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Welcome to Moxie World :D
Displaying [some of] my work from the past two years!! It was real for about 30 minutes then I had to take it down #sad
Moxie for scale under the cut
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
want your site to be cool? here's some fun stuff that i've found blinkies-cafe | fantastic blinkie maker! (run by @transbro & @graphics-cafe) gificities | internet archive of 90s/00s web gifs internet bumper stickers | web bumper stickers momg | gif gallery 99 gif shop | 3d gifs 123 guestbook | add a guestbook for people to leave messages cbox | add a live chat box moon phases | track the phases of the moon gifypet | a little clickable page pet adopt a shroom | mushroom page pet tamaNOTchi | virtual pet crossword puzzle | daily crossword imood | track your mood neko | cute cat that chases your mouse pollcode | custom poll maker website hit counter | track how many visitors you have
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
EDIT: part 2!!
You should have your own website
As an Internet Veteran* and a web developer, I have a lot of strong opinions about the Internet and the direction it's going in.
Now I'm gonna allow myself a rant and hopefully convert at least one of you, and then I'll go back to obsessing over imaginary people. Ok? Ok. *I've been online in one way or other since the late 90s/early 2000s.
Yes, much of the Internet sucks now...
In the beginning, everyone had their own site. Fansites. Art portfolios. Online journals (the word "blog" wasn't invented yet). Lots of weird places you'd stumble upon by link-hopping from site to site.
But of course, as soon as the technology took off, the market noticed. Social media came along and made it easier to create an account on their sites than make something for yourself, so that's what everyone did. And here we are now.
Instead of a million little houses built by passionate individuals and all having streets and pathways linking to each other, we have these massive walled gardens of rented flats built by commercial interest. They're keeping their users like animals in a zoo where everything is an account and a subscription and an ALGORITHM (gods I hate algorithms almost as much as I hate AI) and monetized by taking our data* and using it to show us ever-increasing amounts of ads. *Collecting more data is all this age verification/chat control nonsense is about btw. I don't believe for a second they're actually interested in "protecting children" or anything of the sort.
...but there's still hope
Good news is, the personal non-monetized Internet is still out there. It's just been buried under a fuckton of ad-infested garbage and can be tricky to find.
There are still entire communities of people taking pride in making their own personal websites instead of relying solely on social media.
The main reason is of course because it's plain ol' fun, but another big point is to break out of the zoo. To take back some semblance of control over your digital life and contribute to an Internet that is still made by and for regular people, not for corporations. If we can make websites ourselves, we negate some of the power they hold over us. No need to get quite so devastated when Tumblr/AO3/Meta/etc yet again changes something for the worse if you always have your own site to fall back on.
As neat as it is to have everyone on social media, I wish more people would set aside the time to make their own sites.
We all live online, might as well have your own house. A house you can build however you want and can be taken down and moved somewhere else should the need arise.
"But but but my audience..?"
Yeah, sure, the zoos are useful for meeting people and getting your work seen. I'm here too, aren't I? I understand you want to be where most of the eyes are. What I'm getting at is: YOU SHOULD HAVE BOTH!
Use whatever to network and find your friends and fans - but don't put all your digital eggs in one corporate basket. Just like you sync your phone to the cloud and back up your hard drive (you are backing up your hard drive, right? Right?!) you should back up your creations and post them somewhere where you have control over them. Somewhere people can see your things without having to sign up for another bloody account.
While I realise I make webweaving sound like some activism thing, it really is a cool hobby.
I can't overstate how fun and rewarding it is to have your own place on the Internet! ❣️ Poking around with the layout and content and learning how it all works under the hood. ❣️ The thrill when you wrangle the browser into submission and get it to work exactly how you want it ❣️ Making friends and trading knowledge with other web-weavers ❣️ Not to mention the pride of showing the link to people like "yeah, I made this. And I made the website it is on too 😎"
It's beyond worth it for the skills you learn and the people you meet! At least think about it, please.
"But I can't code or design, how would I even make a website? It's too much work"
Can you take a prewritten text document and edit it? That's all you need to start. Can you edit your Tumblr theme? Shit, you're halfway there already.
Creating a simple personal site really doesn't have to be that complicated.
There are boatloads of free ready-made layouts and templates you can edit and free graphics so you don't have to start from scratch. Many websites don't even have graphics at all. There are also free content management systems that, once set up, allows you to edit most things without any coding at all. Installing, say, WordPress takes 5 minutes if even that.
Not to mention the myriad of very beginner-friendly tutorials and even real live people to ask.
Us personal web enthusiasts are THRILLED whenever someone new wants to join our ranks and most will fall over themselves trying to help. We're here for you. Hell, I'm here for you. My DMs are always open, don't hesitate to give me a shout if you wanna talk websites 🤝 (or previously mentioned imaginary people, I'm not fussy haha)
A few links to get you started:
32bit.cafe is a community of personal web enthusiasts and a great place to start. They have a massive list of resources and you can join the forum or discord if you want to chat with people.
