News and Updates Page

A page to collect the various updates to the Roll of Arms, and the webpages.

Roll of Arms updates coming soon...

Posted by Frederic Badger on 1/8/2012

Yeah, I am a bit behind on the updates, I know. Life kind of got in the way, and the with Hacking of the site I had to remove all my scripts that I manage the site with so it a little more difficult to update. I'm working on clearing the back log of additions, and fixes soon. thanks for your patience.

Site Hacked

Posted by Frederic Badger on 06/15/2011

The Site got hacked recently and some of the database entries were changed. I've gone through and fixed what I can find, but if any one sees anything odd, please email me and I will fix it. I am also going to be fixing the issue quickly to prevent this happening again.

May 2010 Letter added..

Posted by Frederic Badger on 05/12/2011

As promised I've started work on catching up with my back log of arms to add to the Roll. Starting with May 2010.

Not dead...

Posted by Frederic Badger on 05/10/2011

I'm not dead, but I did have a major extended attack of life. I am working on updates currently, and will be posting new content soon.

LoaR Updates part 2

Posted by Frederic Badger on 11/02/2010

Caught up on some updates to the tune of about 14 new entries fixes and updates. I also worked my way through part of my back log of LoAR entries, and still have a couple to go. I know I am behind but I am making really good progress and have added close to 50 entries in the last couple days. I will keep working on it though as I really want to catch back up and get to doing closer to when they come out. Thanks for your patience.

LoaR Updates

Posted by Frederic Badger on 10/31/2010

Just catching up on a few letters from back there a bit. I'm catching up a little bit at a time, and I have two new LoAR entered and posted. More to come in the coming evenings.

Even more backend code updates

Posted by Frederic Badger on 9/19/2010

I've been working on the back end code more. I needed to fix up the code that integrates with the OP, and I created a number of small tools to help me edit and keep the connections up to date. Things should be working a lot smoother now, but it still remains a mostly manual process to connect someone to their OP entry. If your registered name matches your OP entry name exactly though, it will get updated automatically! Also, speaking of manual, if you want to help me connect people to their OP entries, check the Missing page for names that might connect to someone in the OP, and get me the link to their OP entry (not their OP rank, just their name on the OP or link to the page).

Some code updates

Posted by Frederic Badger on 7/13/2010

Had a great time at KWHSS, it was good to be among heralds again. I made a couple updates to the code recently to make it more likely that the OP information will show up, and to finally format the dates in a nice way. Regarding the OP, if your name is registered different than what you use, or what is in the OP it might not show up in either. Names needs to match to be linked, or we need to manually add a link between your names. If you want to link an OP entry and a Roll entry, please email Dexter or myself and ask that your registered name be added to your entry as an AKA. More work is being done on the Roll/OP integration.

Two LoAR added, OP Integration on Hold.

Posted by Frederic Badger on 6/9/2010

Added two new letter of Accepted devices. I have two more to go. The integration with the OP is kind of on hold. I got flooded with data, and I got slammed at work at the same time. Don't worry, I will keep working on it. I will also be coming down to KWHSS this weekend believe it or not.

New Letter added

Posted by Frederic Badger on 3/7/2010

Just added the LoAR for 2009/11/01, and have one more to go to get caught up. Working on lots of new features for the roll, and integrating with the OP more fully. It will be a work in progress for a while, so bear with me.

Beta moved up a notch!

Posted by Frederic Badger on 2/14/2010

I just changed beta 2.1 to 2.2 because we've started a new feature set. I say we because I am working with the webteam on the OP to integrate the new OP and the Roll since they are on the same server now. I have a basic proof of concept working, but it must be an exact match between registered (roll) name and OP name. Right now it is just a link to the OP when it matches, but I will keep on working on the integration.

Moving Day!

Posted by Frederic Badger on 1/23/2010

The site has moved (finally) to An Tir Heralds site. I (Frederic Badger) will still be keeping the Roll up to date, it will just live on the An Tir Heralds site.

Up to date through 2009/07 LoaR

Posted by Frederic Badger on 12/05/09

More updates, just added two LoAR, including the big 07/09 letter. Two more letters come in the next week or so.

Up to date through 04/09 LoaR

Posted by Frederic Badger on 8/09/09

Finished the rest of the February items, and added the newest April LoaR's. The Roll is up to date, and just passed 2000 entries!

Made a bunch of updates today

Posted by Frederic Badger on 7/12/09

Sorry things have been slow to update, but I've gotten to some of the updates, additions and requests sent in. Next up is the February LoAR and it's a big one!

Added through 01/09 LoAR.

Posted by Frederic Badger on 2/21/09

Added January LOAR, and working on February soon. Other edits have gone up as well.

Added through 11/08 LoAR and now caught up.

