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      IT ALL STARTED AT JANUARY 2001. IT WAS THE 2ND TRIMESTER AT MY SCHOOL AND I GOT TECHNOLOGY FOR MY ELECTIVE. THE TECHNOLOGY CLASS I GOT INTO WAS AT LEVEL 2; THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAD IT AT OUR SCHOOL. WE WERE TO WORK ON HTML AND FLASH. ON THE FIRST FEW DAYS IN CLASS, I THOUGHT, "HTML? BAHH..CRAP". AS MORE DAYS PASSED, I STARTED TO ENJOY IT. AFTERSCHOOL, WHEN I GET HOME, I STARTED WRITING SOME CODES AND TRIED TO MAKE PAGES USING NOTEPAD. I ONLY KNEW A FEW TAGS BY THEN, SUCH AS: FONT, HORIZANTAL LINE, PARAGRAPH, AND LINE BREAK. AFTER ABOUT 2 WEEKS IN THE CLASS, I STARTED MAKING LAYOUTS, PAGES, AND CONTENTS FOR MY "OWN WEBSITE". FAST FORWARD >>> I GOT AN "A" FOR THE CLASS.

WEBSITES:

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      SINCE I HAD A LOT OF ANIME & FINAL FANTASY WALLPAPERS, IMAGES, AND MIDIS BACK THEN, I DECIDED TO MAKE AN ANIME-FINAL FANTASY SITE. I HAD A COUPLE OF PAGES DONE WITH NO PARTICULAR LAYOUT. ON THE PAGES, THERE WERE FONT SIZES, COLORS, IMAGES, ALIGNMENTS, AND OTHER STUFF. THIS STARTED IT ALL.

THE ANIME WIZARD [ VERSION 1.0 ]

      THIS IS THE FIRST ONLINE WEBSITE I DID. I COPIED THE LAYOUT FROM GUNDAMWING.NET, GUNDAMWING.COM, GUNDAM-WING..WHATEVER..I CAN'T REMEMBER. UPDATING IT WAS VERY HARD. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE HEARD OF THE WORD "AFFILIATE". I LINKED ALMOST EVERY COOL FINAL FANTASY SITE I SAW. I HAD THEM AS AN AFFILIATE, BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ME. I ALSO MET SEVERAL FF WEBMASTERS AND THEY HELPED IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.

THE ANIME WIZARD [ VERSION 2.0 ]

      THIS VERSION IS WHAT I CAN SAY "THE FIRST SUCCESFUL SITE". I MADE MY OWN LAYOUT [ IN FRAMES TOO! ] I GOT AFFILIATES, POLL, TOPSITES, AND CONTENTS!!! I GET "GOOD" AMOUNT OF HITS. THIS VERSION SHOULD HAVE LASTED LONGER BUT I DECIDED TO MAKE A FINAL FANTASY ONLY SITE

FFCRYSTALS [ VERSION 1.0 ]

      THE VERY FIRST ALL FF SITE. IT WAS THE TRANSITION BETWEEN THE ANIME-FF TO FF ONLY. THIS WAS THE "TURNING" POINT OF THE SITE. I GET AROUND 70+ UNIQUE HITS A DAY. I ALSO HAD 39 NICE AND WELL ROUNDED GROUP OF AFFILIATES. I HAD GOOD AMOUNT OF CONTENTS [ COVERING FF7,FF8,FF9,FF10, AND FF11 ] NEW FEATURES WERE ADDED SUCH AS FORUMS, TAGBOARD, ONLINE STORE. THIS SITE WAS THE "BOMB!" I HAVE WORKED ON THIS SITE FOR A LONG TIME.

FFCRYSTALS [ VERSION 2.0 ]

      FFCRYSTALS VERSION 1.0 WAS SUCCESFUL, BUT I WANTED TO GET BIGGER, TO EXPAND. I SAW FFEXTREME AND THEY OFFERED HOSTING. I APPLIED AND I GOT HOSTED. THE SITE NOW COVERS ALL FFGAMES WITH OTHER SQUARE GAMES. THE SITE IS NO LONGER IN FRAMES BECAUSE IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO LOAD. I REDUCED MY AFFILIATES AND TOPSITES LIST. I HAVE LEARNED A LOT NOW. I WAS ALSO FLATTERED BY THE GOOD COMMENTS IN THE GUESTBOOK AND E-MAILS I RECIEVE. FFEXTREME HAD SOME SERVER PROBLEMS AND THEY CRASHED. AFTER THE SITE HAD RECOVERED, FFEXTREME TOLD ME THAT THEY CANT HOST ME ANY MORE. IT'S OK. NOW I'M DESPERATE, LOOKING FOR A HOST.

FFCRYSTALS [ VERSION 2.5 ]

      AFTER WEEKS AND WEEKS OF LOOKING FOR A HOST, FINALLY I HAVE FOUND ONE. I MET IXION IN THE FFALLIANCE FORUMS, AND HE AGREED TO HOST ME. IXION WAS REALLY NICE AND HE HELPED ME A LOT. I USED THE SAME LAYOUT FROM VERSION 2.0. AFTER ABOUT A WEEK WHEN I OPENED AGAIN, THE SERVER CRASHED AGAIN. FFCRYSTALS WAS DOWN, COLD...

FFCRYSTALS [ VERSION 3.0 ]

      VERSION 3.0 IS EASY TO NAVIGATE AND WE HAD A GREAT AMOUNT OF CONTENTS. LAYOUT IS MORE OF THE "PROFFESIONAL LOOK". I ALSO HAVE STAFF MEMBERS KNOW, THESE STAFF MEMBERS ARE PEOPLE THAT I HAVE MET BACK THEN AND I TRUST THEM.

FFCRYSTALS [ VERSION 4.0 ]

      VERSION 4.0 IS THE LAYOUT WE ARE CURRENTLY USING. IT HAS A BLUE-BLACK COLOR SCHEME. IT CHANGED FFCRYSTALS IN A LOT OF WAYS. THE LAYOUT WAS OF A GREAT QUALITY, IS GOOD-LOOKING, AND PROFFESIONAL TYPE. IT GATHERED A LOT OF MAJOR AFFILIATES SUCH AS SQUARESPIRIT, ZELDAGUIDE, UNITED FF, A-RPG NETWORK, AND FF G.O.N. WE RECEIVED AS MUCH AS 420 UNIQUE HITS A DAY ON AVERAGE AND PAGEVIEWS AVERAGING IN THE 850's. CONTENTS WERE EASIER TO EDIT. NAVIGATION WAS ALSO EASY.