Wayback Machine - See how websites looked in the past

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  1. Matthew

    Matthew Regular Member

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    Have you found any sites yet that retain the old style? I know FP's doesn't have the theme
     
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  2. Kaiser

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    Not really, just white pages.
     
    Kaiser, Jun 10, 2011
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  3. Matthew

    Matthew Regular Member

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    Shame, it would be awesome to see how crappy some sites used to be. :P But, seeing old content is cool too
     
    Matthew, Jun 10, 2011
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  4. Kaiser

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    Yea I agree. The full site will only display if the sites still have the files of the old styles, and images on their server, but if not it will show in stripped down white pages.
     
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  5. Luke

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    Google has come a long way and so has many other sites!
     
    Luke, Jun 10, 2011
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  6. Kaiser

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    Yes it has, its funny to look back at them.
     
    Kaiser, Jun 10, 2011
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  7. Joe.

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    This was an interesting toy for me at one point, but I cant be bothered anymore. :P
     
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  8. Kaiser

    Kaiser Regular Member

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    Haha yea when I made this thread I was playing around with it for a good 1 hour just looking at other websites lol.
     
    Kaiser, Jun 10, 2011
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  9. Blake

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    I've played w/ Wayback before, but I spent an hour last night looking back at my first site in it's infancy. Made me miss the old days and how things were. And I miss some of those people.

    When I moved to the network my site/forum is now a part of, I gained a few benefits, but lost some of the character and uniqueness we'd achieved as a community. Sometimes, looking back makes me regret the changes. But it's been much better financially for sure. So, probably a fair tradeoff.
     
    Blake, Jun 11, 2011
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  10. Kaiser

    Kaiser Regular Member

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    I was looking back at my one of my old communities, and I was missing the old days too.. I just looked at it and noticed how far I have come.
     
    Kaiser, Jun 11, 2011
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  11. Coastercraze

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    I love it. Reminds me of all my old sites history. wabuf.com probably has the most memorable flash designs :D
     
    Coastercraze, Jun 12, 2011
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    I know I removed my community from the index years ago(when I was younger) but Google share has come along way.
     
    cpvr, Jun 12, 2011
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  13. Spudster

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    my forum not on the way machine but i changed the theme a few times?
     
    Spudster, Jun 12, 2011
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  14. SpacewardAsh

    SpacewardAsh Lurking From Space

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    their bot has to crawl your website, it does not automatically visit every time your site changes...
     
    SpacewardAsh, Jun 13, 2011
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  15. Mr.Hazey

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    Used it a few times, if you search you can see a version of phpBB 1.0.0
     
    Mr.Hazey, Jun 13, 2011
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  16. Kaiser

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    Haha I have already done it with both phpBB, MyBB, and vBulletin. Was fun to see the beginnings of such great software.
     
    Kaiser, Jun 15, 2011
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  17. Mr.Hazey

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    Yep with phpBB I have seen it develop over the years.
     
    Mr.Hazey, Jun 16, 2011
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