Sadgrl has a lot of guides and resources too.
Pixel Shannon's guide to making your own website
Neocities is a free host and also has some community features
check out the web revival tag right here on Tumblr
More about the personal web movement:
Intro to the web revival by Melon
The IndieWeb community
Hello, world, I have a solution to the Internet problem
Visit MelonLand's Surf Club for loads of examples of personal websites
Now, go build your house. And then send me the link. I'm not joking, I really do want to see what you come up with!
Come see my silly website!
Hey gang, check it out! I have launched my personal site! Why not come visit? It is also my birthday, which means you are all legally required to come see it. Sorry, you have to do it. It's the law. /j /silly
On my site you can come see all the graphics I've made! It's blinkies, stamps, favicons, dividers, tileable backgrounds, and more! This is now the most cohesive place for my graphics, and has lots I haven't posted anywhere else. There are way more here than you'd expect! You might even find something you've seen before but not known the source. Here's some that I see people using/reposting often
I have twenty thousand more, so why not take a look see? You might find something you want!
On my site is also my toy box, which is my ongoing collection of graphics from other people!
I have a blog, too! Yapper's gotta yap, what can I say?
There is also a paint page! Here you can go draw a picture on-site! It's a bit janky, but I'm very happy it works at all.
And, that's about everything substantial here. This is my site at it's bare minimum. There's so much more I want to add, but for now it's at least functional and fun. Also, while some pages are little weird on mobile, it’s actually mostly mobile friendly. So you have no excuse! You must come see it, because it would be so awesome... it would be so kewl...
LonelyCoconut.net
Neocities profile
it seems like website building is about to have a boom, let me share my favorite resource of all time!!
sadgrl.online
this is a website packed to the brim with website building goodies , including a website layout maker that is the easiest and most user friendly maker i’ve encountered! perfect for creating your own neocities (it’s free!!) , the code even has helpful tips in it for those new to html/css!
i also recommend w3schools.com for quick and easy to follow chunks of html/css tutorials! gifcities is a goldmine for old neocities era gifs, and blinkies cafe is perfect for making your own blinkies!
i can’t wait to see everyone’s websites in the coming weeks and months! remember, it’s fine to take it slow and let it look silly, that’s always been the point of websites like this :]
ps check out our neocities and feel free to drop yours in the replies :]
Inside pages of a zine on building your own website. I got almost halfway through (some of these pages are incomplete, as you can tell by awkward white spaces) and stopped working on it months ago, but maybe I should finish it.
free html templates 💤.•📎.★🌀.•
a list of cute free html/css website layouts i found on createblog.com !!
-https://www.createblog.com/website-templates/36207-kawaii-collage/ ⭐️
-https://www.createblog.com/website-templates/24811-ojamajo-doremi-dance/ ⭐️
-https://www.createblog.com/website-templates/35973-flower-power/ ⭐️
-https://www.createblog.com/website-templates/26956-thinking-of-you-always/ ⭐️
-https://www.createblog.com/website-templates/26507-euphoric--oasis/ ⭐️
-https://www.createblog.com/website-templates/27780-eternal.bliss./ ⭐️
-https://www.createblog.com/website-templates/26506-moogle-accessory-shop/
-https://www.createblog.com/website-templates/33198-chocolate-pudding-love--neskaya.net/
-https://www.createblog.com/website-templates/33210-dbsk-take-the-stage/
-https://www.createblog.com/website-templates/33208-royal-love/
-https://www.createblog.com/website-templates/33079-..-animeshare-/
-https://www.createblog.com/website-templates/31855-autumnsunsets-v4/
-https://www.createblog.com/website-templates/28038-sam-and-mikaela-transformers/
-https://www.createblog.com/website-templates/27284-in-your-bones/
-https://www.createblog.com/website-templates/18821-hilary-duff/
-https://www.createblog.com/website-templates/18760-burning-passion/
-https://www.createblog.com/website-templates/19524-jessica-pretty-in-pink/
-https://www.createblog.com/website-templates/19253-snow-princess/
-https://www.createblog.com/website-templates/19703-our-emerald-romance/
-https://www.createblog.com/website-templates/20022-lets-frolick/
-https://www.createblog.com/website-templates/22492-my-fairy-tale/
-https://www.createblog.com/website-templates/22158-sweet-melody-of-love/
-https://www.createblog.com/website-templates/24255-wormy/
-https://www.createblog.com/website-templates/24009-spongi/
-https://www.createblog.com/website-templates/24442-wish-by-beautyful/
-https://www.createblog.com/website-templates/25265-verb/