Site Updates

Added a "printer-friendly" option to all our articles on the site. Re-validated entire site for valid xhtml.

Added a news ticker to our site.

Added new link for the nøKill Network on the cat related and other links pages.

Launched new site design. Checked pages for valid xhtml.

Checked links and fixed or removed any dead links. Validated entire site with W3C for valid xhtml. Validated CSS for entire site with W3C. Fixed errors.

Checked links and fixed or removed any dead links.

Posted new Cattery of Excellence certificate and added the new 2011 CFA Cattery of Excellence seal to associated pages.

Posted the show photos of Dignity and Sugar (Destiny) on the "Our Cats" page.

Updated meta tags to reflect new year. Added more pictures to the Gallery page.

Checked for broken links and fixed same.

Updated "Deposit Policy" to clarify what it means if we are unable to provide a replacement kitten in case of unforeseen circumstances.

Added pictures of our two new cats and information about them to Our Cats page. Added their pedigrees.

Added the champion picture of Lucy to the Cat Show page and to her Pedigree page.

Added our newest CFA champion, Lucy, to the Cat Show page. Updated the cat show schedule page. Posted news about new litter to the Available page.

Added our newest CFA champion, Tempest, to the Cat Show page. Updated the cat show schedule page.

Updated the cat show schedule page. Posted news about Cary and his new Championship status on the Show page.

Updated the cat show schedule page.

All pages now validate with W3C.

In the process of validating the xhtml of our site. At this time, the contact form and application form do NOT validate with w3c. I am currently working on this problem.

After much work, I have launched new design of site including the PHP of site.

Been working on changing over site to php. In the meantime, I have added some links to our Home page to Life's Abundance Pet Food which is Holistic and a great food. Please check it out. For the past several days, I have been busy checking this site for missing or broken links, compliance for w3c, and fixing same.

Updated the For Sale page to reflect who is expecting kittens

Added pictures of our new cats to Our Cats page. Check out Sophia Loren and Cary Grant.

Added a cat rescue organization that I found out about to the Rescue Page, Just Cats Rescue. Please check it out.

Added a new photo and note to "Our Proud Owners" page.

Added a new photo and note to "Our Proud Owners" page.

Updated Available page, Added a new link to Cattery page.

Added a link to Don't Close Your Award Program to main Index page of this site and my Award Program.

Updated the Privacy Policy page to include Google's new policy regarding cookies and other tracking methods of users internet usage.

Added a new resource to links page "Persian World - World Society of Persian Breed Fanciers".

Added new Cattery of Excellence logo from CFA to web site.

Added new article entitled Surprising Dangers for Pets During the Holidays for those with pets.

Changed "alt" tags to "title" tags for cross browser compatibility. Checked links.

Added new photos and links to products on Supply pages. Re-validated html and then tested pages with Cynthia Says for accessibility.

Put back old splash image. Added update regarding Herman and Hot Rod's new champion title to our At The Show brags' page.

Put new 4th of July splash on site.

Checked and then fixed entire site for xhtml errors.

Received upgrade from Fun Tyme Entertainment AP to Gold.

Checked entire site for xhtml compliance and fixed any errors.

Received Family Safe Site rating from Awards Treasure Chest and added it to Site Specifics page.

Added a new picture of our show kitten Hot Rod from Katsational Persians to Our Cats pages.

Checked for entire site for broken links.

Received upgrade from Casey's Celtic Charm AP to Gold.

Fixed Application form radio buttons.

Fixed CSS on Update page for Menu column. Re-validated xhtml. Checked and fixed broken links using Web Link Validator. Added more photos to Kitten photo album.

Added new rescue organization to Persian cat Rescue page.

Added new CSS for Gallery pictures.

Checked xhtml using WDG. Checked links with Web Validator.

Received Gold web site award from Planeta Foto and posted it on "Awards Page".

Added new reference letter to Proud Owners and References page.

Separated our Proud Owners and References page into two pages as it was getting too long.

Updated the site to reflect correct copyright year change to 2008.

Updated the Cat Show Schedule page to reflect the Ohio show schedule.

Updated the At the Shows page to include the Show photo of our newest champion Gracie.

Posted new photo of our newest CFA Champion Gracie on our "Persian Cats Photos" page.

Received a web site award from Pleasure Gait Farms and placed it on "Awards Page".

Received a web site award from Jim's Police Page and placed it on "Awards Page".

Added new article warning buyers about unscrupulous people breeding teacup sized Persian cats.

