#website design

[madlyfluffy]

Yearly reminder to everyone trying to find alternatives to tumblr/social media in general: go make a Neocities account and teach yourself basic HTML and post your art/writing/shitposts there.

It does take extra time to set up (but there are templates out there!) but it is so so worth it to have a site that is 100% YOURS!

You don’t even have to be that good at coding. I’m not. My site is not very accessible via mobile devices but that is fine with me (keeps me off my phone) but there are plenty of ways to make your site mobile friendly. There are plenty of bare bones/accessible sites I adore purely for the media on it.

Imagine having your site on your phone and showing someone- hey! I coded this from scratch. And I didn’t even have to pay a company like squarespace. All your images, links, writings, in one place. I have my fandom edits, memes, fanart, and custom graphics there.

Neocities has a very bare bones follower and comment system, but you can disable this if you want your site to truly abstain from any social media-isms. I use it because its a great way to meet other webmasters and get help with coding problems. Neocities isn't an exact replacement for Tumblr (no reblogging here) but html coding is an invaluable skill to know, as is keeping a personal website in this day in age.

The awesome thing about having your own website is if, god forbid, Neocities goes down, you can move your site to any other number of hosting platforms (like Teacake.org). Your site is truly YOURS, and no one else (shitty tech CEO cough cough) can take it away from you.

If you need help getting started, I recommend checking out sadgrl.online. (More links to resources in the comments section of this post).

I know neocities has been talked about before, especially within my follower circle, but I thought I'd bring it up again for anyone unaware of this awesome platform.

[frenzyarts]

Meme edits I made to explain my thoughts on coding languages I’ve used (from the perspective of a beginner making a website):

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

[codingquill]

Essentials You Need to Become a Web Developer

HTML, CSS, and JavaScript Mastery

Text Editor/Integrated Development Environment (IDE): Popular choices include Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text.

Version Control/Git: Platforms like GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket allow you to track changes, collaborate with others, and contribute to open-source projects.

Responsive Web Design Skills: Learn CSS frameworks like Bootstrap or Flexbox and master media queries

Understanding of Web Browsers: Familiarize yourself with browser developer tools for debugging and testing your code.

Front-End Frameworks: for example : React, Angular, or Vue.js are powerful tools for building dynamic and interactive web applications.

Back-End Development Skills: Understanding server-side programming languages (e.g., Node.js, Python, Ruby , php) and databases (e.g., MySQL, MongoDB)

Web Hosting and Deployment Knowledge: Platforms like Heroku, Vercel , Netlify, or AWS can help simplify this process.

Basic DevOps and CI/CD Understanding

Soft Skills and Problem-Solving: Effective communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills

Confidence in Yourself: Confidence is a powerful asset. Believe in your abilities, and don't be afraid to take on challenging projects. The more you trust yourself, the more you'll be able to tackle complex coding tasks and overcome obstacles with determination.

[captdedeyes]

Friendly reminder that Wix.com is an Israeli-based company (& some website builders to look into instead)

I know the BDS movement is not targeting Wix.com specifically (see here for the companies they're currently boycotting) but since Wix originated in Israel as early as 2006, it would be best to drop them as soon as you can.

And while you're at it, you should leave DeviantArt too, since that company is owned by Wix. I deleted my DA account about a year ago not just because of their generative AI debacle but also because of their affiliation with their parent company. And just last month, DA has since shown their SUPPORT for Israel in the middle of Israel actively genociding the Palestinian people 😬

Anyway, I used to use Wix and I stopped using it around the same time that I left DA, but I never closed my Wix account until now. What WAS nice about Wix was how easy it was to build a site with nothing but a drag-and-drop system without any need to code.

So if you're using Wix for your portfolio, your school projects, or for anything else, then where can you go?

Here are some recommendations that you can look into for website builders that you can start for FREE and are NOT tied to a big, corporate entity (below the cut) 👇👇

Carrd.co

This is what I used to build my link hub and my portfolio, so I have the most experience with this platform.

It's highly customizable with a drag-and-drop arrangement system, but it's not as open-ended as Wix. Still though, it's easy to grasp & set up without requiring any coding knowledge. The most "coding" you may ever have to deal with is markdown formatting (carrd provides an on-screen cheatsheet whenever you're editing text!) and section breaks (which is used to define headers, footers, individual pages, sections of a page, etc.) which are EXTREMELY useful.

There's limits to using this site builder for free (max of 2 websites & a max of 100 elements per site), but even then you can get a lot of mileage out of carrd.

mmm.page

This is a VERY funny & charming website builder. The drag-and-drop system is just as open-ended as Wix, but it encourages you to get messy. Hell, you can make it just as messy as the early internet days, except the way you can arrange elements & images allows for more room for creativity.

