Stumptown Shooters

News from

the Club.

Check here often for recent news and upcoming events.

Who we are, what we do and other Club Info.

Upcoming Class Schedules & Info for those doing "Experience" Shows, PGI Certification Application, etc.

Questions about Permits, Bunkers, Transportation & Other Needed Information.

Contacts to our Friends in the Pyro Community, Safety Agencies, Vendors, other Clubs & Organizations

Some of our Shows which we hope you enjoy viewing half as much as we did staging them!

PGI Membership Applications, IPA Membership Application, News, Opinions & More!

"Vital Statistics" of the Stumptown Shooters.

Info on the Opening Show of the 2005 PGI National Convention in Mason City, IA

Behind the scenes, "In your Face", Shoot Shots, who knows what might be in here (someday!)

Who to blame

for all this!

More or Less the development of this site.

7/12/04 - First upload.

09/30/04 - Movies Page Added

Menus Updated

10/01/04 - First Movie Loaded

10/02/04 - Movie Added

10/04/04 - Pictures Added to Photo Gallery - All Page Pointers Modified

10/20/04 - More Movies Added

11/10/04 - Document Page Added

Link to Acrobat Reader Added

11/12/04 - IPA Soundtrack Added on Documents Page

Menus Updated

11/16/04 - IPA Soundtrack (Revision 1) Swapped

11/24/04 - IPA Soundtrack (Revision 2) Swapped

11/30/04 - IPA Soundtrack (Revision 5) Swapped

11/24/04 - IPA Soundtrack (Revision 7) Swapped

11/29/04 - IPA Soundtrack (Revision 9 - FINAL, YEAH!) Swapped

12/14/04 - 2005 IPA Show Page Added

All Menus on Pages Updated

12/15/04 - Server Crash - Site Offline

12/16/04 - Site Back On-Line

01/10/05 - New Menu Buttons

01/10/05 - What's New Added

01/14/05 - Added links to the Fireworks Defense Fund website. Posted article on CPSC's bullshit charges against all in the Pyro Community but against Firefox in particular.

02/15/05 - Added new class to "What's New" and PGII Class Schedule pages for Central States Fireworks.

03/15/05 - Site went "Off-Line" - Explanation from our middle-man was that there was "Server Problems" at DreamHost and the site would be back in "a couple of days".

Started getting calls from people trying to register for courses from everywhere.

03/17/05 - Site still down. Check with Main Server Company Tech Support showed absolutely no evidence that they were having any troubles with any servers. Checked on DreamHosts' Emergency Tech Support Page and saw only 20 or so email delivery problems listed. No Servers down at all. Was told by the "Middle-man" who we bought server space from that the "Server Problem" would be repaired by Saturday morning.

Taking phone registrations and steaming (lots)

03/18/05 - (LATE PM) - Site still down. DreamHost has over 300 servers and hosts more than 100,000 websites. a company this large could have had our site back on again in 10 minutes (taking a break too).

(Now officially pissed-off)

03/19/05 - Site still down. Our "Middle-man" says he talked to "Tech Support" and the site would be up "No Later than Monday - NOON"

03/20/05 - NOON - Site still down. Gave it ONE-MORE DAY (like an idiot)

03/21/05 - 2:30pm Called Myles Meyer at Indigo-Ingenuity about moving the site. By 4:30pm I am uploading files and have the new DNS Servers in the process of registering across the web.

03/22/05 - Myles expands his server space to accommodate our large capacity storage needs. Continue to upload files and setup site.

03/23/05 - Site back on-line about 80% and is registered with all servers on all services people I checked with use.

03/24 to 03/28/05 - Checking for broken links, missing files, etc. Found some, had others pointed out by users.

Built separate registration forms and finally got information on the 4 classes that had been added t the schedule in the EIGHT DAYS we had been getting jacked around.

03/26/05 - Add a footer page to all pages removing the courtesy reference to the Site "Design" being Copyrighted by E D (ex-service provider)

03/27/05 - Added "ATF INFO & FAQ" to Main Link Buttons Menu. Made minor changes and additions to forms and found and repaired a few more bad hyperlinks.

03/28/05 - Make a note to call our ex-service "provider" and request refund of club's 12 months in advance for server space paid 3 weeks ago.


