The Web Design Museum
Jewell Real Estate Agency website homepage design.
Jewell Real Estate Agency website homepage design.

Exhibit, launched June 2005

Jewell Real Estate Agency

Website re-design for a small real estate agency in Wildwood Crest, New Jersey.

Technology stack used

PHPCodeIgniterMySQL
See it live in 2005 (opens in a new tab)

The web in 2005

What was the web like back then?

  • Top browser

    IE6

    91% of users were using Internet Explorer

  • Screen size

    1024×768

    on a 15-inch flat screen, or CRT monitor

  • High-speed internet

    71%

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

Building for the web in 2005

  • New this year

    Google Maps launched, and the trick behind it got a name: Ajax. Pages could finally update without reloading.

  • Couldn't do yet

    Transparent PNGs. Internet Explorer 6 didn't fully support them.