Straw.page

This is an extremely simple website builder that you can start from scratch, except it's made to be accessible from your phone. As such, the controls are limited and intentionally simple, but I can see this being a decent website builder to start with if all you have is your phone. The other options above are also accessible from your phone, but this one is by far one of the the simplest website builders available.

Hotglue.me

This is also a very simple & rudimentary website builder that allows you to make a webpage from scratch, except it's not as easy to use on a mobile phone.

At a glance, its features are not as robust or easy to pick up like the previous options, but you can still create objects with a simple double click and drag them around, add text, and insert images or embeds.

Mind you, this launched in the 2010s and has likely stayed that way ever since, which means that it may not have support for mobile phone displays, so whether or not you wanna try your hand at building something on there is completely up to you!

Sadgrl's Layout Editor

sadgrl.online is where I gathered most of these no-code site builders! I highly recommend looking through the webmaster links for more website-building info.

This simple site builder is for use on Neocities, which is a website hosting service that you can start using for free. This is the closest thing to building a site that resembles the early internet days, but the sites you can make are also responsive to mobile devices! This can be a good place to start if this kind of thing is your jam and you have little to no coding experience.

Although I will say, even if it sounds daunting at first, learning how to code in HTML and CSS is one of the most liberating experiences that anyone can have, even if you don't come from a website scripting background. It's like cooking a meal for yourself. So if you want to take that route, then I encourage to you at least try it!

Most of these website builders I reviewed were largely done at a glance, so I'm certainly missing out on how deep they can go.

Oh, and of course as always, Free Palestine 🇵🇸

[titleknown]

Hot Take: I think any platform that lets you "subscribe" to people should have multiple subscription/dashboard feeds to put different people in, so you can put folks who work in mediums that have slower updates (Like, say, animation or giant video essays or huge elaborate hand-drawn stuff) in a place where they don't get drowned out by folks that update nigh-on every day (Let's Players, reviewers, ect).

Hotter Take: Said places should also have a search function that prioritizes material by how often their creator posts, specifically so you can find folks who post infrequently who might get lost in the shuffle.

Hottest Take: I think those should all be a part of a broader unified fight by artists for the right to work at your own pace. Because, in all the panic over AI art and fears of it displacing small online artists with the speed and ease of its production; and the constant forced self-promotion to keep your head above water, I think that is the true core issue and I think that it's worth fighting for unified, as workers.

[sonicattos]

question for website building nerds:

is there a website builder that you can physically design, then convert into html/css code?

the only way i know how to describe it is one that is visually understandable. (the only example i can think of is like carrd but it doesn’t HAVE to be like that just simple like it?? idk)

i want to make my own website (neocites), but it’s hard to do with the disabilities i have. i can design just fine in terms of visual shit, it’s the code that fucks me up. it triggers stress, brain fog, pain, etc.

sorry if this sounds stupid, i’m new at this. don’t tell me any “oh just take the time to learn it” i don’t have the memory power for that.

[o2studies]

༻`` 7 + 8 Feb 24 — Wednesday & Thursday

100 days of productivity 38 + 39/100

Had my chemistry class test today. I already know I got 2 questions wrong but they had small marks. I really hope I do well because I studied for this a lot (9hrs 40 in January and 7hrs 30 in February so far) and at GCSE's I was a straight A/A* student but my class tests so far have been B's, C's and D's which Im really not happy with, and honestly, I'm worried about that.

I did overcome some of those burnout and lazy feelings to study and do homework though so I'm very happy about that. Also about exercising and pushing myself in it 💪 And, while I didn't get up at 5:30 today, I did get up at about 6:15 which is very good progress from about the strat of the year (since which it has been getting progressively worse).

TSJ update:

I think I figured out a layout for the article entries

I'm playing about with the navigation and links and I'm scrapping using html

I invited one of my website devs and updated both of them on the website status

I'm figuring out the tag system

Also I joined a 5 artists 1 palette challenge in December and this was my piece for it: (I'm so so proud of it!!!!)

[psionicblades]

My neocities Website! Im making a blog. Trying at least. give it a look

[aakash3201]

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[clay-pidgeon]

hi what colors come to mind when you think a) france b) jerma and c) serving cunt

[porterdavis]

No, my lack of posting lately has nothing to do with me immersing myself in the New T Swift release. My admiration for her has naught to do with her music.

Instead I have been drawn into the tarpit of coding, specifically, trying to construct a webpage for my daughter. Nothing fancy, but she needs an interactive calendar and a fillable PDF file. Dozens of Youtube videos, innumerable tabs of 'instruction', and hours of frustration as I search for the drop-down menu they assure me is there, and I've thrown in the towel.

I know anyone who does this for a living, or even a serious hobbyist, could knock this out in an hour; I'm approaching 15 hours and the best I have is a Rube Goldbergesque façade that has a few dummy placeholders.

