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Setting out to write the history of 49ers Paradise, I tried to come up with a word or phrase that would describe how this site has evolved. This seemingly easy task took days, until I decided to extend my search to other languages. Essentially my goal with 49ers Paradise is to be the number one 49ers site on the web; this strive for excellence is summed up well by the Japanese word kaizen (translates to continuous improvement). I believe it is this philosophy that has allowed 49ers Paradise to reach the level it is at today and to allow 49ers Paradise to thrive in the future.

49ers Paradise is about to enter its 4th official season on February 27th 2000 thus I believe this is a good time to explain where 49ers Paradise has come from and where it is heading At the time 49ers Paradise was starting out there were very few 49ers sites on the net. Spike's site was clearly the best, and the sites starting out with mine or slightly there after were 49ers Webzone, The 49ers Zone and Luca's 49ers Page.

My first task was to come up with the title. I needed a name that would catch attention and encourage fans to stop by. My alias in 49ers chats has always been 49ers_champ thus I came up with 49ers Champ's Incredible Fan Paradise. I have since shortened the name to 49ers Paradise for obvious reasons. In late 1996, when I was 14 and finally utilizing the internet (mainly for 49ers information) I decided to create a 49ers web site so that I could meet other fans, and to provide up to date 49ers information to the fans. I felt that I could provide in-depth commentary about the team even at my relatively young age.

After learning HTML the language of the web, I created the first edition of my site. It had a red background with yellow text and contained a main page with an introduction, schedule, trivia, pictures and every game preview and outcome on the main page. As my knowledge grew I was able to spruce up the page with backgrounds and internal links. It did not take long for me to realize the downfalls of having such a large main page thus I created the second edition. This time I used a simple frame design, but also maintained a non-frame version for browsers that were not up to date with the ever-evolving web.

The third edition of 49ers Paradise was created in approximately March 1997. This page used tables and featured a black background with a beige column on the left with the site menu located there. As my knowledge of HTML increased even more I came up with the third edition of 49ers Paradise. This time the page had a big red header with vertical lines on the left side, a light brown menu column, bordered by a red vertical line that seemed to extend from the title at the top. This red line had sub titles extend from it and was modified to allow for quicker downloading time.

Near the end of the 1998 season 49ers Paradise took on another whole new look. The fifth edition featured the same concept of subtitles extending from a vertical line (this time the line was golden in colour and each subheading was a different menu item- the menu was also shifted to the right side of the page.)

In early 1999 I developed the sixth and present edition of 49ers Paradise. This version has been designed to provide the quickest download time, as well as extreme efficiency in updating that insures 49ers Paradise is always up to date. This design also provides easy navigation between the over 150 pages that now comprise 49ers Paradise.

Now that you know the history behind 49ers Paradise I want to tell you a little about the future of this site. Firstly the theory of kaizen remains a priority. With this in mind I assure you that I will continue to provide all the services currently offered by 49ers Paradise including the multiple daily updates even during the off-season. I also intend on keeping 49ers Paradise a one-person production; meaning complete dedication, direct communication and constant updates. At this point in time there are also no plans for a seventh edition of 49ers Paradise due to the current high level of efficiency while browsing and updating. There are however plans to make the site faster and more efficient while increasing in size. It is my pledge to continue to use the most advanced technologies to provide the fastest, most efficient, and best 49ers site on the net. 49ers Paradise your best ticket to everything 49ers.

New February 2001 Ok, Ok, I know what you are thinking... In the above paragraph I distinctly said that there were no plans for any further changes in style of 49ers Paradise... Well there weren't, but things change as you can most definately tell from the new and improved version of 49ers Paradise. So what happened? Well 49ers Paradise kept growin in size a planned, new features were constantly being added to the site, and I had to find a more efficient way to let all the visitors know about the site. So along with the a server switch the permits me to have more space, is substantially faster and more reliable (at least so far :]), came the seventh edition of 49ers Paradise. That edition switched the site to a three column format, with the right column decorated in red and gold. Along came the off-season though, and I found room for even more improvement. Thus I created the eight version of 49ers Paradise. This version was even faster than the two previous versions and is substantially better looking. It is the current version of 49ers Paradise, and changes the right most column into a much simpler, cleaner look.

New May 2001 Yet another make-over to 49ers Paradise. The new look features a much cleaner header area, as well as being less graphic intensive. As a result, the site loads even quicker than before, and is much more eye pleasing. The new look marks the ninth addition of 49ers Paradise and a change to the 49ers Paradise logo, something that has been the same for quite some time now. I will continue to tweak the site to better it's performance and ease of use. I'm always looking for suggestions and ideas, so please don't hesitate to send me your thoughts.

