About WSPD Web Site:
The first version of the site was uploaded in September 1998 and the second version, which contained significant content additions, was uploaded in August 1999. The present version, uploaded in March 2001, was mainly a cosmetic makeover. The site was built with Front Page Editor (not using Front Page Web though). Graphics were created with Adobe Photoshop Pro and Coral Draw.

The first two verions of the site used a simple frames layout, and the second version had a separate frameset for each of the four main areas of the site, and a further frameset for the front page. The present version abandoned this format in favour of "whole" pages.

September 1998

August 1999

March 2001

We abandoned the use of the band's tartan as a background for the site. Lots of band web sites do this, but it is almost impossible to use text with.

On March 8th 2001 the site recorded its 4000th visitor. Interestingly most hits arrive from search engines, followed closely by hits from specialist piping link sites. Links from other pages are important too, but there are relatively fewer of these.

The site was originally hosted by Victoria University of Wellington, but  in June 2001 it moved to the Wellington Community Network (sponsored by the Wellington City Council) which provides free web hosting for non-profit community organisations.