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portfiend's oc directory template
three weeks ago i began work on a little Eleventy-based website template for storing character information akin to Toyhou.se. it's been in a releasable state for about a week, but i've also been pushing updates to it near daily!
i also wrote up a quick tutorial for setting up the project on its download page, but i plan to improve it in the future.
click here to preview this template: NeoCities click here to get the code: GitHub
features:
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I just discovered Freefrontend.com, and it's pretty cool! It's a site to compile exampes of free code bits you can use. Here's the stuff I liked:
14 HTML resume templates
Accordions
App Examples
Audio Visualizer
Background Effects
Book Effects
Borders
Buttons
Cards
Carousels
Cursors
Drag & Drop
Forms
Gallery Examples
Glass Effects
Glow Effects
Image Effects
Input Text
Hover Effects
Links
Lists
Marquee
Masonry Layouts
Menus
Context Menus
Menu Icons
Modal Windows
Music Players
Parallax
Preloaders
Progress Bars
Reveal Effects
Sliders
Slideshows
Scroll Bars
Scroll Effects
Spinners
Tabs
Tab bars
Text Effects
Theme Switchers
Tilt Effects
Toggle Switches
Zoom Effects
I wrote a tutorial on how to set up a deviantArt-like art gallery on a neocities (or other static site) come check it out:
It was a lot of work to put my art gallery together and get it working, but because I didn't see literally anything on creating such a gallery (other than ready-made templates) I decided to write up a tutorial hoping it will help others who want to code a more robust art gallery that goes beyond just using a simple slideshow/lightbox. Each image is its own post, like how deviantArt works.
This is a draft of the page where I copied my existing posts just to fill up the gallery and see how it fits:
and this is what my individual post looks like:
hey indie web community! i created a webring and would really appreciate you guys to consider joining! it's called the Code Collective, and it's a webring for anyone who offers coding resources such as coding tutorials, plugins, layouts, graphic collections, support, etc.! sounds like something you wanna join? more info on the webring site!
p.s. i wrote the script for the webring functionality myself, and you can use it for your own webring if you want! it's called webringu.
How to Set Up a Self-Updating Blog Page on Neocities
Using Standard Notes, Listed, and an RSS Feed
What is Standard Notes?
Standard Notes is a privacy-focused writing app. Think of it as a simpler, encrypted version of Evernote or Notion — with less bloat and more focus. You can use it for journaling, note-taking, writing drafts, or… publishing blog posts. It works on:
Web (in any browser)
Desktop (Windows, Mac, Linux)
Mobile (iOS and Android)
Your notes sync across devices, and because the app is end-to-end encrypted, you’re the only one who can read what you write. No cloud peeking, no surveillance. Perfect for a private journal, but it also offers an opt-in public blog feature called Listed.
What is Listed?
Listed is a blogging extension built into Standard Notes. You choose which notes to publish publicly. Each time you publish one, it shows up on a minimalist blog page — something like:
https://listed.to/@yourusername
That page also includes an automatically generated RSS feed:
https://listed.to/@yourusername/feed
Step-by-Step: How to Set This Up
1. Set Up Standard Notes + Listed
Go to standardnotes.com and create an account
Download the mobile app (optional but useful)
In the web or desktop app, go to the menu and open “Extensions”
Enable the extension called Listed
This will give you a blog URL like https://listed.to/@yourusername
You now have a blog, but it’s empty until you publish something. Let’s fix that next.
2. Write and Publish a Post
Create a new note
Click or tap the “share” icon
Select “Publish to Listed”
The note is now live on your blog and added to your RSS feed
You can do this from your phone too — same steps. Just write, publish, done.
3. Create Your Blog Page on Neocities
On your Neocities site, create a new page like blog.html. This page will act as a visual wrapper that pulls content from your RSS feed and displays it automatically. Here’s what your code might look like.
