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The Archives
- Revision #1
- This was the original site in April 1995, with all graphics created entirely
using Microsoft Paint on Windows 3.1. It was this ugly purplish rectangular table
on a grey background. I can't even begin to describe how horrible this looked, even
given the standards at that time. I only kept this one around for a little while,
maybe 6 months or so.
- Revision #2
- How can I explain this one? I created it in late 1995 (I think), and it had
a collage of various headshots
at various angles, with the link descriptors out
beside them. The whole front page was one big imagemap, and the background was
a textured grey/white. The link here is pretty close to what it looked like,
but I couldn't find the file that had the textured background so it shows up
white instead.
- Revision #3
- I think this one surfaced in the summer of 1996. Changed the color scheme
a little bit, but still using flat HTML. Apparently
I had gotten a hold of Photoshop by this time, because the page title looks like
it has about 300 filters applied to it. The news page used a Java ticker (*sob*)
to flash concert dates. I think the image on the front page was a signed B&W
photo.
- Revision #4
- I don't remember exactly when I did this, but it wasn't too long after
revision #3. This was a big change. Frames were the latest and greatest thing, so I
used that, along with a menubar that supported Javascript rollovers, so it
would glow when you passed the mouse over each selection. The yellow and green
scheme was chosen because of Star Turtle. The news page was given a
major facelift, but due to the complexity of the HTML required to create the
box for each news entry, download times were way too long.
- Revision #5
- This one came about in March 1998, a few months after the release of To See
You. The yellow and green was definitely not a good reflection of the
style of that album, so I basically just changed the color scheme and the
title bars to a more sophisticated look. Nothing too exciting. The image on
the front page was taken from the To See You insert.
- Revision #6
- A few months later, in September 1998, I guess I got tired of that old
menubar that had been around for a while. It was replaced with an all-text
menu with a single B&W background picture. Don't be fooled, those stupid frames
are still there, I just removed the frame separator line (ooh, clever me).
- Revision #7
- I created this one in August 1999, and man, did it take a lot of work.
I got rid of all the flat HTML, and created a site that was created dynamically.
The framework of all the pages was generated on-the-fly either by Perl scripts
or by piecing together a series of "templates". This made page updates a lot
easier. On top of that, I got rid of the frames, opting for a table-based
layout instead, so people could actually bookmark pages accurately (if you
don't know what I'm talking about, just believe me, it's a good thing).
- Revision #8
- Started November 27, 2000. Same layout as revision #7, but with a brand
new color scheme and an updated publicity shot for the main image. As one person
wrote in the guestbook: "whoa. new page colors... this looks like... easter exploded".
Still, I was convinced that the dark background had to go, and why not be a little
different?
- Revision #9
- You're looking at it. Introduced October 23, 2003. Minor changes to revision #8.
Replaced the photo in the upper left corner with a more recent publicity shot, and
got rid of all the curved edges in favor of a cleaner, more modern look and feel.
Also, replaced the generic main title of "The Harry Connick Jr. Fan Site" with
simply "connick.com", since that's what we all call it anyway.
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