Note:
This site is no longer being maintained, unfortunately.
Most of the pages haven't been modified for years.
See the
homepage
for the only part of this site
that is being kept up to date.
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This page lists all of the major changes that I have made to the pages in my
Melissa Joan Hart Information Archives,
in reverse chronological order.
Near the bottom,
it also gives major ``mileposts'' in the history
of my interest in the show Clarissa Explains It All,
before I started my homepage.
The most recent changes are linked to the pages themselves.
Note that the following pages are almost never mentioned in the history below
because they're updated regularly (supposed to be, anyway).
These are listed roughly in order of updating frequency,
from a few times a week to a few times a month.
At the very bottom of this page is
A short future of this web-site,
in which I list all the stuff I still have to do to my pages
before I'm finished.
As you can probably tell, I'll never be finished!
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Note:
This is what's new at this web-site.
Other pages list the latest news about
Melissa,
Sabrina,
and
Clarissa.
Mar 1999
- Stefan Hotz got tired of waiting, so he updated my
France airings of STTW
page for me.
:-)
- Just so you know, the only thing being kept up-to-date online right now
is my
bookmarks
file.
I don't know when I'll get back to maintaining the whole site.
If you want to keep up with the latest Melissa news,
subscribe to
the ``clarissa'' list.
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Jul 1998
Jun 1998
- Finally moved site from
stat.tamu.edu to
obkb.com.
(Unfortunately, couldn't do any updating at the same time,
so it's still the same site as before... for now.)
- Added
Completeness of STTW episode pages,
tables showing exactly which fields have info in them for which episodes.
Apr 1998
- Added
STTW episode pages
for the last two second-season episodes produced,
#049
&
#050,
and obtained the airdates for the second-season episodes yet to be broadcast.
- Added navigation icons to jump between the
STTW episode pages
in production or broadcast order
without moving to top or bottom of the pages.
- Corrected broadcast order on STTW
#044
&
#050.
(Sorry.
I was going by official info,
which was either wrong or was changed after I got it.)
Mar 1998
Added
Germany airings of STTW.
Feb 1998
Jan 1998
Added
STTW episode pages
for episodes #032-039
and corrected numbering of episodes #025-031.
(The two parts of
the second season premiere
were numbered separately!)
Dec 1997
Removed
``Group donation in honor of Melissa''
page
and link to it in footer of each page.
Nov 1997
Oct 1997
Sep 1997
Aug 1997
Jul 1997
- Moved all
Worldwide airings of STTW
pages to new URLs.
(Beware: the CEIA airings pages will probably be next!)
- Updated the following with info through 4 Jul 1997
(as much as I know, anyway):
- Added
New Zealand airings of STTW.
- Added, then removed ``Upcoming MJH TV appearances at a glance'' page,
a calendar-style distillation of TV appearances info from the various
``latest news'' pages.
(Just too time-consuming to keep up!)
- Continued to add to
Results of 1997 mailing list poll
(about 80% done now).
Jun 1997
May 1997
- Updated
- ``Notable guest appearances on STTW''
- added players from last few episodes
and listings by actor name and character name
- ``Results of 1997 mailing list poll''
- about a third of the way through now
- Added first part of
``Results of 1997 mailing list poll''.
- Made
``Melissa in print''
a ``contents'' page for pages about MJH appearances
in books, magazines and newspapers:
- ``Melissa in magazines''
- what used to be on ``Melissa in print'' page
- ``Melissa in newspapers''
- new page (not much there yet)
- ``Melissa in books''
- old page (no change at this time)
Apr 1997
- To all of my ``MJH Pages''...
- Changed the ``footer'' info as follows:
- Updated links to pics at
tcp.com
on all relevant pages
(I've finally moved all pics out of the
pub/clarissa/images
directory).
- Added
``E-mail Donald Lancon, Jr.''
- In the Melissa Joan Hart section...
- Totally revamped the
``Melissa's TV appearances''
section, adding new appearances in the process.
(All of the old ``MJHTV'' pages now have new URLs.)
- Finally put some info on
``Melissa in video''
page.
- Updated the
``Melissa Joan Hart resume''
in my
``Melissa Joan Hart FAQ''
(and made
certain other modifications,
too).
- Reduced images on
``The many faces of Melissa''
to all be a uniform (small) height,
thereby cutting the number of bytes of image data by more than half
(currently 299K of images).
- Added
``Miscellaneous old Melissa news''.
- In the
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
section...
