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Category: Caperton Society Blog

Created: 20 February 2011

Over the past several months I have observed a growing number of the source records directly linked to by other sites. Additionally the search engines had begun linking to many "registered user only" pages which was causing problems for both the search engines and those searching the Caperton name. To deal with this I have added some security enhancements to the custom database I use to display the nearly 2000 records and images available on the site, preventing the backdoor access that the engines were exploiting. Most of these enhancements will be invisible to the typical user, however there are a few more collections that are now only available to Registered Users. I do not see this as much of an issue since it is free to register. An added bonus for the Society will be reduced bandwidth costs which will enable me to make available even more source records! Next on the list to be released is the 1840 US census, including over 50 images of source records!

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Category: Caperton Society Blog

Created: 06 February 2011

The Society has added a new area to the site - The Publishing Department. This is to help registered members create and print copies of their family histories and optionally sell them on the Caperton Society Website. Since this is a benefit to the members and not a profit center, there are some restrictions, two key ones are that the Family History must be somehow related to Capertons (even if by marriage) and second that only books published by the Society can be put up for sale on the Society site. This is the same publisher the Society uses to publish the books already on the website and are of very good quality. Several new pages have been added to the site, under the Publishing link on the top menu, with more detail. If you would like additional information just fill out the form that can be found in the Publishing section menu. A note though, you must be logged in to access the Request for Information Form.

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Category: Caperton Society Blog

Created: 19 January 2011

Over the past several months, as most of you have undoubtedly noticed, the website has been undergoing a pretty dramatic upgrade. With many new areas, over a thousand records online and a completely new look and menu system. More recently the improvements have been probably even more dramatic.... except you just couldn't see them. I have upgraded the security for the database that drives the data collection, further hardend the site against attack, and improved the caching capability so that the site would respond faster to users...  Well at least that was the intent! What really happened was that the improvements to the Cache Processes ACTUALLY broke the menu system and blocked access to virtually ALL of the collections on the site. It was the sharp eye of one of our newest members, Teresa, that brought it to my attention. So special kudos to Teresa. I have now repaired the problem and the collections are now back online!