History
In Internet terms, you could almost consider this page a living fossil. But I have changed this page a lot over the years, and even its location on the Internet has changed multiple times, so I guess fossil might not be the best term. My page does seem to have a lot of history though. This page started in 1996 as a simple Sailor Moon page (yes that's right), using the Geocities automatic page builder. After trying to figure out the entire Internet thing I eventually decided that I was ambitious enough to have a main index page, and a page about the good guys and bad guys in Sailor Moon. That's a total of 3 pages with a few pictures here and there.
Around this time I discovered that Comic Junction (in Fargo, ND) actually rented anime. And from there I went totally crazy watching anime (rather cheaply). I had also been getting sort of fed up with the people associated with Sailor Moon so, I moved Sailor Moon to a sub-section and retitled my web page: "Archen's Anime Page". While this title isn't as 'cool' as most page titles out there, back in 97 all pages were named "Bob's Sailor Moon and Xena page", or "Cindy's Ranma Shrine". So I figured I might as well stick with the archaic name to show how truly dated my page is.
The goal of my site is... well I had a goal at one time, but now my goal is to do... "whatever". Other anime web pages such as mine have come and gone. Most anime pages mutated into blogs that only mention anime. I don't believe most people even bother making pages such as mine now. So I generally try to add various content to the sections. And content is what I focus on more than anything. I also write the content but generally I also try to put my own spin on pages, and you can usually tell that I wrote it. I know a lot of people don't like that, and they would prefer generic information; but I figured if I'm going to offer something, then it should reflect the fact that this is a personal page made by me. You will also notice that my page is not all in one format, but consists of many different layouts. When I started making pages I guess it never occurred to me that I could just use one layout and then cut-and-paste the rest. ^_^; But I've never really liked that approach. I feel that each section should have it's own feel to it. I also tend to make a section, then leave it. In this way I sort of move on and older pages stay the same, which is why some parts of my site look incredibly dated while other parts look much more trendy. So if you consider all that, I guess the goal of my site is to have a personality to it, be about anime, and hopefully be informative and/or entertaining to you the reader. I mean what's the point of having a web page if no one looks at it or doesn't to some extent enjoy looking through it?
This site is meant for entertainment purposes only. This site is NOT to be used in any way that may be harmful to wild animals, and is not to be used in any sacrificial religious ceremonies. Also this site should not be used to gain any sexual favors... um.. unless it's me, because it's my site.
Server Information:
Ever since my page got its start back in 1996, my page has gone through many incarnations and formats. This site has actually moved a few times, although not for years at this point. This site was first located at http://www.geocities.com/Area51/9235/, back when they gave you 800Kb of space. While free, Geocities had huge problems with going down all the time. Then there came the pop-up window advertisements that "convinced" me that I needed to move. So from there I went to http://belldandy.net/archen/ thanks to the kindness of a girl known as "Angel". Unfortunately with her site and mine we started to worry about bandwidth issues with the web host she was on (an extra $200 a month if you go over bandwidth limits) . So I decided to move it again as not to bother her. That's when I went to http://archen.animanga.com. This is located in Europe which turned out to be a pain in the butt with updates so it became more of a European mirror Bandwidth isn't an issue now since most web hosts offer much more bandwidth and my page has decreased in popularity considerably, so I was able to find a reasonable host that is easier to update. Thus site is now located at http://scythe.net/archen/. It's been here for years and I'm pretty sure this location will be stable. I suppose you're wondering why I didn't just get my own domain name. I guess the answer is that I've come this far without one, so why bother?
The Logo:
Well if you haven't noticed by now, this has basically become the official logo of my site. I designed it myself on paper (after trying out about 5 different designs), and eventually this is what I came up with. I added the circular text later so that a person can tell that it's Archen's Anime Page (and not some other page). Sometimes I just use the graphic without the wrapping text though.
Viewing Information:
My page is mostly HTML 4 transitional. Some of the older parts are simple HTML hacks and follow no standards. All my pages should work on any standards compliant browser with little to no problems. Browsers which do NOT follow these standards like Microsoft Internet Explorer will probably work, but it's too much of a pain to really develop for IE explicitly so support will most likely be spotty.
A look through the past:
So here's a fun thing to look at: What my page has looked like through the years. Keep in mind that the target browser on some these sites was usually Netscape 3 or MSIE 3, so they don't exactly look very exotic. Almost everyone at the time had 800x600 resolution monitor settings which actually made things a bit easier if you ask me. This only shows the index page, which is of course the main page and the only one that has been updated throughout the entire history of my site. Honestly now days I just don't have the steam to be bothering with updating the main page when I feel I'm always so far behind with the rest of my site.
 Years 1-4 |
 Old Layouts |
 Other Stuff |
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- I do not claim any responsibility for seizures in small domesticated animals (such as cats). If your pet has a seizure as a direct result of viewing my page, it is imperative that you not mention my page in any way to the veterinarian, the police, or the FBI.
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- This site in no way advocates violence towards antelope.
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