About this site

The (original) goals of this site:

1. To allow individual owner management of photos.
2. To create a library of owner modifications.
3. To provide a site for sharing photos of cruises and passages.
4. To provide a site for factory and dealer photographs.
5. 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 based on Chris Williams ASP Photo Gallery Software. http://CJWsoft.com
• Jan. 2003 site opens with 20 photos in 2 photo albums.
  • Bobby's Album #14 http://ipphotos.com/view_ad.asp?Ad_ID=14
  • Hayden's Album #15 http://ipphotos.com/view_ad.asp?Ad_ID=15
  • albums # 1 to # 13 were deleted after testing, these albums #14 & #15 were the first ones to go live over Christmas 2002
• April 2003, site reaches 500 photos.
• August 2003, site reaches 1,000 photos.
• December 2003, site reaches 1,600 photos.
• December 2003 Our 1st Calendar 2004 was created!
• December 2003, IPphotos.com store opens.
  • Online Shop: http://cafeshops.com/IPphotos
• May  2004, site reaches 2,000 photos.
• August 2004, site reaches 2,500 photos. (fyi: FaceBook.com launches!)
• December 2004, site reaches 3,000 photos!
• December 2004 Our 2nd Calendar 2005 was released.
• April 2005, site reaches 3,500 photos!
• July 2005, site reaches 4,000 photos!
• December 2005, site reaches 4,700 photos!
• December 2005 Our 3rd Calendar 2006 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 2007 was released.
• December 2006, Site is converted to an SQL database to deal with the volume, programing work paid to Chris Williams for sql conversion/connection/move.
• December 2006, Additional monthly 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, our 5th Calendar 2008 is released with the help of all who shared images
• March 2008, my new IP sharing site is released to a beta group after years of work: http://IPOwebs.com or http://IPYOA.com  This site is still in design and testing phase and may be released in 2009!
• June 2008, site breaks through 8,000 photos!
• August 2008, our email mailing list is canceled by SailNet so...
  • IPmail begins to provide the email mailing list for owners
  • IPmail grows beyond this servers capabilities, so Bruce Gregory studies and builds a better system on his server at IPsailor.com with web archives, a digest feature and now IPmail is better than ever. THANK YOU BRUCE
• November 2008, our 6th Calendar 2009 is released featuring our youngest IP sailor LILLI from Germany!!
• November 27, 2009, our 7th Calendar 2010 is released with the most diverse photo collection and the highest quality IP photos ever collected. This calendar was featured on the home page of the new IPYOA.com portal.
• November 2009, Site is nearing 10,000 photos! LOOK OUT....