About this server
Content
This WWW presentation of the Department of Archaeology was launched on 7th October, 1997, following guidelines established by Dr Todd Whitelaw. The project was co-ordinated by Dr Simon Stoddart and implemented by Richard Hayman-Joyce.
General messing about by D.I. Redhouse sometime near the start of 1998. Modest redesign and new server by D.I. Redhouse Easter(ish) 1999. New server in October 2001. Move to University House Style July 2003. New server July 2004. New server March 2007. Move to University House Style September 2008.
See archived versions of this website on archive.org.
Implementation
The server runs on an Sun Netra X1. The operating system is OpenBSD and the HTTP server is Apache.
The Department's first web server was an Apple Macintosh LC II running WebStar 1.1. That was horrible and was replaced by a Viglen Genie running (shudder) Windows NT and IIS. That gave me nightmares and was replaced by first a Dell Optiplex running OpenBSD, and then by an Avantek PC running OpenBSD again. The current web server is a Sun Netra running OpenBSD again.
I like Avantek and OpenBSD a lot.
The HTML was prepared using notepad.exe, tidy.exe, HTML-kit, O'Reilly's `HTML' and `Dynamic HTML' and the W3C's HTML validator. And latterly, vi and make.
Maintenance
Comments and corrections should be sent to D.I. Redhouse.
Usage
Server statistics are produced by Analog every now and then. You can see:
- Overall traffic statistics---everything the server has done since October 2001
- Traffic statistics for visitors from outside the University of Cambridge (Please note: this set of figures excludes page decoration such as logos, icons, style sheets, etc.)
- Traffic statistics for visitors from within the University of Cambridge (Please note: this set of figures excludes page decoration such as logos, icons, style sheets, etc.)
There is a Privacy Policy governing the information we collect about visitors to this website
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