Wayback When: Our First City Homepage in 1998. We’ve come a long way. (Source: Wayback Machine)

In Photos: Goodbye, Oaklandnet.com.

Twenty years after its debut on the world wide web, Oaklandnet.com is sunsetting on April 23rd. Before we say goodbye, we wanted to share its place in our community the last two decades. If you’ve been in Oakland long enough, you might remember the late ’90s pastel charm and iconic graphic of our Downtown that donned the homepage. In the early 2000’s, we had purple pride until our most recent incarnation, with your favorite floating portraits of City leadership in the upper-left hand corner.

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Read more about our new website in the next article, “Hello, Oaklandca.gov.” HINT: In case a search engine fails you, the new domain name is www.oaklandca.gov.

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2003: Purple passion made a splash. Drop-down menus and hyperlinks enhanced our digital City Hall. (Source: Wayback Machine)

Back to the Future: Scrolling pages and headshots galore. Welcome to the City of Oakland in 2010. (Source: Wayback Machine)