I was clicking around the other day and ended up on archive.org. There are a few designs from Moiraine’s World past that didn’t make it, which is probably just as well. I think my memory has made those old designs far better than they were in reality.
Case in point, here is a gem from 2002, which would be near the sites genesis. Although thankfully the actual first layout is filled with X’s.
Back then, whatever the header image was I made sure the site matched. So all that lovely orange-red font/scrollbar/links would change. How exciting! I was surprised to discover how much more personal site updates were back then. Another aspect I blocked out, I guess.
My god that banner! I suppose back then everyone had ugly websites so I can forgive myself, but I can remember being so damn proud of my Paint Shop Pro 7 “skills”. Ah, the good ol’ days.
The most recent and functioning site snapshot in the Archive is from 2005.
I don’t have anything really against this layout. I think it does highlight how static the front page was for a good long time. Not to mention, the actual site description at some point vanished. Which reminded me Kate was suppose to help with that!
MW fashions post :p I wonder which MW enjoyed wearing the most.
What she is wearing now, of course. And then she’ll prefer the one she wears next.
I love the hint at the end. >: o
The pale one is so clean… I like it really, even though it’s from a bit ago. And I like the musical notes in the first banner. Oh the orange! My stuff would probably look like that now if I tried to make my own banner and customize. :d
*nostalgic* Yeah, old layouts are generally better in memory than reality. 🙂 But I wouldn’t have minded that one for my first website *cringe at memory…*