- Added info to following
``STTW episode pages'':
- ``Geek Like Me'' (#005)
- ``A Girl and Her Cat'' (#011)
- ``Trial by Fury'' (#013)
- Added pics to the following STTW episode pages:
- ``Sweet & Sour Victory'' (#010)
[ten of them]
- ``Jenny's Non-Dream'' (#012)
[just one]
- ``Trial By Fury'' (#013)
[nine of them]
- ``Sabrina Through the Looking Glass'' (#014)
[just one]
- Added
``STTW episode pages''
for the rest of the first season episodes
(and changed the filenames as appropriate
now that I know the production numbers);
added title and production number info to all relevant pages in
Sabrina section.
- Added tables on
``Friday night Nielsen ratings''
page for the rest of the first season.
- Added
- ``AFN Europe airings of STTW''
- ``Netherlands airings of STTW''
- ``TGIF hosts''
- ``Miscellaneous old Sabrina news''
- In the
Clarissa Explains It All
section...
- Did major overhaul of my
``CEIA episode pages'':
- totally changed organization and presentation of info on each page
- extended field names to full words or phrases
(replacing old abbreviations)
- now provide ``[?]'' help-links beside each field
to jump directly to its description on the
``Sample CEIA episode page''
- linked pics (if any) to cropped/reduced GIFs here in my account
instead of full-sized versions at
tcp.com
- added ``Pics:'' field for where to get pics (if any)
- corrected various mistakes and inconsistencies
- Finally added images to episode page for
``Sick Days'' (#113).
(Images are smaller and, I think, slightly better-looking
than on other episode pages.)
- Removed episode page
for Clarissa pilot because I now have a
``MJHTV page''
for it.
- Added
- ``German CEIA episode titles''
- ``Miscellaneous old Clarissa news''
- In the
``Clarissa Mailing List''
section...
- Changed shade of blue on all pages (looked too green on my PC at home).
Mar 1997
- Got the official episode numbers for
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
episodes #012 - #018, so renamed all of the relevant
``STTW episode pages''.
- Added
- ``Melissa in books''
- ``Tables of past magazine appearances''
to
``Melissa in print''
page
- ``Clarissa's Little List Book''
- a book review by Lars H.
- ``Friday night Nielsen ratings''
- ``Notable guest appearances on CEIA''
- ``Notable guest appearances on STTW''
- Added color to each section:
- white:
``MJH Pages''
contents page and other pages that don't go in any other section
- green: pages in the
``Melissa section''
(because green is her favorite color)
- orange: pages in the
``Sabrina section''
(the Halloween/witch connection)
- pink: pages in the
``Clarissa section''
(had to be either pink or blue, the CEIA colors)
- blue: pages in the
``Mailing List section''
(the other ``Clarissa color'')
- Updated
- ``Melissa Joan Hart sites around the net''
and moved all MJH-related sites out of my bookmarks file,
so I wouldn't have two copies to keep up-to-date
- Nielsen ratings info on all
``STTW episode pages''
- `` `Interview' with Mitchell Kriegman''
- `` `Interview' with Paula Hart''
(only an explanation of why there's no new info)
Feb 1997
- Finished reformatting some of the fields
(specifically, ``Char:'', ``Ferg:'', ``Marsh:'', and ``Quotes:'')
on the various
``CEIA episode pages''
so they look a little better.
Continuing to add info, little by little...
- Added:
- ``Clarissa Explains Boys, Dating, and Love''
- a book review by Lars H.
- ``Non-U.S. airings of Melissa''
- ``Australia airings of STTW''
- ``Worldwide airings of STTW''
- a ``container'' page for all of the STTW airings pages
- ``Worldwide airings of CEIA''
- a ``container'' page for all of the CEIA airings pages
- Renamed ``German airings of CEIA'' to
``Germany airings of CEIA''.
Jan 1997
Dec 1996
- Added
- ``U.K. airings of STTW''
- ``German airings of CEIA''
- ``Melissa in person''
- Added info to
``Melissa in print''.
- Got official episode numbers for first 11
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch episodes,
so changed this info on all the Sabrina pages.
In particular, the episodes changed numbers as follows:
Old New
Episode Title Number Number
-------------------------------------- ------ ------
"Pilot" #1 #001
"Bundt Friday" #2 #002
"The True Adventures of Rudy Kazootie" #3 #004
"Terrible Things" #4 #003
"A Halloween Story" #5 #006
"Dream Date" #6 #007
"Third Aunt From the Sun" #7 #008
"Magic Joel" #8 #009
"Geek Like Me" #9 #005
"Sweet & Sour Victory" #10 #010
"A Girl and Her Cat" #11 #011
Nov 1996
- Standardized the header info on the various
``CEIA episode pages''.
(And corrected a few HTML errors, too.)
- Added
``Melissa on-line''.
late Oct 1996
- Added
- Updated
- ``U.S. airings of Melissa''
- `` `Interview' with Mitchell Kriegman''
mid-Oct 1996
Another major overhaul of entire site.
Mostly ``cosmetic'' changes (i.e., little additional info).
- Changed name of top-most page from ``Donald's Clarissa/Melissa Pages'' to
``Donald's Melissa Joan Hart Pages''.
- Added section on
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch.
- Deleted section called ``Other Clarissa/Melissa Info''
and moved most of those pages to
``Donald's Melissa Joan Hart Pages''
(renaming some -- see below).
- Reorganized pages in the other sections:
- ``Melissa Joan Hart''
- ``Clarissa Explains It All''
- ``The Clarissa Mailing List''
(used to be called ``The Mailing List'').
- Split up
``The Clarissa FAQ''
into three separate FAQs (see below).
- Moved, renamed, replaced, or deleted the following pages
(links are to old location, which says what happened to page):
- ``The Clarissa FAQ''
(split up)
- ``Clarissa/Melissa images around the net''
(moved/renamed)
- ``Donald's Clarissa/Melissa Pages''
(replaced)
- ``The episode pages''
(moved/renamed)
- ``A Clarissa/Melissa glossary''
(became part of other page)
- ``Donald's CEIA Episode Guide''
(moved)
- ``Other Clarissa/Melissa Info''
(deleted)
- ``Summary of episode info''
(part of other page)
- ``List traffic''
(moved)
(Note: ``moved'' refers to filename; ``renamed'' refers to title of page)
- Created the following pages, which used to be part of other pages:
- ``CEIA around the world''
- used to be on
Clarissa Explains It All''
page
- ``The latest Clarissa news''
- same as above
- ``The latest Melissa news''
- used to be on
``Melissa Joan Hart''
page
- ``The Melissa Joan Hart FAQ''
- used to be part of
``The Clarissa FAQ''
- ``The Clarissa Explains It All FAQ''
- same as above
- ``The Clarissa Mailing List FAQ''
- same as above
- Added the following ``totally new'' pages
(some with very little info on them right now!):
- ``Melissa on TV''
- contents page for stuff about Melissa on TV
- ``U.S. airings of Melissa''
- non-CEIA info extracted from
U.S. airings of CEIA''
page
- ``Melissa in print''
- info about Melissa in magazines and newspapers
- ``Melissa on record''
- for now, just links to info at Bevis King's site
- ``Melissa on video''
- for now, just links to info at Bevis King's site
- ``Sabrina, the Teenage Witch''
- contents page for STTW stuff
- ``The latest Sabrina news''
- used to be listed in
``The latest Melissa news''
- ``STTW episode pages''
- added this contents page and pages for first five episodes
- ``Mailing list polls''
- contents page for poll results pages
- ``Search old list mail''
- links to list mail search engine at
tcp.com
Sep 1996
- To the first eight CEIA episode pages...
- corrected jump-links to top and bottom of page,
so they should now work for all browsers
- added full credits (or corrected existing credits)
- reformatted ``Char:'', ``Ferg:'', ``Marshall:'' and ``Quotes:'' fields
using compact definition lists (this makes it look better)
- copied the relevant ``DYNs'' (``Did You Notice?'' observations)
from the various ``DYN'' pages
- renamed pages using this convention: ``Title'' (#1xx)
[as opposed to the previous way: Episode #1xx -- ``Title'']
- For the episode pages with images on them -- that is,
``Revenge'' (#101)
(including the transcript of the opening scene),
``School Picture'' (#102),
and
``Misguidance Counselor'' (#123) --
I changed it so that the pages that come up at first
only have a few of the images on them,
the rest being replaced by links to the images
(denoted by ``[pic]'').
On each of these ``hidden images'' pages
is a link to the version of the page with all the images displayed.
I hope this makes things more convenient
for people with slow internet connections.
(See the info at the top of the ``contents'' page for the episode pages
for more info about this.)
- Added images to the episode page for
``Cool Dad'' (#112).
Aug 1996
- In the
``Melissa's TV appearances''
section...
- put ``previous'' / ``next'' links at the top of each page
- added
- `` `Big Help' commercial''
- ``Parents Helper appearance''
- updated
- ``Wienerville Election Special From Washington B.C.''
