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Finally bought myself a personal domain but am now currently agonizing over how to design the damn thing, let alone what to actually put on there!
by Rafuino 7y ago
Finally bought myself a personal domain but am now currently agonizing over how to design the damn thing, let alone what to actually put on there!
- neilv 7y agoYou could always start old-school Mosaic (with the tiniest bit of HTML5): <!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <title>Rafuino's site</title> </head> <body> <h1>Rafuino's site</h1> <p>Welcome!</p> <p><i>Under Construction</i></p> </body> </html> It won't necessarily be displayed as serifed type, with raster aliasing, on gray, but you could CSS that in. :)
- kylek 7y agoYou forgot <blink> and <marquee> (and some sick midi tunes)
- reaperducer 7y agoYou forgot <blink> and <marquee> (and some sick midi tunes) Thanks to CSS animations, you can recreate <blink> and <marquee>. I use it to recreate the Amiga's Guru Meditation Error when I'm debugging web sites.
- shantly 7y agoI had a legit use for a marquee a few months ago and couldn't find a jank-free way to actually re-create all of its features. You can get the basics but even that sucks compared to just using <marquee> (heavier, more code).
- kylek 7y agoOh, I'm very aware (I actually do use those tricks on my personal page. Unfortunately I left out the midi. And of course it's loaded with stolen gifs from gifcities[0]) [0] https://gifcities.org/ https://gifcities.org/
- 52-6F-62 7y agoDammit you beat me to it! I second this. And a few stolen animated gifs. You know, for posterity.
- hnzix 7y agoCalvin peeing on the MSIE logo and a 3D dancing baby.
- fenwick67 7y agosadly <bgsound> doesn't work anymore :(
- btbytes 7y agoThis is good advice. I'm collecting websites like this ("handmade") here - https://www.btbytes.com/websites.html https://www.btbytes.com/websites.html My own website is compiled together with a python script, but aesthetically close to what you describe.
- forgotmypw3 7y agohttp://rusrs.com/ http://rusrs.com/ Compatible with Mosaic 1.0, Netscape 1.0, 3.0, 4.0, and IE 5.5, Links, Lynx, and NetSurf, among others tested.
- onemoresoop 7y agoI got lost for almost an hour in this little collection of yours. Bookmarked.
- abdullahkhalids 7y agoConsider adding https://www.gwern.net/ https://www.gwern.net/
- gwern 7y agoAlso worth checking: https://sjmulder.nl/en/textonly.html https://sjmulder.nl/en/textonly.html https://danluu.com/ https://danluu.com/
- jraph 7y agoHey, that looks like my websites! Ah ah, more seriously, this is a great template to copy paste so just a heads up: don't forget <meta charset="utf-8"/> before <title>.
- qubyte 7y agoDon't worry about the design. That can come later. Just get a single, well formed HTML page up there with a few words. Once you have that the design and content problems will seem less insurmountable. I spent years agonising. I even wrote my own Node.js framework before I finally realised it was all procrastination, and put together a static site and deployed it in a few minutes. Over the years I've added features and improved the static site generator, but the design is still a bit rubbish!
- movedx 7y agoLooks great! What static engine did you go with, if any?
- qubyte 7y agoIt's one I hand rolled in Node. It boils down to markdown for blog entries and handlebars for templates. Not exactly in vogue, but I've found the mix (with a little hacking around) very productive. The code is at https://github.com/qubyte/qubyte-codes https://github.com/qubyte/qubyte-codes if you're interested. :)
- lemonberry 7y agoI recently started a blog to write about my experience learning Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. One of the best choices I made was using the bundled WordPress theme, twentynineteen, and not worrying about design. It's been pretty liberating and for now I'm just focused on content. I'll revisit the design at some point but worrying about the design in the beginning is almost like not learning to play guitar because you don't have a band name yet. Just start putting content up, the design will or won't come. Good luck!!
- 100-xyz 7y agoOnce its ready, I'll be happy to add it to our platform. It lets one find and connect with people nearby. https://its-near.me https://its-near.me
- madhadron 7y agoThis is an easy paralysis to fall into. Unless you know you need something more, just start by getting some useful content up in plain HTML.