Where it all began
The original interface — where the Zäbyër community first took shape.
Established December 3, 2005
Your niche in
Ateneo de Cagayan.
Zäbyër Community is an exclusive online home for Xavier University students — a cool place to connect and get to know your fellow Ateneans.
- 2005
- Founded at XU
- 4
- Platform versions
- 60+
- Contributors
Since 2005
Zäbyër Community
Your niche in Ateneo de Cagayan
zabyer.org
v1.0
v4.0
About the community
A home for Ateneans online.
Zäbyër Community is your niche in Ateneo de Cagayan — a cool place to connect and get to know your fellow Ateneans.
Founded on December 3, 2005, it was created as an exclusive social network for Xavier University students. Its main concept: to create an expansion for students to interact with other students and colleges through the internet.
- Founded December 3, 2005
- Home Xavier University — Ateneo de Cagayan
- Made for XU students, exclusively
- Purpose Connecting colleges online
Evolution
Three looks, one community.
From the first interface to the version that welcomed a generation of Ateneans — a look back at the screens that shaped Zäbyër.
A new chapter
The v2.0 (v3.0) look — a refreshed home for Ateneans online.
The community, evolved
The most refined expression of the Zäbyër experience.
Core developers
Built by MetaCatalyst.
A group of skilled students from Xavier University specializing in freelance web development — and the team behind Zäbyër Community.
MetaCatalyst Web Development Team
Arthur Jan Gapusan
Core Developer
- PHP
- 3D Modeling
- Web Design
Camilo Lozano III
Core Developer
- PHP
- Flash
- Video Editing
- Web Design
Ma. Manuela Victoria Rosal
Core Developer · Analyst
- Systems Analysis
- Design
Don Tabaniag Jr
Founder · Core Developer
- Layout
- Web Design
- Art
Ridvan Lakas ng Bayan Baluyos
Core Developer
- Photography
- Systems Analysis
- Visual C#
- Video Editing
Thank you
The people behind Zäbyër.
A community is only as strong as the people who build, host, and believe in it. This page is for all of them.
Special thanks to Matt Arnilo Baluyos & Ridvan Lakas ng Bayan Baluyos for hosting Zäbyër Community.
Founder
Don Tabaniag Jr
The vision behind Zäbyër Community.
Developers 5
- Camilo Lozano III
- Arthur Jan Gapusan
- Ridvan Lakas ng Bayan Baluyos
- Don Tabaniag Jr
- Ma. Manuela Victoria Rosal
Layout & Design 3
- Don Tabaniag Jr
- Arthur Jan Gapusan
- Camilo Lozano III
Community Concept 5
- Romar Melancolico
- Arthur Vincent Simon
- Olem Babia
- Jocelyn Gudmalin
- Jersy Ramos
Code Contributors 6
- Mark “mungkey” Vicente
- Matt Arnilo Baluyos
- Kim Alvin Lambiguit
- Ryan Francis Ching
- Jason Raymond Yap
- Chrismon Job Uba
Zäbyër Pets Developers 6
- Mark “mungkey” Vicente
- Jayson Gonzaga
- Richard Melgar Badlisan
- Jason Raymond Yap
- Ted Antony Cañete
- Roberto Abogaa
Supporters 6
- Michelle Brigette Bautista
- Ted Antony Cañete
- Jayson Gonzaga
- Rebecca Mary Justine Ongchua
- Jay Rommel Escartin
- Kristy Kwong
Z! FM Staff 8
- Penny Lyn Cunanan
- Jayphete Galope
- Kai Cong Lam
- Rebecca Mary Justine Ongchua
- Justin Un
- Jeremy Un
- Joseph Capaque
- Kezzia Tan
Domain Contributors 25
- Karen Floradette Garcia
- Rebecca Mary Justine Ongchua
- Ara Alora Yanto
- Arian Edullantes
- Paolo Butaslac
- Stephen Sundae Luna
- Jazzi Mae Villablanca
- Ryan Bollozos
- Paul Kenneth Corvera
- Kim Anthony Plamor
- Shoraliah Macalbe
- Jay Rommel Escartin
- Ric Jhonas Emano
- Jusel Ann Ylagan
- Michelle Anne Demain
- Desiree Ann Flores
- Francis Arruiza
- Ted Antony Cañete
- Ray Antonio Cañete
- Mario Coles
- Jose Manuel Sacal
- Melody Babe Zamayla
- Ma. Kathea Cheryll Porras
- Bethany Marie Naces
- Dianne Marie Ferrer
Beta Testers 19
- Stephen Piana
- Ryl Denn Sagun
- Paolo Butaslac
- Denmark Jan Sanchez
- Iellen Therese Mina
- Charyfe Oquias
- Rye Asiñero
- Rhea Camus
- Justin Un
- Justin Gapuz
- Alain Benedict Barba
- Karen Mercy Pacaldo
- Honey Tagayuna
- Earljan Caayupan
- Bryan Hermosura
- Anne Marie Zarsuelo
- Jennilyn Tan
- Niño Rey Oliguer
- Rebecca Mary Justine Ongchua
Community moments
More than a website. Friendships.
Grand eyeballs, wall climbing trips, movie nights — the moments behind the screen that made Zäbyër a community.
To all members
Thank you for your support.
You were the reason Zäbyër Community existed — and the reason it is still remembered. Here’s to the Ateneans, the developers, the staff, the hosts, and every member who made it home.
Back to the topThe next chapter · Live now
Zäbyër is gone.
Long live Zabyre.
The servers went quiet. The profiles became folklore. The dream, apparently, did not get the memo.
Once upon a 2005, a handful of Xavier University students built a little corner of the internet called Zäbyër — profiles, pets, colleges, and more PHP than anyone had any business writing. It was legendary. Then the lights went out, the passwords were lost to history, and Zäbyër became the kind of legend told in group chats at 2 a.m.
Fast-forward to now: one of the original developers got a little too nostalgic, opened a code editor, and accidentally rebuilt the dream. Zabyre rises from Zäbyër’s DNA — a brand-new social network with a very old soul, the same Ateneo spirit, a fresh look, and only a slight haunting by the ghost of dial-up. It’s a place for Xavier Ateneans to reconnect, trade stories, and pretend the last two decades were just a long loading screen — and for everyone else to see what all the fuss was about. The niche is back. This time, everyone can join.
Visit Zabyre.com
Tell them Zäbyër sent you. They’ll know.
* No databases were harmed in the making of this revival. One was gently dusted.