The History of T.W.G.M.A.T.

**NOTE** Keep in mind that links on this page are to places that are not being used any more so there is an index page linked to a homepage but that it.  Any other links will not work, this is just to give you a impression of what the site was like about a year ago.**NOTE**

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     Are you ready for a history lesson then here is one that you may not want to remember.  Back in the day of the early stages of T.W.G.M.A.T. I was sucked into doing something online called ICLing.  I had no Idea what the heck I was getting into and I was completely left out in the wind to figure out this unique and weird way of interacting with people online.  I was fed up with the way things where going when I was with this guild because things where never correct, rules where broken and people were just mean, so I decided to do the next best thing.  I created my own guild.  I started off really primitive and tried to do my best from what I have learned from what little time I spent on the net. 

     As you can see by this screen capture there really wasn't much that I could do.  I received a good deal of awards from people but nothing could help me reach to where I wanted to be. I wanted soo much more from this site and wanted to make the site a place where people who did not or where fed up with the way ICLing was going on.  I succeeded in drawing in a couple of friends to join my guild but things feel apart as I realized that there was no draw to ICLing like I thought and those that were into it where already members of another site or have a site of their own.  Since the thrill of ICLing was gone I decided to disregard my ICLing style and put my efforts more towards the site and decided to try and get the site to look better.  This format was a huge pain in the but since I had made about 50+ pages and when I wanted to add something that would be needed to be added to the side bar list to the left I would have to go and add a link to every single page and make sure that every link worked.  It was a great idea at first but of course I was dumb and didn't know about frames.  If you click on the image you can go though the old site and see what the first one was like, as you can see I really liked links, green, and tables.

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     I have always wanted to make a site that was PG oriented but satisfied the whole group out there.  So I started to make another site behind the one that I was maintaining at the moment.  Time to be on the computer was pinched rather hard since there was no time while with my schooling, video games, friends, home work, and even just family ties kept me from reaching my goal.  Though I did learn Framing better I knew back then but it was always a bad thing because I would try one thing but once it is uploaded to the net it would not work at all.  Now I fixed many problems and made sure that there were nothing wrong before I sent it to the virtual jungle.  I noticed that from what I wanted could not be done on a 20 MB area so I could only do one thing, that was to create another account with angle fire and make them connected.  I did this many times and created a very large very complicated and very impressive layout that span over 150 MB and contains many upon many hours of laboring time.  I have files crossed and files that can be downloaded.  In the reforming of this version I wanted to get the files I wanted to use on the net and in the site but of course there was too much information and the time that it took to make sure that things worked was too great.  

     I strayed away from the site a while then came back with a bang, I tore down the whole site and rewrote it again creating what you see to the left.  Java scripting was new to me I have heard of it but was never able to acutely get it down since I felt that there was no need to learn if I wasn't going to use it, but fate has a sense of irony since I found some of the best sites out there that actually get noticed and that people have fun in are those with java and games.  So I hoped on the ban wagon and tied out a few scripts to see what can I learn.  Things started off really sketchy and I was trying really hard to get as many as five scripts onto one page without causing an error on the page or making the loading time really really slow.  I succeed and was able o create a great looking page with flawless results.  Though I felt there was still much more for me to do since I learned so much from scripting.  Now since I knew that there was much more to be had I felt that I should see where I stood amongst the rest of the sites that were out there, so I sent out many applications to other people websites to check out my site and see what they think and if it was award worthy for them.  I received about around 60 award for this version and was very impressed with the replies that I always gotten from those that have reviewed my site.  I knew that my site was great but I felt that there was another level, one beyond what I have reached to and decided to take the next logical step. To go further.

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     Welcome to the future of T.W.G.M.A.T. I have worked really hard to make sure that there was nothing wrong with this version and that the loading time for this site was reasonable for everyone even those that are still behind in the times and have to use the line of a 28 KB.  The site has much more to offer now and is much easier to move around in.  The updating and adding is now easy since all I have to do is change or add two things instead of the usual seven.  This is great because it saves time for me and gives me less aggravation.  I sued many codes and java scripts to get the site to look and act the way it does.  I have left nothing to the wind and made sure that every link works.  I eliminated the background music of the site because people say that it is great but they would like to have a way to turn of lower the volume of the music.  I could not do this just yet since the songs are on each page.  I took them all off and made the site plain out there.  I might add on a drop box that will give you the user the choice to pick your music that you would like to listen to but that might be for later though.  As you can tell this site is completely different from the last version but of course it is mostly the same to.  For those of you that have loved the last site and thought that it couldn't get any better, you have seen nothing yet. 

     Since the rolling times of the new era is starting to come so will this sites time to change.  I might try to make a better site then what is here but of course only time will tell me what the new version will look like in the S4 project.  Keep your eyes peeled and wait till you see what is around the bend...