The future of 49ers Paradise still looks great! The Kaizen philosophy still applies, and I intend to contine to make 49ers Paradise the ultimate 49ers site. I hope to continue adding interactive features, and news features to provide the absolute best in 49ers coverage. Recently I have started The Demons' Den too, a site dedicate to the XFL SF Demons.

New September 2001 With the fall of the XFL, came the end of The Demons' Den. 49ers Paradise however, lives on stronger than ever. A recent redesign of the main page offers more features in more convenient location. Amazingly I have been able to keep the file size to the same size as the previous version, but thanks to a greater knowledge in computers I have been able to accelerate the download process. The new look features a great new header graphic next to the Paradise Shop, and a much more expansive Hot Off The Press section. The 49ers Paradise Fan Press and News Archive have been merged to for 49ers Paradise Press in the right hand column with the Current News and NFL News along with the poll and mailing list. A series of smaller sections at the bottom of the page highlight some of the more prominent areas of 49ers Paradise.

New April 2002 49ers Paradise has continued to improve the look and function of the site. Combining the ebst of the last two versions of 49ers Paradise, I have created a faster loading, and more expansive site.The more eye pleasing look, shrinks the Paradise Press section and moves it to a more prominent area on the site. Increased white space removes clutter from the site making it more eye pleasing. The bottom rightsection of the page now includes pertinent information about the latest happenings at 49ers Paradise. The site menu has also been moved back down to the bottom of the page, making it more eye pleasing, and allowingit to match the rest of the site. The vastly improved 49ers is faster, more eye pleasing and offers more information than the old version.

Earlier this year I have re-designed the NFC West Network to meet the realignment of the NFL. The new network page, and sites in the network offer a great opportunity for everyone to get information about theopponents that the 49ers face most often in a NFL season.

The Paradise Shop also received a major over-haul expanding to three pages of merchandise.

49ers Paradise continues to improve on a daily basis. All of your help in this ongoing community development is greatly appreciated. I assure you that 49ers Paradise will not rest in bringing you the best 49ers coverage on the net!

New January 2004

Welcome Back!

Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, you have waited long enough. After much hype, even more calculation and the possible hard work, 49ers Paradise is proud to let you all in on the secret.

No, unfortunately the rumors were not true.  Jerry Rice is not set to chat us up here any time soon - nor is any other 49er past or present unfortunately (though if anyone happens to have a connection feel free to contact me), nor is 49ers Paradise merging with 49ers.com or Terrell Owens new site.  49ers Paradise isn't getting a new URL either... not for the time being anyway.  I don't have prizes to offer with more trivia either, and man I wish I could get to the games and the draft.  I have not partnered with 49ersfanclub.com either and I certainly do not have the money to buy the 49ers (though if the York's keep running the team into the ground... who knows :-? )

No none of that is true, though I am impressed with the hype that this event did generate.  Next to some of those rumors, this event may seem somewhat insignificant in the light of some of those rumors.  But as the format of this article may suggest, I am pleased to announce that 49ers Paradise is officially back.  Yes, you head me right.  All the features that you had grown to love prior to the site switching to primarily a forum only site, are updated and back (some with a few changes).  In addition the forum that currently exists is being further integrated into the site to take the 49ers Paradise Community to the next level.

As if that was not enough... I have also been working extremely hard to bring more fresh and original content to the community.  As such, I have unfortunately had to part ways with some of the older Corner Writers who no longer have the time to maintain their work.  Before I go any further, I do want to thank them for their dedication and hard work over the years.  But with every coin, there is two sides, and as such I am pleased to announce a writing team that I am extremely excited back.  Of course, I will continue writing articles (I have not written in a while as I have been dedicating a whole lot of time to bringing back 49ers Paradise).  Veteran writer Sydney, who works way harder than he is ever given recognition for is remaining with the site and will continue to bring you his thorough and original content.  Trevor and James are also back, vowing to write more with the new format that allows them to post their articles in a much easier way.  New to the writing team is Derick aka D-roc who many of you probably know as a guy with nothing but 9ers on the brain.  Rounding out the team Nate aka 2winspapa aka SuperBowlWinspapa who will be writing under the moniker The Farthest North 49ers Express, Nate's passion for the team is congruent with his loyalty to the site.  I am so incredibly excited about the talent on this writing team.  I truly believe it will re-affirm 49ers Paradise as the best 49ers site on the web!

Some of you may not have experience the old version of the site, and certainly have come to grow and love the new forum style.  Rest assured the forum will be kept in its entirety and even added too.  As you enter 49ers Paradise, I encourage you to look around, and settle in.  After all, 49ers Paradise is "A Place Any 49ers Fan Can Call Home".

