Web Design
1304 sites
https://pawziesden.nekoweb.org/
Pawzie's Den is a personal Nekoweb homepage currently under construction while its creator remakes the entire layout. The site features webrings including the Retronaut Webring and the No AI Webring, hinting at an old-web enthusiast community presence.
https://a-website-is-a-room.net/
Created as an undergraduate thesis project by Nancy Wu, this thoughtful site explores the idea that websites function as rooms offering shelter, quiet, and gathering, drawing on thinkers like Mindy Seu and Legacy Russell. Visitors can submit URLs of websites they find restful or meaningful, contributing to a live communal feed that celebrates the web as a lived, habitable space.
https://chrisdeluca.me/
Chris DeLuca's personal site blends short-form micro-posts about movies, music, and daily life with longform technical writing, including a detailed piece on advanced CSS custom properties from a Florida Drupal Camp talk. The mix of web development expertise and casual cultural commentary makes it a genuinely interesting read for both developers and curious browsers.
https://atapi.space/
Atapi's Domain is a lovingly crafted old-web personal homepage built with a retro 1024x768 aesthetic, complete with tacky GIFs, autoplay music, and legacy browser support. The site leans heavily into classic web nostalgia with features like Oneko, randomized page elements, and a proudly "WEB-14" content rating.
https://www.fauxtrots.com/
Emily is a frontend developer and Recurse Center alum who built this personal site with SvelteKit to showcase her projects, blog, and thoughts on technology's role in society. The projects section is impressively diverse, spanning colorful visual tools, games, and utilities, all paired with a blog covering topics like LoRa networking, YAML parsing, and tech burnout.
https://rainy.gay/
Cinnabar Rain is the personal corner of Dime, a creative who built this site to organize and share their ongoing projects, shrines, and other small works in progress. A standout feature is the elaborate style switcher offering multiple named themes including 'inside a dream factory' and 'desert bloom', making the site itself a showcase of thoughtful web craftsmanship.
https://cosmic-kiko.neocities.org/
Cosmic Kiko's welcoming landing page greets visitors with friendly reminders to stretch, hydrate, and snack before entering the site. The page is a classic old-web style splash screen with a warm personal touch, optimized for desktop Chrome browsers.
https://w3.org/Provider/Style/URI
Tim Berners-Lee's classic 1998 essay from W3C argues that well-designed URIs should never change, outlining the practical and philosophical reasons why link rot happens and how to avoid it. A foundational piece of web architecture thinking that remains essential reading for anyone designing URLs for long-term stability.
https://hotlinewebring.club/
Hotline Webring is a modern revival of the classic 1990s webring concept, connecting independent personal websites so visitors can discover new and lesser-known corners of the web. It offers an easy join process and maintains a growing directory of member sites spanning Neocities pages, blogs, and personal homepages.
https://teppyslayouts.neocities.org/
Teppy's Layouts & Tips offers a growing collection of handcrafted, old-web-inspired HTML layouts that visitors can freely copy, modify, and use for their own sites. Each layout has a distinct creative personality, ranging from terminal-style windows to dreamy picnic themes, making this a genuinely fun resource for anyone building a personal site with old-web charm.