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I think people are aiming to create the original geocities experience too: Examples: http://poeks.neocities.org/ http://poeks.neocities.org/ http://skry.neoci

by zephjc 13y ago

I think people are aiming to create the original geocities experience too: Examples: http://poeks.neocities.org/ http://poeks.neocities.org/ http://skry.neocities.org/ http://skry.neocities.org/ http://jeremy.neocities.org/ http://jeremy.neocities.org/

stinky613 13y ago
Haha, wow. It's like going to a civil war reenactment where everyone adhere strictly to period customs and vernacular. Unfortunately they forgot center tags and to capitalize all of their HTML. I was going to say it's missing a table-based layout, but then I recalled that the height of geocities' popularity was earlier than I remember seeing table-based layouts everywhere. It's really not very assuring when they state on the front page that they "hope" they can get enough money each month so they can pay the server bills.
- kyledrake 13y ago
  The site will very easily pay for itself with donations. It's not that expensive to serve static HTML, especially when you are using Nginx and sendfile.
  - Simucal 13y ago
    Does Nginx use sendfile under the hood or is it something you would use separately?
    - zhemao 13y ago
      It's an option you can choose at compilation time, I believe.
      - eclipticplane 13y ago
        It's a configuration option, actually [1]. No need to recompile. If anyone isn't using it, try it out! [1] http://wiki.nginx.org/HttpCoreModule#sendfile http://wiki.nginx.org/HttpCoreModule#sendfile
    - kyledrake 13y ago
      https://github.com/kyledrake/neocities-web/blob/master/files/nginx.conf https://github.com/kyledrake/neocities-web/blob/master/files... https://github.com/kyledrake/neocities-web/blob/master/files/neocities https://github.com/kyledrake/neocities-web/blob/master/files...
  - stinky613 13y ago
    That wasn't really my point. It doesn't inspire confidence when the host says "hey! put your stuff here! I'm not sure that I can pay the bills each month but I sure hope we can. Oh--and I have no idea how this will scale." It's all understandable. But even if it's free and even if my content is stupid, I'd still feel a little uncomfortable because of how much doubt the owner expresses over the viability of the service.
    - zaius 13y ago
      Really, that's what all startups are doing. At least he's being honest about it.
    - kyledrake 13y ago
      Fair. Sorry about that. I have a lot of experience scaling web applications, I've been doing this for over 14 years. I should probably highlight that somewhere. I've already gotten enough donations today to run the server as-is for 8 months! I also found a sweet deal with a reliable dedicated provider via a tip that will cost substantially less than my intial estimates.
- RBerenguel 13y ago
  And <blink>!
  - angersock 13y ago
    http://fredericiana.com/2012/11/04/html5-blink-tag/ http://fredericiana.com/2012/11/04/html5-blink-tag/
    - RBerenguel 13y ago
      The original blink was way cooler (I read the story a long ago... Chrome should have this kind of "easter eggs")
kyledrake 13y ago
There definitely needs to be some polish to the initial site I think. We have been talking about making something similar to Twitter Bootstrap that's designed for HTML newcomers, so that even really basic sites have a base-level good look to them. We're also talking about a WYSIWYG HTML editor, but we decided that we would launch to the tech crowds first, who have experience with HTML and are comfortable dealing with no initial boilerplate frameworks, and would appreciate the value of what we're trying to provider here (an open canvas). That said, I don't care if people use it for Geocities parodies. I think Geocities sites are a lot more interesting than the bland, drab Facebook profile layout that everybody is forced into with no ability to change in any meaningful way.
vec 13y ago
Needs more <frame>s! And I count a grand total of zero <blink> and <marquee> tags. C'mon people, if you want to party like it's 1999 you've got to step up your game!
orblivion 13y ago
"HACKED site down." kyledrake do you see this?
Samuel_Michon 13y ago
Here’s a tool you can use to make it look more authentic: http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/index.php http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/index.php

by zephjc 13y ago

stinky613 13y ago

Haha, wow. It's like going to a civil war reenactment where everyone adhere strictly to period customs and vernacular. Unfortunately they forgot center tags and to capitalize all of their HTML. I was going to say it's missing a table-based layout, but then I recalled that the height of geocities' popularity was earlier than I remember seeing table-based layouts everywhere. It's really not very assuring when they state on the front page that they "hope" they can get enough money each month so they can pay the server bills.

kyledrake 13y ago
The site will very easily pay for itself with donations. It's not that expensive to serve static HTML, especially when you are using Nginx and sendfile.
- Simucal 13y ago
  Does Nginx use sendfile under the hood or is it something you would use separately?
  - zhemao 13y ago
    It's an option you can choose at compilation time, I believe.
    - eclipticplane 13y ago
      It's a configuration option, actually [1]. No need to recompile. If anyone isn't using it, try it out! [1] http://wiki.nginx.org/HttpCoreModule#sendfile http://wiki.nginx.org/HttpCoreModule#sendfile
  - kyledrake 13y ago
    https://github.com/kyledrake/neocities-web/blob/master/files/nginx.conf https://github.com/kyledrake/neocities-web/blob/master/files... https://github.com/kyledrake/neocities-web/blob/master/files/neocities https://github.com/kyledrake/neocities-web/blob/master/files...
- stinky613 13y ago
  That wasn't really my point. It doesn't inspire confidence when the host says "hey! put your stuff here! I'm not sure that I can pay the bills each month but I sure hope we can. Oh--and I have no idea how this will scale." It's all understandable. But even if it's free and even if my content is stupid, I'd still feel a little uncomfortable because of how much doubt the owner expresses over the viability of the service.
  - zaius 13y ago
    Really, that's what all startups are doing. At least he's being honest about it.
  - kyledrake 13y ago
    Fair. Sorry about that. I have a lot of experience scaling web applications, I've been doing this for over 14 years. I should probably highlight that somewhere. I've already gotten enough donations today to run the server as-is for 8 months! I also found a sweet deal with a reliable dedicated provider via a tip that will cost substantially less than my intial estimates.
RBerenguel 13y ago
And <blink>!
- angersock 13y ago
  http://fredericiana.com/2012/11/04/html5-blink-tag/ http://fredericiana.com/2012/11/04/html5-blink-tag/
  - RBerenguel 13y ago
    The original blink was way cooler (I read the story a long ago... Chrome should have this kind of "easter eggs")

kyledrake 13y ago

There definitely needs to be some polish to the initial site I think. We have been talking about making something similar to Twitter Bootstrap that's designed for HTML newcomers, so that even really basic sites have a base-level good look to them. We're also talking about a WYSIWYG HTML editor, but we decided that we would launch to the tech crowds first, who have experience with HTML and are comfortable dealing with no initial boilerplate frameworks, and would appreciate the value of what we're trying to provider here (an open canvas). That said, I don't care if people use it for Geocities parodies. I think Geocities sites are a lot more interesting than the bland, drab Facebook profile layout that everybody is forced into with no ability to change in any meaningful way.

vec 13y ago

Needs more <frame>s! And I count a grand total of zero <blink> and <marquee> tags. C'mon people, if you want to party like it's 1999 you've got to step up your game!

orblivion 13y ago

"HACKED site down." kyledrake do you see this?

Samuel_Michon 13y ago

Here’s a tool you can use to make it look more authentic: http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/index.php http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/index.php