Welcome to the new Old Lawrentian Society website!
The launch of this Beta version of the website at the beginning of November 2009 is the third in a series of releases that will ultimtely result in a functionally rich, useful and attractive site that we hope will bring OLs together and back to the School - to visit and to exchange information and news. This release includes access to a private area where, after registering and logging in, members can access information and news about other OLs. In the next release members will be able to communicate with each through the site and keep their own profiles up to date. In the meantime, please send us your news, your corrections (!) and your suggestions - the site will only thrive with your input. Good browsing!
FORGOTTEN PASSWORDS PROBLEM
If you have difficulty using the forgotten password feature and are unable to log-in successfully it may be due to duplicate records arising because of the merger of the originating databases of OLs. Please send an email to kerry@olsociety.co.uk if this is the case. Thankyou for your understanding.
What's new in Beta 3?
- Favicon!!
- Members can now edit their own profiles (log in, go to your own profile and use the Edit link on the RHS menu)
- Welcome message in member box
- Redirected to current page after sign-in
- All member data now transferred from old systems
- New member profile fields: qualifications, honours, occupations, obituaries
- Streamlined administrative functions: web-based picture editor, more content now accessible for editing
- Underlying systems rewritten to improve speed and robustness, bug fixes
- New administrative functionality - picture editor
The Beta 4 release, which will be feature-complete, is planned for the end of 2009 or early 2010.
President's Message
Dear fellow OLs
I am delighted to welcome you all to your new OL website, which has replaced the old WebAlumnus website. This new platform will be far easier to navigate around than its predecessor and much more interesting to browse through. Most areas of the site will not need you to log in; however, in order the access personal details in the Members area and update your own profile, you will be required to register with a username and password.
This new website should prove informative to those wishing to look up specific items, such as the Diary of Events, OL Photo Album, OL Golf and Shooting, links to OL News articles and the many other areas of interest.
These are exciting times for the OL Society and this website is a major step forward as it will hopefully enable many more of us to reconnect and enjoy events and reunions. I am optimistic that 2009 will be the start of a new era for the OL Society, and if the OL Dinner last November is anything to go by then, we are certainly well on the way already: 136 OLs and guests to a dinner at the College is a terrific turnout!
The key to a good website is its content, so we would love to hear from you if you have done anything of note or have any photos or archive material of interest to OLs. Indeed, if there are any areas of the website in which you might have an interest in populating and maintaining, please get in touch with the Alumni Coordinator Angela Pearson.
All OL days and reunions have been hugely happy and enjoyable occasions, and I very much look forward to seeing more of you at them in the near future.
Nick Marchant
(1972-1978) OL President
Headmaster's Message
Dear Members of the Old Lawrentian Society
I am willing to predict that this website will be the catalyst for a major breakthrough in the life of the OL community. It has been designed carefully to allow maximum access with ease for all OLs. I hope it will mean many of you will continue old friendships, renew contact with long lost friends and feel truly connected into the current life of the College. There has been a growing energy about the Society over the last few years and I hope that this site will add increasing momentum to this reawakening. I have enjoyed meeting many OLs and hope that others will be drawn back to visit the College by what you read on this site. I will do all I can to make sure that plenty of current College news in included here and I look forward to hearing about the past and present lives of many OLs.
With every good wish for the success of this new venture.
Rev. Mark Aitken
BA, Cert Theol, FRSA
Headmaster, St. Lawrence College
Announcements
Old Lawrentian News
The latest edition of the Old Lawrentian News (2008/09) has been published and is available on this site as a pdf for viewing or download.