Added Katsational Persians banner to our Cattery Links page.

Received the honor of earning the Superb! Web site 100 Award which I have added to our "Awards" page.

Added Persian cat puzzles to site just for fun. Check it out under our Fun Stuff area. Removed blog/journal. Ended photo contest.

Received Golden Web Award from Blessing Cornucopia and added to Awards page. revalidated xhtmal and checked links.

Added new photos of our daughter, Christina to the gallery page, plus a couple photos of Susan.

Added new ICRA label to site Specifics page which shows that our site is contained in the ICRA checked database.

Checked xhtml using WDG. Checked links using Xenu and by hand.

Added a new photo page with a bunch of photos of past Persian kittens, cats, our dogs, grand kids, and more.

Added a journal (blog) to the site. Added more photos to our family Photo Gallery, with thumbnails and enlargements. Checked site for broken links with Xenu, re-validated xhmtl with WDG and re-validated style sheets with W3C.

Updated cat show dates page. Added newest contest winner of photo contest.

Added new article on Corneal Sequestrum in Education section.

Checked xhtml. Checked links using Xenu.

Added Gracie's pedigree to Our Cats page. Checked links. Checked xhtml.

Posted a new reference letter that we received from one of our new Pelaqita Persians' family members.

Received a "Friendship" badge from War of Wits and placed it our Links page.

Added a pet-related RSS news feed to site.

Added new reference letter and photos from one of our kitten buyers to our "Reference" page.

Re-validated site's xhtml with WDG and checked links using Xenu.

Received Webmaster Award from I-Love-Cats and added it to Awards page.

Added an extraordinary Persian cat rescue story.

Re-validated site's xhtml and css with WDG. Checked site with Xenu for broken links.

Received our 2007 Cattery of Excellence certification from CFA, and the Outstanding Cattery certificate from TICA and added it to our site. Re-validated site's xhtml and css with WDG. Checked site with Xenu for broken links. Fixed or repaired any errors.

Re-validated site's xhtml and css with WDG. Checked site with Xenu for broken links. Fixed or repaired any errors.

Added photos of older cats we have available for sale on "Available for Sale page.

Re-validated site's xhtml and css with WDG. Checked site with Xenu for broken links.

Placed a new photo of a little blue & white male kitten that is for sale on our For Sale page.

Checked for, and fixed, any bad links. Re-validated CSS and xhtml with W3C.

Posted new picture contest winner.

Placed New Year's splash image on home page.

Received the Bronze award from Dir Web Awards and placed it on "Awards" page.

Received a beautiful reference letter and photo from one of our kitten buyers and placed it on our "Reference" page.

Received a site award from Animal Owners United and placed it on our "Awards" page.

Received a site award from CuanCats and placed it on our "Awards" page.

Received a site award from Cattery Van Scarlettini and placed it on our "Awards" page.

We have created a web site award program to award those applicants we feel make a contribution to the web.

Created a photo album of the kitten pictures and added it to the "Persian Cats and Kittens for Sale" page. Received Top Bee Award from Beetown Communications and added it to "Awards" page.

Checked web site for broken links using Xenu and also by checking manually.

Re-launched web site with new color scheme. Re-validated entire site for valid xhtml and css. We also deleted all the E-mail links to us directly in order to reduce spam. We have provided a contact form via the E-mail links.

Received Blue Ribbon Site award from Cattery Index and placed it on "Awards" page.

Site maintenance - checked for broken links, changed the URL for the Persian Cat Picture Contest, re-validated xhtml.

Received the Diamond award and the Cat award from Schibboleth British Shorthair web site and added them to "Awards" page.

Added a link to CD&E which builds what we think is the best animal enclosures. Visit their web site and be prepared to be amazed.

Added a new reference from a happy kitten buyer on our Reference page. General site maintenance including revalidating pages for xhtml validity.

Updated Cat Show dates pages.

Added a link on the Home page to NuVet vitamin and mineral supplement.

Re-validated xhtml for entire site.

Received the Bronze award from Astral Awards and added it to "Awards" page.

New photo contest winner posted to Contest page.

Added more goodies to the Supply List.

Reduced prices of kittens. Re-validated xhtml for entire web site.

General site maintenance.

Posted new photos of the kittens for sale.

Enter our Persian cat photo contest. Visit our Contest page for more information.

Received the Content-Rich award from Idiom Sisters and added it to "Awards" page.

