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Geocities Bootstrap Theme

225 points by itamarb 14y ago

oakwhiz 14y ago
It's using the right way to make webpages... but it feels so wrong.
cmer 14y ago
This is awesome. Nothing can go wrong!
heroic 14y ago
This is what internet should look like again!
molecule 14y ago
So we can expect more duplicates since GitHub has switched their Pages TLD from .com to .io? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5474022 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5474022
mtct 14y ago
Oh God, my eyes...my precious eyes!
thomasjames 14y ago
The internet's darkest hour.
maxpert 14y ago
hahahahah OMG
Toshio 14y ago
On behalf of everyone who is old enough to have lived through this hell, congratulations on the accuracy of depiction.
cpolis 14y ago
Reminds me of the good ol' days when JavaScript was just used for annoying cursor effects and the like.
- tomjen3 14y ago
  Don't forget it was also used to prevent right clicks.
bmmayer1 14y ago
IN GOD'S NAME WHY
afandian 14y ago
border-radius? Sacrilege!
BIackSwan 14y ago
Is it just me or does the background lead to a 3D effect? Most visible effect here - http://divshot.github.io/geo-bootstrap/#buttons http://divshot.github.io/geo-bootstrap/#buttons
- Antony_256 14y ago
  It sure does. And, dare I say it, I would like to see someone experiment with it on a modern design. Or maybe I played to much with my 3DS today and should go lie down.
pilif 14y ago
I especially liked what you have done to the form elements. Even more so as that was completely impossible back then. There was no CSS and form elements didn't allow much styling via attributes either. Probably because they were mostly implemented as native controls which in turn don't offer that many styling options.
ZirconCode 14y ago
Many people I know have never experienced the beauty and plethora of colors the web once was crafted from, finally I can share! Thanks for bringing back varied palettes and animations!
kadavy 14y ago
Not ugly enough. You need to make the white space less uniform, and the line-heights less generous. Just kidding, this is terrible. Great work!
cgcdesign 14y ago
The missing images icon is a fantastic touch, it's only missing an annoying mouse cursor effect (I'm guilty of using them). This bought a tear to my eyes, right before the burning, but it's very nice. Also, did I see rounded corners and the lack of nested tables?
- imissmyjuno 14y ago
  No, but the first thing I did was check to see if every button was a table. Was not disappointed.
tuananh 14y ago
"Site created with Notepad" hehe http://divshot.github.io/geo-bootstrap/img/test/notepad.gif http://divshot.github.io/geo-bootstrap/img/test/notepad.gif
- Axsuul 14y ago
  "The Right Way". This part made me especially LOL.
iambpentameter 14y ago
You're 6 days too late :)
dstroot 14y ago
Wow - this is spot-on! I most definitely built a few of these in my day and even used the same "user construction" .gif. Great trip down memory lane. Thanks for reminding us what not to do. ;)
iSnow 14y ago
Wow, I have forgotten just how ugly parts of the early web were. This theme is pure genius, it reminds me of the olden times :) That it still is reactive makes it even more surreal.
davidcelis 14y ago
At least it's responsive.
- beshrkayali 14y ago
  Good catch! Now people can experience this horridness on more devices :)
booruguru 14y ago
If you showed a teenager this theme, I don't think they'd believe the web was ever that ugly.
SkittlesNTwix 14y ago
I had a visceral reaction after this page loaded. Well-done on the theme.
brandonhsiao 14y ago
I'm 17; was the internet ever actually this bad? That spinning "HOT" gif next to "Buttons" is giving me cancer.
- eurleif 14y ago
  >was the internet ever actually this bad? Yes.
  - FuzzyDunlop 14y ago
    The 90s were truly the golden age of the internet.
    - eddieroger 14y ago
      There was nothing like the anticipation of the modem dialing, wondering what speed you'd get based on the handshake, or my personal favorite, picking up the phone and getting your younger brother kicked off, just because. Prodigy user TMDW48C checking in.
    - moreentropy 14y ago
      this. There was so much more excitement all around. The technology was arcane compared to what's possible today, but most of the bad stuff was missing. People were looking for ways to use, not abuse the internet. There were barely any lawyers, marketers or managers who felt the need to interfere. Things were driven by sysadmins and their curiosity, just governed by gentlemen's agreements and common sense. You could go on irc (with mIRC) and talk to strangers who where thrilled about talking to people around the globe. Like chatroulette or whatever but without the dicks and trolling.
      - parennoob 14y ago
        Absolutely. It was so....innocent. I remember discussing scientific stuff, Harry Potter, and the new online games with people on Yahoo chatrooms and IRC. I took a look at Yahoo chatrooms some time recently (well, in the last five years anyway.) It was horrible; spambots all over the place trying to get you to click on links. I suppose all the real people moved to Facething.
saadazzz 14y ago
such a troll!
realrocker 14y ago
This is why I got into programming. The web was just too cool back in the day.
telecuda 14y ago
Missing a RESET button on every form
marquis 14y ago
Can you make the dropdown menu crash my netscape as it tries to load an applet?
- dopamean 14y ago
  Oh man. I nearly just spit water on my computer.
- kawera 14y ago
  Oh, and add a webring link too!
asc123 14y ago
is it responsive
CoachRufus87 14y ago
This put a smile on my face. Thank you Geocities for first sparking my interest in coding.
Lexarius 14y ago
The "Guestbook" got a chuckle out of me. Haven't seen one of those in years. Then I realized that we just call them "the comments section" now and put them on every article.
vidyesh 14y ago
Seems like we already have a implementation http://canhasbitcoin.tk/index.php http://canhasbitcoin.tk/index.php
ChuckMcM 14y ago
God this is priceless. I appreciate that it wasn't playing a snippet of 8 bit MIDI music in a short loop which is looped mid-phrase during a key signature change.
account_taken 14y ago
Thanks for reminding me how cool my geocities pages were. Flat UI meh. I got the hammer with baloon pants bringing life to my page!
siculars 14y ago
I love this so much. Really brings me back to a simpler more colorgasmic/motiontastic time.
DanBC 14y ago
Lots of people say they love this. Has anyone done the HN redesign yet? There seem to be plenty of choices for voting arrows. (http://netanimations.net/arrows.htm#.UWHUTKLrwcA http://netanimations.net/arrows.htm#.UWHUTKLrwcA)
kclay 14y ago
This brings back so many memories
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225 points by itamarb 14y ago

