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:
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
-has some helpful tutorials and resources
MelonLand
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
-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
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.