Starting in early January I began the process of moving the site to a new server. Many of you may have noticed errors and missing pages during the move. At this time everything appears to be functioning perfectly. I hope to not have to do a server move for a very long time!
For a limited time you will find that every new member and every existing member can log in and download a voucher for $300 free groceries and another for $300 free gas. Take advantage of this offer!
You will also notice 2 new sections to the site. There is a Nutrition Index and a Recipe Index. I have started the nutrition index I just have to start filling it with information. You will be able to use this index to determine what foods are beneficial for what ails you. You never know it may help reduce the number of trips you make to the doctors office.
The recipe index will be a user driven index. I will depend on you to submit your favourite recipes. I will notify everyone when I am ready to start accepting recipes.
I am also going to start an articles section to the site. Every new letter will get published on the site.... Well, the article within the news letter. I hope to have this running in a week or so.
Right now please use our forum to offer suggestions for the site or to let me know of any problems with the site. If there are bugs I need to fix them!
Monday, February 2, 2009
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Site Update...
I just wanted to let everyone know that the site is under construction right now. It was time to clear out the dead files and free up server space. Sorry for the length of time that this is taking. I hope it will be done tonight. There are only 2 provinces left to go.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Redesign
Redesign
I have just started a slight redesign of the site. I hope everyone likes it. To me it seems cleaner and more inviting. I am going to make more improvements this coming week.
New Listings
Last week I added several thousand new listings to the database. I will continually add listings on a monthly basis.
Rewards Program
It has finally arrived! Everyone will now be rewarded for voicing their opinion. The more you speak out the bigger the rewards. The values range from $300 - $3500 so this is a very good rewards program considering all you have to do is give us your opinions!
Thanks all for this update.
I have just started a slight redesign of the site. I hope everyone likes it. To me it seems cleaner and more inviting. I am going to make more improvements this coming week.
New Listings
Last week I added several thousand new listings to the database. I will continually add listings on a monthly basis.
Rewards Program
It has finally arrived! Everyone will now be rewarded for voicing their opinion. The more you speak out the bigger the rewards. The values range from $300 - $3500 so this is a very good rewards program considering all you have to do is give us your opinions!
Thanks all for this update.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Back In Action!!!
I was away for almost 3 months so I fell way behind on the contests. I will be making that up to everyone very soon.
While I was away I was able to work diligently on the site it self. If you visit you will find that I have added Google Maps. I have been wanting to add that for a long time so that everyone can get directions directly from the site.
I have also added the search by postal code feature but its not activated yet. I will be setting that up very shortly.
Thats all for now, I will post again soon.
While I was away I was able to work diligently on the site it self. If you visit you will find that I have added Google Maps. I have been wanting to add that for a long time so that everyone can get directions directly from the site.
I have also added the search by postal code feature but its not activated yet. I will be setting that up very shortly.
Thats all for now, I will post again soon.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Technical Difficulties
Because of technical difficulties we had to cancel this weeks contest. If you have visited the site in the past 48 hours you would have noticed some errors on the site. We are working to fix the errors and the site should be fully functional by Monday night.
Site News
Proximity Search: This feature is soon going to be ready. I suspect it will be running by this Friday!
Google Maps: I have installed the software but this is what is causing the server errors that you are seeing on the website. We are working to fix this. Once the errors are fixed I will be able to map the restaurants at a rate of 15,000/day. So, it will take 5 days to map every restaurant in Canada!
Rewards: The rewards program is on hold until the proximity search and google maps are completed. Details will be announced at that time.
Sincerely,
Stephen Richardson
webmaster@canadafoodcritic.com
http://www.canadafoodcritic.com
Site News
Proximity Search: This feature is soon going to be ready. I suspect it will be running by this Friday!
Google Maps: I have installed the software but this is what is causing the server errors that you are seeing on the website. We are working to fix this. Once the errors are fixed I will be able to map the restaurants at a rate of 15,000/day. So, it will take 5 days to map every restaurant in Canada!
Rewards: The rewards program is on hold until the proximity search and google maps are completed. Details will be announced at that time.
Sincerely,
Stephen Richardson
webmaster@canadafoodcritic.com
http://www.canadafoodcritic.com
Monday, March 24, 2008
Weekly report
Just dropping in on this long Easter Weekend for a quick update. Yesterday (Sunday) we announced 12 winners for this weeks contests. All contests had participants so we will be running all 12 one more time. I will soon be upgrading the database of restaurants. When that is done I will post the additions and I will get all of last weeks reviews posted at the same time. I fell behind on that because of the server problems this week.
That's all for now, I am going to enjoy whats left of my long weekend!
Stephen Richardson
That's all for now, I am going to enjoy whats left of my long weekend!
Stephen Richardson
Sunday, March 16, 2008
First round of winners!
I have just completed the mailing to announce this weeks winners. You can find the list here:
http://canadafoodcritic.com/winners.htm
Two of my promotions where not as popular. The refere a friend feature http://canadafoodcritic.com/cgi-bin/birdcast/birdcast/birdcast.cgi
only had a single user. I am testing it for one more week. If people use it I will continue that contest, otherwise I will drop it. The other contest that was not so popular was the joining of the Canada Food Critic Face Book Group. I was hopeful that this would go over well because it provides a forum to comment on reviews and chat with other members. I will also continue this contest for another week but it its popularity does not pick up I may stop this one as well.
Other than that there is nothing new to report this week. I will have some big announcements in the next few weeks so stay tuned!
Stephen Richardson
http://canadafoodcritic.com/winners.htm
Two of my promotions where not as popular. The refere a friend feature http://canadafoodcritic.com/cgi-bin/birdcast/birdcast/birdcast.cgi
only had a single user. I am testing it for one more week. If people use it I will continue that contest, otherwise I will drop it. The other contest that was not so popular was the joining of the Canada Food Critic Face Book Group. I was hopeful that this would go over well because it provides a forum to comment on reviews and chat with other members. I will also continue this contest for another week but it its popularity does not pick up I may stop this one as well.
Other than that there is nothing new to report this week. I will have some big announcements in the next few weeks so stay tuned!
Stephen Richardson
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