The USMS Website Wayback Machine

[Jayhawk]

The USMS Website Wayback Machine

The USMS website has undergone several changes since its inception in 1996. There have been two wholesale redesigns of the website look and feel, plus a number of incremental changes in between the major redesigns. Click on the below links to see how it has changed.

1996 - The beginning

December 1998 - First Major Redesign

February 2005 - Second Major Redesign

January 2009 - Minor Updates

September 2012 - Minor Updates

[That Guy]

The USMS Website Wayback Machine

The USMS website has undergone several changes since its inception in 1996. There have been two wholesale redesigns of the website look and feel, plus a number of incremental changes in between the major redesigns. Click on the below links to see how it has changed.

1996 - The beginning

December 1998 - First Major Redesign

February 2005 - Second Major Redesign

January 2009 - Minor Updates



September 2012 - Minor Updates

Great stuff! The Streamlines newsletters call out cool swimming websites; I think the time has come to recognize the swimming web sites that continue to honor the spirit of the mid-90's. Typical characteristics:

• HTML written in a text editor
• Page title is a placeholder like "Home" or "Untitled"
• horrible background graphics
• Comic Sans (yeah, I went there)
• has not been updated since... umm...

You get the idea, so without further ado, the Zone and LMSC finalist web sites:

• http://www.dixiezone.org/
• http://www.akmswim.org/
• http://www.arkansasmasters.org/
• http://www.kylmsc.org/
• http://www.nelmsc.org/
• http://www.ozarklmsc.org/
• http://www.pvmasters.org/
• http://www.simasterswim.org/

Any time you want to take a trip back to the epoch when Netscape roamed the earth, that list will have you off and running in no time. Tune in next week when we count down the top 5 most incomprehensible Team Unify club sites!

[aquageek]

1996 - The beginning

Ah, I remember 1996 well. That was the year matysekj aged up to the 55-59 age group.

[FR.LLC]

So much fun to look back on that stuff. Great post. How about a Way-Back-Machine for SWIMMER Magazine? The archive only goes to 2005? How long have they been publishing it. http://www.usmsswimmer.com/issue.php I'd like to have entire collection of SWIMMER.

[ekw]

You get the idea, so without further ado, the Zone and LMSC finalist web sites:

• http://www.dixiezone.org/
• http://www.akmswim.org/
• http://www.arkansasmasters.org/
• http://www.kylmsc.org/
• http://www.nelmsc.org/
• http://www.ozarklmsc.org/
• http://www.pvmasters.org/
• http://www.simasterswim.org/

Any time you want to take a trip back to the epoch when Netscape roamed the earth, that list will have you off and running in no time. Tune in next week when we count down the top 5 most incomprehensible Team Unify club sites!

Bummed your LMSC is too with it to make this list? Have no fear - the Geocitiesizer can help. You're welcome, Pacific NW!

[Chris Stevenson]

Great stuff! The Streamlines newsletters call out cool swimming websites; I think the time has come to recognize the swimming web sites that continue to honor the spirit of the mid-90's. Typical characteristics:

• HTML written in a text editor
• Page title is a placeholder like "Home" or "Untitled"
• horrible background graphics
• Comic Sans (yeah, I went there)
• has not been updated since... umm...

Ah, I remember those days well. Some suggestions for tiebreakers:

-- lots of animated gifs
-- fonts in different colors
-- music that plays when the website opens
-- liberal use of frames

[That Guy]

Bummed your LMSC is too with it to make this list? Have no fear - the Geocitiesizer can help. You're welcome, Pacific NW!

it's... beautiful...

[That Guy]

Ah, I remember those days well. Some suggestions for tiebreakers:

-- lots of animated gifs
-- fonts in different colors
-- music that plays when the website opens
-- liberal use of frames

there are quite a few LMSC sites that still use frames. Some are quite hideous, but to make the finals in this category, a horrible background image turned out to be required. Nothing else causes the same response from the nervous system...

I think nelmsc.org wins the title, now that I've had some time to reflect on it. That web site is just AWFUL.

[determinedtri]

Bummed your LMSC is too with it to make this list? Have no fear - the Geocitiesizer can help. You're welcome, Pacific NW!

I had a Geocities site way back when. I went for the "upload your own HTML" option. Written in a text editor, of course . By today's standards, very dated and boring, but much less annoying (at least to me).

[ekw]

This thread is reminding me that I said I'd have our club website done by next week. Clearly, I was not procrastinating, just waiting for inspiration. Time to fire up the text editor...

[rxleakem]

I think nelmsc.org wins the title, now that I've had some time to reflect on it. That web site is just AWFUL.

http://youtu.be/8MxGC1j2ogM.

[determinedtri]

OMG. This is my Swimming Australia district website: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~metrosth/ . I am so tempted to email and offer to take over as webmaster...

In comparison, the Masters Swimming Victoria website looks positively good.

[KatieK]

Bummed your LMSC is too with it to make this list? Have no fear - the Geocitiesizer can help. You're welcome, Pacific NW!

Awesome. I even got an error loading it.

I vote for http://www.akmswim.org/. I'm going to need medication to get over that one. First runner up goes to http://www.akmswim.org/. Honorable mention for http://www.arkansasmasters.org/

[Jayhawk]

Well, that "Geocitiesizer" is hilarious. Take a look at the USMS web site - here are two versions. Make sure you have your sound turned up...

Version 1

Version 2

[Bill Sive]

I have only been swimming with USMS for four years so....

1) when the did the logo change, why, and who;

2) can USMS bring back the Virtual Swim Series? I like that. I see the reference on the USMS website;

I joined a Swim Fit program at one of my workout pools last year. Earlier this month I received a certificate from the Swim Fit program for swimming 1,100 miles since I began their program. I'll have to post a copy of the certificate on my USMS blog.

[msgrupp]

So much fun to look back on that stuff. Great post. How about a Way-Back-Machine for SWIMMER Magazine? The archive only goes to 2005? How long have they been publishing it. http://www.usmsswimmer.com/issue.php I'd like to have entire collection of SWIMMER.

I sent off my entire collection of Swimmer magazine to the main offices down in Florida. Contact them for more information and maybe someone will be able to get a grant to transfer them all to this website.

[Jayhawk]

I have only been swimming with USMS for four years so....

1) when the did the logo change, why, and who;

I believe the current logo was introduced in 2009.

The previous logo had been in use for at least 20 years. I may have documents at work that go farther back, but here is an example of it used on the cover sheet of the 1988 Short Course Nationals results.

I think the logo before that (mid-1980's) looked something like this:


The USMS History & Archives committee would have more definitive information.

[TRYM_Swimmer]

This is the logo on SwimMaster in 1982, the year of the first USMS Nats (previously held under AAU)