Findon ⇨ FAQ

Questions
What is the purpose of this website? What does this website contain? What has been changed recently? Why are some parts of this website out-of-date? Who runs this website? How can the owner be contacted? How long has this website been running? Can organisations and businesses advertise on this website? Are there any other Findon sites? How is this website built and maintained?

Answers

1 - What is the purpose of this website?

Good question! I suppose the quick answer is to communicate information. I used to say that it's a repository for all sorts of information about the historic village of Findon, and the nearby Iron Age hillfort of Cissbury Ring (past and present), and Chanctonbury Ring. It still is! However, it now also contains information about photography and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), plus thousands of links to other useful websites.

The three main links pages are:

Also, the website has been expanded to include information about Findon Valley, Church Hill and the new South Downs National Park.

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2 - What does this website contain?

This website mostly contains information about the historic village of Findon and the nearby Iron Age hillfort of Cissbury Ring. However, it also contains information about other things such as photography and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).

To navigate your way around this website, select one of the options in the floating menu and follow the links on the pages that you visit. The floating menu on the left-hand side of the page also serves as a site map.

Alternatively, if you are looking for something specific then try using the search facility.

Select the Search findon.info option at the top of the page.

NB - This depends on how often Google's spider crawls around this website, consequently recent changes may not yet be included.

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3 - What has been changed recently?

Pages are updated from time-to-time, on an ad hoc basis. Obviously, pages containing information that changes most often tend to be the ones that get updated most frequently. For example:

As pages are updated they are being made more suitable for viewing with a display resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels.

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4- Why are some parts of this website out-of-date?

This website contains a lot of pages! Maintaining them is a bit like painting the Forth Railway Bridge (ie it's a never ending task!). While this website hasn't been around quite as long as the Forth Bridge, sometimes it feels like it! Most of the original construction effort was put in between 1997-1999. Little changed during 2000, however work on updating it began in during 2001 and has continued off and on, to date.

So, work on updating and maintaining this website is ongoing. Out-of-date pages are gradually being updated, however because it's quite a big site there's lots that needs to be done, so please be patient. I maintain this website in my spare time, as and when it suits my mood. Updated pages are validated to ensure they are XHTML 1.0 and CSS compliant. If you don't know what XHTML or CSS are then visit the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) page.

This website has been accessed millions of times since it was launched in 1997 and seems to have taken on a life of its own. It no longer resembles the original website; it is constantly evolving.

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5 - Who runs this website?

Ron Hughes, who lived in Findon from 1980 to 2005.

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6 - How can the owner be contacted?