 3 weeks. But go visit this particular topic on the forum, and you'll see that the Forum is Mark Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637505450055896252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870419.post-1077408630575085322004-02-22T00:10:00.000Z2004-02-22T00:13:14.873Zchange log #5
navigation
now on the left. it works ok now on most browsers, I guess, tho i haven't tested it on ie 5.5 or below. if your browser isn't happy with any of the site, mail me. check the site for the address.
when i get the directory sorted, we'll keep the main nav on the left and place the directory navigation on the right. shouldn't be that tough.
bulletin board
the board software Mark Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637505450055896252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870419.post-107653956251909072004-02-11T22:46:00.000Z2004-02-11T22:51:57.610Zchange log # 4: back again
s'been a bit quite around here, eh?
sorry - i've been working my socks off on the site appearance, sort of. i tell you, it's not easy creating that boyscout colour scheme!!
no, i've been doing a lot of css research etc, not all of which sees the light of day, if u c what i mean. actually, i do not like text speak at all (see earlier "u c") and i'll not be doing it againMark Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637505450055896252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870419.post-1075025366001290582004-01-25T10:09:00.000Z2004-01-25T10:27:25.576Zchange log #3
menu font
changed it so it's the same as the rest of the page (Georgia then Times New Roman)
logo
got rid of it as the page background. will start to think about a new logo
chorlton park regeneration group site
redesigned park regen subsite.
next steps
new logo
style switcher - lets users switch between style sheets to change page appearance
new partnership
looks like chorlton.webMark Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637505450055896252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870419.post-1073855413534644442004-01-11T21:07:00.000Z2004-01-25T10:14:31.780Zchange log #2
logo
photoshopped the logo so it's semi-transparent.
no, i don't expect most of this to be hugely interesting, but it's a decent place for me to record changes and, if anyone is interested in the evolution of chorlton.web's css, here it is!
i must change the home page from index.shtml to index.htm - the .shtml is a left over from olden days when i used an ssi (server side include) Mark Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637505450055896252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870419.post-1073811681086277792004-01-11T09:01:00.000Z2004-01-11T09:05:31.950Zfirst blog of the new year - as if anyone cares.
two weeks in sunny spain has left me revitalised, hence:
the brand new community forum pages powered by phpBB - this will make it much easier to solve any problems with posts to the Guestbook or any discussion forum.
at the moment there are about 12 registered users - not many, nor many posts, but chorlton.web has never gone heavy on audience Mark Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637505450055896252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870419.post-1070668056490840882003-12-05T23:29:00.000Z2003-12-05T23:51:37.236Z1-0 to the goodies!
I don't suppose anyone reads this, but just in case:
the Guestbook is in crisis - the next few days will, I think, determine its future.
So far, my big Mission Statement (don't know why i called it that) has been followed by a very positive entry - ta very much.
Obviously it's censorship, but I don't think it's fascist to try to prevent a focused website turning into a free Mark Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637505450055896252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870419.post-106778091405308262003-11-02T13:48:00.000Z2003-11-02T13:48:36.116Zooh, it's been a long time. I would apologise, but it would be a matter of the highest egotism if i thought anyone was bothered.
so why am i returning to these pristine pages?
to announce a new policy, certainly for the Guestbook, and maybe for the Discussion Forum as well: no more posts that have nothing to do with Chorlton-cum-Hardy, South Manchester's greatest 'burb.
I'm not going to automate Mark Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637505450055896252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870419.post-1066521452544040272003-10-19T00:57:00.000+01:002003-10-19T00:57:31.920+01:00one of the pleasures of running a website. the *&^%ed Guestbook seems to have stopped working. Anyone hacked it? Suppose I'll have to go fix it tomorrow. Nice day today, huh? Wandered up thru' Kings???? Wood, across the Mersey from the Water Park.
The Water Park, btw, is starting to look autumnally amazing. Get down (there)!
England at lunchtime - pretty exciting. Surely the RWC has screwed Mark Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637505450055896252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870419.post-1065393383602298512003-10-05T23:36:00.000+01:002003-10-05T23:36:23.420+01:00today's yom kippur and i'm fasting.
dunno why
blogger - i'm the least prima donna webmaster in the chorltuniverse: i asked general for no more pics coz a) one's enough for the craic; b) they slow down the page; c) they're not exactly relevant to chorlton.
did anyone understand that segregation nonsense? i guessed the easiest thing was to remove it along with the multiple 'don't be a tosser' Mark Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637505450055896252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870419.post-106529302319701032003-10-04T19:43:00.000+01:002003-10-04T19:43:42.713+01:00i've just spent 15 minutes blogging and lost all my text. oof oof oof.
i mused on whether the guestbook/discussion forum are worth continuing with.
the discussion form is moribund, while the guestbook is, recently, a dull (dull dull) private conversation between a blogger (where is it?) and a chelsea supporter who likes tanks and enjoys the technical ability to position one photo on top of Mark Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637505450055896252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870419.post-1065027848626352342003-10-01T18:04:00.000+01:002003-10-01T18:04:08.793+01:00well...
the 'well known supermarket' just sent me vouchers and a letter of apology. good for them, but how about getting rid of pig products in non pig products, if that makes sense...Mark Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637505450055896252noreply@blogger.com