Website Development Resources

This page has a non-exhaustive list of resources that I used to make my own website. I encourage you to look around and explore other indie webpages in addition to using these resources.

Some resources may not work on a new/free Neocities account. I'm not sure about other free hosting sites.

Epilepsy warning for the blinky, button, and stamp collection links.

Beginner Resources

• This Tumblr post by Maddie, which prompted me to start making my own websites
• I use Visual Studio Code for editing all of my HTML, CSS, and JS. Here is an alternative distro of VS Code without Microsoft telemetry.
• Brackets, another open-source editor built for HTML and CSS
• SadGrl's Webmastery page. I got my layout from here, as well as some graphics
• 32-Bit Cafe Resource Page. It's a lot of resources.
• MelonLand Project, an active site dedicated to web revival. A lot of resources here too
• W3Schools is the HTML and CSS tutorial website (and other coding languages)
• Neocities HTML tutorials, which I did not use personally but are there
• Stack Overflow for when you're truly stumped
• Free website hosting:
• Neocities
• GitHub Pages
• Nekoweb

CSS, Colors, and Graphics

• blinkies.cafe has a ton of blinkies which also comes with a nifty generator
• Adrian's Blinkie Collection, also has buttons and stamps
• GifCities searches for GIFs on old GeoCities websites
• 88x31 GIF Collection is a large collection of new and old buttons
• The Largest 88x31 GIF Collection. Okay, I guess this one must be larger.
• SadGrl's button maker which makes 88x31px buttons.
• Not a link, but you can search for old stuff to use on Tumblr and DeviantArt. Search for things like blinkies, stamps, buttons, icons, dividers, pagedolls, etc.
• I made my website buttons with Photoshop CS6.🏴‍☠️
• EGGRAMEN's CSS Test Pages, not something I've personally used (yet) but seems like a good resource if you want to play with layouts
• SadGrl's Layout Builder
• w3schools CSS templates are very bare bones and responsive, if that's what you want
• Ground Floor is a bare-bones but very functional layout package with a few code examples
• Google Fonts, if you want a custom font
• Image Color Picker lets you pick web colors off of an uploaded image. I personally use this one a lot.
• Coolors can help you find or make a working color palette for your website.

Fun Widgets

• status.cafe allows you to update a page with a status. Also comes with its own feeds and forum
• Atabook, a free customizable guestbook for your website
• cbox.ws adds a chatbox to any page
• Visitor Count Tracker for Neocities specifically
• Daily Crossword Puzzle

Other Resources

• Webring List has a pretty comprehensive list of active webrings
• Info on RSS feeds