Confraternity of St James UK - Website?

[Kanga]

I can't load the Confraternity of St James website (www.csj.org.uk) - my go-to site normally for multiple useful Camino related topics. Anyone know what has happened? I get a "parked" website instead.

 

[Tia Valeria]

I just get a complete blank this morning. I am also having problems loading photos here. Internet problems generally?? or just a site hiccup?

 

[peregrino_tom]

I'm checking and I'll get back to you. We are doing some upgrade work at the moment

 

[Al the optimist]

I'm getting the Support Services parked page as well

 

[Kanga]

I'll look into this and post again if I find anything. We are upgrading the website and this may be a consequence of the current work.

Much appreciate your response.

 

[peregrino_tom]

It is to do with upgrading our 'hosting' settings. We expect to be back online at around UK lunchtime i.e. in about two hours

 

[Harington]

It is to do with upgrading our 'hosting' settings. We expect to be back online at around UK lunchtime i.e. in about two hours

Still not, alas. Could you post when back to normal? Many thanks

 

[peregrino_tom]

yep, sorry, it's taking longer to sort out than expected. I'll post here as soon as I get word that it's back up.

 

[Tia Valeria]

I have just tried the CSJ website and it looks as though it is all back. ('Home' page and 'Bookshop - Guides to routes in Spain' are certainly OK)

 

[Kanga]

Yes, all good.

 

[pattimlin]

I'm still getting the host page when I click on any link n the bookshop. Most disappointing

 

[Tia Valeria]

There is an obvious problem with the site. I will e-mail them and let them know. That doesn't help you to get a guide by next week unless you can e-mail them, or make phone contact, but the office is not open every day.

 

[Tia Valeria]

Update:- The contact details are given on the main bookshop page as the site is being updated. Office open Tuesdays and Thursdays for orders by e-mail or phone.

 

[mspath]

Try www.csj.org.uk/

Note final forward slash ie /

 

[peregrino_tom]

Switching over to a new site is taking us at CSJ longer than expected, but we are working on it. I realise the workaround of telephone and e-mail for the bookshop is not always convenient, especially for people wanting things quickly. Please bear with us - it may be a couple more weeks, but we'll definitely be letting you know when everything is fully working again.
Thank you for your patience, tom

 

[Tia Valeria]

@peregrino_tom - it would be really helpful if the notice about the updating was on other pages in the books shop, if that is possible. Going in by bookmark to the 'guides to Spain' doesn't give the notice - which probably is what prompted the post from @pattimlin.

 

[peregrino_tom]

@peregrino_tom - it would be really helpful if the notice about the updating was on other pages in the books shop, if that is possible. Going in by bookmark to the 'guides to Spain' doesn't give the notice - which probably is what prompted the post from @pattimlin.

Tia - good point. I'll pass it on to the person maintaining the old site and it should get early next week.

 

[peregrino_tom]

Well it's taken us a few months, but I'm now happy to report that the new CSJ website is fully working. We apologise for the delay but it was only when we started trying to place the new site onto the old hosting arrangements that we realised that a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff was very out of date. That's why the bookshop stopped working. And then we realised that a lot more of the boring stuff about things like cookie notification, legal bits and bobs etc were also out of date... But that's now all been put right and fully tested. The new site has been up and running perfectly for 10 days now.
You'll see the website looks very different and that's because we've moved over to WordPress. This provides the capability for those of us who aren't very IT savvy to edit and update pages. The idea is that as a volunteer-led organisation we can share the management of the site. We are planning to add some new functions over the next 6 months, but for now, if you want to share a comment about it, this forum is probably the best place to do that. So feel free to let us know what you think!
cheers, tom

 

[Al the optimist]

Good news. Thank you all for your efforts.