Web Design
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https://terribleideas.neocities.org/
Brad (terribleideas) created a fun CSS experiment showcasing custom HTML-like tags that replicate old-web text effects like blink, sparkle, shudder, rumble, and marching ants. The site offers a hotlinkable stylesheet (badideas.css) so others can add these whimsical text animations to their own pages.
https://toastforlife.neocities.org/links
Toastforlife is a quirky Neocities personal site themed around toast, offering a links page packed with old-web resources including free graphics, guestbooks, button makers, and retro GIF collections. The site has a playful 90s aesthetic with dancing toast imagery, a webring, and curated tools for building your own vintage-style webpage.
https://mattmcadams.com/
Matt McAdams is a UX designer and front-end developer who shares his design work, code projects, and thoughts on technology, accessibility, and the inclusive web. The site includes a projects section, a reading list, a colophon detailing the site's technical construction, and even a 'what's in my bag' page that reflects his interest in the stories objects tell.
http://iampaddy.com/lifebelow600
Irish UX and web designer Paddy Donnelly argues against the outdated 'above the fold' rule in web design, making a case for scrolling, white space, and readable layouts. The article is a concise, opinionated piece that challenges conventional client demands and encourages designers to prioritize quality content over cramming everything into the top of a page.
https://yourtilde.com/
Tilde.club is a shared Unix server and community hub where users get personal tilde accounts to host their own pages on the old-web internet. With thousands of active and historical user accounts, a wiki, forge, NNTP, and chat, it is one of the most established nodes in the broader tildeverse network.
https://razzpixel.ca/
RazzPixel's Villa is a charming Neocities-hosted personal homepage featuring webrings, a virtual pet, and an old-web aesthetic. The site serves as a landing page hub for RazzPixel's online presence, inviting visitors to enter their digital space.
https://immibis.com/outlinks
The outlinks page of immibis.com is a curated collection of links to technical blogs, Hacker News, privacy tools, and real-world Berlin locations, maintained as a deliberate act of supporting the independent web. The selection leans heavily toward Linux sysadmin writing, reverse engineering, computer graphics, and functional programming resources, making it a useful jumping-off point for technically minded visitors.
https://sleepydev.neocities.org/posts/5%20Ways%20to%20make%20your%20Neocities%20site%20more%20accessible
Sleepydev offers practical web accessibility tips aimed at Neocities and small-web creators who hand-code their own sites. The article covers five concrete techniques including semantic HTML, focus styling, and accessible image alt text, with clear examples and tool recommendations like the Wave accessibility scanner.
https://northtemple.com/1608
Northtemple is a design blog run by a group of designers at the LDS Church, featuring practical web accessibility guidance including a well-regarded checklist by Aaron Cannon aimed at organizations with large teams of developers. The site tackles real-world challenges of scaling accessibility practices across hundreds of developers without requiring deep expertise, making it a useful reference for web professionals.
https://kevinmarks.com/
Kevin Marks is a co-founder of Microformats and IndieWeb advocate whose personal site serves as a living archive of his tech talks, live notes, essays, and web tools spanning decades. The site features notes from conferences like XOXO and IndieWebCamp alongside tools like SVG Share and Noter Live, reflecting a deep commitment to open web standards and decentralized publishing.