Many of the files appear to contain JavaScript functions in a format generated by Adobe Dreamweaver, making it almost certain that at least some of the websites were developed in that editor. This was first pointed out by Reddit user sq00q. Also note that the username spells "boobs" upside down in leet.
For example, starwarsweb.net contains the four following functions, first commented out which is funny and has some version comments:and then repeated on a
function MM_swapImgRestore() { //v3.0
function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0
function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01
function MM_swapImage() { //v3.0
body onload
. Here MM_
stands for MacroMedia, and is mentioned e.g. at:Doing:on github.com/cirosantilli/cia-2010-websites-dump currently gives 64 hits out of 421 websites.
git grep MM_swapImage | sed -r 's/\/.*//' | sort -u | wc
The same signatures are also found on the early websites from 2004 such as alljohnny.com.
The approximate version history is: