Where to start:

I suggest making a personal email without sensitive information in it so that people online can contact you easier(cuz a lot of people on the old web talk through email)

It’ll be hand if you do zine projects or webrings!

(my email :3 mellohd44@gmail.com )

Start Here:

https://thoughts.melonking.net/guides/introduction-to-the-web-revival-1-what-is-the-web-revival

-Talks about web revival(if you keep going it will also lead to the website layout guide)

Website layout guide:

https://thoughts.melonking.net/guides/introduction-to-the-web-revival-2-learn-about-websites

-tells you the basic info youre gonna need to know, keep following it until you get to the end/comfortable going on your own and doing your own stuff. Will tell you the programs you will need

- NOTE you dont have to use VSCODE there are other programs you can use! I use an app called Caret its on chromebooks and windows. VSCODE might be a better option though cause i think its a little more user friendly.

Bonus stuff, guide to the indie web!:

https://www.tumblr.com/zombvibes/700729336236523520/beginners-guide-to-the-indie-web

Use this to create a free site:

https://neocities.org/

This is an html guide:

https://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp

If you ever get stuck not knowing how to do something, look at this first. It is a giant collection of tutorials and basically an HTML wiki. If you go through the website it will give you a basics HTML tutorial. Its VERY handy and you will be looking up a lot of stuff when youre stuck

Resources

BirdWrong

https://birdwrongs.sh/resources/

-An organized list of helpful resources(gifsites blogsites interactive stuff check it out)

32 Bit Cafe

https://32bit.cafe/mission/

-has some helpful tutorials and resources

MelonLand

https://melonland.net/

A website where you can browse other websites and connect yourself to the melonland webwring!

Decorations

Imood:

https://www.imood.com/dashboard

-A little status where you can choose an emoji and write a short message about your mood that you can display on your website

Status Cafe

https://status.cafe/

-Pretty much like imood

Under Construction Gifs and Shit

http://www.textfiles.com/underconstruction/

-bunch of blinkies dividers gifs for under construction

Gify Pet

https://gifypet.neocities.org/

-Get a little pet to put on your website, you can change the pet to be anything im pretty sure

99Gif Shop

https://99gifshop.neocities.org/

-Lots of like 2000s gifs and stuff, pretty cool!

Gif Cities

https://gifcities.org/?q=crystal+ball

-Huge archive of gifs from thousands of websites, if you click on one of the gifs it actually takes you to the website it was archived from

Blinkie Maker

https://blinkies.cafe/?s=0210-werewolfmoonhowl

Pretty basic site to make simple blinkies

3d Text To Gif

https://3dtext2gif.com/

Just allows you to make 3d text gif

Glitter Graphics

https://www.glitter-graphics.com/backgrounds/starry

Huge collection of dividers backgrounds, text, dolls,etc and organized

Betties Graphics

https://bettysgraphics.neocities.org/

More gifs images etc

thanks for reading! made this for my friends and thought I'd share. Warning though I'm not an expert, but I used these websites to get mine going so I thought it could help someone else out.