Resource directory for parents, children, teachers, carers and all involved with the well-being of children world wide.
Brief History (or skip this and click on
Main Directory to go there)
Humpherlinks originally came into being in 1997, being established with a simple idea that grew from a growing concern about the apparent lack of a 'one-stop shop' of the resources available to children, parents, teachers and carers on the internet in a rapidly changing world wide web. A world in which children themselves were often more adept at using than those who were in the role of helping them in various ways to develop to the best of their potential.
Putting this idea into action with limited resources and knowledge at that time was not without problems, learning HTML being one of them. It was very much a case of learning by trial and error, using 'idiot' guides. I also had an interest in 'freeware', initially driven by limited resources, but on researching this I began to realise just how good some software functioned, particularly some of the 'freeware'.
This idea rapidly grew to include almost anything that was freely available for the benefit of children without payment. Today. although still having a primary interest in 'freeware', I also take great note of any software which is good value, free or otherwise.
Moving to its own domain was a natural progression over concern that I had no control at all about the advertisements that came with free hosting services. From then it grew into a very difficult to update and time consuming set of pages. What had I let myself in for?
More problems developed until one day I found additional hidden links included on all pages that I had not installed. I subsequently ascertained that my once UK hosting had been transferred to servers in Russia without my knowledge and that they were not secure. I immediately moved to a new host,
Heart Internet, with who I have every confidence. This did mean that I closed down over 90% of the site, and coupled with personal time constraints, I found it hard to get enthusiastic again.
However, it is now back with what I hope is a much better service based on a database system, which will allow for more resources to be included in more defined catagories. My greatest wish is that it provides a useful and effective service for those who will use it.
The site is still operated on a non-profit basis, any payments from affiliates being used to improve the service it hopefully provides. No payment is sought to use this directory or to have resources included, these being included on merit and potential interest to users of the directory. In the event that anyone would like to make a donation to support the continuation and improvement of this directory, they may do so via the button below with grateful thanks,
