I certainly don't mean to imply that people "should" find this easy — I recognize that even "basic" HTML requires some technical ability — but I do think it would be nice if we emphasized that plain HTML is *enough*.

#Website #WebDev #IndieWeb

Also while the IndieWeb often promotes things like webmentions, and many blogs have nice comment sections, a simple way to add interaction is to put an email link on your posts! I've responded by email to friends' posts, and it's a very nice way to interact.

I certainly don't mean to imply that people "should" find this easy — I recognize that even "basic" HTML requires some technical ability — but I do think it would be nice if we emphasized that plain HTML is *enough*.

#Website #WebDev #IndieWeb

Also while the IndieWeb often promotes things like webmentions, and many blogs have nice comment sections, a simple way to add interaction is to put an email link on your posts! I've responded by email to friends' posts, and it's a very nice way to interact.

#Website #WebDev #IndieWeb


Also the article mentions FTP for servers, but if you're willing to use something like www.netlify.com, getting your pages online can be as simple as dragging and dropping!

#Website #WebDev #IndieWeb

Scale & Ship Faster with a Com...

I often feel a little sad that we've turned websites into these complex things. I wish it were more widely accepted to just write some basic, raw HTML and call it a day. I would love to have a web of basic homemade pages like this.

#Website #WebDev #IndieWeb

"It’s easy to forget how simple a website can be. A website can be just one page. It doesn’t even need CSS. You don’t need a content management system like Wordpress. All you have to do is write some HTML and drag that file to a server"

lmnt.me/blog/how-to-...

#Website #WebDev #IndieWeb

I often feel a little sad that we've turned websites into these complex things. I wish it were more widely accepted to just write some basic, raw HTML and call it a day. I would love to have a web of basic homemade pages like this.

Also the article mentions FTP for servers, but if you're willing to use something like https://www.netlify.com/, getting your pages online can be as simple as dragging and dropping!

#Website #WebDev #IndieWeb

"It’s easy to forget how simple a website can be. A website can be just one page. It doesn’t even need CSS. You don’t need a content management system like Wordpress. All you have to do is write some HTML and drag that file to a server"

https://lmnt.me/blog/how-to-make-a-damn-website.html

#Website #WebDev #IndieWeb

#Design #Inspirations
Making space for a handmade web · Some ideas to inspire a different kind of web https://ilo.im/161rx8

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#Web #PeopleWeb #PersonalWeb #Website #Content #Creativity #WebDesign #IndieWeb #SmallWeb #BigWeb

People with personal websites and #blogs, especially using something like GitHub pages or Netlify + GitHub or similar systems:

how do you host your media files?

Do you clutter your repository with it? Do you use a separate host? S3 buckets?

Boost for reach!

#indieweb #webdev #askfedi

It's not enough to be neutral. Platform and protocol owners should be allies. werd.io/2025/buildin... #fediverse #opensource #indieweb

Building an open web that prot...

It's not enough to be neutral. Platform and protocol owners should be allies. https://werd.io/2025/building-an-open-web-that-protects-us-from-harm #fediverse #opensource #indieweb

I really like personal homepages and have quite a list of them bookmarked. I'll post one every week unless I fall behind this schedule. 😉 So here's Cool Personal Homepages #CPH Vol. 34: "gniibe, GNU bee, and Degrees of Freedom" https://www.gniibe.org/

#SmallWeb #indieweb #smolweb #PersonalSites #homepage #blog

I have a new more caj blog. But what do I expect from it? #indieweb #blog

https://mistystep.org/blog/this-blog

Read: Sanding off friction from indie web connection | Tracy Durnell

#indieweb https://tracydurnell.com/2025/01/09/sanding-off-friction-from-indie-web-connection/

Updated my little microsite.

I moved from my #Reef MVP to a static #Astro build, added a streak counter, trick tracker and updated the layout to a two column with an accent colour.

https://skate.michaelgale.dev/?v=s

#skateboarding #blogging #indieweb

Reworked my personal site, https://411.rip/ ! Some pages need to be worked on still, but y'know. It's here.

#IndieWeb #Neocities