Copy and paste the code below into your file editor:
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>My Blog</title> <meta name="description" content="Posts from my Standard Notes blog"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css"> </head> <body> <h1>Blog</h1> <div id="blog-feed">Loading posts...</div> <script> fetch("https://listed.to/@yourusername/feed") .then(res => res.text()) .then(str => new window.DOMParser().parseFromString(str, "text/xml")) .then(data => { const items = data.querySelectorAll("item"); const container = document.getElementById("blog-feed"); container.innerHTML = ""; items.forEach(item => { const title = item.querySelector("title").textContent; const link = item.querySelector("link").textContent; const pubDate = new Date(item.querySelector("pubDate").textContent); const description = item.querySelector("description")?.textContent || ""; const post = document.createElement("div"); post.className = "post"; post.innerHTML = ` <a href="${link}" target="_blank">${title}</a> <div class="date">${pubDate.toDateString()}</div> <div class="desc">${description}</div> `; container.appendChild(post); }); }) .catch(err => { document.getElementById("blog-feed").innerText = "Couldn't load posts."; console.error(err); }); </script> </body> </html>
Important: replace @yourusername in the URL with your actual Listed username.
You can also style this page with your site’s usual CSS — background, fonts, layout — just like any other part of your site.
Why Use This Method?
Most blogging platforms give you either:
Too much complexity (WordPress, Ghost, etc.)
Or no control at all
This setup gives you the best of both:
Post from anywhere — desktop or mobile
Your blog updates automatically
Hope this helps!!
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Website-building resources
People are sharing a lot of resources on how to make your own website so I've updated the website-building section of my site with links to some of the best I've found. PLEASE make your own website, it is fun (sometimes)! Fast (sometimes)!! Free (sometimes)!!!
This is what's listed on my site right now but I recommend you do check the site in case I've added more since posting this to Tumblr.
Tutorials
The Quick ‘n’ Dirty Guide to Making a Website (2022) by @itsneroart
Mala's Self-Hosting Guide by @ophanimkei
A Mini Guide to RSS Feeds by @jeypawlik (video presentation with the same info)
Music on Neocities: A cheap bastard's guide
W3Schools - learn HTML, CSS, and Javascript
Resources
Neocities - web hosting service
Bear Blog - small blogging platform
Zonelets - small blogging engine
GifCities - Geocities GIF archive
Lightbox2 - lightbox script
Rarebit - open-source webcomic template (recommended for beginners)
Grawlix - open-source webcomic CMS (not recommended for beginners)
Whimsical! - graphics website
Comment widget by @kafus
Articles & Arguments
Rediscovering the Small Web by Parimal Satyal
Plain old webpages still matter by Felix Plesoianu
Cyber Mauseoleums (Or the Argument Against Deletion) by neonaut
Every site needs a Links Page / Why linking matters by Daniel/Melon
My Room Neocities Layout
Previews: 1, 2, 3 Art in preview 1 , Gifs in preview 2 Installation: Github , Website Special thanks
A Neocities layout inspired by old web! (: Info in code, contact if you need any help. Also, a page for website deco.
✿ Left links sidebar
✿ Right sidebar for anything
✿ Calendar and clock
✿ Header with built in table for image
✿ Additional box next to calendar for anything
Tbh at this point you should just make your own webcomic app/website because it would probably be 100 times better than whatever going on with webtoon right now.
hahaha it wouldn't tho, sorry 💀
Here's the fundamental issue with webcomic platforms that a lot of people just don't realize (and why they're so difficult to run successfully):
Storage costs are incredibly expensive, it's why so many sites have limitations on file sizes / page sizes / etc. because all of those images and site info have to be stored somewhere, which costs $$$.
Maintenance costs are expensive and get more so as you grow, you need people who are capable of fixing bugs ASAP and managing the servers and site itself
Financially speaking, webcomics are in a state of high supply, low demand. Loads of artists are willing to create their passion projects, but getting people to read them and pay for them is a whole other issue. Demand is high in the general sense that once people get attached to a webtoon they'll demand more, but many people aren't actually willing to go looking for new stuff to read and depend more on what sites feed them (and what they already like). There are a lot of comics to go around and thus a lot of competition with a limited audience of people willing to actually pay for them.
