Changelog

A brief log of changes over the years. After 2010 the changes are more detailed.

  • 1999 Initial Domain Registration
  • 1999-2005 Homegrown and coded PHP solutions
  • 2006 Joomla v1.1 goes live
  • 2006-2009 Various additions to standard Joomla v1.1
  • 2010 Joomla v1.5 goes live, new model and new look

    • And now some more recent changes....

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  • Feb 2011 New site goes live
  • Mar 2011 Added Mobile Access from BlackBerry using WebIcon and OTA installation
  • Apr 2011 Added Lots of statistics available for manufacturers
  • Apr 2011 Added Captcha authentication required for all forms to help reduce spammers
  • Apr 2011 Added Manufacturers Home Directory now lists news articles from that manufacturer. For example see Henri Lloyd's home page, www.whatboat.com/henrilloyd
  • Apr 2011 Resolved Issue of posting comments using Facbook had incorrect URL on users FaceBook profile
  • Apr 2011 Added For manufacturer's dashboard, product activity is now sortable by country, date and products giving a better picture of activity
  • Apr 2011 Added In manufacturers dashboard, overall website activity is now dynamic and read from site's webalizer logs files.
  • Apr 2011 Added In manufacturers dashboard, all columns sortable. Publishing manufacturers get a clearer picture of activity of products and news.
  • October 2011 Added Access available via mobile devices usign http://m.whatboat.com
  • November 2011 Added Manufacturers recieve a monthly PDF report of user activity
  • January 2012 Added Manufacturers profile added to display companies LinkedIn Profile URL

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