About Naeolia
Presently
Version: 07 "You Keep Me Here"
Credits: my own pattern, texture, and stocks.
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History
Naeolia was born on October 22, 2007 in Geocities. It was not an easy labor for Nicole, the webmiss. However, Naeolia was not the first child Nicole mothered. Several years ago, from 2003-2006, she owned a website called Arwen Turwaithiel. It was a Lord of the Rings fansite. This is a link to the full history of AT as written by Nicole while she still owned the website. [Old History]. After a while, Nicole (then Arwen) changed hosts to Fractured-Sanity.org. Things started to fall apart later into the year, what with school and life. So Arwen terminated the subdomain. But the Geocities' antiquated version still lived. And when Nicole salvaged the remains in 2007, want for another website came back to her strongly. And hence, Naeolia was brought into the World Wide Web.
Previous Versions
Version 06: Dream of a Mermèid
One of my most favorite and difficult versions, both to design and code. It had a kind of fantasy vibe to it and I really put in every detail. The inspiration came from Annie Leibovitz's photoshoot advertising Disney, and the animated feature The Little Mermaid. First layout on naeolia.net. Up from July 2009 - December 2009.
Version 05: A Sentimental Spring
Soft, feminine layout featuring Liv Tyler. Popular look. I got sick of the tiny content area by the end. Last layout at illusivehopes.net. Up from April 2009 - July 2009.
Version 04: Joie de Vivre
An absolute headache - there were many complications and the making was a painful process. Created slowly throughout summer 2008. The layout features Marion Cotillard, a French actress who is the lead in one of my favorite movies: La Vie en Rose. This was the first layout for Naeolia hosted by Rina on illusivehopes. Up from mid August 2008 - early April 2009.
Version 03: Being of Simplicity
A layout with a wintry feel that lasted until nearly the end of summer, ha. This period of Naeolia coincided with the prepping for the state standarized tests in May and June finals. Updates were scarce between months. Most of the time, the updates were apologies, rather than serious content onslaught. Also, the last layout for Naeolia hosted by Souly on Fractured-Sanity.org. Up from early February 2008 - August 2008.
Version 02: Keys of Reality
A drastic change from v01. The dotted hearts pattern was created by me and I used my own crack texture, which was the first texture I made for Naeolia's resources. It features South Korean entertainer Um Jung-hwa. Still, I liked this layout, because it was my first real layout for Naeolia. Up from November 2007 - early February 2008.
Version 01: Opening
The very first layout. Good thing I have a record. The screencap was cropped to minimalize all the extra whiteness. I was happy with it at first, for it was some extensive HTML, but I tired of it quickly. Too simple. But simplicity is good in the beginning. It was hosted at Yahoo! Geocities.
Name
'Naeolia' is a combination of two things: my first initial and the musical term, Aeolian. Aeolian is the same as a natural minor scale, and I thought the name was very intriguing. In The Odyssey, the island of Aeolia is home to King Aeolus, who has a bag of all the winds. So it has a link with Greek mythology, which I absolutely love. So I was in luck. And that's the reason for the strange name.
It is pronounced 'nay-oh-lee-uh', but without such severe dipthongs.
Domain
This domain was purchased on July 9, 2009. Naeolia.net is hosted by Hybrid Hosting.
