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A Love Letter to Geocities Sites

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Re: A Love Letter to Geocities Sites

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Post by jszymborski »

Ok, this is a long shot, but if any forum is likely to know, it's HN.

I first got my start in web development when I was around 8 (early 2000s) thanks to a very large (or at least it was to an 8 year old) purple book on HTML. There was one passing mention of how animated GIFs might be added to websites with an IMG tag. The example of the animated GIF they showed (they exploded the frames) reminded me of this image [0] on this wonderful site (although perhaps the seal was bouncing a ball rather than spinning the globe).

Anywho, if anyone can remember a large, big purple book on HTML from the early naughts, you'd make my day if you could send it my way.

[1] https://www.cameronsworld.net/img/content/10/7.gif

Re: A Love Letter to Geocities Sites

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Post by TedDoesntTalk »

Agamus wrote: post #9

Good medicine! I hope there are scores of us who see this and feel the immediate inspiration to recreate our old freak sites.

In created one a few years ago dedicated to a video game I played as a child:

https://laserblast.neocities.org/

I had to use CSS to implement a equivalent.

Re: A Love Letter to Geocities Sites

#24

Post by TedDoesntTalk »

bigDinosaur wrote: post #19
tjr225 wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You have to admit that the internet was more fun when it was enthusiasts expressing themselves, though. That’s the point of the post.

Yes :) perhaps people here who haven't seen it should go check out https://neocities.org/

I created a site there dedicated to a video game I played as a child:

https://laserblast.neocities.org/

It was a lot of fun to build.

I had to use CSS to implement a equivalent.

Re: A Love Letter to Geocities Sites

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Post by robjan »

jszymborski wrote: post #21

Ok, this is a long shot, but if any forum is likely to know, it's HN. I first got my start in web development when I was around 8 (early 2000s) thanks to a very large (or at least it was to an 8 year old) purple book on HTML. There was one passing mention of how animated GIFs might be added to websites with an IMG tag. The example of the animated GIF they showed (they exploded the frames) reminded me of this image [0…

I think it was called "Mastering HTML4.0" or "HTML4.0 No Experience Required" if that narrows down your search. I also remember checking this book out from a library in my teens.

Re: A Love Letter to Geocities Sites

#26

Post by izakage »

jszymborski wrote: post #21

Ok, this is a long shot, but if any forum is likely to know, it's HN. I first got my start in web development when I was around 8 (early 2000s) thanks to a very large (or at least it was to an 8 year old) purple book on HTML. There was one passing mention of how animated GIFs might be added to websites with an IMG tag. The example of the animated GIF they showed (they exploded the frames) reminded me of this image [0…

Another one with similar graphics might have been “HTML Goodies”

Re: A Love Letter to Geocities Sites

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Post by noorah »

_the_inflator wrote: post #17
duxup wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Algorithms and the dev community today might freak out themselves if someone used one too many divs, or a bit to much JavaScript… God help them if they saw the blink tag…

It even has/had a name: DIVitis. ;)

"DIVitis". Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time.

Re: A Love Letter to Geocities Sites

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Post by Ma8ee »

tjr225 wrote: post #12
bigDinosaur wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Diseases like Hep C were actually cured (a personal favourite counter to people who think medicine doesn't cure anything any more). Plenty of good things have happened, it's just you can spin any tech improvement as 'actually dooming us all' if you want to.

You have to admit that the internet was more fun when it was enthusiasts expressing themselves, though. That’s the point of the post.

Aren’t places like TikTok full of enthusiasts actively expressing themselves?

Re: A Love Letter to Geocities Sites

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Post by pukexxr »

Retr0id wrote: post #22
chrisco255 wrote: post #11

Ah I long for the days when you could just use a few frames and throw an image map together for graphical navigation...

You still can!

For free? That was what was so cool about that era of the internet. Shout out to all my angelfire ogs.
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