What Does China Want?
Our onlineFOCUS website uses some pretty sophisticated firewall technology however we’ve recently been alerted to China knocking on our door.. we wonder what they want with us?
Web Stuff
Making the Links Easier to Remember
WARNING – Tech Talk Ahead If you are trying to remember the links here on onlineFOCUS, our previous permalink structure was in the style of https://www.onlinefocus.org/?p=20778 – however, this wasn’t the easiest to remember so we’ve updated our link structure to something easier – look at this post you are reading for […]
We’re Back…
Well, we are back online again! We had to take the site offline owing to some of our readers (we are not sure how many) seeing a “browser hijack”page that claims they have a virus and need to call a number to get the virus removed. Throughout all this our […]
A Green Read Is Back!
Michael Hoy is bouncing back after his defeat in the County Council elections. He’s still of course a district councillor – and he’s resurrected his blog. You can find it here. He writes: “In 2013 I was elected as County Councillor for Rochford West, the time involved meant I could […]
Old Blogs, New Blogs
Starting a blog is pretty easy. Keeping it going on a long term basis is harder. We had a ‘blip’ last year but as you can see we are back now. If you look at the ten Essex political blogs in our sidebar, one was updated today (well done Julian […]
A New Look
The District Council website has a new front page – have a look here.
Revenues And Benefits Service Disrupted
From the District Council website: Disruption to Revenues and Benefits online services Date: Friday, 23 September 2016 Revenues and Benefits online services are currently unavailable, due to essential maintenance. The online payments service is unaffected. We apologise for any inconvenience.
The September Rebuild…
Good morning everyone… regular readers will know that our site has been hacked by nasty people in the last few months. So we have deliberately gone back to an old back-up of onlineFOCUS from last February. Hopefully the site is now clean on any hack – but it means we […]
Your Website Challenge !
Once in a while we like to set our readers a challenge, to see how quickly they can find out something from the District Council website – http://www.rochford.gov.uk/ Your challenge this time is – Go to the council website and find out what is the basic allowance that an ordinary […]
A New Blog About Essex – Essexology
It’s good to see a new blog about Essex – not a political blog, but one that seeks to challenge Essex stereotypes and remind people of our county’s natural beauty, industrial heritage and historic locations. It is called Essexology , is written by Julia Hammond and you can find it […]
Not True – But Funny
There’s a new website – the Southend News Network. It’s well written, but is SATIRE, so don’t get worried. These stories are not true- but have a look , they may make you smile…
Publicwhip.org.uk
If you want to keep an eye on how your MP – or any MP – votes – have a look at The Public Whip website. It gives you information on when an MP has voted differently to his or her party’s official view on an issue. Plus a lot […]