What’s New at Shadowood


Because the Shadowood website is being constantly improved, and because I want to make it easy for returning visitors to find the new material I’m adding frequently, I’m setting up this area. Here you will find every new addition or update to these pages listed in chronological order. Feel free to jump in wherever you last left off …


Oct. 9, 2004
Wrote Somer’s introduction

Oct. 7, 2004
Wrote Annabelle’s introduction

April 30, 2002
Added the iris pages

March 26, 2000
Archived another page of guestbook entries

Sept. 22, 1999
Added two new horse articles, Fighting Those Infamous Fungi and Finding the Right Riding Instructor

Sept. 20, 1999
Archived another page of guestbook entries

March 20, 1999
Added fifteen new questions and answers to the Equine Answer Board Archive

Feb. 28, 1999
Added another new horse quiz

Feb. 25, 1999
Added another new horse quiz

Feb. 17, 1999
Added twenty new questions and answers to the Equine Answer Board Archive

Feb. 8, 1999
Added another new horse quiz

Jan. 29, 1999
Added eleven new horse links
Added a new horse article, How Many Canters?

Jan. 28, 1999
Added another new horse quiz

Jan. 26, 1999
Added another new horse quiz

Jan. 17, 1999
Added another new horse quiz

Jan. 4, 1999
Added another new horse quiz

Jan. 3, 1999
Added another new horse quiz
Shadowood was designated a Heartland Hallmark Site
Joined the Heartland Hallmarks Webring

Dec. 31, 1998
Added another new horse quiz

Dec. 30, 1998
Added another new horse quiz

Dec. 28, 1998
Added another new horse quiz

Dec. 27, 1998
Added fourteen new questions and answers to the Equine Answer Board Archive

Dec. 22, 1998
Added another new horse quiz

Dec. 11, 1998
Added a new (and improved!) Shadowood site search utility to both the main index page and the main horse page

Dec. 9, 1998
Created three more code options for the Equestrian Education WebRing

Dec. 2, 1998
Added another new horse quiz

Nov. 30, 1998
Added another new horse quiz

Nov. 23, 1998
Gave birth (OUCH!) to the Equestrian Education WebRing

Nov. 19, 1998
Added another new horse quiz

Nov. 15, 1998
Added a new section of links to articles about buying a horse

Nov. 12, 1998
Added a new horse article, Can I Have a Horse?

Nov. 11, 1998
Added another new horse quiz

Nov. 6, 1998
Added a number of new horse links

Nov. 5, 1998
Added another new horse quiz

Nov. 2, 1998
Started accepting subscriptions to Words From the Woods, the new monthly Shadowood newsletter

Oct. 31, 1998
Added eleven new questions and answers to the Equine Answer Board Archive

Oct. 27, 1998
Completed BooBoo’s introduction
Added a new horse article on Winterizing Your Horse

Oct. 25, 1998
Added another new horse quiz

Oct. 17, 1998
Archived another page of guestbook entries

Oct. 16, 1998
Shadowood was granted Nancian’s Exceptional Site Award

Oct. 14, 1998
Added another new horse quiz

Oct. 12, 1998
Wrote Aspen’s introduction
Added more pictures to Raggie’sSarah’s, and Pea’s pages

Oct. 8, 1998
Wrote Sarah’s introduction

Oct. 7, 1998
Wrote Bitsy’s and Capri’s introductions

Oct. 5, 1998
Added another new horse quiz

Oct. 3, 1998
Shadowood was granted two new awards: the Wow Meow Award and the Keepers of the Stars Award

Sept. 27, 1998
Added another new horse quiz

Sept. 26, 1998
Divided Albert’s story into three pages for quicker loading

Sept. 22, 1998
Added another new horse quiz

Sept. 16, 1998
Added four new questions and answers to the Equine Answer Board Archive

Sept. 13, 1998
Added another new horse quiz

Sept. 11, 1998
Added another new horse quiz

Sept. 9, 1998
Added six new questions and answers to the Equine Answer Board Archive

Sept. 2, 1998
Shadowood was granted the Hunter’s Pony Farm Award of Excellence

August 31, 1998
Added another new horse quiz

August 24, 1998
Added another new horse quiz

August 16, 1998
Added another new horse quiz

August 9, 1998
Added another new horse quiz

August 2, 1998
Added another new horse quiz

July 26, 1998
Added another new horse quiz

July 24, 1998
Joined the Heartland Pet Gazette Webring

July 19, 1998
Added another new horse quiz

July 12, 1998
Added another new horse quiz
Split the Horseman’s Bookstore onto two pages: horse care and stable management books and horse training and riding books

