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screenshot of the website The Nintendo Gamer via the Internet Archive Wayback Machine

Day 4: #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks

Prompt 4/20 Blog: Tell us about the oldest WordPress website you know of/worked on/built that you can find in the Wayback Machine. When is it from? What was it for? Screenshots encouraged.
https://make.wordpress.org/marketing/2023/05/11/day-4-wp20-from-blogs-to-blocks/

Alright, I finally have to share this old site. I have avoided it in the past because quite honestly, I assumed that the domain name and header image would have gotten me hit with trademark infringement and a DMCA notice. Thankfully I was far too small time for this 😅

https://web.archive.org/web/20110806235035/http://thenintendogamer.com/

a screenshot of the website The Nintendo Gamer taken from the Internet Archive Wayback Machine

Look at that! A custom header in the NES font! Two header menus! And the same quality of writing 🤣

While the archives here are from 2010-2011, the site had been started elsewhere in 2008. It’s been a while since it was directly online, but it is admittedly nice to be able to take another look at it thanks to the invaluable Internet Archive.

I just made a donation to the Internet Archive in thanks for keeping some of my old sites up well past any value to anyone but me. I encourage you to do the same!

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11 May 2023

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david wolfpaw

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Day 4: #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks

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<p><strong>Prompt 4/20 Blog:</strong> Tell us about the oldest WordPress website you know of/worked on/built that you can find in the <a href="https://archive.org/web/">Wayback Machine</a>. When is it from? What was it for? Screenshots encouraged.</p>
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<p>Alright, I finally have to share this old site. I have avoided it in the past because quite honestly, I assumed that the domain name and header image would have gotten me hit with trademark infringement and a DMCA notice. Thankfully I was far too small time for this 😅</p>
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<p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110806235035/http://thenintendogamer.com/">https://web.archive.org/web/20110806235035/http://thenintendogamer.com/</a></p>
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<p>Look at that! A custom header in the NES font! Two header menus! And the same quality of writing 🤣</p>
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<p>While the archives here are from 2010-2011, the site had been started elsewhere in 2008. It’s been a while since it was directly online, but it is admittedly nice to be able to take another look at it thanks to the invaluable <a href="https://archive.org/">Internet Archive</a>.</p>
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<p>I just made a <a href="https://archive.org/donate">donation to the Internet Archive</a> in thanks for keeping some of my old sites up well past any value to anyone but me. I encourage you to do the same!</p>
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