- ``The Equalizer episode -- `Torn' ''
- split up the following pages (used to all be on one page):
- ``Sabrina, the Teenage Witch clip shown on U to U''
- ``Sabrina, the Teenage Witch promo (Showtime)''
- ``Sabrina, the Teenage Witch movie (Showtime)''
- split ``Twisted Desire promos''
off from ``Twisted Desire'' page
- Updated
- `` `Interview' with Mitchell Kriegman''
(twice this month -- latest additions on Aug 29th)
- `` `Interview' with Paula Hart''
(just added a picture of Paula)
- ``U.K. Airings of CEIA''
(actually, Eric Last updated this -- thanks, Eric!)
- In ``The Clarissa FAQ'', put lots more ``internal'' links
(so you can jump quickly between sections and from question to question)
and also updated the links to
The Internet Movie Database,
so they should work again.
- Linked the hell out of the
``Results of 1996 mailing list poll''
(linked references to CEIA episodes to my episode pages,
the TV shows to entries in the
Ultimate TV Show List,
and the actress names to entries in the
Internet Movie Database).
- Added links on each of the main contents pages to:
- ``Where am I?''
- a complete listing of all my Clarissa/Melissa pages
in ``contents'' order, with descriptions
- ``Ages of my pages''
- which shows exactly how long it's been
since each of my pages was last modified
- Added
``Openings, endings, and commercial bumpers'',
a page created by Lars H.
(Thanks, Lars!)
Jul 1996
In the ``Melissa's TV appearances'' section
- added
``America After Hours''
- put some pictures on the
``Twisted Desire''
page (I'll be adding more someday)
Jun 1996
- Added
- `` `Interview' with Mitchell Kriegman''
- ``Results of 1996 mailing list poll''
- Modified
- ``Clarissa/Melissa sites around the net''
- ``Clarissa/Melissa images around the net''
- ``Results of 1995 mailing list poll''
[now complete]
- Changed the images on
- ``Donald's Clarissa/Melissa Pages''
- ``Clarissa Explains It All''
- ``Melissa Joan Hart''
Late Apr and May 1996
- Added
- to the ``Melissa's TV appearances'' section...
- `` `Kids Pick the President' promo (45 seconds)''
- Twisted Desire''
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch''
(more stuff)
- ``Ninth Annual Kids' Choice Awards''
- more pics to ``The many faces of Melissa''
- `` `Interview' with Paula Hart''
- Updated
- ``Melissa's resume''
- ``Clarissa/Melissa sites around the net''
21-23 Apr 1996
- Totally reorganized my web-pages into four main sections,
each devoted to a different topic:
- Clarissa Explains It All
- Melissa Joan Hart
- The Mailing List
- Other Clarissa/Melissa Info
- Added the last three pages in the above list, as well as
``Donald's Clarissa/Melissa Pages'',
a contents page for the whole collection of Clarissa/Melissa-related stuff.
- Moved my ``Clarissa glossary'' from where it used to be,
in the middle of the section on Clarissa Explains It All,
to the ``Other Clarissa/Melissa Info''
section and renamed it ``A Clarissa/Melissa glossary''.
Early Apr 1996
- Added ``The many faces of Melissa''
- Made significant changes to
- ``Some info about Melissa Joan Hart''
- several of the ``Melissa's TV appearances'' pages
Mar 1996
- Reduced size of image on my main ``Clarissa Page''
and removed image from ``The episode pages''
(the page with the list of CEIA episodes).
- Continually added and removed images from
``Clarissa/Melissa images around the net''.
- Added
- ``Melissa's resume''
- ``Nickelodeon On-Line episode descriptions''
- ``Los Angeles Times episode descriptions''
- ``List traffic''
- ``Why I like Clarissa Explains It All''
- stuff to some of the ``Melissa's TV appearances'' pages
Jan 1996
- Totally reorganized the pages and retitled some.
- Expanded the ``List mail digest'' section.
- Added more images to ``Clarissa images around the net''.
- Added the following pages:
- ``The Clarissa FAQ''
- ``A Clarissa glossary''
- ``Clarissa Day!''
- ``Melissa's TV appearances''
- ``Results of 1993 mailing list poll''
- ``List membership''
- ``CEIA promos''
Dec 1995
Added:
- ``CEIA Episode Guide''
- ``Clarissa/Melissa images around the net''
Fall 1995
- I continue to add to (and alter) the pages.
- Added these pages:
- ``U.K. Airings of CEIA'' (changed ``Airings of CEIA'' to
``U.S. Airings of CEIA'')
- ``Running times summary''
- ``Alternate episode titles''
- ``List mail digest'' (1992 only)
- Deleted ``Introduction to CEIA'' page (it just linked to Bevis's site)
- Added pictures to first two episode pages.