oakwhiz 14y ago

It's using the right way to make webpages... but it feels so wrong.

cmer 14y ago

This is awesome. Nothing can go wrong!

heroic 14y ago

This is what internet should look like again!

molecule 14y ago

So we can expect more duplicates since GitHub has switched their Pages TLD from .com to .io? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5474022 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5474022

mtct 14y ago

Oh God, my eyes...my precious eyes!

thomasjames 14y ago

The internet's darkest hour.

maxpert 14y ago

hahahahah OMG

Toshio 14y ago

On behalf of everyone who is old enough to have lived through this hell, congratulations on the accuracy of depiction.

cpolis 14y ago

Reminds me of the good ol' days when JavaScript was just used for annoying cursor effects and the like.

tomjen3 14y ago
Don't forget it was also used to prevent right clicks.

bmmayer1 14y ago

IN GOD'S NAME WHY

afandian 14y ago

border-radius? Sacrilege!

BIackSwan 14y ago

Is it just me or does the background lead to a 3D effect? Most visible effect here - http://divshot.github.io/geo-bootstrap/#buttons http://divshot.github.io/geo-bootstrap/#buttons

Antony_256 14y ago
It sure does. And, dare I say it, I would like to see someone experiment with it on a modern design. Or maybe I played to much with my 3DS today and should go lie down.

pilif 14y ago

I especially liked what you have done to the form elements. Even more so as that was completely impossible back then. There was no CSS and form elements didn't allow much styling via attributes either. Probably because they were mostly implemented as native controls which in turn don't offer that many styling options.

