Web Design
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https://lamaquinadeturing.su/en/2024/08/the-case-for-a-better-web
La màquina de Turing is a thoughtful multilingual blog that curates essays, manifestos, and projects advocating for a better, more open web, pushing back against surveillance capitalism and platform enshittification. The post featured here collects influential voices like Cory Doctorow and Molly White into a living resource for anyone who misses the creative freedom of the early web.
https://harbourgirl.nekoweb.org/
Harbour Girl is the personal website of an amateur web developer, featuring a handcrafted old-web aesthetic with webrings including the No AI Webring. The splash page hints at a blog and personal content within, designed for desktop viewing on a 1920x1080 monitor.
https://ventablack.neocities.org/
Ventablack is a password-protected personal site with a stylized Japanese-titled landing page, rated 14+ for heavy images, bright colors, and flashing GIFs. The site is built for 1920x1080 desktop viewing and hints at a curated, visually intense experience behind its login gate.
https://meta-ring.hedy.dev/
The Meta Ring is a webring created by ~hedy that connects personal website owners who write about their own site's design, technology choices, and creation process in dedicated colophon or /meta pages. It celebrates the craft of intentional personal web building and links a community of people who document and share their workflows, tools, and design philosophies.
https://ol1vi4s-corner.neocities.org/
Olivia's Rainbow Locker is a curated archive of web graphics including dividers, blinkies, stamps, buttons, and dolls collected from Tumblr, Pinterest, and vintage web sources. The site also offers free layouts inspired by 2000s and 2010s aesthetics, making it a handy resource for anyone building their own retro-style webpage.
https://digital-girl.net/
Digital Girl Designs is a small web design studio by Kirryn, focused on creating code resources and design fancies for the indie and small web community. The site positions itself as a boutique source for web design tools and snippets tailored to personal and hobbyist websites.
https://cs.sjoy.lol/
CSS JOY is a webring created by Sara for developers and hobbyists who love experimenting with CSS, connecting old-web enthusiasts who take pride in crafting their own stylesheets. The site provides navigation links and ready-to-use code snippets for members to add to their sites, celebrating the resurgence of handcrafted web design outside of social media algorithms.
https://docs.oldmartijntje.nl/900-The-Archive/old-web-trowback
OldMartijntje's archive page pays tribute to the old web, featuring a Hotline Webring connection and a nostalgic look back at early internet culture. Hosted via Quartz and linked to a personal GitHub, this minimal but charming page is part of a larger personal documentation site.
http://blog.webkitchen.cz/view-selection-source
Jakub Roztočil's PUBLOG hosts a practical JavaScript bookmarklet called 'View Selection Source' that lets Opera browser users inspect the HTML source of any selected page element, mirroring a feature Firefox had natively. The post walks through three installation methods including User JavaScript and bookmarklet options, complete with syntax highlighting configuration and customization details for web developers.
https://shenanigans.neocities.org/
France La'Lune's Shenanigans is a personal creative hub focused on sharing coding creations, free website decorations, and old-web styled layouts that others can use and remix. Highlights include a Code Catalog of shareable HTML and CSS snippets, a Website Deco page with button links and fonts, and a newsletter documenting ongoing site improvements.