History
Adam Dimech's website was launched in July 1998, initially as an experiment. From there it eventually grew to encompass a blog, photo gallery and numerous information sites.
Here's how the website has looked at different stages:
January 1999:
The oldest retained version of the website. The site was hosted with Tripod at http://members.tripod.com/~dimech. Pop-up ads were par-for-the-course with free hosting in those days.
August 1999:
Tables were first utilised to arrange content, and graphics used to promote key sites. This site took about 10 seconds to load on a 56kbps modem!
November 2000:
A cleaner look for the new millenium. I didn't have dedicated hosting available, so a cloaking subdomain url was used: www.adonline.au.nu
August 2002:
Unlike the simpler designs of the past, this made better use of colours and graphics. There was no blog software at this stage, so all stories were hand-coded with Microsoft Front Page and uploaded as static HTML pages.
September 2002:
This text-rich design was a modification of the previous version, utilising more graphics. More importantly, it marked the launch of the website on its own domain - www.adonline.id.au
September 2004:
This was the first design to incorporate a blog and include PHP coding. Amazingly, this simple design (and logo) remained unchanged for 4 years!
February 2008:
Following a switch in web hosts, this design represented a radical departure from the past, with a "grunge" style and more personalised look.
August 2009:
The current look was adopted with richness of colour and longevity in mind. This was the first version designed with Microsoft Expression Web.
Adam Dimech's website was launched in July 1998, initially as an experiment. From there it eventually grew to encompass a blog, photo gallery and numerous information sites.
Here's how the website has looked at different stages:
January 1999:
The oldest retained version of the website. The site was hosted with Tripod at http://members.tripod.com/~dimech. Pop-up ads were par-for-the-course with free hosting in those days.
August 1999:
Tables were first utilised to arrange content, and graphics used to promote key sites. This site took about 10 seconds to load on a 56kbps modem!
November 2000:
A cleaner look for the new millenium. I didn't have dedicated hosting available, so a cloaking subdomain url was used: www.adonline.au.nu
August 2002:
Unlike the simpler designs of the past, this made better use of colours and graphics. There was no blog software at this stage, so all stories were hand-coded with Microsoft Front Page and uploaded as static HTML pages.
September 2002:
This text-rich design was a modification of the previous version, utilising more graphics. More importantly, it marked the launch of the website on its own domain - www.adonline.id.au
September 2004:
This was the first design to incorporate a blog and include PHP coding. Amazingly, this simple design (and logo) remained unchanged for 4 years!
February 2008:
Following a switch in web hosts, this design represented a radical departure from the past, with a "grunge" style and more personalised look.
August 2009:
The current look was adopted with richness of colour and longevity in mind. This was the first version designed with Microsoft Expression Web.
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