Dunragit Excavation Diary
Day 20: Thursday 24th August

A very misty morning at Dunragit however by the time we got on site 
it had all cleared and we could get on with finishing the site as well 
as cleaning it for overall photographs of the site.

A Contribution from a Local Author : John Black

I think  the dig  good  because you  get to  help  them  and  it   is  a great  laugh . Dave  also  takes   photos  of  you  and  he  likes   to take the  mick  out of  Matt .
   


A Quick Word about websites 


This year the web site is being constructed and run from offices about 400 yards from the dig site at Dunragit -once each days web page has been done (usually midnight) its downloaded via phone lines onto the computer servers  at Southampton University were it can be accessed by anybody with an internet connection
To construct the web pages I'm using two main pieces of software one is a WYSIWYG (pronounced wizzygig, meaning what you see is what you get) this enables you to see the results of your web page construction as you build it and involves familiar windows techniques such as cut and paste, and drag and drop. The editor is only a basic programme and although it is quick and easy to use sometimes you need to do things more precisely or add more complex commands into the web page. 
This is a text based editor were all the instructions for format, inserting images, font etc. are written by hand - once the code has been written the browser you use to view the internet will read the code and reproduce the web page. Hand coding can allow for more complex instructions to be given to the browser such as allowing a tap dancing rat to wander all over the page. Not every body can receive these complex commands (java script) they may be using older browsers or the ability to read Javascript may have been turned off for various reasons. So in actual fact there are two versions of the Dunragit Site.

This is the more complex site that works with frames and includes the navigation panel on the left it has Javascript throughout the site which I hope works with most browsers.
This is the non frames version of the site that runs without Javascript, it has a navigation bar across the top of the page and is slightly more difficult to navigate around. The site does not have any of the special effects that I have been able to include in the framed version of the site using Java script

Hopefully both versions work fine - if not let me know at dww198@soton.ac.uk

On Site 

  Today has mainly been finishing the site and preparing for the final site photograph
 

Everybody joined in the effort to make sure the features were finished before the end of the dig.

we did manage to improve on the previous days efforts to provide shade

And finally we managed to trap the wild beast Hayden -

well actually he was doing something useful - holding together a couple of planning grids so Austin could finish the planning

However the above technique might have been better - but haydens method worked even if he now needs to be taken to the car wash

not everyone one appreciates having their photo taken


Final site photograph 18.30hrs 
more details about it later 

Page construction by Dave Webb .Please e-mail any comments to: 113142.1723@compuserve.com