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Re: Show HN: Nekoweb – a retro static web hosting

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Post by dimden »

kaycebasques wrote: post #58
fantasyui-com wrote: post #45

Has anybody made a retro page yet? Post it here, let's start a web ring!!! I made mine, it was super fun: https://catpea.nekoweb.org/ Also, the freaking marquee tag still works! Here is something to bring tears to your eyes: https://web.archive.org/web/20011201030230/http://davinci.ic...

I've started collecting cool stuff I found on dimden's homepage https://kayce.nekoweb.org/index.html

you've only found like at most a half ;) also its not just a random comment in code, you can get it to show on page if you find the way

Re: Show HN: Nekoweb – a retro static web hosting

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Post by ajxs »

FTP access is a big factor for me. I currently host some sites on Neocities, and I don't like that I have to use their Web UI/CLI to update them. I really like the overall mission of Neocities though. They seem to be a great host otherwise.

When you say 'FTP', do they mean FTP, or SSH/SFTP?

Re: Show HN: Nekoweb – a retro static web hosting

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Post by dimden »

ajxs wrote: post #62

FTP access is a big factor for me. I currently host some sites on Neocities, and I don't like that I have to use their Web UI/CLI to update them. I really like the overall mission of Neocities though. They seem to be a great host otherwise. When you say 'FTP', do they mean FTP , or SSH/SFTP?

just FTP

Re: Show HN: Nekoweb – a retro static web hosting

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Post by giancarlostoro »

echelon wrote: post #21
zeroCalories wrote: post #12

I'm always surprised by the creativity of these personal websites. The web is so utilitarian and marketing oriented that I forget that a web page is a blank canvas ready for artistic expression.

If Neocities captured the Geocities / Angelfire vibes of 1995 - 2001, then Nekoweb captures the budding anime / early Millennial vibe of 2000 - 2006. This was right around the time that Xanga, LiveJournal, and the rest started peeling apart the indie web. And by the time Facebook started growing, it was game over.

Dont forget MySpace and MiGente… and a zillion others

Special mention is also MSN Groups which allowed people to develop pages in HTML and explore community building.

Re: Show HN: Nekoweb – a retro static web hosting

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Post by xk_id »

ewoijfawoifj wrote: post #55

> Nekoweb is a free static website hosting service, created in 2024 by a group of coders, programmers and artists, passionate for the old web and personal websites. > Join us on our discord to chat with the community and the developers! Gating discussion of the open web in a proprietary service is an interesting decision. Shows that we're still far too reliant on closed protocols for even smaller nontrivial tasks lik…

Haha I’m glad I’m not the only one who noticed the irony. It really devalues the whole thing. The next phase in online consumer culture will certainly be the commodification of the old web: reduced to a performative aesthetic, divorced from its original substance.

Re: Show HN: Nekoweb – a retro static web hosting

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Post by NPC82 »

ewoijfawoifj wrote: post #55

> Nekoweb is a free static website hosting service, created in 2024 by a group of coders, programmers and artists, passionate for the old web and personal websites. > Join us on our discord to chat with the community and the developers! Gating discussion of the open web in a proprietary service is an interesting decision. Shows that we're still far too reliant on closed protocols for even smaller nontrivial tasks lik…

The people of Nekoweb demand an IRC server -- maybe, IDK.

Re: Show HN: Nekoweb – a retro static web hosting

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Post by cwilby »

npsomaratna wrote: post #53
marcelc63 wrote: post #52

They even use float: left to style their page. True retro!

I thank the lord for CSS grid and flexbox. Now that I think of it, I haven't used floats in a while.

"Clearfix" - when this article was in the bookmarks bar: https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/clear-fix/

Re: Show HN: Nekoweb – a retro static web hosting

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Post by softskunk »

101008 wrote: post #23

Found this one, I love the "affiliates" buttons https://lexiqqq.com/

unfortunately this one expands past my viewport on mobile in all directions and then doesn’t let me scroll horizontally or vertically. i think it’s a pity, considering that even an extremely barebones HTML layout is responsive by default (Motherfucking Website et al.)

Re: Show HN: Nekoweb – a retro static web hosting

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Post by softskunk »

chriscjcj wrote: post #29
kibwen wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Internet Archive offers a tool whose entire purpose is to let you search gifs scraped from GeoCities. Here's a search for "under construction", eat your heart out: https://gifcities.org/?q=under+construction

That was a real hoot to scroll through. Thank you! And then there's "PAUCI." (People Against Under Construction Images.) I guess their hard work, dedication, and commitment to the cause finally paid off. https://www.andrews.edu/~rickyr/noconst.html

it’s equally interesting to look at this guy’s homepage: https://www.andrews.edu/~rickyr/
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