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6 years ago

It been 84 years

ethanf44 6 years ago

yea

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districts 6 years ago

Update! As per usual, may have to refresh your browser a couple of times, clean your cache, all that jazz, you know the drill

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hastiesthandiwork 6 years ago

I'm on Districts, I can finally die in a horrible, fiery car wreck

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neonaut 6 years ago

"18 sites have been removed." I'm just curious, are you removing 404s?

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districts 6 years ago

Basically, yes. We try to look into if a site is truly dead or the URL has just changed, and if there's no trace of it the site gets removed. Sites that are moved off site and no longer hosted on Neocities also get removed, because.. well, this is a Neocities site directory.

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neonaut updated their site.

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neonaut updated their site.

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covid-19 neonaut

6 years ago

Thank you for following. You are now immune

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cyberspaceport neonaut

6 years ago

Really appreciating your articles and your collection of 88x31 badges. I got lost exploring a number of them. Thanks!

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neonaut 6 years ago

Thanks for reading!

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candle neonaut

6 years ago

i'm reading this https://neonaut.neocities.org/microblog/2019/10/web-directories-part-3-the-districts.html and i love the idea of an overworld map of neighbouring websites. only tangentially related, you may be interested in this procedurally generated "map" of bitsy games i made https://candle.itch.io/world-of-bitsy

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neonaut 6 years ago

Not only is this oddly hypnotic and satisfying, but it provides some much-needed ideas for representation in bitsy. And it also links the source games. This is brilliant.

bright-eyes neonaut

6 years ago

I found some of your articles interesting, particularly the origin of the 88x31 button. I first came across it on fan sites where people made them for others to download and link back to their sites. Always found it a frustrating size to make though because there's not a lot of room on it. I've found other sizes are used as well - 100 x 50 (my prefered one), 50 x 50, 50 x 75, 100 x 35, and 200 x 40.

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bright-eyes 6 years ago

I've also come across 120 X 60 (very rare) and for top sites directories there's also a 480 x 100 one. I hate the really small ones though because it's hard to make them look great and still fit text on them.

exosilver 6 years ago

i was frustrated by the size as well, it's not the most convenient thing. i think i was interested in doing a 90x30 revival before i started archiving buttons. 100x50, you say? that seems like something fun to experiment with for higher-res buttons... i'll look into it

exosilver 6 years ago

(also wow i did not expect to be linked at the bottom of that 88x31 article!! thanks neonaut!!)

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bright-eyes 6 years ago

The sizes I've mentioned were probably invented by the fanlistings community, but they have certainly been used on fan sites quite a lot, and the personal sites of those who make fanlistings. I remember making some really mis matched ones (size wise) when I first started making fan sites because I didn't realise people could crop images. Pixel fonts are used a lot on them too.

soupault 6 years ago

I believe for modern screens, we really need a new standard to replace 88x31, but I'm not sure how it can be agreed upon by a wide community.

neonaut 6 years ago

I agree the 88x31 is too small and a bit annoying to design. I briefly wondered if the Hosted by Neocities button could provide inspiration, but it's an odd size (200x59). I think something like a 100x50 banner exchange has a chance of trending here on Neocities though.

bright-eyes 6 years ago

2OO x 59 is a bit too big in my opinion. Just tested it out and I can't see a page of those side by side. I think 100 x 50 has the advantage because it's commonly used among fanlistings and if folks who do that make a site here then they'll probably use it. (The drawback is lack of php and database sites - most FLs these days use that to manage them, but a fan site which doesn't need it could work.)

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hodgepodge ihatecarpet

6 years ago

...and if you already have laminate or hardwood floors, they want to SELL you some carpeting (UP TO 80% OFF!)... installed with lots of spikes and stuff so that if you get tired of it and remove the carpet, you find out the floor underneath has been ruined

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