Changes

During the Fragility period, nin.com was designed with backgrounds and art in the style of the album artwork created by David Carson. The site contained journal entries which were posted on the site by [[Rob Sheridan]], who had been newly hired to update and organize the site, detailing the progress of recording the album, as well as a discussion board. Sound loops from the songs "[[Starfuckers, Inc. (song)|Starfuckers, Inc.]]" and "[[The Day The World Went Away (song)|The Day The World Went Away]]" were posted on the site prior to the release of ''The Fragile'' and are [http://www.theninhotline.net/halo99/01/01.htm available here]. Images, backgrounds, sound files and screen shots of this version of nin.com have been archived at [[The NIN Hotline]] [http://www.theninhotline.net/halo99/ here]. A huge and very detailed chronological archive on everything related to nin.com from this period can be found [http://forum.portraitofdecay.comnet/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=11 here] and [http://forum.portraitofdecay.comnet/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=10 here]. As best as possible restored versions of the different versions of nin.com during that time can be found [http://portraitofdecay.comnet/nin.com/index-a.html here], [http://portraitofdecay.comnet/nin.com/index-b.html here], [http://portraitofdecay.comnet/nin.com/index-c.html here], [http://portraitofdecay.comnet/nin.com/index-d1.html here] and [http://portraitofdecay.comnet/nin.com/index-d.html here]

From 2003 onwards, prior to the release of ''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]]'', nin.com had a sparse and minimalist layout with a plain white background and black smudged typewriter font. The site contained a "Current" section that was updated occasionally with photos and information on the progress of the album, a "Body of Work" section with information on each of the Halos and a visuals section with [[Nine Inch Nails music videos|music videos]] available for viewing. A Q&A section titled [[nin.com/access|Access]] was also a feature of the site where members of NIN answered user submitted questions. A huge and very detailed chronological archive on everything related to nin.com from this period can be found [http://forum.portraitofdecay.comnet/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3 here]. As best as possible restored versions of the different versions iterations of nin.com during that time can be found [http://portraitofdecay.comnet/nin.com/index-e.html here], [http://portraitofdecay.comnet/nin.com/index-e2.html here], [http://portraitofdecay.comnet/nin.com/index-f.html here], [http://portraitofdecay.comnet/nin.com/index-f2.html here] and [http://portraitofdecay.comnet/nin.com/index-h.html here].

In 2005 for the release of ''With Teeth'', nin.com was updated with a front page with links to purchase the album and watch "[[The Hand That Feeds (song)|The Hand That Feeds]]" video. Viral teaser trailers were also hidden pages on the site, named with lines from songs that would appear on the album.Later, the front page was changed to display photos taken at various destinations on the [[With Teeth Tour]], and called the site "nin.com V6". The pages of the site which had previously had blank backgrounds were changed to ''With Teeth''-style art and the font was also changed. A blog section titled "TR" was added, where Trent would post comments and messages. The [[nin.com/access|Access]] section continued to be updated by Reznor, with [[Aaron North]] and [[Jerome Dillon]] answering a set of questions, titled "part one", however, due to Dillon's departure from the band, it was to be the last time the section was updated. The site also contained a downloads section containing desktop backgrounds. All ''With Teeth''-related pages except the nin.com/visuals page have been removed as of March 24, 2008. All ''With Teeth''-era videos, trailers and downloads can be found [http://www.nin.com:81/with_teeth/ here]. As best as possible restored versions of the different versions iterations of nin.com during that time can be found [http://portraitofdecay.comnet/nin.com/index-j.html here], [http://portraitofdecay.comnet/nin.com/index-i.html here], [http://portraitofdecay.comnet/nin.com/_today/ here], [http://portraitofdecay.comnet/nin.com/index-k.html here].

Following the release of ''[[Year Zero]]'', nin.com was updated to V6.9 with a YZ-themed background and font. All previous pages, apart from Performance and Merch were deleted, leaving a basic front page with a photo on. As the [[Performance 2007]] tour began, more pages were added to the site, including a page written in [http://www.nin.com/russia/ Russian], a page in [http://www.nin.com/china/ Chinese] and a page in [http://www.nin.com/korea/yearzero.html Korean], added as the band performed in the countries for the first time. Links to the ''Year Zero'' site and NIN's official [http://www.youtube.com/ninofficial youtube account] were also added, the former is where live performance videos and video diaries have been uploaded. A photo blog was also added to the front page and updated several times a day during the tour. At present, the band are back in the studio and the front page of nin.com is updated periodically with messages from Trent, photos and Youtube videos showing work in the studio. Additionally, site visitors may comment on the current picture. As best as possible restored versions of the different versions iterations of nin.com during that time can be found [http://portraitofdecay.comnet/nin.com/index-l.html here] and [http://portraitofdecay.comnet/www.nin.com/index-2007.07.26.1606.html here].

On announcement and immediate release of the new album, ''[[Ghosts I–IV]],'' in March 2008, the site was altered so that it had an album-themed design. The site still contains links to all Year Zero pages as well as an additional ''Ghosts I–IV'' player and a link to the new official [http://www.flickr.com/photos/nineinchnails/ NIN flickr page] and a page containing RSS feeds. A reconstructed page of this version of nin.com can be viewed [http://portraitofdecay.comnet/www.nin.com/index-2008.03.03.2000.html here].

As the new tour kicked off, the nin.com photoblog continued. The complete archive of photoblog images and posts can be [http://ninblogs.wordpress.com/ found here]. A reconstructed page of this version of nin.com can be viewed [http://portraitofdecay.comnet/www.nin.com/index-2008.05.12.0006.html here]. Following are some of the photographs that were posted to the front page:

*'''[[andallthatcouldhavebeen.com]]''' - set up in 2001 to promote the release of ''[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]''. [http://portraitofdecay.comnet/www.andallthatcouldhavebeen.com/]

*'''ninja2009.com''' - a page set up in March 2009 to promote the [[Wave_Goodbye_Tour#NIN.2FJA_2009|NIN/JA 2009 tour]] and contained a [[NINJA_2009_Summer_Tour_EP|free EP for download]]. [http://portraitofdecay.comnet/www.ninja2009.com/]

*[http://www.portraitofdecay.comnet/ Huge archive and reconstruction page of old versions of nin.com]