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NeoCities can now handle two million web sites

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Re: NeoCities can now handle two million web sites

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Post by HarrietJones »

I'm glad to hear you're up and running and funded Kyle. I was a bit wary to donate (though I did), as I feared that the idea wouldn't get going. But it's an important thing. There needs to be a place where people (youngsters) can just play with HTML.

I hope that the focus continues to be on providing a space for people to create their first website. I think there's pressure to make this more about providing a safe uncensored haven for free speech, but geocities was great because it gave people a way into website design. You don't need SSL. You just need a place for uploading and creating web pages.

You don't need a Terms of Service.

Anyway - personal visions vary, and it's probably best not to focus on the tiny areas where we may disagree. Good luck with this. I really mean that.

Re: NeoCities can now handle two million web sites

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Post by blitzo »

kyledrake wrote: post #18
kyledrake wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't know what "ghetto-fabulousness" means but NeoCities is not a revolt against good web design, and it's not a ghetto. I like beautiful web sites. I love the new site design. I think most people will appreciate the new site. I have metrics, so if they don't, I'll know pretty quickly and make the appropriate adjustments. Thank you for your concern though.

Just so everybody knows what we're talking about, this is the screenshot of the new front page design we're working on: https://raw.github.com/kyledrake/neocities-web/master/files/...

Please don't implement this design.

Current one is thousand times better. Minimalistic is more natural for this kind of sites.

Re: NeoCities can now handle two million web sites

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Post by ajem70 »

gamegod wrote: post #10

Kyle, I died a little inside when I saw the preview of the new "beautiful front page". It's a great webdesign, but I thought the part of the appeal of your site was the ghetto-fabulousness? The redesigned front page makes it look like a Wix competitor. I thought you wanted something that looked plain and boring, but accessible to everyone (like the blog). With a super modern fancy web design, you make the site look l…

keep the current design, I did not like the new design. should be something more retro or anarchist / minimalist

Re: NeoCities can now handle two million web sites

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Post by schrodingersCat »

kyledrake wrote: post #18
kyledrake wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't know what "ghetto-fabulousness" means but NeoCities is not a revolt against good web design, and it's not a ghetto. I like beautiful web sites. I love the new site design. I think most people will appreciate the new site. I have metrics, so if they don't, I'll know pretty quickly and make the appropriate adjustments. Thank you for your concern though.

Just so everybody knows what we're talking about, this is the screenshot of the new front page design we're working on: https://raw.github.com/kyledrake/neocities-web/master/files/...

I must apologize for misunderstanding gamegod's comment, and have deleted my own. Please don't switch to this new page. I agree, the current one is much better.

Re: NeoCities can now handle two million web sites

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Post by alan_cx »

gamegod wrote: post #10

Kyle, I died a little inside when I saw the preview of the new "beautiful front page". It's a great webdesign, but I thought the part of the appeal of your site was the ghetto-fabulousness? The redesigned front page makes it look like a Wix competitor. I thought you wanted something that looked plain and boring, but accessible to everyone (like the blog). With a super modern fancy web design, you make the site look l…

IMHO, fair enough for some quick functionality, but it looks to me like a boring, unoriginal, standard these days scheme, using bootstrap. Referring to is as a "design" is, to me, a bit of a stretch.

Doesn't put me off the site though, in fact I use it, but the scheme is a bit of an eye roller for me.

I'd prefer to see something that us unique, designed ground up. Something that screams different, yet accessible to all.

But, you know, tastes vary, and I am an olde git!!! If the majority like it, Ill happily get my coat.... :)

Re: NeoCities can now handle two million web sites

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Post by dhekir »

One thing I really miss from Geocities is the "structured browsing" that allowed me to find sites from a given subject without using search by word.

Also, I miss letting the user decide what is the subject of his/her site and where to put it in the hierarchy. It doesn't fit for some sites, but it did give a sense of "organization" that textual search cannot really match... especially when you don't know what you're looking for exactly, or just randomly browsing.

I also liked the naming. I didn't even know what "Cape Canaveral" meant at the time, but I do remember there were lots of interesting (for me) sites that ended up under this directory.

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