O.N.Z.C.D.A™ Web Site of the Decade 1998 - 2008

 

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O.N.Z.C.D.A™ congratulates our Web Site of the Decade winner on her achievement and thank the web site owner for the opportunity of being able to visit her web site. Awards earned from this award program were granted according to the criteria on the date site owners applied for award assessment and over time our criteria has become more demanding making our award more difficult to achieve. Changes to web sites since receiving our awards are the sole responsibility of the award recipients. Access the new window images or text link  to visit our winner.

•    Mostly Medieval (USA) - Owner: Susan Wallace

Our invited international Judging team sincerely congratulate the Web Site of the Decade Award winning web site owner on her success and thank her for the opportunity of being able to spend many pleasurable hours within her fascinating web site.

Spotlight of our Gold, Site of the Month (August) and Site of the Year awards in 2001, Mostly Medieval has 'stormed' its way through to our valued ultimate award with an overall averaged points total of 99 / 100. A most worthy winner indeed with an almost simple but eye-catching design, displaying the excellence our guests seek in top quality information, imagery and more.

•   “ . . . Mostly Medieval is a crown jewel among quality web sites which deal with the Medieval period of history. The detail of information leads to further discovery and research due to fully documented and referenced material contained within the web site . . . ”

•   “  . . . Mostly Medieval is an excellent web site. It has been complied with a plethora of valuable information and it is quite evident that the web mistress has spent A LOT of time perfecting this site . . . ”

•   “  . . . This site is a joy to view and I especially liked the journal section. The layout is clean and uncluttered with a good choice of colors and a clean and easy to use navigation system. Little touches such as the favicon and a delicate logo add to the elegance of this well constructed site . . . ”

•   “ . . . One of those rare sites that exceeds every expectation. Excellent design, interesting content, clean coding and broken into categories for ease of navigation plus a downloads section so that the site can give something back to the 'netizen' . . . ”

Mostly Medieval was hand-coded in Word Pad, utilizes JavaScripts and CSS, is optimized for viewing with a screen resolution of 800 x 600 and 24-bit True Color and is viewable in higher resolutions. The site has been tested for browser compatibility in Firefox 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0, Mozilla 1.5, Opera 7.0, 8.0, 8.5 and 9.02, Netscape Navigator 6.0, 7.0, 7.1 and 8.1, AOL Explorer 1.2, Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5, 6.0 and 7.0, and Safari 3.0.

Exploring the Middle Ages: The articles and information contained in Exploring the Middle Ages made up the entirety of Mostly Medieval from 1998 - 2000 and are the result of research undertaken prior to and continued during the writing of a novel set in 13th century Scotland. The novel has long since been shelved but the site lives on and continues to grow. Additions in progress include an expanded Medicine section and a full version of the epic ballad Blind Harry's Wallace complete with synopsis and additional features.

Sister Sites: In the Middle Ages, it was common for large abbeys to send out a group of monks to establish a “sister abbey” or “sister house.” Examples of this are Melrose Abbey, in Scotland which was a sister house of Rievaulx Abbey in Yorkshire, England and Jarrow Abbey in Tynemouth, England which was a sister house of Wearmouth Abbey in Durham. When particular sections of Mostly Medieval began to expand beyond the bounds of the original intent of the site, new sites were created and developed these being “sister sites” which remain intertwined with their origin at Mostly Medieval.

Travels in the UK: Travels in the UK originated in August 2000 as a weekly series of reports based on a personal journal written during a trip to the UK in the summer of 2000. The reports were incorporated into a sister-site of Mostly Medieval in March 2001. Recent additions include expanded photo galleries and an interactive map.

The Merkat Cross: The Merkat Cross originated as a section of Mostly Medieval in September 2002. Its purpose is threefold; as a lover of all things medieval, the author wanted to share the wealth of research material available through the “Search Inside” feature at Amazon.com with Mostly Medieval's visitors, the visual aspect of the era through Art.com's prints and posters, and to help offset the ongoing expenses of domain registration and web site hosting.

Downloads: The items offered for download at Mostly Medieval are what remains of the previous sister-site, Ars Priscus which originated in 2002 and was reabsorbed into the main site in 2007. The most popular items have been retained and new items such as a broader selection of Desktop Wallpapers have been added.