Site history

The history and development of GFF

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25 years online! Feb 17. 2019 Celebrating You won’t find many web sites, which have been running for 25 years, and I seriously doubt that any current fly fishing sites have a quarter century long history Read the story here	2017, here we come Dec 31. 2016 New Year So another year has passed... and what then, did that year bring for the Global FlyFisher... and what about 2017? A little status article.
The new GFF! Oct 9. 2015 Upgraded The Global FlyFisher has changed! And in a major way. The content is the same but the look and the system behind is very different. We do expect some glitches in the beginning, so be patient. Read about the transition here	Time for an upgrade Sep 13. 2015 Men at work You might have noticed that the Global FlyFisher has been a little quiet lately. It's not because we're on vacation. We're working on a major site upgrade! Read a bit about the process here

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Nerd alert Blog entry Preserving old URLs Jun 25. 2017 I'm surprised how little web publishers cherish their old URLs. When I browse old links to the outside from our articles, I constantly meet 404-pages. I value GFF’s old web-addresses, and here's how I maintain them.	Nerd alert Blog entry Getting review ratings shown on Google Apr 30. 2017 Google can pick up quite a lot of structured information from your site, and you can help by presenting it correctly	Nerd alert Blog entry Node number 50,000 Apr 4. 2017 Just the other day the Global FlyFisher crossed the 50,000 node nid mark in the database. GFF is a large site, but still far from any boundaries set by Drupal.
Nerd alert Blog entry Fighting spam on GFF Sep 2. 2016 Here's a rundown of the different things I do to keep spammers from posting on the Global FlyFisher	Nerd alert Blog entry The fixed top menu Jul 29. 2016 A lot of sites feature a part of the page – typically a top menu – that is fixed to the top of the screen when you scroll down. Here are some thoughts about such a feature and how to do it.	Nerd alert Blog entry The technology behind LeaderCalc Jul 27. 2016 This is the story about the adaptation of the old LeaderCalc spreadsheet to a Drupal module that drives a web based system
Nerd alert Blog entry The GFF Drupal theme Jul 26. 2016 The Drupal theme that's used on the Global FlyFisher is home made from scratch. I deplore large and complex themes, and prefer simple and compact.	Nerd alert Blog entry The new newsletter Jul 26. 2016 I reinstated the GFF Newsletter that we stopped sending a decade ago. This article is about the system driving the new newsletter.	Nerd alert Blog entry GFF BTS Jul 26. 2016 This section tells a bit about the technology behind and development of the Global FlyFisher. Nothing at all about fishing or fly tying, but interesting to some.
Article 25 years online! Feb 17. 2019 Celebrating You won’t find many web sites, which have been running for 25 years, and I seriously doubt that any current fly fishing sites have a quarter century long history Read the story here	Blog entry Do you like this site? May 6. 2018 If you do, you might consider supporting it in a slightly more substantial way. It's been free for decades... literally... but could use a little saltwater injection. Now accepting PayPal...	Blog entry Green storage Apr 16. 2018 My fly tying room and office is slowly taking shape - and color. A set of shelves and small chests were painted green.
Blog entry The new GFF HQ Feb 18. 2018 We have moved from an apartment to a house, and GFF is getting a larger and better equipped main office.	Blog entry The decline of GFF Jan 4. 2018 No, don't worry! It's not that GFF is disappearing, but the number of visitors isn’t what it used to be.	Blog entry To like or not to like Jun 3. 2017 Facebook is a strange universe. A fantastic resource and at the same time a source of endless, useless noise.

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