Posted by Frederic Badger on 2/21/09

Big batch of additions added spanning a couple of months of Acceptances, finishing up all the back due.

06/08 - 07/08 LoAR added. Catching up.

Posted by Frederic Badger on 2/21/09

06/08 - 07/08 LOaRs added to the roll. Finally catching up after the holidays and a crazy busy period at work. More to follow in the coming days.

05/08 LOaR added to the roll, plus some updated arms

Posted by Frederic Badger on 9/14/08

Updated the Roll through 05/2008 LoAR, and is currently up to date. This update includes some updates as well including removing one duplicate entry, updating someones artwork and adding another older arms whose art I needed, and marked a couple laurels. Marking the peerages is done by hand, and is not automated to my liking. At some point, no promises when, I'll get it integrated into the OP, but I wouldn't hold your breath.

04/08 LOaR added to the roll

Posted by Frederic Badger on 9/14/08

Updated the Roll through 04/2008 LoAR, and is currently up to date. I also got through some of the backlog, and found a few items that I had lost in my inbox. I got caught up on a lot of those, and figured out a much nicer way of tracking requests.

03/08 LOaR added to the roll

Posted by Frederic Badger on 8/5/08

Updated the Roll through 03/2008 LoAR, and is currently up to date.

Caught up!

Posted by Frederic Badger on 06/1/08

Holy crap, did I really fall that far behind? Apparently so, but now I'm caught up to the current LoAR, and lots of new entries added to the roll.

October 2007 LOAR added to the roll

Posted by Frederic Badger on 01/5/08

Updated the Roll through 10/2007 LoAR, and is currently up to date.

September 2007 LOAR added to the roll

Posted by Frederic Badger on 01/5/08

First update of two thousand and eight. Updated the Roll through 09/2007 LoAR, and is currently up to date. This includes the new branch arms of Grimwithshire.

08/07 LOAR added to the roll

Posted by Frederic Badger on 12/10/07

Updated the Roll through 08/2007 LoAR, and is currently up to date. Additionally I made a bunch of edits that had piled up (Laurel mandated reblazes, etc.) and added a few imports to the kingdom. Also, I added some features in this update. A new browse page, for browsing by contributor/artist. This field is not a hard and fast rule, the name listed is not always the artist, it's who I got the device image from usually, or who I know created the image. Since this is a bit confusing (it confuses me) I also updated the FAQ to added some information on it. I also changed the footer to show that credit was for the original web template which I used as a base for making this site.

July 07 LOAR added to the roll

Posted by Frederic Badger on 11/26/07

Updated the Roll through 07/2007 LoAR, and is currently up to date. There are no registrations for An Tir for June.

May 07 LOAR added to the roll

Posted by Frederic Badger on 9/2/07

Updated the Roll through 05/2007 LoAR, and is currently up to date

New Browse Feature

Posted by Frederic Badger on 7/4/07

I'm on a roll! (pun intended). I just added a new browse feature back to the roll. Browse by sub category. Shows the Peerages, and Branch listings. I am thinking of adding the Lions of An Tir Honor as a sub category.

Roll of Arms is now Beta 2

Posted by Frederic Badger on 7/4/07

I'm officially calling this latest update, Beta 2. I added a new browse history feature, rolled all the browse pages into one page, updated the search code to display the results graphically, and created a new back end news function. Comments on the new functionality and layout are welcome!

New history page

Posted by Frederic Badger on 7/4/07

I've added a new history page to the roll, where you can see what was added to the roll on what date. It's not a very useful page, but it's a page I've been wanting to add for a while. It's sort of the same page as the Browse by Date Added page, but laid out in a different format, grouped by the dates arms were added to the Roll. Kind of crazy to see that the first batch got added to the database back in December 15th 2001! I will probably combine all the browse pages onto one page soon, or maybe I'll just do it now.

Changed Search Results Display

Posted by Frederic Badger on 7/3/07

As per a request on An Tir Heralds list, I changed the search results to display the arms as well as the names. Name and Device searches do this, but I am hoping to make it optional later.

Fixed two Shamrock Errors

Posted by Frederic Badger on 6/30/07

Updated the shamrocks for Mór ingen Fhaíltigern to four leaved as specified in the blazon, and changed Megan Althea of Glengarriff's shamrocks to the proper three lobed variety.

Updated Roll

Posted by Frederic Badger on 6/19/07

Updated the Roll through 03/2007 LoAR, and is currently up to date.

Search Page Update

Posted by Frederic Badger on 6/9/07

I added search functionality for Blazon searches on the Search page.

Updated Web Template

Posted by Frederic Badger on 6/9/07

Major update to the web design of the Roll. Based on a really nice template that I found. Credits for the original design are in the footer.

Site Down

Posted by Frederic Badger on 4/1/07

The roll of arms is down to a server move. The site is being re-written and will return soon. I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.