Technology and development details are outlined in technology page. This website is built and maintained by Yalim Aytul.
Since 1998 many paintings are photographed and added to this website but not much content is changed. Even home page still has the same text from the very beginning. After all this website is for displaying art work and not talking about it. However, technology powering this website has constantly been improved. Below is a time line of significant changes on yalimaytul.com over the years.
1998
It's just few html pages with static content and few paintings.
1999
Most of the paintings are photographed and published. Site is built with perl.
2000
Functionality enhanced, reviews are added. Site migrated to php.
2001
Site look and feel has changed significantly, this will be the
new design for yalimaytul.com until 2014.
2002-2006
More paintings are photographed and added. Site is overhauled for SEO. Started using CodeIgniter.
2007-2010
From initial idea to finalization mobile friendly site created. New galleries are added.
2011
Lots of structural changes for SEO and mobile.
2012
Mobile site replaced by responsive design. Hosting changed.
2013
Hosting changed again! Site is hosted on OpenShift platform. Now using AngularJS and database changed to MongoDB.
2014
Site completely redesigned. Fully responsive. Build, testing,
publishing tasks are now done with Grunt!
2015
yalimaytul.com Painting API now powers the paintings site. Most images are responsive and HD. Site featured in OpenShift developer spotlight.
2016
5th generation is built with Java and Spring Boot.
2017
6th generation is built with Java and Spring Boot.
2020
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