Trying to build a new platform from the ground up is incredibly difficult and a majority of sites fail within their first year. Not only do you have to convince artists to take a chance on your platform, you have to convince readers to come. Readers won't come if there isn't work on the platform to read, but artists won't come if they don't think the site will be worth it due to low traffic numbers. This is why the artists with large followings who are willing to take chances on the smaller sites are crucial, but that's only if you can convince them to use the site in favor of (or alongside) whatever platform they're using already where the majority of their audience lies. For many creators it's just not worth the time, energy, or risk.
Even if you find short-term success, in the long-term there are always going to be profit margins to maintain. The more users you pull in, the more storage is used by incoming artists, the more you have to spend on storage and server maintenance costs, and that means either taking the risk at crowdfunding (ex. ComicFury) or having to resort to outsider investments (ex. Tapas). Look at SmackJeeves, it used to be a titan in the independent webcomic hosting community, until it folded over to a buyout by NHN and then was pretty much immediately shuttered due to NHN basically turning it into a manwha scanlation site and driving away its entire userbase. And if you don't get bought out and try your hand at crowdfunding, you may just wind up living on a lifeline that could cut out at any moment, like what happened to Inkblazers (fun fact, the death of Inkblazers was what kicked off the cultural shift in Tapas around 2015-16 when all of IB's users migrated over and brought their work with them which was more aimed towards the BL and romancee drama community, rather than the comedy / gag-a-day culture that Tapas had made itself known for... now you deadass can't tell Tapas apart from a lot of scanlation sites because it got bought out by Kakao and kept putting all of its eggs into the isekai/romance drama basket.)
Right now the mindset in which artists and readers are operating is that they're trying way, way too hard to find a "one size fits all" site. Readers want a place where they can find all their favorite webtoons without much effort, artists wants a place where they can post to an audience of thousands, and both sides want a community that will feel tight-knit. But the reality is that you can't really have all three of those things, not on one site. Something always winds up having to be sacrificed - if a site grows big enough, it'll have to start seeking more funding while also cutting costs which will result in features becoming paywall'd, intrusive ads, creators losing their freedom, and/or outsider support which often results in the platform losing its core identity and alienating its tight-knit community.
If I had to describe what I'm talking about in a "pick one" graphic, it would look something like this:
(*note: this is mostly based on my own observations from using all of these sites at some point or another, they're not necessarily entirely accurate to the statistical performance of each site, I can only glean so much from experience and traffic trackers LMAO that said I did ask some comic pals for input and they were very helpful in helping me adjust it with their own takes <3).
The homogenization of the Internet has really whipped people into submission for the "big sites" that offer "everything", but that's never been the Internet, it relies on being multi-faceted and offering different spaces for different purposes. And we're seeing that ideology falter through the enshittification of sites like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc. where users are at odds with the platforms because the platforms are gutting features in an attempt to satisfy shareholders whom without the platforms would not exist. Like, most of us aren't paying money to use social media sites / comic platform sites, so where else are they gonna make the necessary funds to keep these sites running? Selling ad space and locking features behind paywalls.
And this is especially true for a lot of budding sites that don't have the audience to support them via crowdfunding but also don't have the leverage to ask for investments - so unless they get really REALLY lucky in EITHER of those departments, they're gonna be operating at a loss, and even once they do achieve either of those things there are gonna be issues in the site's longevity, whether it be dying from lack of growing crowdfunding support or dying from shareholder meddling.
So what can we do?
We can learn how to take our independence back. We don't have to stop using these big platforms altogether as they do have things to offer in their own way, particularly their large audience sizes and dipping into other demographics that might not be reachable from certain sites - but we gotta learn that no single site is going to satisfy every wish we have and we have to be willing to learn the skills necessary to running our own spaces again. Pick up HTML/CSS, get to know other people who know HTML/CSS if you can't grasp it (it's me, I can't grasp it LOL), be willing to take a chance on those "smaller sites" and don't write them off entirely as spaces that can be beneficial to you just because they don't have large numbers or because they don't offer rewards programs. And if you have a really polished piece of work in your hands, look into agencies and publishing houses that specialize in indie comics / graphic novels, don't settle for the first Originals contract that gets sent your way.
