YWS Over The Years

Nate · 2008-05-29T05:01:39Z

Interested in how YWS looked back in the day? There's a grouping of screenshots below. The earliest is from September 2005, so it unfortunately doesn't show what YWS looked like before it went portal-esque. So anyhow, the first one is of YWS as it looked from early December 2004 to mid-January 2005. The noteboard theme used then was the first time YWS looked different from your standard phpBB2 forum set-up. This was before YWS went portal-esque and was just a forum. The second screenshot is of YWS on September 21, 2005, and you can tell a lot has changed. There's the link to the Album we used to have, and there's three complete columns on the front page. Yet, you can still see the "Who's in the Chatroom" section, although that was for a very different chat. The second I've included is from May 8, 2006, which was just two weeks before the site went down (went down for two months on May 22, 2006). At the time, I asserted that the downage wouldn't be forever, but very few believed me ;) Anyhow, you can see that we used to have featured story & poem picked by Sam and Snoink respectively. Nowadays, featured works is done quite differently, but it didn't return until 2008. The other difference between it and the 2005 one is that the My YWS page was added, the YWS Arcade is there (we used to have dozens of flash games for you to spend points on), and the big 101 sites logo. Then we move onto February 24, 2007. This is what YWS looked like after it returned from the 2006 hiatus. The background back then was all white, the board navigation menu looked cleaner, and you have the full header (the header looked different if you were logged in). Then we move on to August 31, 2007 and to April 11, 2008. Both are substantially similar, and the site changed little until the new YWS arrived in August 2009. Since the site came back, it's gone through more evolution until you get what we have today! Anyhow, not sure how many people will find this interesting, but it shows how YWS has evolved over the years. I doubt it'll evolve much more though. Then again, I keep saying that until it changes by a ton... noteboard2.png 2005-09-21.jpg 2006-05-08.jpg 2007-02-24.jpg 2007-08-31.jpg 2008-04-11.jpg home_now.jpg home.png apollo.png apollo_final.png YWS.jpg chimped_out.jpg

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Sun Jan 16, 2011 11:14 pm

LastPaladin says... · Sun Jan 16, 2011 11:14 pm

It proves how old I am when I remember every single version in those screen shots! Thanks for starting this site Nate, and improving many of us considerably.

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Sun Jan 16, 2011 11:18 pm

Rosendorn says... · Sun Jan 16, 2011 11:18 pm

I will always remember the August 08 setup as the one I joined under! It's great to see where YWS came from, and I love where it's going.

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Sun Jan 16, 2011 11:28 pm

Masquerade says... · Sun Jan 16, 2011 11:28 pm

Ahhh I feel like a newb. I've only been around for the last two.

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Mon Jan 17, 2011 12:50 am

Rydia says... · Mon Jan 17, 2011 12:50 am

I've got so used to how YWS looks now that I'd forgotten how much it has changed! I've been around for those last five screen-shots, but it's odd looking at the earlier versions...

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Mon Jan 17, 2011 3:45 am

Firearris says... · Mon Jan 17, 2011 3:45 am

Ohwow. I recognize most of those. I remember those days. Crazy stuff.

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[Firearris] 10:45 pm: askes the guard for the weasel!
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[Firearris] 10:46 pm: aquires the weasel and renames it "Cat"
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Mon Jan 17, 2011 6:29 am

Lava says... · Mon Jan 17, 2011 6:29 am

I'm not so sure, but I think there was one around Oct/Nov 08. That was when I joined. With Bartimaeus (?) at the bottom.
'S good to see how much YWS has changed.

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Mon Jan 17, 2011 3:10 pm

canislupis says... · Mon Jan 17, 2011 3:10 pm

Wow... I feel old now. Nothing compared to you 05ers, though. I didn't even really remember what it looked like until I saw the shots.

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Mon Jan 17, 2011 3:39 pm

Ranger Hawk says... · Mon Jan 17, 2011 3:39 pm

I think I first found the site during the April 2008 design, but didn't join...then when I came back later, it was under construction, and I wasn't able to join until the new design was up.

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Mon Jan 17, 2011 3:41 pm

Lauren2010 says... · Mon Jan 17, 2011 3:41 pm

Aw, the version in the April 11, 2008 screenshot is the one I joined under. Whenever I see that site I get a little sentimental. I love where YWS is now and where it's going, but that site holds a special place in my heart <3

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Mon Jan 17, 2011 4:50 pm

Jenthura says... · Mon Jan 17, 2011 4:50 pm

Wow, I hardly even knew YWS was this old! How many people have been around since the beginning?

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Mon Jan 17, 2011 5:25 pm

Writersdomain says... · Mon Jan 17, 2011 5:25 pm

Those screenshots bring back a lot of memories.

I feel old now. Thanks for posting all these, Nate!

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Mon Jan 17, 2011 6:25 pm

Meshugenah says... · Mon Jan 17, 2011 6:25 pm

Dear Nate,
This is my perfunctory "You don't have a screen shot of the notebook theme WAAAAAAAAH" complaint.
Cordially yours,
Bek

P.S. And yes, I did read your new post. Excuses, excuses... almost a year of YWS history, undocumented by front page screen shots!

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Mon Jan 17, 2011 6:31 pm

Demeter says... · Mon Jan 17, 2011 6:31 pm

I did find this interesting! I actually was thinking the other day -- no, but really, I think you get the point.

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