July 10, 1998
Added the Horseman’s Bookstore

July 5, 1998
Added another new horse quiz

June 29, 1998
Albert was granted the very special Beautiful Horse Award

June 28, 1998
Added another new horse quiz
Added a Shadowood website index
Added an add-a-link page for Equestrian Education Links

June 25, 1998
Shadowood was granted Nancian’s Gem Quality Award of Excellence

June 21, 1998
Added another new horse quiz
Joined The Animal Circle webring

June 19, 1998
Shadowood is now offering a second website award – the Shadowood Award of Equestrian Education

June 15, 1998
Shadowood was granted the Touch of Love Award

June 14, 1998
Added another new horse quiz

June 13, 1998
Added a Question of the Day to the main entry page.

June 12, 1998
Added a feedback form to the main entry page.

June 10, 1998
Added a page of winners of the Shadowood Award of Excellence
Updated the navigation links on all my pages

June 9, 1998
Added a page of winners of the Shadowood Horse Quiz Award
Joined The Poetry Empire Webring

June 8, 1998
Started (just barely) writing Noddy’s introduction

June 7, 1998
Added another new horse quiz

June 4, 1998
Joined The Rider’s Ring

June 3, 1998
Joined two new webrings: The Phenomenal Women of the Web Webring and The Majestic Horse Ring

May 31, 1998
Added another new horse quiz

May 24, 1998
Added two new horse quizzes: In the Beginning and Who Said What?

May 10, 1998
Added another new horse quiz

May 3, 1998
Added another new horse quiz

April 26, 1998
Added another new horse quiz

April 20, 1998
Shadowood is designated Blue Ribbon Pet Site of the week

April 19, 1998
Added another new horse quiz

April 12, 1998
Added another new horse quiz

April 10, 1998
Added a utility to allow visitors to be automatically notified when the following pages are updated: horse quizzes, horse articles, and Equine Answer Board archive

April 7, 1998
Earned two new awards

April 6, 1998
Now offering the Shadowood Award of Excellence

April 5, 1998
Added another new horse quiz

April 3, 1998
Added an instant pager to the Shadowood homepage

March 29, 1998
Added a new horse quiz

March 28, 1998
Wrote Ragtime’s introduction

March 27, 1998
Started writing Lamie’s introduction

March 25, 1998
Added a new weather sticker to the Shadowood homepage

March 22, 1988
Added a new Horse Quiz feature

March 18, 1998
Added a new question and answer to the Equine Answer Board archive

March 16, 1998
Moved the equine-related information off the homepage and onto its horse page

March 14, 1998
Added a site-specific search engine to the Shadowood homepage

March 2, 1998
Won the Heartland Pet Award Site of the Week!

February 25, 1998
Welcome to Shadowood was designated a GeoCities Featured Page!!!
Joined the Heartland Official Featured Pages Webring

February 24, 1998
Joined three more webrings

February 22, 1998
Reformatted main page to make site navigation easier and page loading faster
Joined the Heartland Select Webring

February 19, 1998
Added a few new links

February 17, 1998
I have now archived some of the questions and responses from my Equine Answer Board

February 16, 1998
Added three more articles of interest to horse enthusiasts

February 14, 1998
Added The Perpetual Beginner
Added a section of equestrian articles
Added another graphics site and a section for page development and HTML Help to the links page

February 13, 1998
Was accepted as a member of Phenomenal Women Of The Web

February 11, 1998
Added The Dogs’ Welcome
Added a couple more graphics sites to the links page

February 10, 1998
Added Ragtime’s page

February 9, 1998
Added the short writing, “Why Rural?”
Added another pic to both the babies’ and Lamie’s pages

February 6, 1998
Was presented with another award
Added a section of wonderful graphics sources to the links page

February 4, 1998
Wrote Pea’s introduction

February 2, 1998
Albert’s story is now illustrated with scanned photos
Added pages for BitsyCapriNoddyLamiePeaSarah, and Aspen. Only pics on these pages so far, but stay tuned for written introductions.
Added another pic to Pretty’s page
Added a page of awards won by my homepage

January 31, 1998
Added more pics to the following pages: BillyBooBooBabies, and Moonie
Moonie’s page also has a bit more text and a pic of ME!

January 28, 1998
The baby’s story is partially written
What’s New section added to the homepage
Wrote a bit more of Moonie’s introduction

January 27, 1998
Added homepage graphics for guestbook and email
Started Billy’s introduction
All webrings are now activated and fully functional