Posted:
12/26/2002
This site
has been created by Hayden and Radeen Cochran, Island Packet owners
since 1991. Sailing out of Rock Hall, MD home of the largest Island Packet Dealer in the world,
Gratitude Yachting Center, Hayden & Radeen have photographed hundreds of Island Packet Yachts.
Processing and uploading these photos to a web page is a difficult
process. Managing a web site of photos organized in a logical manner
is also a very difficult process. Attempting to meet these
challenges is the focus of this site. We hope everyone can share the
true joy of ownership through participating in IslandPacketPhotos.com
The goals of this site:
- To allow individual owner management of
photos.
- To create a library of owner modifications.
- To provide a site for sharing photos of cruises
and passages.
- To provide a site for factory and dealer
photographs.
- To share the joy of ownership!
How this site works:
The site is organized by Island Packet Yacht
models, along with a few other key categories. Sub-categories have
been created under each yacht model, providing an organization for
owner modifications. One to fifteen photographs can be uploaded per
photo album. Captions can be added for each photo. The uploaded
photos are stored in a database and sorted into the correct
category. The owner of the photo albums can make edits, deletions,
or additions to their albums in the future. Everyone (even
non-registered users, i.e. potential owners) can view all photo
albums. Photo albums can be sent via email to anyone with an email
address. Topics can be searched and photos can be found easily. Enjoy your use of IslandPacketPhotos.com
and share your photos with us!
Sincerely,
Hayden & Radeen (photo)
12/26/2002
Site History and Growth
- Dec. 2002, Test site is published after 2 months
of design work.
- Jan. 2003 site opens with 15 photos.
- April 2003, site reaches 500 photos.
- August 2003, site reaches 1,000
photos.
- December 2003, site reaches 1,600
photos. Our 1st Calendar was created!
- December 2003, IPphotos.com store
opens.
http://cafeshops.com/IPphotos
- May 2004, site reaches 2,000
photos.
- August 2004, site reaches 2,500
photos.
- December 2004, site reaches 3,000
photos! Our 2nd Calendar was released.
- April 2005, site reaches 3,500 photos!
- July 2005, site reaches 4,000 photos!
- December 2005, site reaches 4,700 photos! Our
3rd Calendar was released.
- April 2006, site reaches 5,000 photos! See
David's Album
HERE
- June 2006, site reaches 5,500 photos.
- October 2006, site reaches 6,000 photos in
925 photo albums!
- November 2006, Our
4th Calendar was
released.
- December 2006, Site converted to SQL
database to deal with the volume
- December 2006, Additional server account
added for SQL database!
- Jan. 2007, Site reaches 6,500 photos.
- Feb 2007, Site offers help to a fellow
sailor sv/FlyingPig with a hosted
web page.
- November 2007, Site reaches 7,000 photos in
over 1,200 photo albums.
- December 2007,
Calendar #5,
2008 is released with the help of all how shared images
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