Gallery: Welcome to the New WIRED
0100-1994
The first iteration of Hotwired from 1994, meant to embrace the constraints of the web.
0201-1995-early
Hotwired, 1995. There were no web tables then, so the sitemap was just spaced links.
0302-1995-late
By late 1995, the site had added a "What's New" link that served as one of the very first blogs.
0403-1996
By 1996, Hotwired had invented the banner ad, which you can see on the bottom of the page.
0504-1997
The 1997 design placed the ads in a stationary frame, while new content scrolled by.
0605-1998
1998\. The design experimented with content that floated across the screen.
0706-1999
After Lycos acquired Hotwired in 1999, it took on the structured layout of its corporate parent.
0808-2007-jan
Wired.com, 2005. It showcased a number of innovations, like CSS templates that changed daily.
0907-2006
Lycos sold Hotwired in 2006. The site was turned into a search portal that garnered traffic from name recognition.
1009-2007-aug
In 2006, Condé Nast acquired Wired.com, uniting WIRED magazine with Wired News.
1110-today
The design of Wired.com, which remained relatively unchanged from 2007 until 2015.
1211-redesign
2015\. After eight years, WIRED relaunched with a fully responsive design that uses state-of-the-art infrastructure.
