WEBSITE UPDATES
JOURNAL
for
2017
September 22nd
1/ Added to the Update in the Flashlight Guide.
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September 19th
1/ Altered the layout of the Shop Tips Table of Contents.
2/ Added a list of topics to "Shop Floor Painting" in the
Shop Tips Table of Contents.
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September 17th
1/ Altered the layout of the Shop Floor Painting article.
2/ Added paragraph key words to Shop Floor Painting.
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September 15th
1/ Added a 2017 update to the Shop Floor Painting article.
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August 23
1/ Added selection links for each of the Written Directions
in AIEL Location/Directions.
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August 22
1/ Updated landmark names in the AIEL Location/Directions.
2/ Added Street Synopses to the AIEL Location/Directions.
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August 13
1/ Added a link to the archives of Text Articles for each of:
AIEL Purchase Guide
AIEL Instructionals
AIEL Tech Tips
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August 12
1/ Added an entry to Grabbag Quick Tips.
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August 3
1/ Added two more photos of the Assembly Shop for the Shop Photo Tour.
2/ Added descriptions to the above.
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July 28
1/ Altered the layout of the Shop Photo Tour so as to make the
sections be more consistent.
2/ Expanded some sections in the above.
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July 27
1/ Added two more photos of the Paint Shop for the Shop Photo Tour.
2/ Added descriptions to the above.
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July 4
1/ Altered the opening layout of each page in the
Music Acts Photo Archive.
2/ Better aligned the "Musical Notes" image with the title in
the Music Acts Photo Archive.
3/ Altered the opening layout of the BackStage Pass.
4/ Increased the image size used as the background behind the
navigation links on the BackStage Pass page so it will tile
better.
5/ Darkened the background behind the navigation links on the
BackStage Pass page to make the link names stand out better.
6/ Also on the BackStage Pass page, increased the contrast of
the "Pass" image so as to darken the blue in the AIEL logo.
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July 3
1/ Replaced the text in the AIEL Main Page banner
with an anti-aliased (smoother-edged) one.
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July 2
1/ Replaced the opening "Musical Notes" image on each
Music Acts Photo Archive page with an anti-aliased
(smoother-edged) one.
2/ Replaced the opening "Theatre Light" image on each
Other Events Photo Archive page with an anti-aliased
(smoother-edged) one.
3/ Standardised the closing navigational links for all
Other Events Photo Archive pages.
4/ Standardised the closing navigational links for all
Music Acts Photo Archive pages.
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June 30
1/ Clarified the examples in Photo Gallery Search Services.
2/ Altered the layout of the Photo Gallery Links Index to better
balance the column lists.
3/ Added the sub-links of the Photo Gallery Search Services
to the master Links Index.
4/ Added "Eurythmy by the Sea" photos to the
2015 - 2016 Dance Photo Archive.
5/ Updated all links maps in the Gallery Layout Structure to
reflect newly added pages.
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June 28
1/ Made the background behind the "Specific Search" heading match
the others that follow it at Photo Gallery Search Services.
2/ Added a Photo Gallery Links Index.
3/ Clarified the Photo Gallery Layout Structure section by employing
an ordered list.
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June 27
1/ Corrected a layout issue on the AIEL Main Page to make the
four lower, lighter blue, "audio horn" backgrounds be consistent
with the upper set.
2/ Better aligned the text for the above so it centered more directly
over the dark area of each "audio horn".
3/ Showed the new Stage Lighting Fixture Calculations page on
the text and graphic Website Layout Maps.
4/ Restored the Text Map link to the Website Layout Maps section.
5/ Clarified the Website Layout Maps section by employing an
ordered list.
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June 26
1/ Added three new links to the Links Index.
2/ Corrected a mis-typed URL for the Lighting Essays section
in the above.
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June 25
1/ Clarified and/or expanded some points in
Stage Lighting Fixture Calculations.
2/ Added a darker background to the "Summary" table in the above.
