It is inevitable that some pages will still have the 'old' template,
if this is the case please give us time.
The only other option was to close the site completely whilst we
apply the changes !
Welcome to Coldstream News
.................... keeping up with all things Coldstream!
Hopefully on this page you'll find links to other articles that have
been displayed at other sections of ShinyCapstar. Here we'll
mention if the site has had an update, forum (message board)
information and other breaking news from 'Planet Coldstream'. Please make sure that you drop in 'regularly' to the
Coldstream News Section of Shiny-Chat (the Coldstream
Community).
Now, onto the news and remember ........ the newest news is ALWAYS
at the top!
THE
TOMMY LEECH APPEAL
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FUNDRAISING APPEAL
. >> Tommy needs our help.
L/Sgt. Carl Leech who lost his life in a car
accident travelling home to Middlesbrough from his post at
Catterick. Not only did he leave a widow but a very young son Tommy
who tragically was born without ears and hearing, operations to
rectify this could not be done till he reached the age of 10. Tommy
has now undergone tests which determined that this is possible, but
can only be done in Germany at the cost of £50,000.
For more
information and an online video, please click here.
SITE
UPDATE NEWS: 27 APRIL 2008
The
Coldstream News Section of the forum now features two new
pieces.
The
Coldstream News Section of the forum now features two new
pieces.
No
1 Company Return's Home: features a small article, some images
and media coverage from 1 Company's return from Afghanistan.
Battalion St George's Day Celebrations: features an article and
images from the Battalion's celebrations of this glorious day on the
23rd April 2008.
As you can see the site is having a little revamp and there will be many
new features added in the coming weeks including an active
Coldstream Timeline where Coldstreamers can add their own images and
stories. More updates and Coldstream News will follow in this
section but in the mean time please view the
Herrick Section
with some fantastic images and articles from the Coldstream Guards
serving over in Afghanistan (due back at the end of April 2008).
More features are being added to this site daily, so please
keep checking back. For now you can view old Coldstream News
by clicking on the links above in the 'Old News' Section.
SHINYCAPSTAR
UPDATE STATUS
Some sections of the site have
been updated, some sections have been added and some sections are
still to come.
1. HOME
PAGE: a
total redesign with easier navigation (I think?), and more stuff to
be added, but it now features direct RSS Feeds of the latest 'Army &
MOD News, plus a scroller that tells you the most popular links on
the site. Two new features of the front page will be updated on a
regular basis, 'In the Spotlight' and 'Site Feature' will be updated
on a regular basis just in case anyone misses something. Polls
have also been re-introduced, we'll see how these pan out. The
'Shout-box' has been dropped due to potential spam messages being
left.
2. REGIMENTAL HISTORY SECTION:
the
Regimental
History Section has been long due an update, not that we missed
anything the first time, just tidying up a little. The main
'Regimental
History' page has been updated (to look a little like a
newspaper - le me know what you think). From there, I kind of
got carried away and started updating various pages to the History
Section, including a re-vamped VC Section with added images, and
Medal Entitlements of each VC Winner. Obviously this section
alone is HUGE so please bear with it and keep checking back for
extra features, including ............................. 'The
Time-Lines'. I am working on two timeline projects, the first
being a pictorial timeline (see work in progress here), the second
being an interactive timeline of Coldstream Campaigns from 1970
(read more about this exciting project here).
3. THE
A to Z SECTION:
this section will be updated as time progresses. I was
e-mailed by someone ages ago asking about a particular article and
had to trawl through updates. I thought why not have an A t Z
of all things Coldstream and hyperlink frenzy!
4.
EASTER EGGS:
no this isn't a
ploy at getting some more choccy in April (I've had enough thanks),
but the terminology used for internet trap doors. I have
started introducing some secret links on the site (called Easter
Eggs) that will give you some information and images that no one
else will see!
5. PAST,
PRESENT & FUTURE:
a couple of pages I
am working on portraying a Coldstreamer at various stages.
6. A
NEW ICON:
I was messing about in Photoshop and created a new icon for
ShinyCapstar. Yeah, I know it's not very Web2.0 friendly but
come on ................ !
7. CRISP LOOK - CLEAN FEEL:
the look and feel
of ShinyCapstar will change over the next couple of weeks/months as
all pages will be filtered to the new template. I have to do
this manually to each page (copy and paste) as I am still using MS
Frontpage (booo hiss). Hopefully we will do away with those
irritating animations that were so popular at Shiny's birth and have
background image free pages. Before someone says it, yeah -
all this will probably be back in web fashion by the time I change
everything!
8. FEED
BACK:
ShinyCapstar is
still holding on .................. just! But
we need your
feedback so we can; a. pass it to those that require to see it and
post your remarks online and b. take your points onboard and
hopefully make things even better!
9. CELINE DION:
no she's not one of
my favourite artists, and no I'm not cracking up - yet! She
did, however, have a hit with the classic 'All By Myself', which
incidentally is ME, the Shinycapstar Team. Want to help, you
can by sending in images, stories, articles, scans - anything that
can take this site to a new level. We have a
YouTube account
for videos and the Gallery will soon be updated with some new and
improved software. Send anything onto us via the 'Contact
Page'
10. OP HERRICK 7:
as I write this
post there is only a few days until the Battalion are complete and
have returned to Windsor, with the Welcome Home Parade taking place
on the 26th April. I have just taken delivery of thousands of
images and videos (thanks to Lt Weddell) that will shortly be added
to galleries on the
Herrick Section
and made into short videos for the
YouTube Section.
THE
TOMMY LEECH APPEAL
-
FUNDRAISING APPEAL
. >>
Tommy needs our help.
L/Sgt. Carl Leech who lost his life in a car
accident travelling home to Middlesbrough from his
post at Catterick. Not only did he leave a widow but
a very young son Tommy who tragically was born
without ears and hearing, operations to rectify this
could not be done till he reached the age of 10.
Tommy has now undergone tests which determined that
this is possible, but can only be done in Germany at
the cost of £50,000.
For more information and an
online video, please click here.
SHINYCHAT:
GENERAL INFORMATION
We do our best to update this site as often as possible.
There are, however, times when other work commitments take priority
over this website. On the rare occasions that this happens we
try to add posts to the forum under the 'Coldstream
News' section.
The forum has nearly a thousand members and at the time of this post
had over 23,000 (yes twenty three thousand) articles posted in the
various sections of the forum from 'Find
a Friend' to '**Videos
Jokes & Funnies' - please note that some sections require
registration to view any posts.
The
forum is located by
Clicking Here.
**Some posts made in this section
are of an adult nature.
THE
TOMMY LEECH APPEAL
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FUNDRAISING APPEAL
