#and clicked on whatever interesting selectors/attributes/etc. i thought i might use

[anomalouscorvid]

how did you go about doing the navigation links on your neocities? it's really neat!

MY NEOCITIES... i really need to add more to that. every so often i remember it exists. anyway

the sidebar and main text, first of all, are two containers in the simplest possible flexbox container (the css for it just has 'display: flex' and nothing else). very useful, i love flexbox. if you haven't used it before, i'd recommend looking into it! loads of examples and guides out there. (there's also css grid, but i've never used it)

the navigation itself in the html is very simple, basically a list of links.. not actually a list, just separate 'paragraphs'. (which i have to update on every page every time i add/rename/remove another page..) additional thought: i think mayyybe if i used a flexbox container for the links themselves it'd be easier to make it so the navigation turns horizontal (and along the top) instead of vertical when the screen is small enough? or something with inline blocks maybe. i haven't gotten around to trying any of that though

back on topic, the symbol before each link and the translucent 'label' on hover is from the css, like this

so basically the 'label' sticking out is, like, an offset background? and also the current page link gets a custom class that gives it the same formatting as the hover text

i think that's everything, i'm not great at actually explaining how i did stuff so i hope this is helpful haha