We have just finished moving several U.S. Grand Lodge websites, including the main public site, to a new hosting provider. Any such move carries the risk of breaking site content and functions. We have already found and fixed several such problems, and more may be lurking. If you encounter difficulties with any U.S.G.L. website, please …
Category: Site admin
Permanent link to this article: https://oto-usa.org/2018/02/site-hosting-change-2/
Site navigation update
The U.S. Grand Lodge public website (oto-usa.org) has recently been updated in a number of ways. Most notably, site navigation from mobile devices should now be significantly easier (and look better as well). Any change of this magnitude involves the risk of breaking things on various browsers and devices. If you run into any difficulties …
Permanent link to this article: https://oto-usa.org/2018/01/site-navigation-update/
Calendar events outage
We are having technical difficulties with providing information about upcoming U.S. Grand Lodge events on our website. We will have these back in working order as soon as possible. Meanwhile, you can always consult the full calendar hosted by Google here.
Permanent link to this article: https://oto-usa.org/2016/09/calendar-events-outage/
Local body map working properly
The local body map problem on the U.S.G.L. website which was reported yesterday has been resolved.
Permanent link to this article: https://oto-usa.org/2014/01/local-body-map-working-properly/
Map of local bodies not working properly
Due to what appears to be a problem outside our control, the map of local bodies on the U.S. Grand Lodge website is not working properly. Body locations are still visible, but they are not color-coded by type, nor are they clickable to get the body name and other information. You can still use the list …
Permanent link to this article: https://oto-usa.org/2014/01/map-of-local-bodies-misbehaving/
USGL public website URLs changed
Numerous users have complained about the lengthy and aesthetically unpleasing “/wordpress” in URLs such as “http://oto-usa.org/wordpress/thelema/“. Today, I am happy to announce that I figured out a way to move all the WordPress URLs to the site root. So that same page would now be found at “http://oto-usa.org/thelema/“. The old URLs redirect to the new …
Permanent link to this article: https://oto-usa.org/2013/06/usgl-public-website-urls-changed/
Site search advisory
The search feature on the USGL public website is powered by Google, meaning that we rely on their indexing of our site to provide search results. Currently, Google is still using the index from the old website, resulting in mismatches between search results and the new page locations. I have created redirects for the more …
Permanent link to this article: https://oto-usa.org/2013/03/site-search-advisory/
USGL website upgraded
I am very happy to announce that a major upgrade of the U.S. Grand Lodge website is complete. I think you’ll find that the new site is both easier to navigate and more attractive; the latter is thanks in large part to the efforts of Shawn Richburg, Master of Bubastis Oasis and graphics wizard extraordinaire. This upgrade …
Permanent link to this article: https://oto-usa.org/2013/03/usgl-website-upgraded/