Site Updates |
| Jan 11, 2015 | Made navigating this huge website easier by now including a unique "Go to Navigation Bar" "zone"/button in the bottom-right corner of the screen, when browsing this website. If you ever get lost or just don't like scrolling (after looking at a picture), then simply click it and the page will automatically scroll to the navigation bar. Minor misc. updates. |
| Nov 6, 2014 | Added a new graphic to the "Graphic Paintings" page. |
| Oct 31, 2014 | Added the "Celebrate Life - Celebrate Age" calendar to the "Calendars" page. |
| Mar 9, 2014 | Some updates to the website's code to improve appearance when browser is run in a window smaller than fully maximised/full screen width. |
| Jan 2, 2014 | Updated the size and quality of the pictures of various paintings. Added an RSS feed and also created a Blog, to be activated in March 2014. |
| Aug 12, 2013 | Various sections of website received updates, including reducing the loading time a little. |
| Apr 4, 2013 | Compatibility upgrades to site code for smaller screens made. |
| Apr 2, 2013 | Some background graphics have been tweaked. |
| Jan 15, 2013 | More images in the "Paintings" pages have received quality upgrades. Minor tweaks to site's JavaScript to help with compatibility on smaller screens. |
| Sep 19, 2012 | A number of images in the "Paintings" and "Graphics" pages have received quality upgrades - also, you can now see detail closeups on some artworks. |
| Aug 29, 2012 | The end of a very productive month - In addition to creating a news section on every page, various images in the "Dolls", "Calendar" and "Paintings" pages have been upgraded with higher quality and resolution. |
| Jul 22, 2012 | Minor tweaks to site code and appearance which can be seen with CSS3. |
| Sep 4, 2011 | Increased size of title picture on the "Artist-Dolls" index page. Restructured the links in the entire "Artist-Dolls" section and merged the "Doll Work-Info" pages. |
| Aug 23, 2011 | Improved the quality of a handful of pictures in the "Artist-Dolls" section. |
| Aug 21, 2011 | Made the background picture-frame border compatible with a greater variety of resolutions. |
| Jul 11, 2011 | Tweaked the appearance of the background picture-frame border of this Website a little. |
| Aug 16, 2010 | Overhauled the look of the site. Added photo to "Type 6 Doll" of a child holding the doll. |
| Jul 30, 2010 | Improved the quality of a couple of pictures in the "Artist-Dolls" section. |
| Mar 29, 2009 | Removed dialup section of Web site and dialup quality videos option in "Multimedia" section. Dialup users may still download the lower quality videos directly. Updated site code slightly to be more suitable for a wider range of computer monitor resolutions. |
| Aug 24, 2008 | Updates to contact form made. It's still possible to send regular emails, if desired. |
| Feb 11, 2007 | Improved picture of "Mouth Bust Combo" sculpture. |
| Dec 7, 2006 | Updated contact form. Now is more compatible with a wider range of browser and firewall settings. You must still enable cookies before you can send a message to prevent SPAM. |
| Dec 3, 2006 | The "Dialup" section for people with slower connections is back. |
| Nov 27, 2006 | Removed and updated some parts of the HTML code. Appearance of site is unchanged. |
| Nov 17, 2006 | Updated contact form. You must now enter a verification code and enable cookies before you can send a message. This change was necessary to prevent SPAM from being sent.. |
| Nov 8, 2006 | Overhauled the "Multimedia" section. Videos have been re-encoded in FLV format. You will need the latest "Flash Player" to view them. The low-bandwidth WMV format videos remain. |
| Sep 14, 2006 | Minor code and navigation updates throughout the site. |
| Feb 3, 2006 | Added the "BABY-GIRL - Type 0" artist-doll to the "GIRLS, TWINS & LIFELIKE DOLLS" section. This is J.A.BRO'S first lifelike artist doll. |
| Jan 24, 2006 | Small update to the "Mouth Breast Combo" sculpture image. |
| Jan 21, 2006 | Added new background to the "Fruit Harvest" sculpture image. |
| Jan 18, 2006 | Images in the "Bear Yellowy Book" and "Collages" section received quality upgrades. |
| Jan 18, 2006 | Several images in the "Artist Dolls" section received quality upgrades. |
| Jan 16, 2006 | Quality update of "Mother And Child In Carry-Nest" image in the "Paintings" section. |
| Jan 16, 2006 | Quality update of "Leda And The Swan" image in the "Paintings" section. |
| Jan 16, 2006 | Minor update to image of "Beba" in the "Family Album". |
| Jan 16, 2006 | Image of "Suzy" & "Sammy" in the "Doggie Tales" section improved. |
| Dec 15, 2005 | Minor update to "Beba" section in the "Family Album". |
| Dec 15, 2005 | Cascading Style Sheet updated. |
| Oct 29, 2005 | Rebuilt the "Multimedia" section, now simpler to navigate. Videos are in WMV format. |
| Oct 6, 2005 | Entire Website overhauled. Site now uses CSS. Removed "Dialup" section for now.