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June 19
1/ Added a Summary Table and Topics links to
Stage Lighting Fixture Calculations.
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June 18
1/ Added a new page: Stage Lighting Fixture Calculations.
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June 9
1/ Added Tables and chairs to Additional Clearance.
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June 7
1/ Added surplus cable to Additional Clearance.
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June 1
1/ Added pipe clamps to Additional Clearance.
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May 28
1/ Added "Solvents Kit" to The Kits.
2/ Added more Cue Words to Cue Tips.
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May 27
1/ Expanded Unpacking and Setup in Tech Tips.
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May 23
1/ Added Backstage Work Lighting Blues to Essays.
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May 18
1/ Added "Cue Words" to Cue Tips.
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May 1
1/ Added a Text File download for each article in Tech Tips.
2/ Replaced the opening "Dancers" image on each Dance Photo Archive
page with an anti-aliased (smoother-edged) one.
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April 29
1/ Added a "Workstation" image to the Caster Guide.
2/ Changed the opening "Canadian Coin" image in The Frugal Tech
for an anti-aliased (smoother-edged) one.
3/ Added more images to the rest of The Frugal Tech.
4/ Changed the layout and updated the text in The Frugal Tech.
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April 28
1/ Changed the "Theatre Masks" image on all Theatre Photo Archive
pages to an anti-aliased (smoother-edged) one.
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April 24
1/ Added "Man of La Mancha" photos to Theatre Archive, 2014-15.
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April 23
1/ Added eight more images to the Caster Guide.
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April 19
1/ Added a tip to the Grabbag Quick Tips.
2/ Added "Makeup, Tights, and Everything Nice" photos to the
Theatre Archive, 2015-16.
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April 2
1/ Altered the layouts of the AIEL Search Services and
Photo Gallery Search Services.
2/ To remove ambiguities, clarified the instructions and examples
in the AIEL Search Services and Photo Gallery Search Services.
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April 1
1/ Began adding images to the Caster Guide.
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March 31
1/ Added a Caster Guide to the Purchase Guide.
2/ Added items to the Tech Tips Grabbag.
3/ Updated some entries in the Tech Tips Grabbag.
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March 29
1/ Altered the layout of the Additional Clearance sales page.
2/ Added items to Additional Clearance.
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March 21
1/ Altered the layout of the Purchase Guide so as to group the
links to additional pages of interest with the section to which
they pertain.
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March 20
1/ Altered the html Tables code on the AIEL Instructionals Table of
Contents page to correct a List rendering error by recent browsers.
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March 19
1/ Updated the text for Adhesive Tapes Purchase Guide.
2/ Added bold lead-in text to most paragraphs in the Adhesive Tapes
Purchase Guide.
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March 16
1/ Updated the text for all Equipment Maintenance pages.
2/ Altered the layout of all Equipment Maintenance pages to break
up large blocks of text.
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March 15
1/ Altered the closing link names on all AIEL Market pages so as
to clarify their destinations.
2/ Altered the Shop Tips page layout and placed the topics
into html lists.
3/ Updated the text in the Work Area Setup article.
4/ Updated the text in the Cable/Cordage Storage article.
5/ Centered the links lists in the Links Index.
6/ Updated the text in Work Area Power.
7/ Altered the layout of Work Area Power.
8/ Updated the text in Work Benches.
9/ Changed the layout of Work Benches.
10/ Updated and added to the text in Work Lighting Installation.
11/ Changed the layout of Work Lighting Installation.
12/ Updated and added to the text in Additional Considerations.
13/ Added clip art to Additional Considerations.
14/ Darkened the background `pegboard' on all Work Area Setup pages
so as to provide better contrast with the text.
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March 14
1/ Began working on the Shop Tips section.
2/ Darkened the `Bricks' background of the maintenance articles in
Shop Tips so as to provide better contrast with the text.
3/ Updated the Ellipsoidal Overhaul article.
4/ Changed the layout and did minor updates to the
Colour Media Maintenance article.