News from the Club. Check here often for recent news and upcoming events. Who we are, what we do and other Club Info. Upcoming Class Schedules & Info for those doing "Experience" Shows, PGI Certification Application, etc. Questions about Permits, Bunkers, Transportation & Other Needed Information. Contacts to our Friends in the Pyro Community, Safety Agencies, Vendors, other Clubs & Organizations Some of our Shows which we hope you enjoy viewing half as much as we did staging them! PGI Membership Applications, IPA Membership Application, News, Opinions & More! "Vital Statistics" of the Stumptown Shooters. Info on the Opening Show of the 2005 PGI National Convention in Mason City, IA Behind the scenes, "In your Face", Shoot Shots, who knows what might be in here (someday!) Who to blame for all this! More or Less the development of this site.	7/12/04 - First upload. 09/30/04 - Movies Page Added Menus Updated 10/01/04 - First Movie Loaded 10/02/04 - Movie Added 10/04/04 - Pictures Added to Photo Gallery - All Page Pointers Modified 10/20/04 - More Movies Added 11/10/04 - Document Page Added Link to Acrobat Reader Added 11/12/04 - IPA Soundtrack Added on Documents Page Menus Updated 11/16/04 - IPA Soundtrack (Revision 1) Swapped 11/24/04 - IPA Soundtrack (Revision 2) Swapped 11/30/04 - IPA Soundtrack (Revision 5) Swapped 11/24/04 - IPA Soundtrack (Revision 7) Swapped 11/29/04 - IPA Soundtrack (Revision 9 - FINAL, YEAH!) Swapped 12/14/04 - 2005 IPA Show Page Added All Menus on Pages Updated 12/15/04 - Server Crash - Site Offline 12/16/04 - Site Back On-Line 01/10/05 - New Menu Buttons 01/10/05 - What's New Added 01/14/05 - Added links to the Fireworks Defense Fund website. Posted article on CPSC's bullshit charges against all in the Pyro Community but against Firefox in particular. 02/15/05 - Added new class to "What's New" and PGII Class Schedule pages for Central States Fireworks. 03/15/05 - Site went "Off-Line" - Explanation from our middle-man was that there was "Server Problems" at DreamHost and the site would be back in "a couple of days". Started getting calls from people trying to register for courses from everywhere. 03/17/05 - Site still down. Check with Main Server Company Tech Support showed absolutely no evidence that they were having any troubles with any servers. Checked on DreamHosts' Emergency Tech Support Page and saw only 20 or so email delivery problems listed. No Servers down at all. Was told by the "Middle-man" who we bought server space from that the "Server Problem" would be repaired by Saturday morning. Taking phone registrations and steaming (lots) 03/18/05 - (LATE PM) - Site still down. DreamHost has over 300 servers and hosts more than 100,000 websites. a company this large could have had our site back on again in 10 minutes (taking a break too). (Now officially pissed-off) 03/19/05 - Site still down. Our "Middle-man" says he talked to "Tech Support" and the site would be up "No Later than Monday - NOON" 03/20/05 - NOON - Site still down. Gave it ONE-MORE DAY (like an idiot) 03/21/05 - 2:30pm Called Myles Meyer at Indigo-Ingenuity about moving the site. By 4:30pm I am uploading files and have the new DNS Servers in the process of registering across the web. 03/22/05 - Myles expands his server space to accommodate our large capacity storage needs. Continue to upload files and setup site. 03/23/05 - Site back on-line about 80% and is registered with all servers on all services people I checked with use. 03/24 to 03/28/05 - Checking for broken links, missing files, etc. Found some, had others pointed out by users. Built separate registration forms and finally got information on the 4 classes that had been added t the schedule in the EIGHT DAYS we had been getting jacked around. 03/26/05 - Add a footer page to all pages removing the courtesy reference to the Site "Design" being Copyrighted by E D (ex-service provider) 03/27/05 - Added "ATF INFO & FAQ" to Main Link Buttons Menu. Made minor changes and additions to forms and found and repaired a few more bad hyperlinks. 03/28/05 - Make a note to call our ex-service "provider" and request refund of club's 12 months in advance for server space paid 3 weeks ago.