During some point in 1998, I found myself in a computer store with my family, listening to my sister going on about a game called Riven, which was apparently a sequel to Myst.
By the end of that trip to the store I walked away with a copy of Carmageddon, and my sister a copy of Myst.

What followed was an instant love of the game, which lead me to Riven, the Myst novels, the internet and subsequently the Myst Community.

It was then that DJC first started, as part of a website about myself that was created on fortunecities later the site was renamed Stoneship and moved to tripod where it continued to grow. In 2000 I believe it was, I felt a change was needed once again, I had planned bigger things for the site and wanted to see it grow further still. After a while I settled on MystWorlds, only to find the name already taken. In the end I decided to call the site The D’ni Jazz Club after one of my signatures attached to emails made to the Riven Lysts.

DJC moved to a new home still on tripod where it lived and grew until 2003. It was in 2003 that I met Kehra and after a while of her hosting our forums we moved to our own domain.

Over the following years DJC went through a lot of changes, a lot of problems some due to the site, some due to the health of myself the site owner. The site has closed, opened, closed and opened again, more times than I care to think about as these problems prevailed.

But the site remains, it continues to grow and it continues to help its visitors find the information they seek, one day we hope that the site and the forums will be as busy as they used to be but only time will tell. - Keith “Tweek” Lord

The Site

The site is powered by Wordpress and the forums by phpBB. The site is coded using PHP, XHTML CSS and Javascript.

We would like to thank Tom “Patchallel” O’Leary for his excellent site from which we have pilfered many a screenshot.

The D’ni Jazz Club Network

At times we find ourselves coming up with new site ideas, these ideas (when they see the light of day) become a part of The D’ni Jazz Club Network, these sites may be hosted by us, ran by us and so forth. Currently these sites include;

• Beneath - Uru Blog from the DJC’s creator.
• Cyan Chat Quote Database - Does exactly what it says on the tin.
• The Firemarble - Monthly news letter for the episodes of Uru Live.
• RestorersGuild - In Cavern website for fan created Uru Ages/Content.
• UruBlogs - Aggregate of in cavern fan blogs of experiences in Uru Live.

The Past

The D’ni Jazz Club has gone through a great many changes over the years, and I am sure there are many changes to be made in the future too. We have searched the archives to find as many examples of past layouts as we could and present them to you.