How Did I get Into The "website world"?
It all started back around February/March 2005. When i started my personal website. Alot of my friends had told me about the ever so handy Piczo. So i started up a site there, x-dan-x.piczo.com. Then over the weeks/months i remember changing the names to Dance4Me and 05curly05 i also ran different ones alongside it like Simple-wishes.piczo.com Simply-Dani.piczo.com and even some of funtigo so basically i had more than one site for myself at that point. over the next few months i worked hard on updating the site and chaning around.
In December 2005 i explored outside piczo. As id seen "The amityville Horror" i googled it, and came across a link to a Chloe Moretz Fansite. I realised this little star had some set projects and had attended many events in the last few months, i loved the idea of making a site for her, so i opened up this random photo program and tryed a template for the site using pictures of chloe. it was very new to me and i just took what i found. Anyways.. a short while later i recieved an email from the owner of the original chloe fansite and made me realise there was more to the web than i thought. i removed lots of content and learned to find my own, i came across some press sites and other google links and built up a massive chloe fansite Named SimplyChloe. I then learned about free domain names and signed up for SimplyChloe.2ya.com and focused all my work on that. I was 13. I then discovered the amazing talent of Ariel Gade and started a website on her.. located at arielgade.2ya.com named adorable ariel. In February 2006 SimplyChloe won an award from the Pretty Awards previously owned by Esmee. And i carried on with SimplyChloe and came round to Deleting Adorable ariel as i found the time very challenging. I then opened another fansite for actress Jenna Boyd and yet again i got bored and ended up deleting that.
In March i use my skills that i had learnt for layout making in my chloe site and decided to use it on 05curly05. I changed the site name to 06curly06.2ya.com and made some precious layouts. 06curly06 celebrated its first birthday in March 2006. My Graphics Skills improved.
In April 2006 i realised there were many many more sites out there for young/rising starlets. So i joined a forum "Stardom Secured" and learnt about amazing actress Jodelle Ferland. I found out she was going to be in the upcoming hit horror flick "Silent Hill" which was something id been waiting to come out for a long time. I got to know also a great friend of mine Susanna Cole who ran (at the time) Jodelle-Ferland.2ya.com which was a fansite for Jodelle. I later learnt that she had contact with the family and knew that Jodelle herself posted on the forums. I was drawn into the world of Miss Ferland.
In June 2006 i started learning HTML. I joint with a friend of Mine "Emma" and we Developed Princess Ariel located at ariel-gade.co.nr i got taught the language of HTML from Emmas codes on the site. I then went onto making a Fansite for Jodelle myself. I called it Inspiring and it was first Hosted at Freewebs.com I developed my graphics and HTML skills along the way! Also in June around my birthday My dad bought me a domain I wasnt planning to go to HTML as 06curly06 had so much information that i couldnt bear to start again. Well silly me at the time didnt realise the meaning of hosting and dad bought me SimplyDani.org and hosting to go alongside it. So instead of Linking to my original website (06curly06) i had a seperate one, which invloved me learning about FTP and more on HTML. So i dont know how but i did.. i managed to make a whole new website using some info and linking to an online gallery already created with 06curly06. And over 2months i developed Graphics and Even better HTML skills to the site.
July 2006, I got to know alot more about Jodelle and built Inspiring more and more by the day. I also gained respect from members at the Stardom Secured Forums especially one person in particular. This is where Indra came into my life. I got good friends with her and realised she had a great talent for Graphics and owned many many videos of Jodelle which she was planning to donate to Inspiring. So i asked if she wanted to help me out and she agreed we both then totally transformed the site by getting hosted at Star-Sites.org adding lots of new content and a brand new layout.
