Got notice from the friend who'd hosted my old site for more than two decades that it would be going offline shortly. What a mix of emotions! I should have backups of everything, so it's not a big deal in that regard, and I haven't had edit-access in almost a decade, but just... wow. It's a little weird to think of it not being there.
Yeah, I wouldn't have minded a smidge more warning so I could make some newer backups, but it is what it is. o7 my old website, gone to the wayback machine in the sky. Friend hosted it for far longer than they ever needed to.
Sounds like you've already done it, but info for anyone else that needs it:
you can preserve sites on the wayback machine. There's a "save page" section on the front page, you can enter a url and it will save a copy. You need to do it for every page of your site though. And you can repeat it every time you change your site so it can act as a history of your site.
I wish! I've just been dragging the same files around for nearly three decades. (But there does seem to be an incomplete backup on the Wayback Machine, which is enough. Mostly what I need is story titles so I can match them with files, and the listings I need are there.)
Another tip, when saving webpages with it, I recomment having an Internet Archive account! With it, on the Save page you can check "Save outlinks", which as the name suggests, also saves any page that is linkedino the one you're archiving.
So for example, if you archive an index, it will save the pages linked in sidebar too. Or for a blog, when archiving page 4 it will save pages 3 and 5 as well. I like to archive old fan websites and it has been a time and lifesaver.
Oh, interesting! As someone who's been using both Neocities and Nekoweb for a while now, I'm definitely curious to see what your thoughts are on comparing the two. Bookmarking to read later :)
I’ve mostly just been cleaning up/organizing files and such for the personal website, so it’s easier to navigate both on the back and front end (hopefully). I did add other CSS stylesheets (they’re just color swaps depending on the topic of the page, but I think it’s a cute touch, at least) plus a robots.txt file, though.
I’m thinking of changing the footer to something else (at least a link to a sitemap that I’m making), but I know that’s going to be tedious, having to update every page... In due time.
I haven't done a lot with my neocities site lately, mostly just fiddly little things like cleaning some code up or adding some images. I have a lot of ideas for things I want to add to my site, just lacking the brain space to do it I guess lol
I did swap out my guestbook though. Found out atabook is going to be adding ads (and a premium service to remove them) at some point in the near future (they have started testing it). Not that I am opposed to paying for a service I am using. But I guess I feel like if I'm going to be spending money just to not see ads on my guestbook/site, that money could instead go towards proper hosting that has a database I can use for things like a guestbook.
random resources:
"shows how you can protect a webpage from visitors using a password that can't be found inside the source code on Neocities" https://xobyte.org/demos/protected/
"IndieSeas is a search engine made exclusively for the indieweb. It scrapes based on 88x31 buttons, while respecting privacy and robots.txt policies." https://indieseas.net - has a random button at the bottom too
Thanks for the Indie Web link! I was aware of multiple search engines that prioritize smaller and older websites, but I really love how that one is focused on indieweb since these sites tend to be currently active. I have had fun looking thru it!
Finally started working on my first shrine! I started yesterday so I haven't gotten that far yet, but I've done a little. Got the layout down at least, now I gotta fill it with stuff. I still need to collect all the images I want, and I don't really know a lot of things to write yet, but I figure I'll get there eventually.
Not a ton from me lately, though I did open a new fanlisting. Thinking about building another one soon, we'll see.
My goals for this year were to revamp my domain + fanlisting collective, and to open at least one new fansite. I've not made much progress on this... 😩 I have a pretty good idea of how I want the new fanlisting collective layout to look, so I'm hoping to work on that soon. Unfortunately I'm recovering from a knee injury that makes it hard to sit at my desk for too long, so I'll need to work on it a little bit at a time.
I also have another site that's mostly ready in terms of content, but I'm been COMPLETELY blocked on the layout, which sucks. I should really just throw some spaghetti at the wall (read: screw around in Photoshop until I make something tolerable) but it's hard when the inspiration isn't there.
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Date: 2025-06-29 02:01 am (UTC)(Time to get back to my archiving, I suppose!)
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Date: 2025-06-29 02:33 am (UTC)It's cool that your friend can warn you about downtime! While if Cloudflare goes down... there goes 80% of the internet without warning :P
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Date: 2025-06-29 02:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-06-29 04:04 am (UTC)you can preserve sites on the wayback machine. There's a "save page" section on the front page, you can enter a url and it will save a copy. You need to do it for every page of your site though. And you can repeat it every time you change your site so it can act as a history of your site.
https://web.archive.org
https://help.archive.org/help/save-pages-in-the-wayback-machine/
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Date: 2025-06-29 04:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-06-29 07:53 pm (UTC)With it, on the Save page you can check "Save outlinks", which as the name suggests, also saves any page that is linkedino the one you're archiving.
So for example, if you archive an index, it will save the pages linked in sidebar too. Or for a blog, when archiving page 4 it will save pages 3 and 5 as well.
I like to archive old fan websites and it has been a time and lifesaver.
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Date: 2025-06-29 04:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-06-29 02:36 am (UTC)I just finished writing a short comparison of Nekoweb and Neocities features, since I saw someone on blorbo.social asking which to choose today :D
https://wiki.scumsuck.com/notes:webhosting
I don't use either, but I love to compare features and TOS haha. These two were kinda funny to compare cuz Nekoweb advertises itself as better :P
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Date: 2025-06-29 10:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-06-29 02:48 am (UTC)I’m thinking of changing the footer to something else (at least a link to a sitemap that I’m making), but I know that’s going to be tedious, having to update every page... In due time.
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Date: 2025-06-29 04:46 am (UTC)I did swap out my guestbook though. Found out atabook is going to be adding ads (and a premium service to remove them) at some point in the near future (they have started testing it). Not that I am opposed to paying for a service I am using. But I guess I feel like if I'm going to be spending money just to not see ads on my guestbook/site, that money could instead go towards proper hosting that has a database I can use for things like a guestbook.
random resources:
"shows how you can protect a webpage from visitors using a password that can't be found inside the source code on Neocities"
https://xobyte.org/demos/protected/
"IndieSeas is a search engine made exclusively for the indieweb. It scrapes based on 88x31 buttons, while respecting privacy and robots.txt policies."
https://indieseas.net - has a random button at the bottom too
css tutorials and code by topic:
https://moderncss.dev/topics/
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Date: 2025-06-29 01:33 pm (UTC)How/where are you going to host your guestbook going forward?
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Date: 2025-06-29 08:25 pm (UTC)I was aware of multiple search engines that prioritize smaller and older websites, but I really love how that one is focused on indieweb since these sites tend to be currently active. I have had fun looking thru it!
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Date: 2025-06-29 12:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-06-29 02:00 pm (UTC)Not a ton from me lately, though I did open a new fanlisting. Thinking about building another one soon, we'll see.
My goals for this year were to revamp my domain + fanlisting collective, and to open at least one new fansite. I've not made much progress on this... 😩 I have a pretty good idea of how I want the new fanlisting collective layout to look, so I'm hoping to work on that soon. Unfortunately I'm recovering from a knee injury that makes it hard to sit at my desk for too long, so I'll need to work on it a little bit at a time.
I also have another site that's mostly ready in terms of content, but I'm been COMPLETELY blocked on the layout, which sucks. I should really just throw some spaghetti at the wall (read: screw around in Photoshop until I make something tolerable) but it's hard when the inspiration isn't there.