ZirconCode 14y ago

Many people I know have never experienced the beauty and plethora of colors the web once was crafted from, finally I can share! Thanks for bringing back varied palettes and animations!

kadavy 14y ago

Not ugly enough. You need to make the white space less uniform, and the line-heights less generous. Just kidding, this is terrible. Great work!

cgcdesign 14y ago

The missing images icon is a fantastic touch, it's only missing an annoying mouse cursor effect (I'm guilty of using them). This bought a tear to my eyes, right before the burning, but it's very nice. Also, did I see rounded corners and the lack of nested tables?

imissmyjuno 14y ago
No, but the first thing I did was check to see if every button was a table. Was not disappointed.

tuananh 14y ago

"Site created with Notepad" hehe http://divshot.github.io/geo-bootstrap/img/test/notepad.gif http://divshot.github.io/geo-bootstrap/img/test/notepad.gif

Axsuul 14y ago
"The Right Way". This part made me especially LOL.

iambpentameter 14y ago

You're 6 days too late :)

dstroot 14y ago

Wow - this is spot-on! I most definitely built a few of these in my day and even used the same "user construction" .gif. Great trip down memory lane. Thanks for reminding us what not to do. ;)

iSnow 14y ago

Wow, I have forgotten just how ugly parts of the early web were. This theme is pure genius, it reminds me of the olden times :) That it still is reactive makes it even more surreal.

davidcelis 14y ago

At least it's responsive.

beshrkayali 14y ago
Good catch! Now people can experience this horridness on more devices :)

booruguru 14y ago

If you showed a teenager this theme, I don't think they'd believe the web was ever that ugly.

SkittlesNTwix 14y ago

I had a visceral reaction after this page loaded. Well-done on the theme.

brandonhsiao 14y ago

I'm 17; was the internet ever actually this bad? That spinning "HOT" gif next to "Buttons" is giving me cancer.

eurleif 14y ago
>was the internet ever actually this bad? Yes.
- FuzzyDunlop 14y ago
  The 90s were truly the golden age of the internet.
  - eddieroger 14y ago
    There was nothing like the anticipation of the modem dialing, wondering what speed you'd get based on the handshake, or my personal favorite, picking up the phone and getting your younger brother kicked off, just because. Prodigy user TMDW48C checking in.
  - moreentropy 14y ago
    this. There was so much more excitement all around. The technology was arcane compared to what's possible today, but most of the bad stuff was missing. People were looking for ways to use, not abuse the internet. There were barely any lawyers, marketers or managers who felt the need to interfere. Things were driven by sysadmins and their curiosity, just governed by gentlemen's agreements and common sense. You could go on irc (with mIRC) and talk to strangers who where thrilled about talking to people around the globe. Like chatroulette or whatever but without the dicks and trolling.
    - parennoob 14y ago
      Absolutely. It was so....innocent. I remember discussing scientific stuff, Harry Potter, and the new online games with people on Yahoo chatrooms and IRC. I took a look at Yahoo chatrooms some time recently (well, in the last five years anyway.) It was horrible; spambots all over the place trying to get you to click on links. I suppose all the real people moved to Facething.

saadazzz 14y ago

such a troll!

realrocker 14y ago

This is why I got into programming. The web was just too cool back in the day.

telecuda 14y ago

Missing a RESET button on every form

marquis 14y ago

Can you make the dropdown menu crash my netscape as it tries to load an applet?

dopamean 14y ago
Oh man. I nearly just spit water on my computer.
kawera 14y ago
Oh, and add a webring link too!

asc123 14y ago

is it responsive

CoachRufus87 14y ago

This put a smile on my face. Thank you Geocities for first sparking my interest in coding.

Lexarius 14y ago

The "Guestbook" got a chuckle out of me. Haven't seen one of those in years. Then I realized that we just call them "the comments section" now and put them on every article.

vidyesh 14y ago

Seems like we already have a implementation http://canhasbitcoin.tk/index.php http://canhasbitcoin.tk/index.php

ChuckMcM 14y ago

God this is priceless. I appreciate that it wasn't playing a snippet of 8 bit MIDI music in a short loop which is looped mid-phrase during a key signature change.

account_taken 14y ago

Thanks for reminding me how cool my geocities pages were. Flat UI meh. I got the hammer with baloon pants bringing life to my page!

siculars 14y ago

I love this so much. Really brings me back to a simpler more colorgasmic/motiontastic time.

DanBC 14y ago

Lots of people say they love this. Has anyone done the HN redesign yet? There seem to be plenty of choices for voting arrows. (http://netanimations.net/arrows.htm#.UWHUTKLrwcA http://netanimations.net/arrows.htm#.UWHUTKLrwcA)

kclay 14y ago

This brings back so many memories

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