The Web Design Museum
Avalon Sign website homepage design.
Avalon Sign website homepage design.

Exhibit, launched April 2007

Avalon Sign and Design

New website for a Cape May County, NJ Sign Company

Technology stack used

PHPCodeIgniterMySQL
See it live in 2007 (opens in a new tab)

The web in 2007

What was the web like back then?

  • Top browser

    IE6

    84% of users were using Internet Explorer

  • Screen size

    1024×768

    on a 15-inch flat screen

  • High-speed internet

    49%

    of US adults didn't have high-speed internet at home

Building for the web in 2007

  • New this year

    The iPhone launched with no Flash. That was the beginning of the end for Flash.

  • Couldn't do yet

    Real web fonts. Custom fonts usually meant images or Flash.