We've performed one major and one minor site update during the last month - the major one was to bring the site software up to date and fix a number of bugs, and the minor one was to improve performance.

The major update was pretty traumatic, since it involved resolving a number of issues that had arisen from the move of databases and the original migration from the old site software. We had to rollback from the first attempt, in spite of development of a comprehensive update procedure, and extensive testing. It was easy enough to identify the cause, and modify the procedure accordingly - but it just goes to show that even the most careful testing can be brought undone by missing the most minor of details.

The minor on ...

You might have noticed a bit of a change to the look of the site. Hopefully it's a change for the better. There's more to come, but we figured that we might as well make a start.

It's made for a bit of reshuffling in how pages are organised, but overall there's very little change to functionality - more than anything this change has to do with looks. Improvements to functionality will come too, but all good things take time.

So what do you think? Do you like the changes? I'd be interested to hear from you!

So here was me thinking people would prefer a shorter version of a Vodafone press release announcing they would now offer Windows Mobile Email. Nope - apparently at least some users wanted to see the whole release. I guess I could point to the original release but it doesn't take that much to format for the site.

Well, it's updated now to include the press release, so enjoy (?)