5/ Fixed the spacing of background elements on the AIEL Main Page
so as to make them a uniform distance apart.
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March 13
1/ Changed the layout of the AIEL Instructionals.
2/ Added more details to the AIEL Instructionals.
3/ Changed the wording in Stage Lighting Power to clarify the type
of current being discussed.
4/ Changed the table backgrounds to charcoal in Stage Lighting Power.
5/ Expanded the Colour Media Discussion.
6/ Provided text versions of each AIEL Instructionals article.
6/ Updated the Links Index to reflect recent additions to the site.
7/ Fixed the html `List' issue in the Mirror Ball Guide.
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March 12
1/ Updated, and added to, The Frugal Tech narrative.
2/ Began to add subject images to The Frugal Tech.
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March 10
1/ Added `Film Fluid' and `Liquid Wrench' to the "Lubricants"
section of the Lubricants and Solvents Purchase Guide.
2/ Added "Film Fluid" to the Lubricants and Solvents Catalogue.
3/ Better organised the Tech Tips Grabbag by categorising
the extensive number of links.
4/ Altered the layout of the Tech Tips Grabbag.
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March 8
1/ Completed the standardisation of the look of Tech Tips articles.
2/ Standardised the look of AIEL Market articles.
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March 7
1/ Began to more closely standardise the look of Tech Tips articles.
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March 5
1/ Enlarged the section lead-in photos in the Mirror Ball Guide.
2/ Enlarged the Stage Clamp Guide.
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March 4
1/ So as to present a uniform look, began the process to
standardise all AIEL Market pages.
2/ Expanded the Mirror Ball Guide.
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March 3
1/ Added "Leather Ties" to the Stage Accessories Catalog.
2/ Divided the Stage Accessories Catalog into separate sections
for Lighting and the Stage.
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March 2
1/ Added a new Cordage Guide to the AIEL Market Purchase Guide.
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March 1
1/ Added graduated-fill backgrounds behind sectional headers in the
Stage Tape Guide.
2/ Expanded the Cordage Kit article.
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February 21
1/ Weeded out bad links from the BackStage Pass.
2/ Altered the layout of BackStage Pass by splitting the
"Roster" into two sections.
3/ Slightly shrank the `Pass' graphic in BackStage Pass so
as to make it fit better with the altered layout, and also
clarified the AIEL logo on the pass.
4/ Removed the `Sign Board' graphic links from A Canadian Company
and replaced them with large html links in front of radiating
background images.
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February 19
1/ Added "Packing Tape" to the Adhesive Tape Buyer's Guide.
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February 15
1/ Altered the layout of Tech Tips.
2/ Rewrote the opening narrative of Tech Tips so that it
reads better.
3/ Altered the layout of the Contact page.
4/ Added a second `Bridge Closure' warning and an `Updated
Closure' link to the AIEL Maps page.
5/ Updated the Company History.
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February 13
1/ Updated the Flashlight Buyer's Guide in the AIEL Market.
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February 11
1/ Changed the image in the AIEL Introductory.
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February 8
1/ Restored the link in the AIEL Search Services main menu leading
to the AIEL Website Links Index. It had inadvertently been left
out during an update of the "Search" page some time in the past.
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February 1
1/ Altered the Site Maps to correct a misconception regarding the
AIEL Website Layout.
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January 25
1/ Changed the background image to a Blue Cross Hatch for all
Tech Tips articles.
2/ Changed the background image to a Blue Satin for all
AIEL Instructionals articles.
3/ Altered the layout of the AIEL Instructionals Table of Contents
AIEL Instructionals.
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January 23
1/ Added a description and photos of an improved Designer Kit to the
Kits article.
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January 9
1/ Fixed the broken Download link in the Primary/Secondary Colours
instructional.
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January 7
1/ Revamped and expanded the Company Description into a
Shop Photo Tour.
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January 1
1/ Added "Bugsy Malone" and "Mary Poppins" photos to the Gallery's
Theatre Archive: 2015-16 Photos
