The 'Audlem Online' project

Audlem Online is the third incarnation of what some have kindly described as "one of the best village websites in the country." Editorial entries for businesses, clubs, societies, sports clubs etc. are free and any information or updates should be sent to the editing team. Please pass any comments (positive, negative or just interesting!) to any of us. We want your feedback!

We hope you will find the site easy to navigate and that the content is interesting and useful. Its purpose is to help everyone in the area to find out what's going on, how to find and use local businesses and participate to the full in the many local sports, groups and societies. For those visiting Audlem, we hope the website will give you a flavour of what you will find in one of England's liveliest and most attractive communities.

History

The website emerged from the preparation of the Parish Plan on August the 25th 2005. Questionnaire responses showed 85% of local residents wanted a website and 70% regularly used the Internet. Due to the website’s extraordinary success in the first month, the team released an updated version several weeks later including extra features suggested by residents.

A team consisting of Bob Cartwright, John Gunstone (who runs ThenMedia and has designed and built the website), Margaret Roberts, Pam Seddon and Bill Slater developed the site.

In April 2009 the Mark III version of the site was launched, and the webteam now comprises John Tilling (Chairman), Bob Cartwright (Editor), John Gunstone (Chief Technical Guru) and Pam Seddon who tries to bring some sanity into the proceedings.

How does it all work?

Audlem Online runs on an sub-atomic UNIX based mainframe data-centre based in America’s silicon valley. The concept was initially a joint venture between NASA and the UK communications forum, but has been re-written in object-orientated H-BIT 3.0 by John Tilling and John Gunstone. Essentially the system is a binary core node, underpinned with cross protocol token ring networks using CSMA LAN (Collision Sense Multiple Access with Random Backoff) technology.

Webteam users keep the site up-to-date by sending coms-packets to a stationary SDSL router. The router backdates transfer clusters with multiple nodes, helping to optimise SQL and ensure data integrity. Managment of the paired raid drives, is inter-cooled and back-spun - with compressed tarballs, backed up across a gigabit SAN.

The mainframe target source is modular, receiving periodic updates from a satellite launched in 2004. The satellite was a joint project built by British Aerospace, Audlem Primary School and the Embroiderers' Guild. It was financed by ASET, ADAS and the Parish Council and launched in conditions of great secrecy from the garden of the Lord Combermere, the blast-off being camouflaged by one of ASET's noisier firework displays.

So now you know... ;-)