| Mid 2000 |
Panel of teens suggests the idea of a peer support website
Claire Chambers creates slogan and logo concept  [ View Image ]
David Jones and Reid Beels asked to design a website which "connects teens to local resources, counselors, and each other" by Community Works
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| December 2000 |
LiveWire goes online December 30th
David and Reid design LiveWire's first homepage [ View Image ]
InfoStructure hosts LiveWire without charge
LiveWire goes online at livewireoregon.org |
| September 2001 |
Frontpage revision [ View Image ]
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| January 2002 |
LiveWire has 249 members |
| April 2002 |
Funding in jeopardy due to statewide budget shortfalls |
| May 2002 |
LiveWire scheduled for shut down
David Jones and Reid Beels ask Community Works to let them operate LiveWire
Community Works agrees, but does not release the domain name
InfoStructure agrees to continue supporting LiveWire
David Jones and Reid Beels buy the golivewire.com domain name
Frontpage revision [ View Image ] |
| June 2002 |
LiveWire branded products added [ View Store ]
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| July 2002 |
Community Works sells livewireoregon.org domain name to portal site
Frontpage revision [ View Image ] |
| August 2002 |
Donations accepted via PayPal [ Learn More ]
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| September 2002 |
Advertisements added to LiveWire for revenue |
| January 2003 |
LiveWire has 5,950 members
Donations accepted via PO Box
LiveWire expands to include College Forums and Technical Forums
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| April 2003 |
Frontpage revision [ View Image ]
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| May 2003 |
LiveWire outgrows InfoStructure's shared hosting plan (donated)
Old posts and 800 inactive members deleted for the first time
LiveWire has 8,370 members
New hosting provider HostDime (monthly fee)
Frontpage revision [ View Image ]
Attempts to port to mySQL made
Subdomains added
HostDime requires LiveWire to pay for semi-dedicated hosting
LiveWire raises minimum donation for Ad Free status
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| July 2003 |
Accounts converted to mySQL
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| September 2003 |
New advertisement company provides increased revenue
David and Reid begin college
Topics converted to mySQL
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| October 2003 |
Holiday Manager position created
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| November 2003 |
Polls converted to mySQL
4,500 inactive members deleted
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| December 2003 |
LiveWire has 12,600 members
New fully dedicated server
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| January 2004 |
Free web based email added for all members
LiveWire mentioned on the national Canadian news show "Global News"
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| February 2004 |
Upgraded server memory from 512MB to 1GB
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| March 2004 |
Key line of coding found (and removed) which greatly sped LiveWire up
Frontpage revision [ View Image ]
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| May 2004 |
Upgraded server memory from 1GB to 1.5GB
Additional hard drive installed for backups
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| August 2004 |
Reid Beels resigns his position as co-administrator
Purchased golivewire.org to protect LiveWire's name
Partnership with Novel Hosting reduces LiveWire's monthly hosting bill
LiveWire becomes a non-profit corporation in oregon called the LiveWire Peer Support Network
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| September 2004 |
Upgraded server memory from 1.5GB to 2.0GB
Upgraded server to dual xeon processors with hyperthreading
Purchased golivewire.net to protect LiveWire's name
Advertisement Manager System online
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| November 2004 |
Major visual and navigation upgrade (sidebar added)
eHelp System online
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| December 2004 |
LiveWire has 30,000 members
Frontpage revision by Scott Tracy [ View Image ]
Image Basket System online
PHPbb Worm exploits server and deletes LiveWire
LiveWire restores from backup and installs security patches
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| February 2005 |
David Jones experiments with creating an offshoot of LiveWire called DormWire exclusively for students at his college
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| April 2005 |
LiveWire has 45,000 members
New curved and beveled look for all pages
Designer Themes Added by Scott Tracy
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| July 2005 |
LiveWire has 51,000 members
Complete revision of Community Guidelines
Executive Director David Jones begins a 10 month study abroad program in France
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| October 2005 |
LiveWire has 61,000 members
Full archiving of posts installed
Created FAQ Manager and Contest Manager positions
Began caching frequently requested data
Massive speed improvements
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| November 2005 |
LiveWire becomes "stable"
22,366 inactive accounts deleted
DormWire, redesigned to work for any school, enters beta testing
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| May 2006 |
LiveWire has 68,000 members
Upgraded server memory from 2GB to 4GB
2.2 million posts taken offline to reduce processing needs
LiveWire becomes "stable" again
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| June 2006 |
2.2 million posts re-added by using merge tables
Executive Director David Jones returns to the United States
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| August 2006 |
LiveWire has 76,000 members
AJAX coding revised, increased, and improved
LiveWire is featured on AIM Today (August 16th)
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| October 2007 |
Optimizations result in an impressive increase in efficiency
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| December 2007 |
LiveWire adds a second server to support its growth
Reduced file size of accounts database by 55% with improved format
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| April 2008 |
LiveWire purchases Green Tags to offset its annual carbon impact on the environment
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| January 2009 |
LiveWire donates $3,600 to youth charities
LiveWire has 197,000 members
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