Due to the increase in "Broadband" Internet connections, many images will undergo "quality upgrades", decreasing compression and/or increasing resolution/detail. This will happen over the next 6 months. The "Dialup" section for people with slower connections will be back in the first quarter of 06. |
| Apr 2, 2005 | Added image and message to "Public Faces" section. Take a look. |
| Feb 11, 2005 | Added message to "Public Faces" section. Take a look. |
| Apr 23, 2004 | Restructured HTML & JS to improve speed and browser compatibility. |
| Aug 22, 2003 | Added contact form so you can send messages without an e-mail client. |
| Aug 17, 2003 | Restructured HTML and added javascript code to improve loading speed. |
| Aug 11, 2003 | Created a "Dialup" section of this Web site with images that were compressed up to 300% more. This reduces the detail somewhat, but people without broadband will have to wait less for images to fully load. |
| Aug 8, 2003 | Expanded the "Multimedia" section with 4 great videos about J.A.BRO'S art- and private life. You will need broadband to view them. |
| July 13, 2003 | All of our dog pictures were updated with larger, higher reolution files. Come look at our beautiful dogs! |
| July 12, 2003 | The movies in the "Multimedia" section have been updated. |
| July 9, 2003 | The great "Early Motschmann", 1974, graphic page was updated with a higher quality picture. |
| May 18, 2003 | "HAPPY BIRTHDAY POPA", 18.5.03, was added to the"Public Faces"and "Art Gift" sections. |
| May 9, 2003 | The unique sculpture "Mouth Breast Combo", 1963, was added to the "Sculptures" section. |
| May 6, 2003 | Busy, busy, busy... Added "Anatomy Of Oversized Leg" to the "Sculptures" section. The unique paintings "Broken Guard Can't Protect Blue Female Treasure", "Anatomie's Dissection Of A World's Political Corpse" have been added to the"Paintings" section. The mystical "Love Affair" graphic has been added to the"Graphics" section. |
| Apr 25, 2003 | The paintings section has been updated with "Self Portrait At Three" and "Princess At Three". |
| Apr 23, 2003 | Added the sculpture "Mother Earth's Fertility", take a look! |
| Apr 17, 2003 | Added finishing touches to the movies in the "Multimedia" section. Six movies in total. The movie "J.A.BRO About J.A.BRO" was created from 20-25 year old film and over 120 newly created pictures made just for this amazing 35 minute production. The fantastic movies "J.A.BRO'S Doll Workshop", "J.A.BRO'S Doll Exhibition 1" and "J.A.BRO'S Doll Exhibition 2" were created from almost 9 hours of SVHS Video. |
| Mar 16 , 2003 | Replaced all the images in the "1985 Doll Calendar" with new, higher resolution images. |
| Feb 24, 2003 | Replaced all the images in the "Artist Dolls", "1988 Bear Calendar", "1989 Bear Calendar", sections with new, higher resolution images. |
| Feb 16, 2003 | Added 2 beautiful books! "MIRACLES STILL HAPPEN" and "DAY TIME AND DREAM TIME" to the books section. They are truly unique and wonderful. Please take a look. |
| Jan 14, 2003 | Completely renewed all images from the "Bear Yellowy" book pages and "1990 Bear Calendar" sections. They now have higher resolution. |
| Dec 14, 2002 | Re-created the images from the "Art Photo Collages", "Artist Bears" and "La Belle's Great Wish" sections. They now have higher resolution. Also added new and beautiful artworks to the "Public Faces" section. |
| Nov 4, 2002 | Re-created the "Today Is Grandpa's Birthday" book pages in full colour. Take a look! |