I used to be a ski instructor. I can talk for hours about the workings of the stock market and trading. I was even able to write an Excel program to extract data from the racing form and massage it according to my parameters. But I am unable to do website design and I'm about to browse Fiverr to find someone who can.

As Clint Eastwood said -- "a man's got to know his limitations".

[green5quirrel]

Pronoun Practice Website Idea

TL;DR: Anyone want to make a website like Duo Lingo for learning and becoming proficient at someone else's pronouns?

Dear Trans Programming Community (of which I know is vast) or Allies,

I had this idea the other day of a website where you can plug in someone's pronouns and their name and practice using their name and pronouns in various sentences sort of like Duo Lingo but to learn and become more comfortable with someone's pronouns. (I am not a program savvy person, though I know I could learn. This website idea is quite complex though so I thought if I could outsource it someone might feel inspired.)

Practicing things by saying them out loud has always been helpful in creating new patterns in the brain. And especially pronouns like "they/them" (which are mine) or neo pronouns (which I can definitely use some practice with) it can take a while for the brain to go through the process of replacing the assumed/past pronoun with the correct pronoun every time before it's able to bypass that pattern and be able to connect the person directly with the correct pronoun. (Same way you learn someone's new name.)

I feel like this would be helpful because allies/accomplices and friends often go through that awkward stage of stuttering/guilt (their own) when learning to adjust their language. This website might be able to mitigate that uneasy phase of learning so that the person whose pronoun is being corrected might not have to go through as much public discomfort. (I recently had a coworker who I adore get very angry at being reminded of my pronoun because it triggered the negative way her language was corrected as child by her parents. She wanted to learn my pronouns without being prompted. This website would be an option.)

I suppose one way it could work is to have a page that is basic grammar having to do with the specific pronoun, then a quiz on the grammar. Then have sentences to practice verbally using pronouns and then, last, have fill in the blank sentences where you're expected to choose/fill in the appropriate pronoun and form of that pronoun included with the person's name. (Things could get tricky with people who don't have pronouns and go by their name alone. But I think there could be an option for that as well with some adjustments.)

I feel like the sooner we can teach those willing to learn how to be more comfortable learning pronouns without having to be put on the spot and feeling shame (that is then projected to us, who are the pronoun havers) the sooner it can become a more intrinsic part of our culture and society. And it takes us out of the equation for being in the firing range of those emotions. And it gives power to allies and accomplices to practice that allyship on their own time. So I hope there's an accomplice or trans person who feels led to take this project on. And I'd eventually like to see it in other languages as well!

Thank you for your time!

[acewhitlock]

random but whoever makes text adventures (optionally in website builders like neocities, carrd) i actually love you. like so so much

[codingquill]

I'm currently learning React and I'm taking a 13-hour course. I can't keep this website to myself because it's truly amazing. It's perfect, it's free, and there are other courses out there with much less interaction and smoothness that make you pay a lot.

The website I'm talking about is Scrimba. I highly recommend it for anyone starting their front-end journey. I'm confident that no one will disagree with me on this.

Have a great day! <3

[luipng]

Frutiger Retro/Scrollcore/Sepia grunge/Archive2k/Vintage Web aesthetic websites

[gabe495]

i'm not trying to being mean but as someone who has used both tumblr and twitter. the more i keep trying to get accustomed to the new dashboard, the more i can't help but wonder if this was a layout change that was forced into release without any actual demos or tests with regular tumblr users or even regular twitter users. because the discrepancies in basic menu option accessibility for both twitter's feed (and the feed of its clones) and the old tumblr dashboard are just too frustratingly evident to ignore.

unlike tumblr, almost all twitter's listed menu settings (as shown in the left panel) all open their own page, replacing the timeline; and that includes notifications and messages. outside of one instance, they don't use dialog boxes.

the reason for this design choice immediately becomes obvious when you have tumblr copying the twitter layout and menu panel but still using dialog boxes for activity and messages:

(yes, you can load activity in its own page, but you still have to open the activity dialog box to get there or you navigate through the settings for your blog to get there; rather than the activity page being opened up as the default like on twitter)

obviously when going back to the previous layout, it's not a problem since the dashboard is spaced out and the menu buttons are positioned in the top right corner. so no obstruction of your timeline/posts as it currently stands now.

and going back to the left sidepanel. that one exception to dialog boxes i mentioned that twitter does have, is for listing additional menu options (such as drafts, account settings, etc.); since the left sidepanel is almost completely filled by menu options by this point.

so of course tumblr's approach to this is was to not only copy it anyway and squeeze all the menu options in the side panel, but also force the account options (which had their own dialog box) and the setting options (which were their own page!) into drop-down menus within the side panel. so now the menu list is so long you now have to scroll within in the side-panel to reach those options, which are also constrained in size to fit within the side-panel.

if it's not obvious by this point, i'm really hoping the old dashboard layout comes back sooner rather than later.