The personal web, in the present tense
Neocities hosts personal static websites and offers a free starting option. Its stated mission centers on creativity and people building their own web spaces. This makes it different from the historical archives in our directory: the pages here belong to a living community, and their authors are making things now.
What does a static website mean?
A simple static site is made from files such as HTML pages, stylesheets, and images. You can use those building blocks to publish writing, link collections, artwork, or a small fan project. Our advice is to begin with a page you understand rather than adding features you cannot maintain. One readable paragraph and a good link are a perfectly respectable launch.
Your first tiny homepage
Pick a subject with a small enough scope to finish: favorite album artwork, unusual bookmarks, or a record of one hobby. Write a welcome message, add a few carefully chosen links, and make the page title descriptive. If you use an image, include useful alternative text. Check your page on a phone and with a keyboard before announcing your glorious new corner of cyberspace.
Explore like a guest
When browsing other people’s sites, pay attention to their own navigation and context. A personal page can be playful, unfinished, or experimental without needing to look like a commercial product. Bookmark work you enjoy and credit the author when discussing it. Visibility on the web does not automatically make someone else’s artwork yours to reuse.
Keep a copy and keep making things
Neocities explains that users can download their site files. Make your own backups part of the habit of publishing. Before choosing a plan or adding a feature, consult the current service information rather than assuming every kind of application is supported. The department’s challenge: publish one small, personal page that could only have come from you. The construction sign is spiritually included.