Web Design
1378 sites
https://cvrsed.neocities.org/
A mysterious splash-page entry site by cvrsed, teasing a collection of computer-themed trinkets, orbs, and curiosities. The minimal landing page invites visitors to click through into what promises to be a whimsical old-web personal space.
https://cool-links.neocities.org/
A curated link collection by a self-described noob exploring the small web, featuring microsites, blogs, personal websites, and resources that inspired the creator to build their own site. The directory celebrates the indie web ethos with sections for smallweb discoveries, video game recommendations, and Firefox extensions.
https://mezlux.neocities.org/
Mez's Nexus is a handcrafted personal site on Neocities with a desktop-focused layout featuring a custom menu system and a button panel showcasing web badges. The site is still under active construction, giving it that classic early-web work-in-progress charm.
https://scottohara.me/writing
Scott O'Hara's writing archive covers web accessibility, HTML semantics, and ARIA in depth, with articles spanning over a decade of hands-on front-end development experience. Posts tackle nuanced topics like custom UI components, dialog elements, visually hidden content, and popover accessibility, making it an invaluable resource for developers serious about inclusive web design.
https://simonc.remotes.club/
Simon C's personal blog on the remotes.club tilde community chronicles his move to work remotely from San Pancho, Mexico, while reflecting on his history with old-school web development communities like evolt.org. The site blends personal travel updates with a lo-fi, experimental web ethos inspired by tilde.club, making it a charming snapshot of the indie web revival of the mid-2010s.
http://webmaster-tool.co.uk/
A large free graphics archive offering over 5,300 downloadable web design assets including animated flags, page borders, backgrounds, counter digits, bullets, and webpage templates. The site also provides free WordPress themes, a text editor tool, and resellable software, making it a practical toolkit for webmasters building old-school websites.
http://tane.us/
t8ne is an extremely minimal personal page with almost no visible content beyond its own title. The sparse presentation and short URL suggest a placeholder or under-construction personal site with little substantive old-web material.
https://thesitewizard.com/
TheSiteWizard.com, created by Christopher Heng, offers an extensive library of free tutorials covering everything from registering a domain name and choosing a web host to HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, and monetizing a website. A go-to reference for beginners and intermediate webmasters alike, the site organizes hundreds of plain-English articles across topics like search engine optimization, blogging, and server configuration.
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://www.marginalia.nu/
Viktor Lofgren is a Swedish software engineer who built Marginalia, an independent search engine and suite of web tools focused on discovering obscure and interesting corners of the old web. The site includes a weblog, an encyclopedia, a similar-website finder, release notes, and thoughtful essays on search engines, programming, and web culture.