art fight is here!!! i didnt bookmark anything in advance because ive been frantically trying to finish my character pages 😞 feel free to check out my girls (and be on the lookout for my funny monster who is on the way)
everyone's afraid of looking busted everyone's afraid of making mistakes everyone's afraid of looking stupid everyone's afraid of embarrassment everyone's afraid of imperfections because of the damn PANOPTICON that is current society and it's fucking STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i honestly don't really understand why "some people prefer watching gameplay online rather than playing games themselves" is treated as such a taboo when being a spectator is considered a pretty mundane way to engage with most sports, game shows, reality tv or even just like. chess.
It's ArtFight!! Same deal as always, these are free to use anywhere. I appreciate credit either here or to ~baubleBee on ArtFight. Below the cut is a link to the Ko-Fi download for the files and some instructions on how to use!
My banner designs for Art Fight 2026, Team Comedy, Team Mystery, and Team Tragedy. Upon download, you get a zip file containing one png and
I recommend using Imgur for these if you want to paste them into your bbcode. Tumblr does weird stuff to them if you use a link from here.
TO ADD TO YOUR PROFILE WITH BBCODE:
In your profile editor, find the little image insertion tool and paste the link to whatever banner you want! They can then be resized as desired right from there.
lallys.carrd.co : blinkies, stamps, dividers, and other resources
Bugleeblinkie.carrd.co : blinkies, and 3 very special gifs at the end ;)
unshinesblinkies.carrd.co : blinkies
The 88x31 GIF Collection : buttons. there are 5 parts! huge collection!
Bonnibel's Graphic Collection : blinkies
WELCOME TO GIFCITY : blinkies, dividers, favicons, stamps
cass-tastrophe.carrd.co : blinkies, stamps
kotatsuOS : blinkies
Cute web graphics : blinkies, stamps, dividers, and a LOT of other graphics, all very cute
⇩ some html tools! + tags below cut ⇩
MDN (mozilla.org) : if you're just starting out like me this is super helpful
HTML Tutorial (w3schools.com): same here! (offers other programming languages as well!)
Accessibility Checker(Free Scan) : a site you can use to check accessibility/ADA compliance when making your website! it will point out what needs to be changed. it is free, but they also offer paid services if you need more help
imagecolorpicker.com : hex code picker. i use this one because you can upload an image, paste clipboard, OR type in the website and it'll grab a screenshot for you! something simple that was made really well.
cssgradient.io : helps you make css gradients for backgrounds or whatever else you need them for
smartgb.com : a free guestbook service
FC2 Counter! : free "site visits" and "online now" counters. fully customizable
Unclosed Tag Checker by Alicia Ramirez : does as it says, checks for unclosed tags (although I recommend using a program that does this as you write anyways. I use Visual Studio Code.
Status Cafe : an updateable and embeddable status that you can stick anywhere on your site! it is mostly customizable with CSS but I have noticed a few small quirks with it
my tagging system :))
#graphics
#blinkies
#stamps
#buttons
#dividers
#html/css
#resources
#code
e10's web (neocities.org) <- shameless site plug. show it some love :P
This list's been in the works for a while. Here's the things I find most useful for getting started with HTML, along with every free template I could find. If you have any others that you think I should include, please leave a comment on my site!
Easy copy-paste for common HTML stuff
Sadgrl's HTML Cheatsheet covers everything useful!
Learning The Ropes
I'm no expert, I'm still learning myself. But one thing I can tell you: HTML isn't as hard to learn as it may seem on the outside! I was originally very hesitant to dive in because of ADHD and other things, but I was pleasantly surprised that I was able to pick up on stuff through a mix of reading tutorials and trying things on my own. Dive in!!
W3Schools: The ULTIMATE resource when it comes to this stuff, you NEED W3schools in your life! They have easy to understand resources like tutorials, which usually come with editable live examples so you can understand what changing one part of the code would do. Resources are available for HTML, CSS, Javascript, SQL, etc!
Free Templates
Sadgrl's Layout Builder: A browser layout builder that lets you somewhat customize a layout for your Neocities! And of course, you can then edit it and further customize your site.
PetraPixel's Layout Generator: A layout maker with lots of accessibility options and a very clean interface.
Wikitable: Comprehensive and fun layout to make a pseudo-Wiki page in HTML!
44x50: A user who's made a really awesome Wiki-style template for storing information about your OCs and has more templates on the way.
Templaterr: Some great and very basic layouts, excellent for learning as you go.
Eggramen: A bunch of CSS stylesheets with simple HTML test pages. Has layouts for some specific types, too, like fanlistings, webcomics, etc.
Rarebit: The most popular free layout for a Neocities webcomic, and for good reason! It's really good.
Repth's Themes: A whole bunch of great layouts.
Angel's Layouts: Some layouts and then some simple base codes.
Almost Sweet: Sweet templates!
Neothemes: 2 free layouts.
Adilene: Several cute and compact layouts for Neocities, along with other code bits.
Zonelets: A simple and free engine for a blog.
MyRoom: Super cute simple layout with a calendar.
Silly Space: Aesthetic 2 sidebar site layout.
Teppy's Layouts: Several really aesthetically pleasing layouts.
Theme-Hunter is intended for Tumblr theme and page codes, but the vast majority of page codes can be used off Tumblr and will look pretty nice! (Not any pages which inherently depend on Tumblr of course, like all-in-ones and following pages.) Just make sure to read any TOS provided by the code's creator, as some people specifically don't want their codes used for this, some explicitly allow it, etc.
Even More Stuff
#html and #neocities: Tags on my blog for HTML templates and Neocities templates/resources I've reblogged.
Codepen: A site for people to share and show off their projects in various languages. Not everything is free to take, but a lot of it is. Check the licenses/description and stuff, and you can find some really interesting website templates and code snippets. It also comes with a browser code editor to let you test things live. (I made a list of some of my favorites once.)Sadgrl's Webmaster Resources: Huge list of useful resources.
Loveberry: Borders, a calendar, and other code snippets.
PetraPixel's Widgets: Last.fm and Status.cafe snippets.
Createblog: A vintage free layout website which is still up as of 2025, but doesn't seem to have been updated since 2012. You can find free HTML and CSS layouts from 2009-2012, and the majority of them could totally still be used, but you need to know a tiny bit of HTML so you can understand how to increase the size of things to make it accessible and sized for a modern day resolution, along with any other small tweaks it may need. I've used layouts from here a couple times and fixed them up on my own and found it very fun.
Please enjoy!
This is a post version of the HTML page on my Neocities, which I will be continually updating, so check there :)