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20200721011317-the_phoenix_inquisitor.org

@@ -19,13 +19,36 @@ This name lived on when I built my console gaming website, Phoenix Inquisitor
 dot net, originally hosted on Tripod. I'd drafted a logo on an index card, which
 would adorn the site. The wings represent [[file:20200721010754-phoenix.org][The Phoenix]], the eye inquisition, and
 the element of the ring was introduced to represent a community around them.
-
+** History
+- 1999 :: Site opens on pi.net.tripod.com
+- 2001 :: After bouncing around a few free webhosts, the site moves to a paid
+  host and gets its domain name, phoenixinquis.net Forums are started in October
+  using phpBB 1.4
+- 2002 :: In May, phpBB 2 comes out. The site is upgraded on June 4. After some
+  additional work, the various site sections are combined with the forum and the
+  overall look and feel of the site is unified thanks to a fresh new layout,
+  Istari by Anabel Martinez, aka Aelice.
+- 2003 :: An ad run on megatokyo elevates the forum from a small, quiet group of
+  friends to a full, active board Also, Istari gets two major upgrades, bringing
+  mods and extra functionality with them
+- 2004 :: The site continues to boom for a while, though activity dwindles near
+  the end of the year There were a few hosting company moves this year, hopping
+  through a few nasty ones and eventually landing on the host still used today.
+- 2005-2006 :: With a steady decline in time and energy to maintain and update
+  the site, it slowly declines to it's current state of disuse. phpBB2 being
+  five years old now, it has become a huge target for spammers
+- 2007 :: Site was upgraded to phpBB3
+- 2008 :: The forums were hacked, and were eventually taken offline due to
+inactivity. The main page was configured to redirect to my personal blog at
+https://correl.phoenixinquis.net/.
+** Tripod
 #+CAPTION: The original rotating logo
 [[attachment:_20200721_012031pi.gif]]
 
 I did not build the website with the intent to maintain it alone. I built it
 because I wanted to connect with people and do something /together/.
 
+#+ATTR_ORG: :width 400
 #+CAPTION: The website at http://pi.net.tripod.com/
 [[attachment:_20200721_012003screenshot.png]]
 
@@ -34,6 +57,17 @@ because I wanted to connect with people and do something /together/.
 I eventually graduated the site to its own domain (=phoenixinquis.net=), and
 gave it life as a forum built upon [[https://www.phpbb.com/][phpBB]].
 
+*** Istari :ATTACH:
+#+ATTR_ORG: :width 400
+#+CAPTION: The phpBB2 "Istari" theme
+[[attachment:_20200723_212300screenshot.png]]
+
+*** Kainen :ATTACH:
+#+ATTR_ORG: :width 400
+#+CAPTION: The phpBB3 "Kainen" theme
+[[attachment:_20200723_212429screenshot.png]]
+
+
 * Artist Depictions
 :PROPERTIES:
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