Over August, September and October 2006, i learned more and more and used this in my sites. I did however lose intrest in piczo and therefore i abadoned Simply Chloe as i realised HTML was a much easier way of updating and changing a layout. But i still had something for chloe. Around September i started a Freewebs Website for Simplychloe changed it all to HTML but decided not to go all info on it and just make a Photo Gallery like my friend Seb. and his Jodelle photo gallery. Anyways over a weeks Miss Moretz Popped up.. and it was gorgeous. i realised they didnt have a very big gallery and i asked if they wanted to join mine and share one, and Katya and Rachel the owners agreed! A month later They bought Chloe-Moretz.org and asked for a seperate Gallery to be hosted on the servers. So i shut down SimplyChloe and joined the Miss Moretz team in the gallery.
In November 2006, i found the saint PHP!!! i really dont know why i done HTML like i did for so long when there was a much easier language out there. Anyways, Emma and myself learnt Ariel had a new project and decided to get hosted for Princess ariel. She wanted PHP so yet again i learnt from her and learnt the skill. I remember transforming SimplyDani.org into PHP in early november.. Later that month i joined Enchanting Starz The central stop for non stop celebs. I learnt even more and adapted this to my sites. Also emma bought the domain for princess ariel and we were located at Ariel-Gade.net from december 2006.
In december i focused lots on Simplydani, Inspiring, Miss Moretz Gallery, Princess Ariel and the forums.. I also installed a brand new gallery to simplydani and started the long process of adding over 4000 picture to the gallery itself.
January 2007, A New year, All of my sites in PHP, i was asked By Jade to join her team with a site for upcoming actress Madison Davenport We worked hard on the site and got it up within a few weeks. I got to know Jade lots more and we became really good freinds. Late January i learnt the Press Sites side of the web. I Then Joined Jade with her long list of press sites and had my linkage for latest events for the actresses on my sites. Also another fansite for Jodelle Popped up.. Etoile. I started getting in touch with the owner madison and regulary chatted to her on Msn Over the weeks i found updating difficult and also competition very intimidating. I asked to join her well inspriring to join her she said no the first time but then emailed me back agreeing to it. We then had a Massive Photo Gallery, a very accurate website and the largest media source online for Jodelle Ferland.
February 2007, the dreaded news that Susanna-Cole was leaving the internet came. She was giving away her baby- Miss Ferland. This was really hard seeing such a well known friend too go. Anyways i applied for the taking of Miss Ferland but was turned down to the more experienced Jess Who owned some fantastic Sites, and then said goodbye to Susanna. I then had a bit of a boredom stage where i didnt want to do any sites, I left Madison Unlimited with Jade and didnt update with etoile for a while. i narrowed down my work and eventually gained interest again and was ready to start fresh. Then in Late February i opened a site for actress Sasha Pieterse and joined with a really good friend Hollie to make a site for Desperate Housewives Actress Rachel G. Fox. I carried on with Princess Ariel and Etoile and my personal side of things and upped the graphics and design work in all.
In March 2007 i focused alot on School work but keeping up to date on all of the sites, i gained some more respect from various forums and found my skills had developed alot since last summer. I got more links to Press Sites and Info and loved working on the designs.
Early april came.. after adding a bunch of images from the fantastic Ski Trip at the end of March to SimplyDani i got told by Hollie that we now had a domain for the rachel site and Etoile felt more like home. I also got blessed by the amazing contact of Jodelle.. and new staff at Princess ariel...
So Now in May its been at least about a year and half in total of Website World :P I have My Personal Site Simplydani.org with over 5000 images in a gallery and many many sections dedicated to friends, school, teachers and family.. i own 4 Fansites for Rising Child Actresses Jodelle-Ferland.org, SashaPieterse.co.nr, Ariel-Gade.net and Rachel-Fox.org plus blessed with contact with 2 stars families. And Also carrying on with the first Star Chloe Moretz at Miss Moretz's Gallery. So there yoo go, ive been through many different stages of web design to get where i am now. It takes time to learn the language of HTML and even PHP it takes time to develop a website so that it has over 5000 images or massive bunchies of info, and it takes time to get the skills of making graphics for the interaction of each and every website produced. And i love everything about designing them and i hope i continue this in the future ;)