Web Design
1378 sites
https://blog.neocities.org/blog/2013/05/28/making-the-web-fun-again
Kyle Drake, founder of Neocities, lays out his vision for reviving the free, creative, personal web in this 2013 manifesto blog post. Drawing on the history of GeoCities, the dot-com bubble, and corporate web consolidation, he argues for a community-driven alternative that makes personal website creation fun and accessible again.
https://chaox.ro/
Chaox is a small community built around the philosophy of a free, decentralized, and minimal web, proudly serving pages without JavaScript, tracking, or ads. Run by Ty3r0X and hosted on a self-managed VPS, the site offers services, a zine, and a webring for like-minded old-web enthusiasts.
https://copyheart.org/
Copyheart.org promotes a simple philosophy that copying creative works is an act of love, not theft, offering the Copyheart symbol as an informal declaration that a creator wants their work freely copied and shared. Created by Nina, this minimal manifesto-style site challenges traditional copyright thinking and positions itself as a friendly alternative to complex free license frameworks like Creative Commons.
https://healerboy1004.neocities.org/
Wetware is a stylishly minimal personal site by healerboy1004, optimized for widescreen displays and active since early 2022. The sparse structure and atmospheric title suggest a work-in-progress personal space with a retro-web aesthetic sensibility.
https://css3.info/preview
CSS3.info is a dedicated reference and preview site documenting the emerging features of CSS3, covering modules like borders, backgrounds, color, text effects, and selectors as they rolled out across major browsers. With over 55 CSS3 preview entries, tutorials, browser compatibility coverage, and module status tracking, it served as an essential hub for web developers keeping pace with the evolving CSS specification.
https://www.laurennishizaki.com/projects/2018/04/personal-website
Lauren Nishizaki documents how she built her personal website from scratch using Jekyll, covering her journey from Blogspot frustration to a fully self-hosted static site with a travel blog, photo gallery, and projects section. The writeup is a detailed technical walkthrough touching on CSS, HTML, hosting with Digital Ocean and Caddy, domain setup with Namecheap, and the resources that helped her learn web development.
https://lile5ko.me/
A work-in-progress personal homepage by lile5ko featuring a blog, fanlistings collection, and a music player showing what they're currently listening to. The site participates in the Webmaster Webring and has a charming early-web aesthetic with buttons and personal content still being built out.
https://rec0de.net/var/papertiles
Paper Tiles offers a collection of hand-crafted tileable background images derived from public-domain wallpaper patterns sourced via Historic New England, perfect for adding texture to websites. Each tile is available in large and small JPG formats with source files provided, and visitors can contribute new tiles via GitLab.
https://dmitry.khlebnikov.net/2020/05/10/wrap-indicator-in-pre-blocks
Dmitry Khlebnikov's technical blog 'Mind Drops' features a deep-dive post on creating a pure CSS wrap indicator for code blocks, solving a responsiveness problem with PrismJS syntax-highlighted pre elements. The post walks through the author's custom CSS solution using div wrappers, pseudo-elements, and a clip trick, along with a bonus PrismJS plugin developed to integrate the approach.
https://webcreationsbyjumpy.blogspot.com/
Jumpy's site is a friendly web resource offering free GIFs, backgrounds, cursor scripts, marquee scripts, and basic HTML tutorials written in plain English for beginners. Created by a hobbyist from Alberta, Canada, it aims to save visitors from endless searching by collecting helpful tools, free graphics, and curated links all in one place.