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How to Relive the Old Internet With Neocities (lifehacker.com)

submitted 1 year ago by realitista@lemmy.world to c/technology@beehaw.org

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[–] Uniquitous@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't forget to include the "construction worker with a shovel" gif and disclaimer that this page is under construction.

[–] PhreakyByNature@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

I had a bulldozer one!

[–] lackthought@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

ah, the nostalgia!

I'm gonna crosspost this to !retronet@lemmy.sdf.org which is a community for 'vintage internet' discussions, and this is perfect

[–] Dee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I tried to get into neocities like six months ago but I just don't have the want to customize my own site with html from scratch anymore like when I was younger. I like that it exists still but there's something to be said of modernization when you have limited time each day with other life responsibilities. That being said I hope it takes off!

[–] ritzylasagna@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Perhaps a kid will enjoy this today!

[–] Dee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Absolutely! I sure hope so!

[–] wreel@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's fantastic. So much great content was lost when the original sites went down

[–] heartlessevil@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It wasn't lost per se, Geocities was archived and you can download a torrent: https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/GeoCities

That page links to a web-accessible archive here: https://geocities.restorativland.org/

In fact there's some interesting 90s queer history here: https://geocities.restorativland.org/WestHollywood/Castro/ (beware that it contains some NSFW images if you scroll for a while)

[–] Rexelpitlum@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

I have been using Neocities for years now. Because sometimes a simple static Website with a few images and some javascript just does the job.