🧡 Tuesday Tips #3 🧡 | 25 Ways to Make Your Website More Personal & Unique

Your Website, Your Digital Home

Your website is more than just a collection of pages; it’s your digital home. It should reflect you, your interests, and your personality. But with so many sites out there, how do you make yours stand out?

Here are 25 ways to make your website feel more personal, unique, and personalized to you!

🎹 Design & Aesthetics

1. Custom Color Palette – Pick colors that resonate with your personality and aesthetic.

2. Unique Typography Choices – Use a mix of fonts that match your vibe.

3. Handwritten or Doodle Elements – Add personal sketches or notes.

4. Custom Cursor – Let visitors use a fun, themed cursor on your site.

5. Personalized Favicon – A tiny but powerful detail that makes your site feel complete.

6. Themed Layouts for Different Pages – Make each page visually distinct but cohesive.

7. Custom Backgrounds – Textures, gradients, or even a personal photograph.

8. Retro or Experimental CSS Styles – Go wild with unique styles that make your site stand out.

9. Create a Custom Hand-Drawn Logo – Instead of a standard logo, try sketching one yourself for a unique touch.

10. Add Subtle Animations – Small hover effects, background animations, or cursor trails can bring your site to life.

11. Play With Layering Elements – Overlap images, text, and shapes for a more dynamic look.

12. Design a Personalized Loading Screen – A custom loading animation or message adds a fun detail visitors will remember.

13. Add Your Own Handwriting as a Font – Convert your handwriting into a web font for a truly personal touch.

14. Design a Seasonal Theme Switcher – Let visitors toggle between different seasonal or mood-based color palettes.

📜 Content & Personality

15. Create a Behind-the-Scenes Page – Show how your website was built, share your thought process, or include fun bloopers.

16. Add a “The Making Of” Section – Share drafts, sketches, or early concepts behind your creative works.

17. Include a Personal Dictionary of Words You Love – A list of favorite words, phrases, or slang you frequently use.

18. Design a “Things That Make Me Happy” Page – A simple, uplifting page filled with personal joys.

19. Show Your Progress on a Learning Goal – Track and share your journey in learning a new skill, language, or hobby.

đŸ’Ÿ Interactivity & Engagement

20. Add a Clickable Mood Indicator – Let visitors see your current mood with an emoji or phrase that changes over time.

21. Create a Dynamic Banner That Updates Automatically – Display different messages depending on the time of day or special occasions.

22. Add a “What I’m Listening To” Widget – A live-updating display of your current favorite song or playlist.

23. Embed a Poll or Voting Feature – Let visitors vote on fun topics or help you make creative decisions.

24. Introduce a Mini Personality Quiz – Something quirky like “Which of my favorite books/movies are you?”

25. Make an “Ask Me Anything” Page – An interactive page where visitors can submit questions for you to answer.

Closing: Make It Yours!

Your website should be you in digital form—fun, unique, and engaging. Whether you add just one or all 25 ideas, the most important thing is to have fun and make it your own.

If you try any of these ideas, let me know! I’d love to see what you create!

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Source: https://sovereignweb.thecozy.cat/blog/uncategorized/%f0%9f%a7%a1-tuesday-tips-3-%f0%9f%a7%a1/

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🧡 Tuesday Tips #2 🧡 | Escape the Algorithm: Master RSS & Atom Feeds

Hey all! For this week’s Tuesday Tips, I wanted to share my RSS / Atom Feed masterpost with you all! If you’ve ever wanted to create your own ‘news feed’ for your website that people can actually follow you on via their RSS / Atom reader apps, I’m going to teach you how to do it!

If learning about RSS / Atom feeds interests you, head over to my blog post here for the full read.

Happy Tuesday!

Source: https://sovereignweb.thecozy.cat/blog/uncategorized/%f0%9f%a7%a1-tuesday-tips-2-%f0%9f%a7%a1/

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(Not really, I like writing like this)

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speaking of personal websites

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Far more people engage with my website via feed reader than email. Chalk one up for RSS. #indieweb

Far more people engage with my website via feed reader than email. Chalk one up for RSS. #indieweb

Syndicating with json feed

I got really excited about json feeds after reading about it in the Echo Feed docs. Using 11ty to build out the feed was super silly easy. I’m now taking full advantage of syndicating features in Echo Feed. #Indieweb

https://benjamin.parry.is/collecting/thoughts/2025/06/syndicating-with-json-feed/

Volviendo sobre el tema de la #indieweb , recomiendo que escuchéis este podcast, para aclarar conceptos y fundamentos

Web Reactiva: WR 117: IndieWeb para novatos

PĂĄgina del episodio: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/wr-117-indieweb-para-novatos--20622363

Archivo de medios: https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/20622363/web_reactiva_117.mp3

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W is for <del>Wiki</del> Web.
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Merci @julientaq, @arthurperret, @antoinentl !

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I'm moving accounts!

After a ridiculous 18 hours of sheer stubbornness and determination, I have finally managed to federate my website. 🙌 This will also resolve the double hashtag issue I've been battling the past couple months.

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Once again I have been asked to host the #IndieWeb Homebrew Website Club (Europe/London) despite being domiciled in Southern California. If you like websites and want to website with other websiters and webmasters feel free to hang out with us in Zoom. Wednesday. https://events.indieweb.org/2025/06/homebrew-website-club-europe-london-SdLMeMZqgiM9

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why we don’t call ourselves “webmaster” anymore? #indieweb

Might start running my site off a K8s cluster made of Raspberry Pis just to feel something
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New blog post documenting my efforts to make microblogging less of a pain with Eleventy, or any SSG for that matter. https://nathanupchurch.com/blog/Solving-SSG-Microblogging-Ergonomics-with-KDialog-for-Incense-Posting/ #11ty #eleventy #blog #indieweb #KDE