{"id":4977,"date":"2024-01-09T14:51:26","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T19:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wyomingjarbo.com\/blog\/?p=4977"},"modified":"2024-01-09T14:51:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T19:51:26","slug":"25-years-a-new-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wyomingjarbo.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/09\/25-years-a-new-look\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Years & A New Look"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s wild to me that I\u2019ve had a presence on the Internet as long as I have. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Brief History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I started my web journey back on America Online (AOL). AOL introduced a way for users to upload their own webpages called AOL Hometown<\/a>. Back with whatever version of Microsoft Office I had, complete with Microsoft Frontpage, I began WYSIWYG-ing into web design. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Before… standards.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The OG Website Logo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I remember setting up a forum, a Shoutcast radio station, and even a cupholder feature where an exploit in Internet Explorer allowed a web button to open the end users’ CD-ROM tray. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even though I didn\u2019t have the domain name until 2001, I\u2019ve been on the web a long time. And I\u2019ve always had my look nook\/corner carved out in it. I\u2019m not going to say I\u2019ve ever posted anything profound. My love of the personal web and just being goofy has shown me that I\u2019ve learned a lot in time as things evolved, and I\u2019m actually impressed with my younger self for taking that plunge all those years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Back to Now<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While this website hasn\u2019t always been a WordPress site, it has for almost been for almost 20 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There has been a lot of change, and I think the last time I updated my website was in 2016. <\/p>\n\n\n\n


WordPress has updated its capabilities for visual-based design without having to manage a bunch of custom CSS with Gutenberg and Full Site Editing, which basically means I\u2019m not as limited by the template. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve replicated much previous theme because I liked it, so if you\u2019re here, and you\u2019re like \u201cwhat\u2019s changed?\u201d: not much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I have some more flexibility now, and I\u2019ve shaved off many rough edges for some cleaner pages1<\/a><\/sup>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So if you\u2019re here again in a long time: welcome back. Here\u2019s to another decade on the what\u2019s now being called the IndieWeb. I bet you\u2019ve never even heard of this website. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Maybe I\u2019ll starting writing more again? ↩<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I updated my website, and reminisce about my humble web beginnings. New year, new look, same me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"New website, new look, same me. ","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[136,3],"tags":[727,726,723,728,729,724,116,725,705],"post_format":[],"class_list":["post-4977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-personal","category-wyomingjarbocom","tag-aol","tag-cupholder","tag-microsoft-frontpage","tag-old-internet","tag-redesign","tag-shoutcast","tag-website","tag-winamp","tag-wordpress"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wyomingjarbo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/FordTaurus.png?fit=303%2C67&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdZ9O-1ih","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wyomingjarbo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wyomingjarbo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wyomingjarbo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyomingjarbo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyomingjarbo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4977"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wyomingjarbo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4983,"href":"https:\/\/wyomingjarbo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4977\/revisions\/4983"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyomingjarbo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wyomingjarbo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyomingjarbo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyomingjarbo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4977"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyomingjarbo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_format?post=4977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}