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| October
12, 2001 |
Power Point Templates have been uploaded
to a Yahoo Briefcase. The files could not be uploaded to this site
because of Yahoo restrictions on file types, so the links have been
provided, and the files are now available to all members of the Northwest
Chapter.
Full PowerPoint Presentations are coming, and will be uploaded as the
following week progresses.
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| September 27, 2001 |
PowerPoint templates have been added to
the members only section. These files can be downloaded for the
purpose of educating the public about Paramedicine, or while training our
local personal. A free downloadable PowerPoint viewer link will be
added as well, similar to the free Adobe Acrobat reader so those who do
not have PowerPoint can view the files.
To view the new PowerPoint Templates (backgrounds), go to the main page
and log in to the Members only area.
Coming soon: full PowerPoint Presentations, dealing with medical
related issues. Some are based on American EMS, while others have
been created specifically for use here in Northwestern Ontario.
Note: Our high speed DSL service is currently down again, and
these files will be uploaded as soon as the web is accessible :)
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| September 21, 2001 |
Over the past week or so, added some more
information on EMS Job Postings, Local Information, Research links and a
few other minor changes.
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| September
01, 2001 |
Added some course info, and added the Paramedic
Equivalency link for those interested in practicing Paramedicine in
Ontario. Added a few more links the other day, including the new
Thunder Bay Paramedics, and NWO Paramedics site.
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| August
28, 2001 |
Changed tree structure of some pages.
Found web changes information was getting too big (this info below will be
deleted when site goes public, but over a year or so, it will still need
its own page). Have to add more info to Local Information page.
Playing with Java Script menu makers, will be adding better (flashier)
menu's in near future.
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| August 19, 2001 |
Added another News article, and examples of
Courses (Dryden's ZOLL training dates).
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| August 17, 2001 |
Looked again at the Lambton
Base Hospital web site. Love the idea and information on it,
hope to still incorporate some of the ideas Chuck has on the site, such as
list of dates for courses, downloadable files, feedback form, Newsletters,
etc...but focused towards OPA, instead of Base Hospital.
Added 2 news articles
found on the Chronicle Journal web site.
Added a few EMS related links
(local and OPA related)
Added PDF document to site,
an overview of the site concept, and some ideas for improvement and
changes needed.
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| August 08, 2001 |
Added a news
article, back on dial up for the past few days, as local DSL service
down again (hopefully up again soon).
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| August 05, 2001 |
Evening: Added
tables to the course information page,
and put up a course in September (questionable date, but as limited
viewers, felt I should try it out). Suggestion rec'd to include
training courses from Regional Training office (s). Will need a list
of courses from Thunder Bay West/East to add to up and coming courses.
Worked on Discussion group
settings, can add moderators (OPA Executive if they so wish), and
accessible by invite only. Problem, have to know if the person
requesting inclusion is an OPA NW member, otherwise I have to take a guess
as to whom the person is, and do they belong to the Northwest
Chapter. Note: could move the access area into the
members only page, that way once the member is in the secure pages, and
requests to join the discussion group, could e-mail from that page :) I
would know they are already in the login area (member)
Added buttons to sections on this page and courses page so people can
press it to head back to the top of the page.
Hoping to get my hands on the OPA Northwest By-Laws to post instead of
the provincial OPA ones. :) Also
looking for pics of the clothing available from OPA and their costs for
the OPA stuff page.
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| August 04, 2001 |
Wee hours of the morning: Added another form
for the EMS Links page. If people want
to submit a link that is relevant to Paramedics in Northwestern Ontario,
they can fill out a form and it automatically gets sent to my e-mail
account for consideration. Also added similar forms to the Research
page, Courses and CME and Events
pages
Evening: Added a discussion group and link from the OPA
Stuff page. Invitations have to be sent out (this way only
members of the OPA Northwest Chapter can participate). Added a
mini-poll on the Contact Information
page to find out what can be improved on the site. Built another
guest book, but had problems and decided to stay with Geocities one for
now (problem being, max 15 entries before having to archive them, still
viewable, but more work). Added Password Gate on the main
page that links to special pages that only OPA members can view.
Login information would have to be
given out to all the members, and information such as meeting
minutes, etc. could be placed in here. Added Search
Page (have to refine the META Tags on each page to narrow the searches
down). Built a Discussion
Group for members of OPA Northwest Chapter (again, at this time it is
strictly for OPA members, they have to request access to the group).
Members can E-Mail the web guy from the "News" page and request
an invite.