For the last decade corporations have been convincing us that our worth is tied to the eyes we can bring to them. Instead of serving ourselves, we've begun serving the big guys, insisting that it has to be worth something eventually and that it'll "payoff" simply by the virtue of gambler's fallacy. Ask yourself what site is right for you and your work rather than asking yourself if your work is good enough for them. Most of us are broke trying to make it work on these sites anyways, may as well be broke and fulfilled by posting in places that actually suit us and our work if we can. Don't define your success by what sites like Webtoons are enforcing - that definition only benefits them, not you.
I'm absolutely on board with learning some self-reliance in the webcomics arena. Remember when Tapas included a grab for the right of first refusal in their general terms of service? Yeah. I'm 100% on with you on trying to manage your stuff yourself.
ANYWAY.
@nattosoup, @respheal and I wrote an blog post about this years ago, when Project Wonderful still existed. It has been a long time, and the landscape has changed, so please bear with me as I provide some updated information.
(See also: the archive of the FreeJeeves page. There's a wealth of information here, including some ways to make your comic website more mobile friendly.)
Please visit these resources and see if any appeal to you. They're a mix of materials that are like textbooks, as well as free courses. Some links may require signing up.
I am not affiliated with any of these websites.
1. Learn HTML + CSS
HTML and CSS are the foundation of every page. You don't need internet access to build an HTML page -- you can do it all from your computer at home. But you do need some basic knowledge to get started. If you can format a tumblr post or ever feel adventurous enough to poke at tumblr's themes, you can learn HTML.
https://www.w3schools.com/
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web
https://www.codecademy.com/learn/learn-html
https://web.dev/learn/design
https://www.freecodecamp.org/learn/2022/responsive-web-design/
https://www.theodinproject.com/paths/foundations/courses/foundations
Once you learn how to build your website, and have a place you want to upload it? You might want to learn about FTP, which is the file transfer protocol. This lets you upload files to your webhost. If you need an FTP client, Filezilla is absolutely free and works Windows, Mac, and Debian flavors of Linux. (important note: Download the Filezilla client. Don't download Filezilla server unless you know what you're doing.)
2. Where to Post your Webcomic
Here, I'm focusing on places that let you customize your layout and allow for some freedom.
In that old blog post, I mention different types of hosting. We're going to focus on "shared" hosting, which is usually fairly inexpensive on a month-to-month basis and requires almost no knowledge of the server. For a webcomic, you do not need to use AWS, buy a VPS, or rent a dedicated server. That'll be overkill for most folks. If you're at that level, you should know what you're doing.
2.1 Existing Services
Existing services can change their rules or go offline at any time with no notice to the user. Please keep this in mind.
https://comicfury.com/ - Free, Requires HTML knowledge. Has Templates that you can customize when you build your site, but also some documentation on their forum.
https://www.tumblr.com/ - Free, might require HTML knowledge. Simple Webcomic Theme: https://www.tumblr.com/theme/39018 Baidi Webcomic Theme: https://www.tumblr.com/theme/40103 If you do this, I would recommend setting up a dedicated secondary blog for your comic.
https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/ - Also free. I have no idea where the theme documentation is without having to log in, so... I'm only linking this because it exists and people still use it.
https://neocities.org/ - Free hosting? Yay! When I was a kid, we had free websites through Geocities and Angelfire, and this is much like that. Rarebit template for comics: https://rarebit.neocities.org/
2.2 Self-Hosting with a Content Management System (CMS)
I cannot recommend any webhosts right now, but I can recommend software you can use for posting webcomics, if you feel like getting into the weeds way more than basic HTML/CSS will allow.
These will require the ability to read documentation and follow instructions, as well as basic knowledge in how to upload/edit files using FTP. Your webhost will have documentation if you need access to it.
At the end of the day, a webcomic is basically a blog, so most blogging software can be modified to make it work for this purpose.
If you require technical support for these options, please visit the websites for these tools.
Also, please remember support the developers if you can. Making tools for webcomics is largely a project of love (...sometimes spite), but many are discontinued because the devs become tired, burnt out, or simply lack the energy and finances to do so. It takes a lot of spoons and energy in general to provide technical support, especially when so much knowledge has been lost.
