Unofficial Royal Irish Regiment website

[[R-DEV]Gaz]

I've been working my nuts off on a website I created at the start of 2007, but fell into the 'unloved' pile. With my battalion's recent name change, it spurred me to completely overhaul the website, and add approx 800% more content!

Here's the changelog of the website. As you can see, I have been working like mad on it over the past week or so

24/10/07

- Added Wallpapers to the Media section (6 1024x768 images)
- Added 2 R IRISH History page
- Added new 'links' page to cut down main menu spam
- Tidied up main user menu

23/10/07

- Recruiting video added to Recruiting page
- Forums officially delinked and held in stasis
- New changelog page added
- added new videos to Media (Media) Section
- paypal donate email address changed to 2royalirish.com address
- added a '2 R IRISH Deployed' page, showing the current number of 2 R IRISH troops deployed

22/10/07

- .css template file edited to bold menu text on Main, Rifle & Jav sites.
- menu lengths re-adjusted to fix offset text in links
- Paypal mambot added
- YouTube Video mambot added
- Google Adsense mambot added
- R IRISH Media section added (vids and wallpapers)
- Donate page added for those who wish to donate towards site costs
- R IRISH News section added
- 3 news posts added

21/10/07

- backend database optimisation to speed up website
- config alterations to increase security of site
- config changes that alter various visual aspects of the site.

20/10/07

- further enhancements to website imagery
- updated recruitment page, adding TA URL for information
- new domain name in effect - www.2royalirish.com from www.acoyrangers.com (thanks Gregg!)
- www.acoyrangers.com set to redirect to new domain address (thanks Gregg!) CURRENTLY ONGOING
- hosting being moved to 2royalirish.com, giving access to 2royalirish email addresses (thanks Gregg!) CURRENTLY ONGOING

19/10/07

- added new website headers to reflect Battalion's change from The Royal Irish Rangers to 2nd Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment
- added new image(s) to the main website to reflect Battalion's change from The Royal Irish Rangers to 2nd Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment
- fixed text to reflect Battalion's change from The Royal Irish Rangers to 2nd Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment
- updated website address in preparation of new domain name
- removed link to forums, due to inactivity
- removed link to image database, due to inactivity
- removed links in the Main nav bar that are duplicated in the Top nav bar
- updated FuseHosting's link to new URL
- updated Official site link and changed the name
- updated the telephone number, email address and postal address for Recruiting Page
- updated text on the Javelin microsite
- updated images on the Javelin microsite
- updated text on the Rifle plt microsite
- updated images on the Rifle plt microsite
- added completely new images to Rifle Plt Weapons page

16/03/07

- added new image to Rifle Platoon main page
- added completed content to Recruiting page on main website
- added new image to recruitment page
- installed new Image Database application (not yet set up for public view)

15/03/07

- A Coy RANGERS usergroup created, allowing access to private Coy forums
- A Coy Platoon forums made invisable & private to users not granted access
- added 'chewie' as forum moderator
- removed main Rifle Plt image after complaints received.
- removed the word 'Official' from the main acoyrangers.com official forum announcement header to ensure it isn't taken out of context.

14/03/07

- rifle platoon weapon systems content added
- main site, rifle platoon and javelin platoon introduction content updated
- website changelog added to the forums and linked to main site menu

Check it out and let me know what you think. Especially pleased with the new 'Media' section

http://www.acoyrangers.com

Suggestions and comments are welcomed!

[Top_Cat_AxJnAt]

readings, downloading (direct and in, you spoil us!) ...engrossed! And will be so for some good time!


p.s LOL to rocket firing comparison between the Brits and some children...jkes! It was as if they had no idea what would happen - powerfull rocket + house =...hmm, come back to me on that one! Although i love the voice of the chap at the start - "Wuhahoo...i fired a javelin" - got to watch to get really.


After long nosy around, it looks super clean, is very easy to navigate, and ofcourse, highly informative. So, yes, it is everything a website should be.

Quick question: I know a rifle platoon is made up of 3 sections and a smaller bunch of other specialize support people (lol) but:
1) how is a javelin platoon organized - sections, fireteams.

2) how many Javs per platoon

3) how many ammo carriers (tubes i guess) per Jav.

4) What other equipment do you carry, i know you will carry SA80s, but what about the odd SAW or UGL?

oo, and depends on answer to rest but how does the Jav platoon integrate with the rifle platoons - do you stay all stick together in you jav pla. or do you ever split, with half of the jav pla. going off with 1 rifle pla. and the other with another rifle pla.

Cheers Gaz

[[R-DEV]Gaz]

Originally Posted by Top_Cat_AxJnAt

readings, downloading (direct and in, you spoil us!) ...engrossed! And will be so for some good time!


p.s LOL to rocket firing comparison between the Brits and some children...jkes! It was as if they had no idea what would happen - powerfull rocket + house =...hmm, come back to me on that one! Although i love the voice of the chap at the start - "Wuhahoo...i fired a javelin" - got to watch to get really.


After long nosy around, it looks super clean, is very easy to navigate, and ofcourse, highly informative. So, yes, it is everything a website should be.

Quick question: I know a rifle platoon is made up of 3 sections and a smaller bunch of other specialize support people (lol) but:
1) how is a javelin platoon organized - sections, fireteams.

2) how many Javs per platoon

3) how many ammo carriers (tubes i guess) per Jav.

4) What other equipment do you carry, i know you will carry SA80s, but what about the odd SAW or UGL?

oo, and depends on answer to rest but how does the Jav platoon integrate with the rifle platoons - do you stay all stick together in you jav pla. or do you ever split, with half of the jav pla. going off with 1 rifle pla. and the other with another rifle pla.

Cheers Gaz

1)Javelin Plt > around 28 blokes
2 x Sections in a platoon (12 guys per section)
2 x Detachments per Section (5 x Pax in each det)
2 x 'Firing Posts' per Det
Firing Post is 2 guys - Gunner and Controller Observer

2)2 firing posts per Det, so 4 per Section, so 8 per Plt.

3)Everyone carries at least 1 LTA (missile tube), while each gunner gets the lucky job of carrying a missile plus the CLU.

4)Check out the Javelin Weapon System page of the site. We use all the Infantry weapons while being a Javelin specialised unit.

A Javelin Plt is a Battalion level asset. Individual Dets can be attached to Platoon level groups as a Support element. A section is a Company level attachment etc.

[Top_Cat_AxJnAt]

Bloody hell, 8 launchers, 24 missiles, LSWs, SAWs and UGLs....yer, without doubt you Irish are genuinely.. packing it!

SO when you decide to combine your selves with the 16th Air Assault Brigade, im pretty damn sure that if any foreign threat had any idea what so ever what and who you bitches are, i think you become some what more of deterrent that any number of trident subs could ever be, o and of course if their were to provide you with the ultimate test, you would only accomplish the cementing of your reputation as being utterly invaluable to this country and I hope, the all!

All persons, from TOP DOWN, should never forget this!


p.s Gaz, it would be great to play a game with you! Will it be 0.7 beta like with all DEVs or Sunday night on the TG server!

[[R-DEV]Gaz]

What an excitable young chap you are

[[R-DEV]Jaymz]

Gaz, if a recruit joins the Royal Irish, is there a good chance you'll be instructing them at some point? Perhaps you've met my mate spud

[[R-DEV]Gaz]

Depends if he is 1 R IRISH or 2 R IRISH. If he's full time, he's probably 1 R IRISH, so I wouldn't have.

[[R-DEV]Gaz]

any more views, opinions etc?

http://2royalirish.com

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