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I'm pretty sure there was some name collisions or something the first day. I think it's been fixed since then
/ name collisions? whatever -i had a whole page i put up there i also donated 14 bucks in bitcoins to this guy and he just destroyed my site
As much as there has been lots of trash talking here about Neocities due to it being 'just' HTML and CSS, I teach high school kids on a semi-regular basis (teaching summer camp right now) and that's the thing they're _most_ jazzed about. I told them all to sign up. They were super pumped.
The problem right now is just teaching people that this is possible, and to make it easier for them.
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This is how I got started with programming. Then later I wanted to make some things conditionally displayed, so I learned a scripting language. Then I wanted to write non-spaghetti code, so I learned more about how to structure projects. Etc. I think it's an organic way to learn. It's instantly rewarding.
This is actually the _exact_ same way I started learning to program. I started with a book on HTML 4.01 and designing a webpage for my sixth grade class. Then I started to learn CSS to make maintenance a bit easier. In seventh grade I learned javascript so that I could have epic-site-battles with the eighth graders. I fondly remember adding different cursor-trail effects every week. Yes, I did go on to learn PHP (4)…
As much as there has been lots of trash talking here about Neocities due to it being 'just' HTML and CSS, I teach high school kids on a semi-regular basis (teaching summer camp right now) and that's the thing they're _most_ jazzed about. I told them all to sign up. They were super pumped.
Kyle, Can we talk about making sure your sites get pulled into the Internet Archive? Or does that not fit the vision for your site?
Sure! Send me an e-mail.
I've been meaning to publish a few short articles about javascript online, but I didn't get around to it because of a lack of decent free hosting like this. Neocities makes it trivial enough that I'll have the time. Thanks again!
Links:
[1] https://github.com/dhawalhshah/modern-resume
[2] http://dhawal.me
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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/...
One fix is to remove the protocol from CSS links, i.e. change this:
Other than that, great work! Just wanted to point out this little issue.
FYI kyledrake: The blog uses an http:// link for its CSS, which makes the SSL version of the page insecure. Such insecure mixed content is blocked by default in Firefox 23+ (now in beta), so the page loses its styling for Firefox beta/alpha users, and soon for all Firefox users. (Edit: The CSS seems to also be blocked in recent Chrome and IE9, thanks thejosh.) One fix is to remove the protocol from CSS links, i.e. ch…