August 2001

• New layout! (finally)

• Our traffic grew to over 1.2 million hits per month.

• Our traffic grew to over 1,000,000 hits per month.
• We made a number of improvements to our free online classifieds and we averaged more than 10 new ads posted daily.

• We upgraded our chat room and added themes for our new nightly chat sessions.

• We released Version 2.0 of our Home Page Creator.
• Our traffic grew to over 800,000 hits per month.

• We continued to grow.

• We added our new web post cards.
• Our traffic grew to over 600,000 hits per month.

• We added the "Up-to-the-minute" section on the front page, where you can always find the very latest news, weather, traffic conditions, lottery numbers, and more.
• We released the full (non-beta) version of the Washington Banner Network (WBN), which allows Washington, DC area web sites to advertise on other local web sites for free.
• We gave the D.C. Discussion Forums an overhaul and a new look.

• We gave the first major facelift to virtually all of the Registry's pages in over 2 years.
• Our traffic exceeded 400,000 hits per month for the first time.

• We created new buttons for our Button Sites to add to their pages. The new buttons are much nicer and smaller.
• We made a number of improvements to the Washington, DC Registry Classifieds.
• We released version 1.1 of our Home Page Creator.
• We upgraded our site statistics so that you can now see where our traffic is coming from, what browsers people are using, and how many people, hits, and pages we serve overall and each day.
• We released the Washington Banner Network (WBN).

• We released Version 1.0 of the Home Page Creator.
• We announced the upcoming Washington Banner Network (WBN).

• We continued to add links to the Registry.

• We redesigned the front page to load much faster.
• The Beta version of the Home Page Creator was released.

• We made subtle improvements to the Home Page Creator

• We released the final version of our new D.C. Registry Classifieds 2.0
• Our traffic grew to 270,000 hits per month
• We added a new column entitled Who Cares?
• We gave ourselves a facelift and dropped the frames!

• We released the D.C. Personals 2.0
• We released the D.C. Discussion Forums.

• We released the alpha-test version of our new Home Page Creator.
• We announced our new newsletter.

• Our traffic grew to over 180,000 hits per month.
• We were awarded the Top D.C. Site Award from the Washington Web!
• We consolidated both the "No Frames" version for those with frames and the underlying version for those with frames-challenged browsers into the main front page.
• We added a search feature for the Registry Classifieds, the D.C. Personals, the D.C. Job Board, and the D.C. Bulletin Board.
• We released the Beta-test version of the brand new D.C. Registry Classifieds 2.0. These new Washington, D.C. online classifieds include personals, housing ads, employment ads, automobile ads, and much more. Users can now easily post new ads, modify their ads, and even remove their ads at any time. They're also searchable by price range, date posted, and category.

• We freshened our appearance for the frames version with a more stylish and easy-to-navigate table as well as a new magazine-style layout for the front page.
• Our traffic continued to grow. In December, we received over 18,000 visitors and over 130,000 hits.

• We have been added to Submit-It!'s list of regional directories. Now, people who use the Submit-It! Gold service to register their home pages will be able to add their sites to the D.C. Registry.
• We implemented a script that enables rotating banners on virtually all of our pages. This enables us to display over 24,000 impressions per month.
• We added a server-side include to the bottom of each page that automatically shows when that page was last updated.

• Our traffic increased to over 10,000 visitors per month.
• We updated our appearance and enhanced usability.
• We joined The USA CityLink Project.

• The Registry Classified Ads opened for business.
• The D.C. Job Board went online.
• Our traffic increased to over 8,000 visitors per month.

• The brand new D.C. Chat, a live, real time chat room, went online. The old D.C. Chat was renamed the D.C. Bulletin Board.
• The D.C. Personals was released.
• Separate page created to feature web sites that have added the D.C. Registry button to their pages
• Virtual D.C. page added to announce this upcoming new virtual reality world.
• Affiliation announced with The D.C. News?.
• All lists of personal home pages were purged of dead links.
• New D.C. Power Brokers graphic introduced.
• About the Registry page was changed to FAQ format and substantially upgraded.
• This History page was created.

• The Search program was switched to our new web hosting provider.
• Online statistics became available.
• The Guestbook for visitors from around the world and for D.C. area residents without e-mail or home pages went online.
• D.C. Bulletin Board, Washington's Electronic Town Hall, went online.
• Newsletter was announced for circulation at a later date.
• What's New page was added.
• We had our first paying sponsor!

• Imagemap 3D graphic added to bottom frame (replacing 5 previous frames).
• Registry moved to its new domain of DCREGISTRY.COM on June 24.
• Hagen Communications became our sponsor

• Small icons added next to entries to indicate type of link (web, gopher, e-mail).
• E-mail addresses now accepted for Washington, D.C. area residents
• We joined the Internet Link Exchange

• Frames version released
• Automated sonic greeting added
• 3D Registry button added
• D.C. businesses and organizations added
• Traffic reached 60,000 hits per month

• We continued to add new names

• JavaScript added
• Weather forecast graphic added
• Registry redesigned with imagemap banner added
• Search feature added
• About the Registry page added

• We continued to add new names

• D.C. Button program initiated

• We grew

• We registered with various web indexes, search engines, and what's new pages
• We added large numbers of personal home pages

• The Washington, D.C. Personal Home Page Registry was officially released on September 17, 1995. It's pretty scary, but we've put the very first version of the Registry online. Enter at your own risk, and if you choose to do so, please be aware of the following limitations:
  • Some graphics won't work anymore (notably the counter and a small graphic at the bottom of the front page
  • The registration form won't work anymore
  • The e-mail address links for the Registry won't work anymore
  • Many of the links to outside pages won't work anymore
  Okay, we've warned you. If you still want to see this scary sight, enter here.