- Added these fields:
- ``Refs:''
- ''Janet:''
- ``Clothes:''
- ``AKA:''
- ``Food:''
- Renamed these fields:
- ``Dat:''
-> ``Dates:''
- ``Tim:''
-> ``Times:''
- ``Opn:''
-> ``Open:''
- ``Syn:''
-> ``Synop:''
- ``Sub:''
-> ``Subpl:''
- ``Seg:''
-> ``Segm:''
- ``Ent:''
-> ``Entr:''
- ``Clo:''
-> ``Clos:''
- ``Lyr:''
-> ``Lyrics:''
- ``Quot:''
-> ``Quotes:''
- Removed ``Key:'' field.
- Added credits for seven more episodes.
- Added ``continuation links'' at top of episode pages,
DYN pages, and digest pages.
- Added various ``jump'' links on episode pages
(i.e., to bottom/top of page).
- Added to ``Clothes:'' field from info provided by Eric Last.
9 Aug 1995
- I announce (on mailing list) the existence of my homepage.
- Added missing info, as indicated in first two points
in the 21 May 1995 entry below.
- Corrected miscellaneous errors and rewrote some episode summaries.
- Added full credits for an episode.
- Added:
- ``Favorite scenes''
- ``Favorite faces, etc.''
- ``Airings of CEIA''
- ``Results of 1995 mailing list poll''
- Moved these sections into the main section as fields:
- ``Character names'' (became ``Char:'')
- ``Clarissa's names for Ferguson'' (became ``Ferg:'')
- ``Lyrics and poems'' (became ``Lyr:'')
- ``I think it was...'' (became ``Quot:'')
- ``Favorite lines'' (became ``Fav Lin:'')
- Added ``Tim:'', ``Key:'', and ``Marsh:'' fields.
- Removed ``BTW:'' field.
(Most BTW's were in ``Did you notice?'', anyway.)
- Removed superfluous ``Ttl:'' field
(each page has the title at the top).
26 Jul 1995
I begin to convert my ``Episode Database'' to HTML format.
I offer Version 0.9 of my ``Episode Database''
on the ``clarissa'' mailing list.
Fourteen people request it.
- No information for ``The Flu'' (#140), ``Road Trip'' (#143),
``Don't I Know You'' (#150), and ``The Cycle'' (#153).
- No closing line for ``The Darling Wars'' (#128).
- Works in progress: (incomplete sections)
- ``Lyrics and poems''
- ``I think it was...''
- ``Character names''
- ``Favorite faces...''
- ``Character histories''
Jan 1995
After finding out about Adam Lieberman's ``CEIA Episode List'',
I download it from
tcp.com
and start to modify it.
In subsequent e-mail discussions,
Adam tells me about the ``clarissa'' mailing list and Bevis King's homepage.
I subscribe to the list on Jan 21.
Soon, I decide to create my own episode guide for the show.
1 Oct 1994
Final episode of CEIA is shown;
entire series is replayed over the next 7 weeks.
I see most of the episodes I hadn't seen before.
Fall 1994
I start reading the alt.tv.nickelodeon newsgroup.
Feb 1993
I begin to watch CEIA occasionally,
although at this point I'm a die-hard Ren & Stimpy fan.
That is, what still needs to be done?
Lots...
- To the whole site in general:
- Add ability to search entire site for keywords.
- Possibly find a good web-site management tool to use for site
or just try to write some (more) Perl code to help manage site.
- In the
Melissa Joan Hart
section:
- In the
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
section:
- In the
Clarissa Explains It All
section:
- Continue to collect text info and images for
CEIA episode pages.
(I can't believe I haven't gotten further along with this
over the past 2 1/2 years!)
- Add to
Did you notice?
and
Some credits,
incorporate this information into the individual episode pages,
and then replace DYN and credits pages with scripts
that allow for listing and searching this info in various ways.
- Get more
CEIA promos
on tape and digitize images from them.
- Try to get more info about
when the first-season episodes of CEIA were aired for the
U.S. airings of CEIA
page.
(I asked
Mitchell Kriegman
about this, but he couldn't give me the answer.)
Also, add to airings info for 1993-95 using old list mail.
- Revise my
CEIA Episode Guide
in various ways.
- In
The Clarissa Mailing List
section:
- To the archives at
tcp.com:
- Complete move of image/sound/movie archives to
this site
and then work on expanding the collection.
- Totally redo
List mail search
engine,
either writing totally new Perl script
or using someone else's software.
- Maybe write a ``list mail server'' script, so people can download
old list mail in various forms/formats.
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