Web Design
1378 sites
https://pionilaakso.neocities.org/
Peony Valley is a lovingly crafted old-web tribute site by a creator who spent years learning CSS to finally build the early-2000s homepage they always dreamed of. With a Y2K aesthetic, webrings, a button wall, and sections for personal interests, it channels the nostalgic charm of early Geocities-era personal pages.
https://box464.com/posts/style-switchers
Jeff Sikes writes about the retro magic of CSS style switchers, walking readers through how to implement multiple themes and skins on a website beyond just dark mode. The post includes code examples, references to alternative stylesheets, and practical implementation options ranging from React components to CSS-only solutions.
https://robert.accettura.com/blog/2007/01/20/secrets-in-websites
Robert Accettura's tech blog digs into the hidden easter eggs, jokes, and quirks that developers embed in website source code, HTTP headers, and HTML doctypes. The post examines real-world examples from Yahoo, Digg, Slashdot, IBM, and others, making it a fun and nerdy tour through the secret side of web development.
https://lookaround123.com/
Phil Viger of Meriden, Connecticut built this sprawling 166-page web portal packed with over 4,500 categorized bookmarks, MIDI music, HTML design tips, cartoons, and a wide range of curated internet resources. A true artifact of the mid-to-late 1990s web, it serves as both a personal homepage and a hand-crafted link directory covering everything from search engines to sports to education.
https://jackomix.neocities.org/
Jackomix is the personal Neocities homepage of a long-time community member who has been on the platform since 2016 and runs a popular Neocities Discord server. The site serves as a creative outlet covering interests like music, programming, writing, drawing, and video-making, with a freshly redesigned layout as of 2021.
https://nocss.club/
The No CSS Club is a curated directory of websites that deliberately use no CSS, no style attributes, and no JavaScript, celebrating the stripped-down simplicity of pure HTML on the modern web. It makes a tongue-in-cheek philosophical argument that real information needs no styling, and invites visitors to submit qualifying sites to its growing list.
https://perfectsite.neocities.org/
A pointed, satirical manifesto about the principles of good web design, arguing that lightweight, accessible, and readable sites are inherently superior to bloated, over-engineered ones. The site itself serves as a live demonstration of its own philosophy, loading in near-zero kilobytes while covering performance, responsiveness, accessibility, HTTPS, and semantic HTML.
https://nomaakip.xyz/
Nomaakip's personal homepage on a custom domain features a modular layout with boxes for status updates, webrings, site stats, and contact links, all built with a clear love of old-web aesthetics. The creator also offers a tool called nekocards, a beta image card generator for Nekoweb sites, giving the page a light resource dimension alongside the personal content.
https://lostfocus.de/
Dominik Schwind's personal blog and linkblog, LostFocus, features weeknotes, morning earworm entries, and curated links spanning music, tech, and internet culture. The site embraces IndieWeb principles with RSS feeds, Fediverse/Mastodon integration, and a blogroll in progress.
https://squishiis-dumpspace.nekoweb.org/
Squishii's Dump Space is a personal Nekoweb site currently in early construction, offering a heads-up about its neon red link colors, slow-moving GIFs, and mobile layout quirks. The site is just getting started, with the creator noting that page creation will be gradual.