Posted new photos of our available Persian kittens. Received the Cool Site award from Jack A. Neal and added it to "Awards" page. Received the Special Friend award from SW Photography and added it to "Awards" page.

Received upgrade to Silver award from VSDA and added it to "Awards" page.

Updated Supply List.

Added a form that can be submitted for the Application.

Added a new article - Animal Rights by Paul Root.

Added new article - a brief outline on the history of the Persian cat. Will be adding additional links to this page soon. Received upgrade to Silver award from Advanced Web Design Award program and added it to "Awards" page.

Received upgrade award from It's Wishcraft and added it to "Awards" page.

New article on Persian cats and prices.

Moved navigation menu so that the whole thing is completely visible. Reduced the size of the splash image in order that more of the actual page shows. re-validated site.

Added article about "Persian cat information" along with a few links to additional resources.

Added new article in the Education section of this site - Persian Cat Breeders - Commercial and Wholesale Breeders vs. Hobby Breeders.

Added a text link navigation menu at the bottom of every page. Created an "oops" page in case of server errors.

Got rid of the entry page as some web goers were not sure how to enter site. Moved the layout around a little to make it more user friendly. Search engine was moved to right column, navigation menu moved upwards, back one page arrow/link moved to bottom of each page.

Added title tags to all text links on site in order to assist our users for a more enjoyable experience while navigating our site. Updated ICRA label. Re-validated site for xhtml. Corrected award tables so that "headers/titles" are shown correctly in code.

Created a new Guest Book with Bravenet.com Created a Mailing List form (which is on the home page) so that people can sign up to receive updates on upcoming litters and other events.

Removed all extraneous verbiage on index page. Added a new page entitled "Site Specifics" in order to assist our users for a more enjoyable experience while navigating our site. The Site Specifics page can be accessed via the text link at the bottom of each page.

Received Bronze award from Alcazaren Award Program and added it to "Awards" page. Added Alcazaren to my ICRA label and relabeled entire site. Re-validated xhtml for entire site.

Received upgrade to Gold from O.N.Z.C.D.A.™ and added it to "Awards" page. Received Gold award from Talking Hands and added it to "Awards" page. Added Talking Hands to my ICRA label and relabeled entire site.

Received upgrade to Silver from JerryD's and added it to "Awards" page.

Corrected CSS for the inconsistent font used on this update page.

Received Design Merit award 2006 from DRH Design and added to "Awards" page. Added a letter from Rusty and Chester "Maki" to "References" page.

Added height and width attribute that was inadvertently left of the back arrow. Re-validated site.

Received Site of the Month award from Mona Lisa Select Site AP and added to "Awards" page.

Received upgrade to Gold from CLL and added to "Awards" page.

Made wider splash image for interior web pages so that there is not so much blank space around image.

Received award upgrade to Gold from BV.Lindenheuvel and added it to "Awards" page.

Received award upgrade to Silver from GNAE and added it to "Awards" page.

Received Silver award from Firestarter and added it to "Awards" page. Re-validated pages and re-labeled for IRCA. Received Silver award from Casey's Celtic Charm and added it to "Awards" page.

Received award from Lynx Awards and added it to "Awards" page. Re-validated pages and re-labeled for IRCA. Received Southern Nytes award with new AS! point value. Upgraded to Gold from Seasons of Change and added it to "Awards" page.

Received special 2006 Gold Excellence award from Nautical Awards Program - Lagoon View Yacht Club and added it to "Awards" page. Received Silver award from Tim's Spider Award Program and added it to "Awards" page.

Received upgrade from T. S. Graves award program and added it to "Awards" page. Re-did entry to page to this site to make it a little more user friendly and to clarify how this site works.

Received upgrade from Franzi Reptilien and added it to "Awards" page. Received Gold award from Nautical Awards Program - Lagoon View Yacht Club and added it to "Awards" page. Re-validated site for html with WDG and also re-did IRCA labels to add two new sites.

Received award from LTS Grail and added it to "Awards" page. Received upgrade from CSB and added it to "Awards" page.

Received Gold Award from Lindor's Award Program and added it to "Awards" page.

Received Gold Award from WM8C and added it to "Awards" page. Received American Association of Webmasters Gold award and added it to "Awards" page. Received Silver Awards from World Wide Web Awards and added it to "Awards" page.

Received Platinum award and the Rexclusive award from Penmarric and Diamond Peace award from Hugs R Us. Received Silver award from Reach for the Stars and added it to "Awards" page.