Wordpress + Toochecke - Great for webtoon-style comics, rather than graphic novel style comics. If you don't want the theme, the Toocheke companion tool can be used for making any theme a comic theme. Requires PHP and MySQL.
Wordpress + Manga+Press - Works with some of the default themes for Wordpress. Documentation is a little sparse right now.
Grawlix - A webcomic dedicated Content Management System, now maintained by folks who want the software to continue to exist. Requires PHP and MySQL.
ComicControl. - Created by Hiveworks' developer, available to download for free. Requires PHP and MySQL.
3. Promote your Webcomic
Let's assume you know about social media, and skip right to some other resources:
ComicAd Network - You can put ads on your website OR you can put out ads and get the word out on other webcomic sites.
Piperka - I'm not sure how much this is used anymore, but you used to be able to list your comics for people to find it.
Archive Binge - This functions as an aggregator tool, letting readers track comic updates and keep your place on one website.
TopWebComics - It's a toplist -- which basically, you get your readers to vote for your comic to boost your ranking. (They can vote for others, too!)
Link to your comics and make it possible for people to link back! A lot of people forget -- link exchanges and sharing content you like? Unequivocally a win-win for everyone, and it's good for SEO. I actually built a banner display script that you can look over and reuse, if you wanted to make a webring or something.
@bogleech as a seasoned webcomic maker do you have insight on this?
Hosting a webcomic is free and almost effortless actually. My multi gigabyte 22 year old website is now hosted for $5 a month on neocities, but the free neocities also gives you enough space to host hundreds of comic pages and more.
The html I use is less complicated than what many of you used to do for your custom Tumblr profiles, or what kids used to do for their neopets lookups. I made one simple template to my liking and all I do to update is copy that template again, then manually alter the links as needed.
For a typical webcomic that would mean you're only updating the links to the comic page and navigation buttons, then adding a link to the new page in some master "archive" page.
I can just upload a template myself when I get home later, or alternatively, you can save any of my pages off bogleech.com as a .html file, open it up in a text editor and see how it's laid out. If you change it all around to your own content you don't have to credit me, since it's bare bones universal css code anyway.
Okay, here's a silly thing I made for everybody who knows absolutely, positively zero HTML:
Click this link to see a very dumb comic all about how to download the page and use it for your OWN comic.
HOW SIMPLE IS IT??? So simple, the entire guide could really just be this single panel:
.....But I include other ultra basic instructions on how to do this, beginning with how to save the webpage at all. If you don't understand html/css, you don't have to worry about anything other than the six pieces of text I circled there in red. Just keep reusing that page and changing those things to whatever you need them to be. There is no software you need for this to work, no additional coding or resources other than having a place to upload it to, and certainly no "glitches" you need to fear other than typoing your own links. It's the most bare bones it could possibly be but once you're used to it you can look up how to change background colors, add links and other basics. And like I said, neocities will give you the space to upload hundreds of such pages at no cost, or as little as $5-10 monthly if you think you can cover that and you want to upload tens of thousands of such pages. With that basic plan my own website has somewhere around 65,000 image files on it. (You can also modify the same template to make other kinds of posts. Articles, whatever you want!)
HERE'S ADDITIONAL STUFF YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BUT IT DOES MAKE A WEBSITE MORE WEBSITIER
that last code by itself:
<meta HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" content="0; url=yourwebsite.com">
THIS IS WHY when you go to bogleech.com/pokemon/ you go to the very newest pokemon review! Because my site's /pokemon/ folder has an "index.html" file with just that line of code! When I put up a new review, I change the code in the index file to take you there!
Hey, do you think Windows 11 sucks goat sweat through a bendy straw?
You can go back to Windows 10 with a little planning and two USB keys.
Step 1: Get your swearing, searing hatred of Win11 on (optional, but feels nice)
Step 2: Download the Win10 Media creation tool somewhere eazy to get to (your desktop, download folder, whatever). It can be gotten here, freezey peezey: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
Step 3: Run that sucker, and choose "USB drive" where prompted, and choose the smaller-capacity USB key (8gb or more). NOTE: That drive will be reformatted. Back up anything you have on there if it's not already.
Step 4: Use your large-capacity USB drive (or other external storage media, or whatever cloud-based solution you like - I have two USB thumb drives and three separate offsite/cloud storage options, all of which are free) to back up all your important shit.
I AM NOT FUCKING AROUND. THIS PROCESS WILL WIPE YOUR C:/ DRIVE LIKE A DISH PIG CLOSING A DINER. YOU WILL LOSE ANYTHING NOT STORED ELSEWHERE.
Step 5: Unplug your backup drive(s), slap that naughty little USB key with the install media, open windows explorer
(this bad boy)
... and locate the setup.exe file.
Step 6: Cackling like the mad genius you are (wenis dance optional, but I don't know it, and would trip over one of my cats), run that bastard and choose the only option available (the other two will be greyed out and unselectable):
Windows Fucking Seppuku
Step 7: Get yourself a celebratory snack and/or beverage, as your computer rejects the farce of AI, constant marketing, and pushy bullshit.
Step 8: Be subjected to Win10's first-use bullshit. Hey, it can't all be kittens and middle fingers.
Step 9: Reinstall all your shit, and copy the stuff you backed up back. And, hey! You now have both a recovery USB key and all of your shit backed up so if you or your computer are hit by lightning for this show of hubris, at least all your weird porn will be safe.
IF YOU’RE READING THIS I NEED YOU to go to neocities.org and make an account.
It’s an emergency. Look. People are really getting into it now. Do you want to be the last kid on your block still depending on corporate social media for your self-actualization?
I sharpened my skills making psshaw.neocities.org and it’s still made up of mainly basic code like <img> and <table> tags. It’s only in the later pages that I’ve decided to try advanced stuff like responsive CSS.
naalbraxusmazkelix.neocities.org is even simpler, to resemble something built in the late nineties.
I feel like there’s so much personality that’s just waiting to be brought back into Web 1.0. It’s a whole sandbox you can learn how to wrangle, and shockingly fast. I want to see what everyone can do!
Okay, I’ve been on the internet since before the great Y2K scare and *old person voice* Back in my day, everyone had websites like this. I had several. It was normal, everyone’s websites were a reflection of themselves and their interests, and it was beautiful. I’ve been lamenting a lot lately missing this era because of how badly social media has distilled and homogenized the internet experience
Your sites remind me so much of web 1.0 and it’s beautiful. I love this. Please keep doing this. Please keep expressing yourself.
Please everyone bring this back. Bring back personality, bring back individuality, bring back fun
And if you’d like to have a fine pairing to go with your website, I suggest going to proboards.com and setting one up. Still want social media, but want a smaller and more close-knit community without the same constant fear of some rando finding you and sending you threats, or something accidentally going viral and giving you a panic attack? Individual forum communities. You make your own rules, you can make your own aesthetic, and if you use add-ons or know CSS you can get a lot of customization. Also, forum signatures! They’re a great quick little way of expressing yourself! Use imgur.com to host your images!
Seriously, Forums are AMAZING for sharing both long and shortform content, shitposts, art and writing, everything! Love roleplaying? They’re the best and most organized way to do that and be able to have everything tidily archived and easy to search for!
And best of all, you don’t have shit like twitter’s algorithm breathing down your neck or promoted shit being shoved in your face!
Please please please if you hate all this corporate homogenizing bullshit and attempts to do shit like manufacture fandom, this is a way you can fight back and express yourself!
I’m seeing people in the notes going “that sounds nice and all but I don’t know how to code.”
Friends!
There are resources to make it easier!!
And you don’t have to make a website that looks like a shining, professional corporate product. You can just kind of slap some colours and images on a webpage and add to it from there, as you learn. I learned to build basic websites when I was 10. It’s a little more work than just signing up for a social media profile and filling out a few forms, but it’s so incredibly rewarding when you start to see your idea taking shape.
And there’s a whole community of people out there who want to see you succeed and would be happy to help. Check out the Yesterweb, they’ve got a Discord community and a Mastodon instance and even a Minecraft server. Sadgrl/Sadness, who runs the community, is super sweet and helpful. They’ve got a ton of manifestos from community members about why it’s so important to bring back the spirit of the old web. Oh, and they hate crypto, so you know they’re not just a bunch of tech bros.
I’ve also seen people in the notes saying “But nobody’s going to follow me there.” That is always a concern when it comes to moving to any new space on the web, especially if it’s outside the big social media platforms, but even though I’m a huge supporter of reducing and/or entirely removing your presence on the big platforms, there’s no one saying you can’t stay on them in order to keep in touch with the people who matter to you — or even to use those platforms to promote your site! I’ve distanced myself from Facebook, for example, but I still have an account there and keep the Messenger app open. I’ve set it so I appear offline to everyone, but I’ve told the people I care about that I’m still there and they can reach me any time, I just won’t look like I’m online. You can use status updates/tweets/posts/whatever to tell people “Hey, I added an art gallery to my website!”, “Hey, I added my latest fic to my website!”, “Hey, if you’ve ever wanted to learn everything there is to know about snow leopards, they’re my special interest and I’ve built a web shrine to them now, so check it out at this link.” You can set up a guestbook or a forum on your website to keep the lines of communication open. And Neocities is set up in such a way that you can make new connections with other people in the community. So not only can you still keep in touch with everyone you still want to keep up with, but you can also make new friends and follow new people!
Really, the only big drawback is that you’d have to accept that it’s a bit of a slower space. The old web wasn’t about a constant deluge of new content from one source — it was about exploration. It was about going down rabbit holes and finding all the weird content that makes you happy in a bunch of different places, and keeping those sites bookmarked for whenever you want to check them out again rather than following their feed. But you even can follow them on a feed — even if they’re not on Neocities — if you use RSS. And with RSS, there’s no algorithm and no advertising. It’s just simple, chronological updates.
There’s a bit of an extra learning curve if you want to get in on this stuff, but it is so, so worthwhile, and honestly so much better for your mental health. A slower web built around your specific interests means less algorithmic outrage culture: you’re not constantly being shot with a firehose of all the most controversial content to keep you angry and clicking. You’re just having a nice time building your little dedication to nice things that you like, or expressing yourself, or learning new things, and meeting new people who are interested in those things. It’s lovely and especially if you were never around for the old web, you deserve to experience it.
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Columns and gap property
To set a number of columns inside of an element. Its value can be :
- the number of columns wanted : columns: 3 - the size of the column : columns: 200px
Combine it with the gap property to define the space between columns.
The inside of your element can have text, inline-block and block. So you might consider it like a flex or grid display!
Documentation
Compatibility
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Something most of us forget from time to time: how do I center an element in CSS 🤔
Learn flexbox!
Although it is IMPOSSIBLE to ever get align-items vs justify-content right on the first try, getting familiar with how flexbox works will allow you to know at least one of them does what you want them to. If there's anything I've learned during my studies it's that development is much more about knowing you can do certain things and being able to google it when you don't know how, rather than having everything memorized. What you need to memorize you will memorize from practice, repetition and experience.
That being said: here are some (two) resources for learning flexbox!
Play Flexbox Froggy
This was such a huuuuuge help for me when learning flexbox. I completed all of the exercises once, and then I would use this as a guide and reference when trying to figure stuff out on my own projects. It's a great interactive way of learning, and it really simplifies and makes flexbox digestible. I recommend just crunching through it once, and you will be exposed to all the different ways of using flex! Then you will have in the back of your head what is possible with flex, and you will be able to recall this and maybe use the next resource to implement it if you don't remember all the keywords yourself!
CSS tricks - a complete guide to flexbox
This was recommended to me by a developer waaay back when i started studying, and it has saved me countless times. It's so good for referencing the different properties, with clear visual examples and a super easy-to-follow structure of the page. I have this bookmarked because of how often I use it.
Good luck in your studies 💻🐸
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Making a sketch (wireframe) of what my new project for my challenge will be! Creating a wireframe when making a webpage is important! You already do it in your head whenever you think "How do I want to design this page?" But what is a wireframe exactly in web design?
CSS Flexbox Properties | Resources ✨
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