It always comes up whenever I showcase either an old website or something like Wii stuff, the we used to be a proper country etc, so a fresh heads-up that early 2000s web vibes are alive and well in Neocities and Nekoweb.
*Use* them. Don't just throw around slogans and say you miss it.
*Use* them. Don't just throw around slogans and say you miss it.
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I always love going on genuine retro sites and new retro sites too. Some people make some jaw dropping stuff!
Bring back Web 1.0!
https://nekoweb.org/
The explorable web, clicking on webring icons and bouncing between shrines, it's all there for you - and in self-hosted sites and blogs. And there are oodles of guides and templates for creating your own site.
here's my main website and my college radio show website
obligatory selfpromo link:
https://fallen-denpa-angel.neocities.org/
"well, great news! Because that aesthetic is the easy part to carry over while leaving the unfun parts behind!"
Never going back to dial-up. Nobody misses that.
The fabric of time would be pulled back and forth, aha.
At least in the space era year of 2025, thanks to the hard work of devs and communities like those linked in your parent post, we have the tools to create things that can make that a partial reality!
(my website is on german tho)
https://impergatox.neocities.org/
I have CD copies of both Adobe GoLive 6.0 and Macromedia Studio MX 2004 if I can ever get that handled
https://spacehey.com/
not that that's wrong or anything, its just having it without necessity is inauthentic, y'know?
in fact they should promote themselves more i think
but we'll never have the "its the HTML jungle because that's how it is" vibe ever again, neocities is just another site in the handful of sites world we live in -_-