{"id":7268,"date":"2021-04-12T17:06:14","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T21:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pioneer.media\/?p=7268"},"modified":"2022-12-30T13:18:03","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T17:18:03","slug":"view-old-web-page-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pioneer.media\/view-old-web-page-past\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I See How My Web Page Used to Look?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_post_title date_format=&#8221;F j, Y&#8221; categories=&#8221;off&#8221; comments=&#8221;off&#8221; featured_image=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.1&#8243; title_font_size=&#8221;42px&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; title_font_size_tablet=&#8221;38px&#8221; title_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_module=&#8221;4597&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; title_font_size_phone=&#8221;38px&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_fullwidth_post_title][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.pioneer.media\/media\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Old-Web-Page.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;How to View an Old Web Page&#8221; title_text=&#8221;How to View an Old Web Page&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; header_2_font_size=&#8221;28px&#8221; header_3_font_size=&#8221;32px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;20px||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/web\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/web\/images\/logo_wayback_210x77.png\" alt=\"Internet Archive Wayback Machine\" width=\"210\" height=\"77\" \/><\/a>Can I see how my website looked in the past?<\/strong> Yes, you can! With a free resource called <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/web\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Internet Archive<\/a>, you can see how any website looked at various points in time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why would you need to pull up an old version of a web page?<\/strong> Sometimes it&#8217;s more out of necessity than nostalgia! Consider some examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You&#8217;re being sent to court and need to know exactly how a website looked on a certain day.<\/li>\n<li>You need to know which version of your Terms &amp; Conditions was live on a certain day in history.<\/li>\n<li>You redesigned your website and want to see the before &amp; after.<\/li>\n<li>You have revised your web page a few times and want to see content that used to be there a few months ago.<\/li>\n<li>You need to see content that is older than the oldest &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/revisions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">post revision<\/a>.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>You need to find content for an older page that you deleted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Clearly, there are several reasons why it might be helpful to pull up an older version of a website.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/web\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Internet Archive<\/a> has over 500 billion web pages saved throughout various points in time.<\/p>\n<p>Simply visit <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/web\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Archive.org\/web<\/a> to browse what&#8217;s called the <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/web\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Wayback Machine<\/a>. 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