r/indieweb

I'm an artist and sometimes I think about how I wanna throw instagram into garbage if it wasn't the only way I get in contact with my clients. Also, I don't wanna depend on algorithms, I just want people who want to look at my art. I'm very basic to webdev, only html, css and javascript, I've made a full stack course last year but it was pretty shit, so I didn't learn much. Any recommendations on how I could start developing a website like this? Picture a gallery like instagram, some announcements tab, maybe a portfolio tab. The only thing that stops me a bit is how to post new drawings and announcements easily without getting into the code, 'cause if it's too difficult then I would not use it

Before anything, here.

some error from my atabook guestbook

how do i fix this. And also here is my site, tell me what i should add/change because its looking boring.

Site:https://bedazzzlemepink.neocities.org/Fake%20index%20html/fakefile

Hey Guys,

I want to create a website inspired by 90s/2000s personal websites. i just want to post some useless information about myself, my hobbies, what tv shows im currently watching, what music i listen to recently, maybe a little blog and so on...

I was hoping there is something modular which also allows high customization, maybe via css?

Is there an opensource and possibly selfhosted tool for that? Only one I know is wordpress but I dont know if its fit for what I'm looking to do

I really dont want to ask chatgpt to make me something. Feels cheap and sloppy

Any Idea and input is highly appreciated!

Is there a website or something that links to self hosted videos in which i can browse their videos while having the option to look at other people's videos (like a recommendation system)?

I am seeking an indie alternative that avoids the repetition of familiar narratives, where shorter stories remain engaging. I still value graphic design, provided it is not oversaturated and offers enjoyable reading experiences.

I also aim to create short illustrated pieces, more substantial than a blog but not necessarily full length comics.

I considered building my own indie site as a library for potential short stories, any suggestions would be welcome.

Initially, I prefer an established platform I can adapt or contribute to, otherwise, I am open to making something small for myself, akin to a digital version of snail mail.

I'm making a search engine that lacks an algorithm. Every website, therefore, will have to be checked out and given scores. Only problem? I need websites to actually check out.

So, if you guys have any ideas on websites I should check out and add, I'd appreciate it.

Site is rolodex.neocities.org, though there is only two sites in the system as of the writing of this post. And since I have yet to code my synonym system yet, they can only be seen if you type either "social" or "video".

Hi y’all…

I haven’t built anything that is ready for release yet.

However, I am wondering how many people would be interested in using a social media platform that is blogging-style. Nostalgic of the Tumblr days for sure.

But with new ideas and simplicity of real social media and interactions.

If this post isn’t allowed my bad.

Just trying to gauge interest before I keep putting in energy. :)

Newbie here and hoping for some insight, as I've run into a bit of an issue I didn't expect. I was making a tracker website for games, stories, and similar things that basically consist of a family tree section on an endless canvas like background you can zoom in and out of, click on characters, and have their information pop up to read about. Since it was a cluster of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, I uploaded it on neocities and mainly used it personally and between friends.

It's gotten shared around more in our circles than expected, and while I'm glad about it, the issue I'm dealing with now is that the site wasn't really built for sharing. It saves its data mainly in the browser cache, so if you were to send someone a link to the site, it would be empty for them. You can export data as JSON files to import it back in afterward, which I initially just made as a backup tool, and it's a clunky mechanic to use as proper sharing of trees that were built.

If possible, I wanted a way to, like, create a shareable link of the site or similar that sends out a read-only view of the page. You can do the same things while normally using it, like zooming in and out, and clicking on characters to get their info pop up, but you cannot edit info or similar. As far as I know, though, the only way to do this is to create a way to store info on a server where it would then not be browser cache specific but saved somewhere more global, I guess. But maybe I'm not seeing the trees for the forest? There could be a much simpler or at least alternative solution I am unaware of.

Sorry if there were grammar mistakes. English is my second language. And thank you for anyone taking the time to try and help with this.

it always itched me that my old personal website really did not look like i wanted to. it felt like something i just threw out, just so i can have a personal website.

today I sat down, and worked on a completely re-vamped site. and i am proud to say, that i am really happy with how it turned out. would be happy to hear other web-devs opinion on it, and how to improve! Heads up, its a single page.

https://mertk.uk

Hey everyone,

I made a graffiti magazine web archive since most of them were horrible to navigate, required downloads or straight up shut down.

I based it off a more visual perspective, with Magazine covers in the index for easier search and navigation. It also doesent collect or send any data, everything stays local. (It only tracks what you have read to resume where you left off, and some stuff for the tools available)

Said tools include:

• Color Palette Analyzer: Crop the selection to adjust the area you want the colors to be picked. It shows the principal colors used, and allows them to be copied to CSS.
• Clipping Tool: Take a Clipping (kind of a ''screenshot'' Tool) that stays stored locally in the clippings section, where you can then view them, go to the exact page it was taken from, organize them by Moodboards or Tags, or Download them as WEBP to retain Quality. You can adjust the area you want to save.
• Download Magazines
• Track Read Magazines, start in the page you left off.
• And more

This website is completely free, no account, no data collected, no trackers. My intention is for Designers, Illustrators and other Artists to expand their knowledge and seek inspiration. Most of these Magazines include more than just graffiti, they have interviews, cool backgrounds and textures, Amazing editing and composing ideas, and more.

This isn't meant to be Advertisement or Self-Promotion. Its purely for the love of Graffiti Culture and Preservation.

The main reason why i wanted to build a personal site on Neocities was to get creative after work and be able to code for fun. So the last thing I wanted to do was set up node and start requiring dependencies like 11ty.

Now, I do agree that as soon as you add a bunch of cool things and scripts into a site it gets tedious to repeat all navigation bars and head elements and paste them into each and every html file whenever you update one of them, so I understand that there's a need for something more than just plain old html.

I've been figuring out my own solution for this for the time being, but I'm curious if there are any known tools or ways of handling this that are out of my radar. Just to be clear, I mean things that give you a "dev-environment" as close as pure html as possible, while still having a little bit of templating or reusable components for quality of life.