What’s New @ MarineBio?
MarineBio is working hard to bring you even more information as part of our evolving online tribute to all Ocean life.
- LiveChat plugin 30-day trial initiated (lower right on every page on this site and the forums) 6/2/19
- Facebook Group membership passes 22,000 members!
- New Plankton Forums development/testing/launch completed: https://deepwildblue.com
- Sponsorship program initiated. See /sponsor-the-marinebio-conservation-society for details. 5/1/19
- Final migration/upgrade completed, traffic over 4K visitors/day and rising. Site/images optimized, security, PHP, and caching upgraded.
- Species maps views exceeded, upgraded Google developer account.
- Taxonomy check in progress…. call out to guest bloggers pending.
- New species launches in the works. Conservation issues updating in progress. Student resources expansion planned soon. 3/29/19
- Facebook Group very active, Instagram account growing steadily.
- System updates and migration completed 3/18/19, traffic rising from 3.5K visitors/day.
- Old url redirections completed, species/site search engine bugs remain, developer/$ needed to fix (considering offering sponsorships).
- Ocean Channel updated with new species and conservation videos.
- Blog post migration continues… completed (~300 posts, started back in 2006).
- Marine species home pages updated with new maps, links checked, etc. 287 species published, 90 pending review, 8,873 in review.
- Marine Biology Education Resources updated.
- Marine Conservation Organizations list updated.
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) updated.
- Worldwide Aquariums & Marine Life Centers page updated.
- Ocean Channel (online video library) testing and updates completed.
- Main new site and servers migration completed. 2/1/19 Two minor bugs re search remaining.
This is such a brilliant website! I will start following on insta & FB – but was also wondering if you have a sign-up to to receive email news?
Thanks!
Thanks Christine! We have a mailing list signup form near the bottom of most pages onsite that will help you stay up-to-date on MarineBio’s latest news about marine life, conservation and science. You’re also welcome to also join our very popular FB group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/marinebio/ :-) Have a great weekend!