| Oct 30 , 2002 | Completely re-designed and updated the "Public Faces" pages. Started work on creating compressed films for Web and CD use, using BETA SP and SVHS masters from the J.A.BRO. archives. Finished re-creating the images on the paintings and sculptures pages. They are now larger. |
| Oct 22, 2002 | Re-created, optimized and increased size/resolution of over half the images on the paintings and sculptures pages. Also added a Flash animation of the epic Jesus Christ sculpture. Take a look! More to come. |
| Sep 16, 2002 | Completely re-designed entire Web site. More updates to come. |
| Aug 16, 2002 | Started the largest site update and re-design in 2 years. |
| Apr 22, 2002 | Finished work on 2nd CD version of this Web site and optimized the HTML pages for faster loading and rendering. |
| Feb 24, 2002 | Maintenance updates to "Album" pages. |
| Feb 4, 2002 | New section added to site: "Public Faces" This section will continue to grow in the near future! |
| Dec 24-26, 01 | Quite a number of pages updated and added:
Art gift page: http://www.JabroArt.com/gift.htm - Many additions/updates such as "Crying Afghanistan Baby" and artist doll "Benjamin".
Minor updates to "Art Photo Book" section. |
| Dec 16, 2001 | Major update to site:
Divided the entire Web site into two sections, one for people with slower dialup modem connections and another for people with fast ISDN/Cable/ADSL connections. |
| Dec 11, 2001 | Been busily adding new things to this Web site (to be uploaded soon). For now though, some minor updates here and there. |
| Nov 16, 2001 | Added the "SilverSurfer Award" to the "Awards Page". Thank you! |
Month of
Oct, 2001 | Added the "GOLD DECO AWARD" (thanks!!) to the "Awards Page" and made various small updates throughout this month. |
| Sep 27, 2001 | Added a great new page: J.A.BRO'S CD Case Inserts & Labels. |
| Sep 23, 2001 | Added the "Critical Mass Award" (thank you!) to the "Awards Page" and created this "Updates Page". |
| Sep 22, 2001 | Put all the Web Rings from the main page on their own page to improve loading speed. |
| Sep 18, 2001 | Created the "Awards Page" (thank you for your great awards), the "Links" page and added the "World Web Award of Excellence" to the "Awards Page". |
| Aug 22, 2001 | Minor updates of images throughout site, such as - "Jointed Doll Nr.6 With Bugs". |
| Aug 19, 2001 | Massive updates made to the Graphic Drawings/Paintings Section:
Updated/increased size/quality of every image and added "Easter Egg" and "Rhapsody in Blue (Broken Promise)". |
| Aug 11, 2001 | Added new painting - "Steven's Grandma". Also improved quality of the "Leda And The Swan" picture. |
| Aug 10, 2001 | Massive updates made to the Books Pages:
Added "TODAY IS GRANDPA'S BIRTHDAY!". Re-created the "I Am The Bear Yellowy - Who Are You?" - Scanned all pages from the book, re-typed the text for easy reading and created a large thumbnail index with easy and full navigation throughout (currently offline) . Cosmetic changes to existing "La Belle's Great Wish" index page. |
| July 27, 2001 | Massive updates:
Created entirely new section - "The Family Album" |
| May 15, 2001 | Massive updates made to the Sculptures Pages:
Added 11 previously unseen sculptures and a brand new one. |
| May 9, 2001 | Massive updates made to the Paintings Pages:
Added 9 beautiful paintings. |
| May 3, 2001 | Minor update of "Allegory Of Life" images. |
| Mid 1998 | The J.A.BRO. website was first created in mid 1998 and updated since then by the original authors - artist and web designer. |
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