Received Dove award from Keyboards for Christ Award Program and added to "Awards" page. Added our WORD member graphic to this site.

Received upgrade from Bullygraphics for their award now rated 3.5 from AS! and placed it on "Awards" page. Received Excellence award and Destiny's Pet award from Game Puppet and added it to "Awards" page. Received upgrade to Gold Plus from Barrettsnet and added it to "Awards" page.

Added a Web Resource page. Validated the entire web site for HTML, CSS, and checked for valid links.

Added a great new link. Purrinlot web site offers information on grooming and bathing Persians. They also have videos for sale. This link was added to the article "Grooming and Bathing Persians", as well as on our "Links" page.

Completely redesigned web site. Web Site now uses CSS and XHTML Transitional 1.0. New colors, new graphics, new layout.

Updated Show Schedule page.

Added new link to Cat Related links page.

Added a picture to the "At the Shows" page of Mystie that was taken at the January 2006 show by the show photographer.

Added new link to Cat Related link page.

Added champion title to Mystie's biography on "Our Persian Cats' Photo" page.

Added new link to our "Other" links. Welcome Directory Pets.

Received Silver award from Michael's Award of Excellence and added it to Awards page.

Added new shareware E-mail spam blocker to all pages. Re-validated HTML for entire site.

Received the Cat Fancier's Association 2006 Cattery of Excellence designation and placed in our home page. Received award from Awesome Cats and placed it on "Awards" page.

Updated the upcoming cat shows schedule page.

Added photos of Mystie at the cat show to the At the Shows page.

Updated fee that Continental charges for shipping a kitten (under 9 pounds) to reflect their increase. Changed price of kittens. Clarified certain sections of the Sales Contract to reflect the 3% charge added by PayPal and that a signed original of the Sales Contract must be received by us prior to the shipping or delivery of any kitten or cat.

Put updated photos of our girls, Brownie and Mystie, on "Our Girls" page.

Received award from Joschi and added it to "Awards" section.

Received Site of the Year award in the Gold division for 2005 from Penmarric and added it to "Awards" section.

Received Design Merit award from DRH Design and added it to "Awards" section.

Received Diamond award from Ruth's Haven and added it to "Awards" section.

Corrected some image coding errors. Also corrected the missing image for the spam blocker. Re-validated entire site for html compliance.

Updated Show Schedule page to reflect CFA and TICA shows in 2006.

Inserted a spam blocker on each page of this site.

Received award from Bullygraphics and added it to "Awards" section. Received Pick of the Litter award from Canton Chow Chows and added it to "Awards" section. Received award from FANtastic Site and added it to "Awards" section.

Received award from Learning Fountain and added it to "Awards" section.

Corrected AS! award points for the Light Emitting Diode award program (L.E.D.). I had incorrectly added points to the Crystal award rather than the Animal Sciences Excellence award that I had won. Implemented a policy to prevent the chance of profanity or other inappropriate material being posted to our Guest Book. All entries to our Guest Book will be previewed by us prior to any posting. Any profanity or inappropriate material/comments will not be posted. This policy was implemented due to our concern with children viewing our site and our adherence to COPPA

Received Silver award from The Rose Awards and added it to "Awards" section. Received Great Pet Site award from Alexander-n-Daniel and added it to "Awards" page. Received Bronze award from Keepsake and added it to "Awards" page. Received Gold award from Timelines and added it to "Awards" page.

Received Crystal 2nd award from Crystal Award Program and added it to "Awards" section.

Received King of the Ring award from Eye Pleaser Graphics and added it to "Awards" page. Received Silver award from Seasons of Change and added it to "Awards" page. Received Family Friend site designation and added emblem to all pages of this site.

Corrected Supply List so that now entire site validates for 4.01 html. I also have received a few complaints about the flower border being too large and over-powering / distracting the site. So I have reduced the size of the area that the flower border shows.

Received Silver award from O.N.Z.C.D.A. and added it to "Awards" section.

Corrected several pages of this site so that the links open in a new window. Removed 99% of my links because we cannot guarantee that their sites or those sites links to them are appropriate for children. Pelaqita Persians would rather do without links than to have children view sites that may be inappropriate. Revalidated entire web site for html compliance. Received Bronze award from GNAE and added it to "Awards" section.

Received Gold award from Lorelei awards program and added it to "Awards" section. Received Star of the Net award from Mystic Stars and added it to "Awards" page. Received Silver award from NWESS and added it to "Awards" page.

