Nettleden.com - a place for explorers

6th May 2009 01:47

More news, a few more little tweeks and improvements.

The main one being commenting. You'll now notice that page comments look a lot better than they did before. If you are logged in to the site you can now comment on venues, articles, trip reports and explorer profiles. Commenting works exactly the same way for non-registered users, however if you're not signed in you won't be able to comment on trip reports or explorer profiles. You'll also find now that if you comment on a page (with the exception of explorer profiles) and another user comments on the page, you will get an email alert. This means you'll always know when people are talking about the venues that interested you. We intended to have this feature at launch and you may have noticed that the option to turn this feature on and off already exists on your settings page. Have a look to remind yourself which emails you will receive, there's a link to your settings from the home page. We've also added a few new security features and fixed a few bugs... but that's all a bit boring.

28th April 2009 18:00

As you know, Nettleden underwent a big revamp in December, thanks to all those of you who have signed up to the new website.

Since the revamp we've been watching and working on version 2 of the site. As users grow and interact more, the odd few bugs pop up. A couple of these were fixed yesterday:- - Trip reports now show on venue pages (if you are logged in). - The notification page has been fixed, a few little problems with that. We've also opened up a few more site features to non-registered users, we hope that this change will make it more obvious to passing visitors what the site does and encourage new sign ups. Also, to get us out there on to the web and in people's faces a little more, we now have a Twitter feed which is automatically update with website and urbex news and users comments. Follow Nettleden.com on Twitter - twitter.com/nettleden Version 2 of the website will offer photo galleries, events. It's a little wider to fit bigger monitors better and is a lot more spontaneous and means much less clicking around. It's a big task but fingers crossed the launch shouldn't be too far away.

13th February 2009 02:05

As you may well have heard, yesterday a fire broke out in Monks Park Quarry in Wiltshire.

Full story here.

I was asked to speak to a couple of local radio stations who covered the story, I've added the audio to the media page.

18th December 2008 02:00

Hello and welcome to a brand new incarnation of Nettleden.com!

Nettleden.com celebrates it's sixth birthday this year, so after six successful years in which Nettleden.com has gone from strength to strength, I thought it was about time the site got a bit more modern. The new site offers everything it did before, that is, loads of information on bunkers, bases, tunnels and quarries in the South-West of England. In addition to that, you can now interact with our database of exploration venues. You can blog your trips, you can tag the venues you have explored, comment and find other explorers in your local area. As this basically means, I am handing the site over to you, the site should grow and grow and very soon we'll be able to add to the list of venues and go far beyond the South-West of England. To take advantage of all that the new site has to offer you need to sign up. Of course registration is free and open to anyone. Once signed up you'll get your own profile page and you will be able to start interacting. Oh and don't worry, it's all secure and no one from outside the site will know where you've been exploring. As the venues we list on the site are usually of some historic interest, we prefer not to give detailed list of directions on how to get there, please bare this in mind when you comment. Instead we offer a VIP membership service which allows you access to this information. If you are a serious Urban Explore who has been to various locations as a member of other websites, groups or organisations then it is free to upgrade your account. Alternatively, make some friends, get yourself know, prove you are worthy and you may soon find that one of your VIP friends has promoted you. Well, I hope you like the new Nettleden.com, I've put a lot of thought, research and time in to making it. I'd like to thank Jamescl for his help with the project, his given feedback throughout the whole process. The site has been about four months in development so far and at this stage it is really a beta site, I got a little impatient and pressure was growing to launch the site so here it is. But there are still two key features which aren't live on the site yet. Within the next few months you will be able to upload, share and tag your friends and venues in photos and videos as well as organise and promote urban exploration events. For now, I hope you enjoy the site and find your way around OK. I'm sure you'll hear from me soon as more features come online. I look forward to receiving your feedback through the contact page. Thanks for visiting Nettleden.com, Steve AKA Higgypop (go on, add me as a friend!)

1st August 2006 20:04

Hi, it's been a while since anything has been added to the news page, well the site... but finally here's something new and exciting for you to get your teeth in to.

I've just added a page on wartime broadcasting. I've put this together following a release of some new information from the BBC about their broadcast plans following a nuclear attack on the UK. There are also details of the BBC's studio facilities in Burlington in this article.

22nd March 2005 00:59

I have updated the public relations page to include a link to an article on BBC Wiltshire Online's website. The article features Nettleden.com's Steve Higgins as well as some great photo of underground Wiltshire, you can find the link on the public relations page.

6th February 2005 16:53

I have added a Burlington page to the website, again due to demand fron search engine results, I have tried to compile as much information from the internet about the site as possible and there is a bit list of links included for further reading.

1st February 2005 00:24

I have added a scan of an article in the Venue Magazine which featured this website, you can read it on the public relations page.

15th January 2005 16:17

I've updated the Bethel Quarry page with a bit more history on the mine, I've also added a photo taken on UExUK James' recent visit to the mine - thanks James.
Happy New Year from Nettleden!

23rd November 2004 11:17

There's another chance to here the BBC Radio 4 documentary featuring Steve from Nettleden (Higgypop) and Root from Darkplace.co.uk on Thursday 28th this week. The series called Subterranean Stories produced by Dylan Winters is on at 15:45 Tuesday to Friday this week.

If you miss the show which originally broadcast about six months ago, you can hear it on our media page.