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Major Update to the Site – 2008-07-05

by Tanner M. Young

New features and items:

New Article Database
A new article database containing descriptions, images, snippets, citation information, and other online materials for selected articles available or previously published by authors at Al Young Studios. This tool for categorically browsing articles is fully integrated with The Storybook Home Journal™.
New Site Pages for My Father's Captivity
As publication of the book approaches, Al Young Studios has released a new version of the online archive associated with the book. The pages feature the Archive Document Console&trade and a preview of the structure of the book.
New Online Collection of Material for My Father's Captivity
More items have been added to the online archive of images and documents associated with My Father's Captivity, including photos of Fort McDowell, the USAT U.S. Grant, Fort Drum, Warren Stewart, and S.P. Young's family. A biography of Warren R. Stewart, Jr., has also been published online, along with the first of his diaries to be made available.
New Archive Document Console&trade v1.0.0 for Online Documents
After six months of development and testing, the initial release of the Console is now available. The console enables users to view high-resolution documents, photos, and other artifacts online. Documents and other artifacts will be added to this console as time passes. An example of this document viewer is available for the Roster Diary kept in Kawasaki Camp 2B by Warren R. Stewart, Jr.
New Tables of Contents Feature for Site Pages
Many of the index and other dynamically generaated pages on the site now feature a table of contents allowing faster navigation. Most major headings also have a new link to the top of the page to speed up browsing.
New Page for The Storybook Home Journal™
The main page for the Journal now features the article database, and the page has been re-organized accordingly.

Resolved Bugs:

Renamed "Inspired Music Albums" link
The page that houses the Inspired Music Albums is now titled Music Albums.
Missing Thumbnails
The missing thumbnails for the book My Father's Captivity have since been added.
Renamed "Book and Film List Links" link
The Book and Film Lists area of the site has started to be renamed Media Reviews in anticipation of the new architecture for that area coming later this year.
Repaired broken Privacy Policy link
A link the privacy policy was temporarily broken, and it has sine been fixed.
Repaired broken or missing redirects
A number of broken redirects and links have been fixed, and new redirects for moved and modified parts of the site have been added.
Replaced the Storybook Home Journal™ issue naming scheme
Originally issues were presented by month (January-February, March-April, etc.). Now they are categorized by Product Number, Volume Number, or Season.

Future Development:

New Media Reviews Area
Al Young Studios will commence on a new architecture for delivering reviews of media, including books, films, and music.

To report a bug or error on the site, please contact us.

For more information, please contact Tanner M. Young at Al Young Studios.

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Added: Saturday, July 5, 2008 17:00:00 MDT