Web Design
1378 sites
https://genosadness.neocities.org/
A hauntingly minimal Neocities page with an atmospheric, almost poetic welcome text evoking the feeling of surfing the old web. Nearly empty in content, it appears to be a landing shell or work-in-progress with little more than evocative prose and a single navigational link.
https://din0r4wr.neocities.org/
Din0r4wr's Neocities site is currently under reconstruction, with a splash page warning visitors about autoplay audio and limited screen reader accessibility. The site hints at a handcrafted old-web aesthetic but is largely a work in progress with minimal content available to explore yet.
https://gifcity.carrd.co/
GIFCITY is a massive archive of free web graphics including blinkies, stamps, buttons, dividers, icons, backgrounds, and animated GIFs organized for old-web enthusiasts. Built after a predecessor site went down in 2021, it offers code previews and a dark-themed layout housing thousands of collectible graphics for personal pages.
https://dc1632521.neocities.org/
Myriam Serruya's creative space hosts a series of numbered web experiments titled 'Laboratories,' each likely showcasing a distinct design or coding concept. The minimal navigation structure hints at an exploratory, hands-on approach to front-end web craft.
https://netfriend.neocities.org/
Netfriend offers free copy-and-paste web tools designed to help Neocities users add polish and functionality to their sites, including a visitor counter, an image gallery inspired by FrontPage 2003, and an HTML loader for shared page elements. The tools are lightweight, openly licensed, and clearly built with the old-web hobbyist community in mind.
https://iltelaiodipenelope.it/materiale_grafico/index.php
Penelope's 'Il Telaio di Penelope' hosts a curated collection of GIFs, pixel art, and decorative web images gathered over many years from across the internet, all freely available for visitors to save and use in their own web pages. The site includes HTML tutorials explaining how to embed images, making it a practical resource for Italian-speaking web hobbyists building personal pages.
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://css3.info/preview
CSS3.info is a dedicated reference and preview site documenting the emerging features of CSS3, covering modules like borders, backgrounds, color, text effects, and selectors as they rolled out across major browsers. With over 55 CSS3 preview entries, tutorials, browser compatibility coverage, and module status tracking, it served as an essential hub for web developers keeping pace with the evolving CSS specification.
https://fawnofthewired.neocities.org/
A stylized personal landing page with an atmospheric 'always connected' theme, featuring audio and animated visuals with a retro-web aesthetic. The site warns visitors about flashing colors and gifs, suggesting a richly decorated old-web experience awaits beyond the entry point.
https://candyhospital.neocities.org/
Candy Hospital is Dollie's personal link collection hub, gathering resources, interesting websites, and a small amount of original content across topics like mental health, writing, and parent resources. The site has a charming old-web aesthetic and includes sections for a web chapel, favourite things, and miscellaneous links, making it a cozy starting point for browsing curated corners of the internet.