Wee hours of the morning: Changed the password gate to Java
Script and added a redirect page for invalid login. (Left
the Bravenet (secure) gate on the members page for people to see and
decide which they like better (security wise).)
Note: the
password is "OPA Northwest"
on the main page. I will remove the password from this page later
on.
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| August 03, 2001 |
Wee hours of the morning: Updated the
rest of the web tables to width of 650 pixels, need feedback on viewing
area on 800x600 screens. Added more news articles. Asked
around for information on the Star of Life, Base Hospital Newsletters, and
profiles for the executive. Would also like to get some CME articles
available on the web (possibly through a secure login, with question and
answer sheets available to E-mail or print out). Just a thought,
need input on feasibility of it. Working on secure login area for
members only.
Late evening: Redid pages on 600 pixel width, still not showing
up without scroll bars on 800x600 resolution (think there are some items
on pages which are greater that 600 pixels, not allowing the tables to
shrink further that 650. Will have to look at each item (graphic).
Added Form on Contact Information
page. When someone wishes to get a hold of OPA, they fill in
the form and it is sent automatically to an e-mail account (mine for now,
can forward to someone else, or change primary e-mail account later if
need be). Works great, should allow feedback very quickly.
Later added new check boxes to form, "How did you find the OPA
site", and found it also works. Right now the form gets sent to
Yahoo, then redirected to my account, can change this at any time, to send
the form results directly to any e-mail account.
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| August 02, 2001 |
Wee Hours of the morning: Updated every
page on the web site, placed all information in tables to limit the width
of the screen view (so people viewing with 800x600 can see whole width of
page without scrolling. Got it viewable without scrolling at around
1000dpi, but will redo the tables one more time to get them viewable on
800 later on tonight.) A big thanks for pointing out that not all have
1400dpi screens,...you know who you are :) This page has a table of 650
pixels, the rest have tables of 680 pixels. Fixed link to NWOPA
registration form on membership page.
Problem noted with shrinking the forms for Paramedicine 2001 (hard to
read). Have to figure out how to make them more visible.
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| August O1, 2001 |
Deleted all pages on web server, and reloaded
to fix problem geocities is having with links. Added recent articles
from Chronicle Journal, Dryden Observer, Kenora Daily Miner and News
(Nothing found on Fort Frances Times) to News section under Media
Coverage. Need to find more On-line sources of local Media
(Thunder Bay East in particular). Tried adding secure log on area
for Executive and/or members, but found that service automatically added a
banner to the bottom of the site (Bravenet
Services). Will look at adding this option at a later date if
requested (though will try without a third party service). Geocities
Guestbook added to the site
Added graphics to the site (Demers 4x4, Crestline Modular with S-76,
stethoscope) and changed the
application form to one for the Northwest Chapter (in PDF). Will
look at making this page separate (Web site updates) as it this section
could overshadow the press and media releases (added navigation bar at the
top of page for now). Added 2 other pics on Skill
Levels page (need to contact 799 for permission to use Air medic pics)
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| July 31, 2001 |
Added a new page entitled "Courses
and CME". The purpose of the page is to give area
Paramedics the opportunity to find courses relevant to their profession,
as well as the possibility of Continuing Medical Education through
downloadable files, etc... Updated contact information on OPA
Executive (received e-mail and updated from that). Still need
e-mail addresses for public to contact Executive.
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| July 30, 2001 |
Several pictures uploaded to pages on the site
(posters, license plate, Paramedicine 2001, Oxygen kit and HS 3000, and
picture of an Ambulance front end). Information corrected with
respect to the OPA Executive. Registration forms for Paramedicine
2001 and OPA membership created in PDF and uploaded (available for
printing). Information on the
Paramedicine 2001 conference added to the site with links from the
"News" page. Working on making the PDF forms into editable
forms for user input (users can type in all the information except their
signature, and print it out)
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| July 28, 2001 |
Redesigned the format of the pages (Horizontal
lines added), added comments to pages where I would like to update
information or need opinions on changes. Updated Contact information
from Canadian Emergency News magazine article (OPA Northwest submission),
as well as added information on OPA purchases.
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| July 27, 2001 |
Updated web site with information provided by
OPA members with different wording and graphics.
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| July 26, 2001 |
The Ontario Paramedic Association - Northwest Chapter Establishes Internet Presence.
The trial web site goes active today, in attempt to get input on
correcting information and securing approval for posting as an official
web site for the Northwest Chapter
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