- To a long and prosperous 49ers Future,
Bryan

This page will be removed in a day or two, in the mean time, feel free to enter the site by either clicking on "Main" at the top of the page, "Forum" to go directly to the forum, or try the link below!  Please also be aware that some parts of the site are not quite active yet, like the first articles of each writer, but they will be shortly, so keep you eyes open for them!

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The new site is much more user friendly and has a new user interface.  Among the highlights is the movement of the corner writer content to the top of the page as the primary content to the page.  The forum has now been fully integrated into the site, and articles are now posted directly into the forum.  The draft field and clash of the week have been moved to the index page.

April 5 2004
49ers Paradise has undergone some cosmetic and functional changes. The main index page has added a black background, and updated the 'tabbed' header look. Also a drop down CSS JavaScript menu has changed the navigation on the main page. 49ersparadise.com was purchased and a phpbb2 forum was installed and formally introduced to the site.

June 30 2004
49ers Paradise has updated it's main page, and the forum. The forum now has more secure "new post" indicators that do not appear to vanish, as well as a .js RSS feed. The main page now incorporates cgi coding to update the HOP articles and the Top Story article, which has been brought back to the site. The forum rss feed is on the main page now too. As such the following cosmetic changes have occured. A smaller header graphic, the addition of a 'tips and tricks' section. Removal of unnecessary spacers. The addition of a more 'bold' gold colour to highlight 'what's new'. The Top Story section is now the top left part of the content, to its right, is the Paradise Press section, to it's right is a small column with the standings, poll, amd mobile information. In the next row are the HOP articles, the forum active topics, and the chat Iframe, followed in the next row by the Draft Field / Clash Of The Week and the Site Notes. The Extra points section has turned into a java scrolling ticker to supply just the headlines. August 15 2005
Much has changed to 49ers Paradise in the past year. All of the changes to the site this year have been to shift to a CSS based site, and to improve google rankings. 49ers Paradise at one point this year was on the first page for google and MSN for the word 49ers and the second page of yahoo. The changes made to the site have also been to save bandwidth and make the site more user friendly.

Towards the start of last season 49ers Paradise went back launched a primarily white site. These sites had an oversized header, with a “chequered” background. The three column design featured the HOP on the left most column with lots of stories. The middle colum had a section for the Paradise Press in a div switcher, followed by area for hot news, the forum RSS Feeds, a Who’s Online in the chat section, the Draft Section, and Schedule in a 4x3 table format. The right most column had the standings, paypal donate button and other information about the site.

In early 2005 49ers Paradise renovated again. A primary white background remained, as did the over-sized header - but the site was “boxed in” a dark red box. The biggest change in this site was to add a “Div Flipper” to ‘clean up’ the look of the site. The flipper flipped between the HOP, Paradise Press, Forum, and Training Camp/Draft/Game Day sections. A permanent count down was added to the top right of the page, and using SSI and PHP the countdown changed to an automatically updating score script on Friday-Monday. In the summer of 2005, I worked to freshen up this latest version of 49ers Paradise with an improved header graphic and other cosmetic changes.

June 28th 2006
In Spring of 2006 49ers Paradise took another giant leap forward with a complete re-design of the site. The latest version of the site was a bit of a throwback to the format that made the site famous. A white on white colour theme was used as the basis for latest generation of 49ers Paradise with very light tone colours. The site once again moved the Paradise Press section to a prominent position and the podcast feature was fully integreated into the site. Meanwhile 49ers Paradise added a quick link toolbar at the top of the page, and added a multi-media section to the site. The multi media section boasts audio, video, and book reviews and has taken off to be a very popular portion of the site. Also 49ers Paradise has further skimmed down the graphics on the site to provide a cleaner look, that loads faster than ever before.

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About me: Let me tell you a bit about myself. My name is Bryan. If you haven't realized yet I am a huge 49ers fan and have been one for as long as I can remember! My favorite players, naturally are:Joe Montana and Jerry Rice. Though I have always loved Joe Montana, I am thrilled that the legacy continued with Steve Young. Living in Canada, I have followed Jeff Garica for his entire career, and am thrilled tohave him starting for the 49ers. Ever since I knew what football was all about, I was a 9ers fan, complete with 49ers Pride. I have a girl friend named Cheryl. My part time jobs include designing websites, coaching,supervising and teaching swim. I am a proud brother of the Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity. I am also a car 'freak'. My favourites being the Subaru Forester and WRX, Mc Laren F1, and the Buggati EB110.I also like the Jaguar XJ220. I collect football merchandise ranging from autographed helmets, cards and balls to figurines and even towels. Though my favorite being hats.I collect 1/18th scale cars too. My other favorite sports teams include the Toronto Maple Leafs, Argo's, and Raptors. Along with swimming I enjoy dowhill skiing.