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This websites has been in existence - in
one way or another - since April 15, 2002. Since then it has underwent
multiple major changes in both content and layout. On this page I shall
briefly discuss all of those previous designs, alongside with several other
websites created by me.
In its early stages, my philosophy was to
assemble and provide as much information on certain subjects as possible.
These initially included Star Trek and Star Wars, and later on it even had
content on The Lord of the Rings. It was in August 2003 that I first created
a website dedicated to history - both real world and Star Trek, at the time.
But let us begin at the beginning. The
first website I created was very basic and simple, and I created it in early
2002. However, since I did not have a host at the time, this site was never
published online. The first that did see the light online was the
design above. It included information on the Star Trek series, as well as
information on its science and treknology. Shortly after publication,
however, I decided to replace it was a whole other design.
Which was the one pictured above (this
was actually the second incarnation of that design; at first it
didn't include the drop-down menu's, but simple text-links). Alongside with
the Star Trek information, it included various databases on Star Wars, the
Lord of the Rings, Morrowind and history. Much of the Star Trek and Star
Wars content was taken from other websites, so not much originality there...
That, however, was going to change. Still
using Internet Explorer in those days, I thought the above layout looked
rather neat, though when using Mozilla, the content appears underneath the
i-frame. Anyhow, this website included historical information combined with
Star Trek history, most of which was written by myself. I was really proud
of it - for about two weeks.
As soon as the previous design was
finished, I started working on something new, using a website template found
somewhere on the web. The above was the final result, an extended database
on real world and Star Trek history, and with additional articles on
philosophy and politics. Also, it was the first to feature classic
science-fiction pages.
Soon after, the design was updated. And
again. The first update was merely a colour- and font-update, while the
third was somewhat more fundamental. Although it still kept the basics of
the previous layout, it looked far more elegant. Not much changes to the
content, so far.
Of course I couldn't sit still, and using
the colour scheme of the previous, this is the layout that came out of it,
using drop-down menu's, and being the first to feature Star Trek concept
art. Eventually, I also had some Star Wars concept art included, but due to
space limitations was forced to remove those. Additionally, by interest in
the Third Reich and Albert Speer architecture had grown, so the sections
concerning those (which where already present in the previous design) were
heavily expanded, featuring much more information and images. This was also
the first time all history pages were updates; most was rewritten completely.
Eventually, I changed the colour scheme
to red, using the same layout. Soon after, I came up with the current
design, using the red colour scheme, and featuring more or less the same
information, though of course new was the victorian steampunk section. Also,
the Third Reich pages were heavily expanded with articles on mysteries and
occult, and much more content was added to the Star Trek concept art pages,
now called Forgotten Trek.
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