Gelsey Land

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new web

i hadn't heard much about the new web movement until one day i got on the right side of youtube and watched a LuvstarKei IRL video. I remember building cool pages like this before - my Tumblr account, my sister's Tumblr account...another Tumblr account. Point being I learned how to change the background image and felt like a bonafied hacker.

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this inspired me to get back to the thing i love most - building my own little world. Sometimes my little neurodivergent brain was happy arranging my mom's nail polishes and imagining the social dynamics between the short pinks and taller reds. i've completely lost track of what the purpose of this paragraph was.

why make a site?

Freedom - you get to post whatever you want, no algo, no content guidelines, no text limit, and no format restrictions
skill building - i'm putting css and html on my resume as we speak
nostalgia - so many of the resouces out there pay homage to old web, it's hilarious watching young zoomers posting "rawrxd" blinkies in their profiles

so you're ready to start working on your own site?

lets fucking goooo

So i can't teach you how to code...or build a website. But i can teach you how i learned to do it.

explore the sites: check out my shuttle bus to other pages and see what they've created. get inspired and know what you want to make
get a template: the scary open notepad was very intimidating at first, but editing a template was the training wheels i needed to learn my divs from my ps
eat sleep and breathe tutorials i still find myself googling "how to make image centered", if you have seen it online it can be done. learn the terminology you need and eventually you will figure it out. it's like a puzzle

this is the tutorial i followed and it helped me crawl my way through my first build!

resources

sadgirl is probably one of the best places to get started with personal site building basics imo

Get ideas for different pages on your site from 32-bit cafe.

so you're not ready?

very valid. but there are still ways to enjoy the new web and personal websites!

helpful hint pages titled "links out" or "affiliates" will usually lead you to sites recommended by the owner and are a great place to discover new pages!

key terms

web revival: the concept of taking back ownership of the web to be an equal opportunity space in the midst of corporations taking over and currating most content.
old web: retro sites that draw inspiration from the 90's early 2000's in aesthetic, content and or programing
neocities: the place where many people in web revival host their sites