The Standish Homepage website

From Standish Wiki

The Standish Homepage was created late in 1999, and went live on the 1st January 2000, bringing the township of Standish into the new millennium.

The site's early .SHTML format was rewritten in 2002 with a much improved interface and an XML backend, and in 2003 control was moved from XML files to a MySQL database.

One of the most visited past of the new design was the integration of the Standish Messageboard

By 2006 the interface was ready to be updated, but the size of the site (especially the backend Content Management features) meant that few changes were made, and the redesign in both 2006 and 2007 failed to get very far (despite many graphical demos and running prototypes). The need to rewrite so much backend code (on very limited time availability), and the requirement for frequent updates, meant that it was time to look at a new method to control the site.