Neopets HTML Guide

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Post by exolymph » Thu, Jan 18, 2018, 7:01 AM UTC

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Post by napsterbr » Thu, Jan 18, 2018, 1:20 PM UTC

This is so nostalgic... I remember spending several days of my youth playing and, er, "boosting" my scores to earn more neopoints. Usually modifying the POST request with something like TamperData did the trick :)

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Post by aylmao » Thu, Jan 18, 2018, 2:19 PM UTC

Low key, this guide is how I got into programming and probably plays a big role in why I’m now a Software Engineer. Throwback.

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Post by neonIcon » Thu, Jan 18, 2018, 2:56 PM UTC

This is a major throwback, and definitely one of the main reasons why I'm where I'm at today.

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Post by anon_mouse » Thu, Jan 18, 2018, 3:06 PM UTC

First time I saw a program written was when I asked my dad to help me get #1 on one of their mini games. He helped me by making a java swing app (at least I think that is what it was).. which I could put letters into to make words with. Made it to top 10 for in about a day & then got banned for 'acting suspiciously' :D. Definitely a throwback for me too.

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Post by mwfogleman » Thu, Jan 18, 2018, 3:30 PM UTC

napsterbr wrote: post #2

This is so nostalgic... I remember spending several days of my youth playing and, er, "boosting" my scores to earn more neopoints. Usually modifying the POST request with something like TamperData did the trick :)

That is some next level late 90's / early aught's action

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Post by chimmy_chonga » Thu, Jan 18, 2018, 3:31 PM UTC

Now you too can make web pages straight out of the 90's!

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Post by bpicolo » Thu, Jan 18, 2018, 3:47 PM UTC

aylmao wrote: post #3

Low key, this guide is how I got into programming and probably plays a big role in why I’m now a Software Engineer. Throwback.

Same here, amazing that the site is virtually the same now. Being acquired by viacom was terrible for the site. (Not to mention that it became product placement at every turn).

Kind of sad that micropayments are the defacto monetization model for games now, it really kills all sense of accomplishment for finding cool items

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Post by brailsafe » Thu, Jan 18, 2018, 3:48 PM UTC

aylmao wrote: post #3

Low key, this guide is how I got into programming and probably plays a big role in why I’m now a Software Engineer. Throwback.

Same here. This and writing bots for RuneScape.

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Post by 52-6F-62 » Thu, Jan 18, 2018, 3:59 PM UTC

aylmao wrote: post #3

Low key, this guide is how I got into programming and probably plays a big role in why I’m now a Software Engineer. Throwback.

I never saw the Neopets guide. For me, it was Joe Burns' site: HTMLGoodies[0]. It was indispensable for me. That and a lot of help from FrontPage Express[1] & viewing the source code of whatever I'd just made.

[0] https://web.archive.org/web/19990429010831/http://www.htmlgo...

[1] http://www.jegsworks.com/lessons/web/html/fpx/fpx.htm