This section features all the layouts this site has gone through.
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Version 01: Women Love Men in Uniforms
August 11, 2005
This image features all the Ouran Host Club characters in military uniforms. And as everyone knows, women love men in uniforms. *winks* I scanned it from Volume 3/Episode 10 (Japanese Version).
Version 02: Cowboys and Indians
November 1, 2005
This image features all the Ouran Host Club characters in either a cowboy or indian outfit. I scanned it from a LaLa issue, but right now, I can't remember which one. ^^;;
Version 03: Of Roses and Anime
April 14, 2006
This layout features images from the opening sequence and the first episode of the anime. It was also my first layout to feature three columns instead of two.
Version 04: Happy 1st Birthday!
August 11, 2006
This layout features images from both the Ouran manga and anime with a circle motif. The anime image came from the Japanese Newtype #7 (July 2006). The manga image came from LaLa Issue #7 (July 2006). I cleaned and cut out the anime image myself, while cropping the manga images for the circles.
Version 04.5: Vampire ga Daisuki! Halloween Special
October 12, 2006
This layout features images from Ouran Episode 21 - Until the Day It Becomes a Pumpkin. 'Vampire ga Daisuki!' means 'I love vampires!' in Japanese. This is a special Halloween layout - I just changed the top header image, but the color scheme and column headers are the same as Version 4 - hence, this is Version 4.5. ^^b My first holiday-themed layout! Hooray! (Also, it's the first layout with Nekozawa as well. ♥)
Version 05: Good Times Celebration!
November 11, 2006
This layout features images from the magazines Voice Newtype and Animedia (October 2006) to celebrate the end of the anime. I cut out and cleaned the magazine scans myself, which took me quite awhile. The horizontal and vertical picture bars to the left come to 26 images exactly - one for every Ouran anime episode. ^_^ And they're in order too. ^^ This was also my first layout to feature the anime voice actors, who are in the vertical picture bar to the right, along with tiny images of which character they play.
Version 06: Won't You Be My Valentine?
February 14, 2007
My first layout that strays away from the column style and uses just one window with an image map navigation. The dominant image came from the Ouran Koukou Host Club Anime Fan Book. I cut out the image myself, and I also cut out each individual character so they could line up vertically on the left side of the layout. The manga images I use for the dark red boxes come from Volume 5 during the school festival race for the central salon. The bottom film strip features only supporting characters from the anime, while the strip to the top right features Haruhi dancing with the Host Club. I admit the layout is rather busy, so this one is actually a hit-or-miss. I'd rather not have the red boxes, but due to unsavory people, I'd rather mark up the layout as much as possible without it being too overbearing.
Version 07: On the Flipside*
April 7, 2007
This layout features images from the official Japanese DVD releases, and it is the first time I use rollover images. Clicking on the 'Flip It!' button on the bottom of the page changes the main pics to the left to the flipside images instead. I also have random phrases from the characters next to their chibi selves. On the right side of the page, the tagboard window can be changed to a navigation strip instead for those who prefer using that instead of the image map navigation. A visitor can return to the main page by either clicking 'Main' or the FRoP logo. This is also the first time I've used black and white as the main color scheme.
*Place your mouse over the image!
Version 08: Happy 2nd Anniversary!
August 11, 2007
This layout features a return to the column style with pictures from the manga. The pics cropped into the stars come from the June '07 LaLa Issue which had Ouran's 50th chapter. I cut out the larger pictures of the chibi Host Club members. Those are stickers that came with an Ouran schedule book. The background with Bereznoff and the clouds, flowers, etc is actually the cover of the schedule book. The star brushes used were made by Evenstar. The large kanji behind each club member is their name in kanji, except for Haruhi, who spells her name in katakana. This is a fairly simple top image, and I feel like it's missing something, but I still enjoy it. I also once again made header graphics for the columns instead of just text. It, however, takes a long time to load - something which I regret.
Version 09: Winter Days
January 15, 2008
This long overdue layout (originally intended to debut in December, but due to personal reasons, was postponed) features Umehito and Kirimi Nekozawa, and is my first time to venture away from the Host Club members as the main picture focus. Tamaki and the others, however, can be seen on the right side of the layout in a column, cropped into various sized rectangles. The picture of Umehito and Kirimi comes from the LaLa Memorial Calendar 2008 and I reused the pictures of the host club members from the June '07 LaLa Issue which had Ouran's 50th chapter. This definitely isn't the best of my layouts - it's rather simple. It won't be up long, the latest it'll be up is early March.
Version 10: Growing Up
February 24, 2008
A layout inspired by one I saw when browsing the web. I cropped the pictures of the host club from the March '08 LaLa Issue which had Ouran's 58th chapter. This also marks For Richer or Poorer's transition from HTML to PHP. I decided on a green, purple and blue sorta theme with circles and such.