The sidebar on the right of this page displays daily-changing historical events drawn from a library of (currently) 560 items. The number of entries a day varies. Most days have 2-3. Some have 5-6. Some artistic licence and creative thinking has been necessary to ensure every day has at least one entry.
Both the day of the year and the associated entries automatically update daily. Pictures and/or links to other, more detailed material are embedded in most of the entries and could include video or audio files. The cycle begins again after 365 days. The setup is very flexible and entries can be edited or added to whenever required.
The sidebar could be displayed on the homepage of the 2GR website which means people would see it when they land there (e.g. after an internet search). It could also be added to the most intensively-used pages such as the membership address list and Noticeboard(s) so people going to such pages would see it. Alternatively the material can be displayed on its own full page as shown below but to my mind that would reduce its impact as people would have to make a deliberate choice to go to that page rather than just seeing the stuff in the margins of navigating round other bits of the site.
HISTORICAL EVENTS FROM THE REGIMENT’S HISTORY
On this day, 22nd September, in....
- 1944 On the 21st September the 1st Battalion re-entered the Battle of the Romagna in north-east Italy on a day of pelting rain and driving gale-force winds. It took 8 hours to cover 10 miles in the mud, considerably slowed down by the mule trains. On the 22nd September, the 1st Battalion shifted a short distance to the north-west into the Valdragano-Damagnano area on the northern haunches of San Marino mountain. It remained there for three days in the barren cheerless landscape while the 11th Indian Brigade engaged in a fierce struggle to establish a bridgehead across the Marecchia River. Click here to read an account of the campaign.