Original Overgrow Website

[AK_Toker]

Hi guys,

Do any screenshots from the original website exist? I remember that even in 2003 it felt ahead of his time. Do we know what code it was built on? Would it be possible to replicate the look and feel of the original?

[99PerCent]

History of Overgrow.com

Brief history of Overgrow.com and Marijuana Edge Forums 1998/1999 - A group of members of Weedbase discuss creating a new growing site. Amongst them are Foolgirl, nl420, ot1, Baudelaire, and ~Shabang~ 1999 - Overgrow is formed by foolgirl, nl420, and ot1(?). ~S is involved in the creation, but goes on a shabbatical for personal reasons. Baudelaire is also active. Late 1999/early 2000 - ~S returns and takes up admin duties. Overgrow server is moved to Vancouver, Canada. The shark tank …

Stuff is gathering here I think.

99%

[LemonadeJoe]

Hi @AK_Toker , sure there are some screenshots, for example here and we’ve got the code available. Platform used was vBulletin, but that is no longer leading-edge technology. Rest assured that current platform that we use is much better because it allows mobile devices, endless scrolling with timeline and uses a bunch of other modern must-have approaches and features. The result is that it is a lot faster, can be maintained and governed by community itself. I’ve summed up most reasons here.

But we are trying our best to replicate the look and user interface to be comfortable. The feel is much more about members of the community and sense of friendship than the software used …

You can read more about modern trends of communities I wrote in some older topics:

Modern cannabis community trends

Are you using Instagram? poll In past few years social media (and particularly mobile) changed not only our relationships but also our media, interests and even our politics. We are overwhelmed by information flow from social networks (particularly facebook and twitter). Every area of human interest is now amplified through this network revolution. I think that the change didn’t miss Cannabis business & entrepreneurs. With movement towards legalization or medical tolerance in some US states, th…

[Weedmaps]

Hey @LemonadeJoe Do you have any other screenshots available or would you be able to give access to the code? It’s for a very very special project

[LemonadeJoe]

Hello @Weedmaps!

Thanks for sharing details about the project privately Truly very special for OG fans… I’m looking forward to public uncovering…

I’ll send you by email what I’ve found and I hope it can serve your purpose well