Web Design
1378 sites
https://760ceb3b9c0ba4872cadf3ce35a7a494.neocities.org/
A minimal personal homepage on Neocities with an old-web aesthetic, featuring a single entry portal and participation in the FediRing and Hacker WebRing communities. The site is essentially a landing page shell, with very little content beyond its welcoming splash page.
https://mikemai.net/blog/2024/11/01/you-are-not-a-css-dev-if-you-have-not-made-a-css-reset.html
Mike Mai's technical blog dives into CSS development with a focus on minimal, thoughtful approaches to web styling, including a detailed breakdown of his personal CSS reset and typesetting conventions. The post reflects Mai's background as a graphic designer, exploring font kerning, anti-aliasing, and box-sizing with practical code examples and a Codepen template.
https://thegreatcatsby.neocities.org/
The Great Catsby is a charming personal Neocities site by a creator named Vincent, built with a floral aesthetic and filled with CSS learning notes, webrings, and decorative old-web elements. The page source doubles as an informal CSS tutorial with inline comments linking to W3Schools references, making it a fun snapshot of someone learning web design in public.
https://iamcal.com/misc/fonts/pixfonttut/part1.php
Cal Henderson's detailed tutorial walks through creating pixel fonts from scratch using Font Creator Program, covering FUnit math, Em-Square calculations, and cross-platform rendering differences between Windows and macOS. With over 334,000 downloads and a multi-part guide including Fontographer-specific instructions, this is a practical technical reference for anyone interested in designing their own bitmap or pixel fonts.
https://anders.thoresson.se/post/2025/01/blog-question-challenge-2025
Anders Thoresson, a Swedish technology reporter and communication strategist, reflects on his decade-plus blogging journey in this "Blog Question Challenge 2025" post, covering his history with platforms like WordPress, Ghost, and Eleventy. The site digs into the IndieWeb philosophy, static site generators, and the personal motivations behind maintaining an independent blog, making it a thoughtful read for anyone interested in the craft of blogging and web publishing.
https://kid-koda.neocities.org/
Kid Koda's personal Neocities site greets visitors with a retro-styled splash page that sets expectations for a handcrafted, desktop-optimized web experience. The site is an ongoing work-in-progress, built with a focus on learning HTML, CSS, and JS from scratch in the old-web tradition.
https://marcus.io/feed
Marcus writes in-depth technical and conceptual articles about web accessibility, covering topics like WCAG guidelines, ARIA roles, focus indicators, and certifications such as the IAAP Web Accessibility Specialist. The blog is a thoughtful resource for accessibility professionals, blending practical guidance with broader reflections on the field.
https://werbach.com/homepages.html
Kevin Werbach's home page link directory collects submissions from visitors around the world, ranging from personal sites to small clubs and niche interest pages. A snapshot of late-1990s web culture, it includes submission dates and brief descriptions, offering a fascinating glimpse into the eclectic diversity of early personal homepages.
https://brutalistwebsites.com/
Brutalist Websites is a curated gallery showcasing websites that embrace the brutalist design philosophy, celebrating raw, uncomfortable, and unconventional web aesthetics as a counterpoint to polished mainstream design. With over a thousand examples from studios, artists, and creative projects, it serves as both an archive and a manifesto for a distinct school of web design thinking.
https://janlukas.blog/
Jan-Lukas Else writes a personal blog mixing tech topics like self-hosting, email servers, and decentralized social networks with everyday life updates about cycling and the outdoors. The site participates in the IndieWeb Webring and features bilingual content in English and German, making it a genuine slice of the indie web ethos.