Received award from Lindor and added it to "Awards" section. Received Silver award from Silent Tears and added it to "Awards" section.

Re-designed awards section so that the different awards rated by Awards Sites! have their own separate pages. Added a new page with CFA and TICA show information - this page is accessible via "At the Shows" and "Site Map". Received Bronze award from VSDA and added it to "Awards" page. Rechecked entire site with W3C.org for html compliancy and valid links.

Received Bronze award from T.S. Graves and added it to "Awards" section.

Validated entire site (with the exception of Supply List) for html compliance with WDG, click here to go to their site. Received Bronze award from Morning Star's Award Program and added it to "Awards" page.

Added a new page to this site which lists upcoming CFA and TICA shows in Colorado.

Received Bronze award from It's Wishcraft and the Bronze from WM8C's and added them to "Awards" page. Received Bronze award from Wet Dreams Poetry and added it to "Awards" page.

Took pictures of the kittens that are currently available for placement and placed them on the "Available" page.

Received Gold award from SweetPea and added it to "Awards" page.

Corrected the following pages so that they now validate with W3C 4.01 html: "Grooming Persians", "Other Links". "Supply List" is the only page on this site that does not validate with W3C. This page does not validated due to the coding the manufacturers used for their links.

Received award from Southern Nytes and added it to "Awards" page. Received award from Butterfly & Nature Store and added it to "Awards" page. Received award from Stormkeeper and added it to "Awards" page. Received Excellence in Animal Sciences award from LED and added it to "Awards" page.

Received Silver award from CLL and added it to "Awards" page.

Approved as an APEX member and added banner with link to "Home" page. Changed font for entire site for ease of readability. Received Bronze award from JerryD's site and added it to "Awards" page. Received Crystal award from the Light Emitting Diode awards program and added it to "Awards" page. Received Silver award from Vie's Inn of Wonders' Awards and added it to "Awards" page. Received Silver award from Weis Awards and added it to "Awards" page.

Edited entire site for any missing "alt" tags. Corrected "top of page" links. Revalidated entire site with W3C for html 4.01 compliance. Received Bronze award from CSB and added it to "Awards" page. Received Bronze award from Fun Tyme Entertainment and added it to "Awards" page. Received Gold award from Rudolf's Wander Award Program and added it to "Awards" page.

Received Award for Creative Thought from Gadzillion and added it to "Awards" page.

Received Gold award from Barrettsnet and added it to "Awards" page.

Received Bronze award from BV.Lindenheuvel Award Program and added it to "Awards" page. Received Vision award and Invision-Graphics award and added them to "Awards" page.

Received Silver award from Franzi's Reptilian Awards and added it to "Awards" page.

Received Premier Web site award and added it to "Awards" page. Checked site for html compliance.

Awarded the Caring Site award from Animals-in-Distress and posted it on the "Awards" page. Added a new recommended food (Drs Foster and Smith) to "Nutrition" page. Redesigned "Awards" page to separate out the different levels of rated awards.

Added statement to "Privacy" page regarding signing the Guest Book. Received Bronze award from Advanced Web Design program and posted it to my "Awards" page.

Received ICRA label and posted to site pages.

Received the Merit award from Delightful Designing Web Awards. Posted the award on my "Awards" page.

Added a page on nutrition and food recommendations. Also added food recommendations to Pelaqita contracts. Revalidate entire site for W3C html 4.01 compliance.

Wrote an article on Vitamin Supplements and added it to Education section and Placement Package. Updated contracts to include NuVet vitamin supplement clause.

Created two new graphics and put them on site at "Your New Kitten or Cat" and "Things to Think About Before Getting a Kitten or Cat".

Wrote and added a new articles, "Grooming Persians" and "Supply List" to Education section of web site.

Wrote and added a new article, "Dental Care and Cats" to Education section of web site.

Wrote and added new articles: "Things to Think About Before Getting a Kitten or Cat", "Bringing Your New Kitten or Cat Home", "Your New Kitten or Cat", to Education section of web site. Received Tim's Spider Merit Award and added it to "Awards" page. Corrected some typos and graphic problems on "About Us" page.

Wrote and added new articles: "Problem Behaviors", "Household Poisons" to Education section of web site.

Added new link to "Cat Related" links page. New link is for a web site that offers cat sitting referrals nationwide.

Redesigned entire web site in order to comply with HTML 4.01. Validated web site with W3C.