Web Design
1378 sites
https://gabriel-export.earth/html-energy-webring
The HTML Energy Webring connects 29 member sites united by the HTML Energy movement, celebrating the handcrafted, expressive side of the indie web. Built with OnionRing.js and inspired by the ethos that the open web is still alive, this ring offers a curated portal into personal and creative sites made with raw HTML enthusiasm.
https://smoothsailing.asclaria.org/
Smooth Sailing Listings is a web directory cataloging sites of all kinds, from personal pages and fanlistings to pixel art, role-playing games, and writings. Part of the Asclaria umbrella, it organizes submissions into clearly defined categories and offers tools for submitting and editing your own links.
https://angelfishes.neocities.org/
Angelfishes is a personal site by a creator who blends resources, art, radio interests, and a love of fish into one handcrafted corner of the web. The content warnings hint at a quirky, macabre aesthetic, and the meta description promises a mix of creative and hobbyist topics with fish as a unifying theme.
http://adab08.care4free.net/iotuk.htm
A frames-based personal site hosted on the free web hosting service Madasafish, offering a glimpse into the early web era of personal homepages. Unfortunately the content is inaccessible without frames support, leaving the actual subject matter a mystery beyond the sparse title text.
https://warp.zone/
Warp Zone is a charming personal homepage by Nullcasting, built around their own creative world called 'the Warp' and featuring sections for personal info, a starviewer, a songlist, and a devlog. The site has a retro web aesthetic with pixel graphics, background GIFs, and custom fonts, making it a fun example of old-web style personal expression.
https://benisland.neocities.org/petpet
A browser-based petpet GIF generator that lets you animate any image with the classic internet "petpet" hand pat effect, with controls for size, speed, squish, and flip. Built by a Neocities creator, it supports mouse, touch, and keyboard input and can export the finished animated GIF directly in your browser.
https://123searchengines.tripod.com/se_manual.htm
A practical guide to manual search engine submission and SEO techniques from the early web era, covering how to submit sites to Google, AltaVista, MSN, and dozens of other search engines. The site includes tips on meta tags, keyword optimization, ranking improvement, and avoiding penalties from automated submission tools.
https://hotsocket.fyi/
HotSocket.fyi is a minimalist personal landing page with an ASCII art logo and a playful techie personality, linking out to a dictionary, cool stuff, last.fm status, and social profiles. The site runs on Deno and leans into a whimsical, old-web-meets-modern-stack aesthetic.
https://viggy.ayoni.net/
Viggy (also known as Ayoni) has built a quirky personal corner of the web complete with a virtual pet tamagotchi, an RSS feed, and an invitation to join the 'ViggyClub.' The site has a playful old-web aesthetic with custom buttons, badges, and a cheeky title aimed at IT admins.
https://danielprindii.com/blog/a-community-of-blogrolls
Daniel Prindii is a content strategist and community designer based in Romania and Italy who writes about the indie web, blogging culture, and digital community building. This particular post explores the history and community potential of blogrolls, tracing their evolution from static link lists to dynamic RSS-powered feeds.