<!DOCTYPE html>
<html> <head> <title>Welcome</title> </head>
<body bgcolor="#000000" text="#00FF00">
<h1>Hello World</h1>
<p>This is my first webpage...</p>
1991 14 KB

Tim Berners-Lee's Early Demo

info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html
HTML 1.0 CERN Text-only
<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0>
<tr><td><img src="construction.gif"></td></tr>
<tr><td><font face=arial><b>UNDER CONSTRUCTION</b></font></td></tr>
</table>
1995 28 KB

MySpace Predecessor / Personal Hub

geocities.com/Area51/Cavern/8842/index.html
GeoCities Tables GIF
<frame src="top.html"> <frame src="nav.html"> <frame src="main.html">
<script language="JavaScript">
document.write("Welcome to the info hub!");
</script>
1998 42 KB

Tech Resource & News Portal

angelfire.com/tech/digitalfrontier/index.html
Frames JS Portal
<div class="wrapper">
<div class="header"><img src="logo.gif"></div>
<div class="content"><h2>E-Commerce Launch</h2></div>
</div>
2001 68 KB

Post-Crash E-Commerce Template

webarchive.net/snapshots/2001/storefront_v2.html
CSS Divs Shop
<center><table width="600" border="1">
<tr><td><b>Web Ring Navigation</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>[Prev] [Next] [Random] [List]</td></tr>
</table></center>
1996 19 KB

Sci-Fi Fan WebRing Node

webring.org/scifi/nodes/442.html
WebRing Community Tables
<bgsound src="midi/dream.mid" loop="infinite">
<marquee behavior="scroll" direction="left">
★ Welcome to my digital garden ★ Sign the guestbook!
</marquee>
1998 34 KB

Aesthetic Personal Homepage

homestead.com/~starlight/digital_garden.html
Marquee MIDI Guestbook

// Evolution of Web Standards

1991–1993

Static HTML

No CSS, no images initially. Text-based navigation, blue underlined links, monospace defaults.

1994–1996

Tables & Frames

Layout via HTML tables, framesets, animated GIFs, visitor counters, and basic CGI scripts.

1997–1999

JavaScript & DHTML

Client-side validation, dropdown menus, rollover effects, Netscape vs IE wars, early AJAX precursors.

2000–2003

CSS & Standards

W3C pushes valid markup, layer-based layouts replace tables, Flash rises, XML data exchange emerges.

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