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What should I add to my '90s website? (aus.social)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by ajsadauskas@aus.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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What should I add to my '90s website?

So I'm currently toying around with NeoCities, and decided to trial it by building your classic mid '90s Geocities/Tripod/Angelfire pastiche website.

Some of the most important elements are already in place.

Tile background? Large font? Heading in bright pink with a shadow? Unusual colour choices? Random cat gifs? Under construction gif? Check! Check! Check!

In the true spirit of the '90s DIY web, some more pages (including the links page) are coming soon.

(I'm thinking of adding a page dedicated to either Britney or a nu-metal band.)

You can see the page so far here: https://that90ssite.neocities.org/

There are a few things that I want to add to make it complete, and I'm looking for suggestions.

The first, is to embed a midi file that plays automatically. Any suggestions on the best way of doing this?

Second, it's just not going to be complete without a guestbook.

Third, any webring suggestions?

Fourth, what's the best way of adding a java chat room in 2024?

Finally, anything else that really needs to be a part of a great '90s website?

UPDATE: Thanks for all the feedback! I've added more annoying GIFs, a guestbook, a links page, and a cyber cat hangout.

UPDATE 2: And added even more gifs, an amazing Amiga demo, and a ton of links.

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[–] CatZoomies@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Adding some inspiration from well-developed 90s sites via the Wayback Machine.

These will take a while to load and will appear broken. The Wayback Machine is a free service hosted on the Internet Archive and bandwidth isn’t cheap!

Game Spot in 1996: https://web.archive.org/web/19961222024924/http://www.gamespot.com/
America Online (AOL) in 1996: https://web.archive.org/web/19961220154856/aol.com
Alta Vista in 1997: https://web.archive.org/web/19970509000911/http://www.altavista.com/
Discovery in 1997: https://web.archive.org/web/19970330143007/discovery.com
Nintendo in 1998: https://web.archive.org/web/19990125101631/http://www.nintendo.com/
Tripod (web host like Geocities) in 1999: https://web.archive.org/web/19990428013840/tripod.com

This list of sites is, of course, from the frame of view of a kid growing up in the United States in the 1990s. I visited a lot of other sites but I can't remember them - I only remember the ones I visited in the early 2000s that didn't exist in the 90s.