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agentromanoffsir · 1 year

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neocities guide - why you should build your own html website

do you miss the charm of the 90s/00s web where sites had actual personality instead of the same minimalistic theme? are you feeling drained by social media and the constant corporate monopoly of your data and time? do you want to be excited about the internet again? try neocities!!

what is neocities?

neocities is a free hosting website that lets you build your own html website from scratch, with total creative control. in their own words: "we are tired of living in an online world where people are isolated from each other on boring, generic social networks that don't let us truly express ourselves. it's time we took back our personalities from these sterilized, lifeless, monetized, data mined, monitored addiction machines and let our creativity flourish again."

why should I make my own website?

web3 has been overtaken by capitalism & conformity. websites that once were meant to be fun online social spaces now exist solely to steal your data and sell you things. it sucks!! building a personal site is a great way to express yourself and take control of your online experience.

what would I even put on a website?

the best part about making your own site is that you can do literally whatever the hell you want! focus on a specific subject or make it a wild collection of all your interests. share your art! make a shrine for one of your interests! post a picture of every bird you see when you step outside! make a collection of your favorite blinkies! the world is your oyster !! here are some cool example sites to inspire you: recently updated neocities sites | it can be fun to just look through these and browse people's content! space bar | local interstellar dive bar creature feature | halloween & monsters big gulp supreme peanutbuttaz | personal site dragodiluna linwood | personal site patho grove | personal site

getting started: neocities/html guide

sound interesting? here are some guides to help you get started, especially if you aren't familiar with html/css sadgrl.online webmastery | a fantastic resource for getting started with html & web revival. also has a layout builder that you can use to start with in case starting from scratch is too intimidating web design in 4 minutes | good for learning coding basics w3schools | html tutorials templaterr | demo & html for basic web elements eggramen test pages | css page templates to get started with sadgrl background tiles | bg tiles rivendell background tiles | more free bg tiles

fun stuff to add to your site

web revival manifestos & communities

also, there's actually a pretty cool community of people out there who want to bring joy back to the web! melonland project | web project/community celebrating individual & joyful online experiences. Also has an online forum melonland intro to web revival | what is web revival? melonking manifesto | status cafe | share your current status nightfall city | online community onio.cafe | leave a message and enjoy the ambiance sadgrl internet manifesto | yesterweb internet manifesto | sadly defunct, still a great resource reclaiming online social spaces | great manifesto on cultivating your online experience

in conclusion

i want everyone to make a neocities site because it's fun af and i love seeing everyone's weird personal sites that they made outside of the control of capitalism :) say hi to me on neocities

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eraserheadbabydriver · 1 month

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I figure I should say something since I won't be online today and we posted here a lot. This time last year I received a call that my best friend had a heart attack and died. His death affected me horribly on top of an already bad past few years and I ended up getting baker acted after it got bad. After that I went to group therapy for a few months. I'm doing better now disclaimer but I wish my best friend was here doing the same. I got a tattoo to commemorate him this month and it makes me feel like I'm carrying him with me.

If you've been following my account or his the past 6 or so years you've seen our antics. We were really close outside of the silly jokes we'd post here. I've had some medical issues going on the past few years and hanging out with aj made what I was going through bearable. Living in different states didn't stop us from being good friends, if anything it brought us closer to bond over our swampy gator states. We were a daily part of each others lives. I miss it.

Over the years we played hundreds of hours of fortnite, kf2, overwatch, and debbie daylight. He made multiple gaming servers so his friends could get to know each other and hang out. It was always so obvious to me how much he cared about his friends. He had a unique dedication to us and always made us feel heard. He suffered from depression and I wish he'd had the chance to heal enough to see how much everyone loves him, truly and deeply.

We had a lot of good times and we used to reflect on them together a lot. I've been working on a memorial page for him on my neocities. It's not complete yet and has very little on it but if you'd like to see shoot me a dm.

We were a daily part of each others lives and I'm deeply grateful to have gotten to been his friend for so long. I wish we got to be friends for decades more. Watch out for your friends and tell them you love them. For as long as you can.

"Do you not know that a man is not dead as long as his name is still spoken?" - Terry Pratchett

LEAXI AJ LEWIS (97-23)

#the gecko place #aj

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