General How long have you been a webmaster?

[cpvr]

When did you become a webmaster? How old were you? What made you decide to become a webmaster?

I’ve been a webmaster for over 20 years now. I started building websites when I was a teenager. Being a webmaster is a passion of mine and I love it.


What about you? What inspired you to become a webmaster?

 

[Cedric]

If I recall correctly, I’ve been a webmaster since 2002/2003 so that’s also over 20 years. Started off with free forum hosting, and I think I got my first cPanel around 2007.

 

[Ravenfreak]

I first became a webmaster in 2010, I was 20 years old and made a forum on Forumotion. So I've been a webmaster for only 14 years. Not as long as some members here, but still a long time. I didn't dive into self hosting until 2013 shortly after creating Mighty No. 9 Universe. In order to have a fully custom theme, my co-admin needed complete control over the theme files which prophpbb didn't allow members to do.

 

[Jason]

I started with some "product biz in a box thing". They gave you the website and all you had to do was market it. It was a failure because I wasa newbie to marketing. It was around 1999.

Later, I created a free static website for guitar lessons using basic HTML. That was around 2003.

Finally, I got into real web development and made some static employment sites (turned into blogs shortly after that) and a drum lesson blog. It was in 2008. The employment sites were a decent success until around 2013, I think, when the SEO got tougher.

 

[cpvr]

If I recall correctly, I’ve been a webmaster since 2002/2003 so that’s also over 20 years. Started off with free forum hosting, and I think I got my first cPanel around 2007.

I started my first website on freewebs, then I got a domain name. I also owned a couple of myspace fansites back then. Those days were great!

 

[Al]

I consider myself more a WebApprentice than a WebMaster.

 

[Cory]

I think I started my first forum in 2005 when I joined InvisionFree. I've been a forum webmaster off and on since then. I ran a couple of Yu-Gi-Oh forums, mostly resource forums, and one or two general discussion forums.

 

[Dismal_Bliss]

My first websites were in 97-98 I believe.

 

[Sinistra]

Might call me old but my first website was in the early 2000s back then it was a Yahoo page builder I got into forums around 2001.

 

[Dilip]

Almost 20 years now. I wonder how fast the time flies. I found forums accidentally. I got one myself soon and dived into webmastership.

 

[Nomad]

I avoid using the word webmaster. I created my first self hosted site in 2015. It was a personal blog on wordpress. I created my first community in 2017. At one time I was running over 20 websites, but currently I have a couple of blogs and forums

 

[Tracy]

Does being a SysOp of a multi-line BBS count towards when you started?
If so, about 1987.

 

[Shortie]

I have been a webmaster for about 20 years now with my most successful forum starting in July 2009.

I unfortunately closed that forum when the hosting costs increased by a lot and made a decision to move on to something new.

 

[Dilip]

I dealt with everything - hosting, managing the software, creating content, creating logos and other graphics, SEO, promotion etc. I learned a lot in the process.

From WordPress to forums, there was time I tried everything available. These days I go a bit slow with forums.