Introduction
The Long Patrol is a Redwall club designed by Martin the Warrior.
Here we will talk about the Redwall books by Brian Jacques. . These
books are about a land with castles, swordfights and animals that talk.
Once again, welcome to TLPWP and enjoy!!
What's New with the Long Patrol?
It has been sixteen years since The Long Patrol was first put on the world wide web. It was naught but a basic HTML page designed by someone who, at that time, knew very little about HTML. It's easy, I think, to forget what the internet looked like back then, especially in the era of social media. We live now in an age of "fill in the form" web content and the days of coded-from-scratch websites have, for the most part, passed us by.
Work continues on the redesign-- I'm very conscious of the fact that, come November, the current design will be ten years old (by comparison, when it debuted the SITE was only SIX years old). But 16 years also means 16 more years of responsibilities and obligations that eat into the time one has available to devote into coding-- especially from scratch. I've considered going the WordPress route with The Long Patrol-- it remains a distinct possibility-- but I'd honestly prefer to maintain the "coded from scratch" nature of the site. We'll see how it goes.
So, since it's not done, what I thought would be fun to do is retheme the main page (for awhile, at least) in one of the Long Patrol's earliest designs. Take the site of today and stick it back at the beginning-- 16 years ago. This is The Long Patrol as it existed circa September 1996 (our first month actually lacked a colored background). A sparse, simple page-- links at the top, message further down. Links below (although I left that section on its separate page). That's more or less our original introduction up there, too (complete with "TLPWP" shorthand). I have also included an anniversary image, unseen since our 12th Anniversary four years ago.
It's not much, but I hope you enjoy the glimpse of the Long Patrol's beginnings and that the eventual redesign will be worth the wait.
If, by chance, you need the "standard" main page, you can find it here.
~Martin the Warrior~
It has been sixteen years since The Long Patrol was first put on the world wide web. It was naught but a basic HTML page designed by someone who, at that time, knew very little about HTML. It's easy, I think, to forget what the internet looked like back then, especially in the era of social media. We live now in an age of "fill in the form" web content and the days of coded-from-scratch websites have, for the most part, passed us by.
Work continues on the redesign-- I'm very conscious of the fact that, come November, the current design will be ten years old (by comparison, when it debuted the SITE was only SIX years old). But 16 years also means 16 more years of responsibilities and obligations that eat into the time one has available to devote into coding-- especially from scratch. I've considered going the WordPress route with The Long Patrol-- it remains a distinct possibility-- but I'd honestly prefer to maintain the "coded from scratch" nature of the site. We'll see how it goes.
So, since it's not done, what I thought would be fun to do is retheme the main page (for awhile, at least) in one of the Long Patrol's earliest designs. Take the site of today and stick it back at the beginning-- 16 years ago. This is The Long Patrol as it existed circa September 1996 (our first month actually lacked a colored background). A sparse, simple page-- links at the top, message further down. Links below (although I left that section on its separate page). That's more or less our original introduction up there, too (complete with "TLPWP" shorthand). I have also included an anniversary image, unseen since our 12th Anniversary four years ago.
It's not much, but I hope you enjoy the glimpse of the Long Patrol's beginnings and that the eventual redesign will be worth the wait.
If, by chance, you need the "standard" main page, you can find it here.
~Martin the Warrior~
This page was created by and is maintained by Martin.
The Long Patrol Club was founded on August 15th, 1996.
www.longpatrolclub.com is a non-profit fan site and is not affiliated with Brian Jacques or The Redwall Abbey Co. Ltd. in any way. No infrigement upon their property is intended.
Redwall and all related subjects is Copyright © 2011 by The Redwall Abbey Co. Ltd. All rights reserved.
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The Long Patrol Club was founded on August 15th, 1996.
www.longpatrolclub.com is a non-profit fan site and is not affiliated with Brian Jacques or The Redwall Abbey Co. Ltd. in any way. No infrigement upon their property is intended.
Redwall and all related subjects is Copyright © 2011 by The Redwall Abbey Co. Ltd. All rights reserved.
Page Design Copyright © 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 www.longpatrolclub.com