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Webmastering Links


"Webmastery" and "webweaving" are cool ways to describe web development from a hobbyist standpoint, so we like to use it here. The resources below are meant to be helpful to create your own website.

Accessibility

Beginner HTML and CSS Guides

Mozilla's Web Docs

Beginner Javascript Guides

Beginner Self-Managing & Server Guides

Free Blogging Platforms, Engines & Static-Site Generators

      • Aurora SSG created by @capjamesg
      • Bear Blog a blogging platform
      • Bloggable blogging platform for any Neocities site (including free accounts!) by @april
      • Chyrp Lite a PHP blogging engine similar to Tumblr
      • Dreamwidth an open-source LiveJournal alternative
      • Eleventy SSG
      • Faircamp Bandcamp platform alternative
      • Gatsby SSG
      • HamsterCMS content management system by Turboblack
      • Hugo SSG
      • Jekyll SSG
      • Likho's microblog.py microblog generator created by @likho
      • Mataroa a blogging platform
      • Melonking's Gallery Maker an application that lets you easily create HTML photo galleries
      • Midnight.pub a blogging platform created by m15o
      • Pagecord an easy and minimalist blogging platform by @olly
      • Phantomake SSG created by Osmose
      • Pika a blogging platform similar to BearBlog
      • Publii a beginner-friendly, open-source, all-in-one WordPress alternative
      • Simple page builder app a WYSIWYG editor to export code and upload elsewhere
      • Smol.pub a blogging platform created by m15o
      • Soupault an SSG that doesn't need templates or front matter
      • Statamic an independent blogging engine similar to WordPress
      • Write.as a minimalist blogging platform
      • Write Freely an open-source simple blogging platform
      • Zola a single-binary SSG
      • Zonelets a blogging engine made for Neocities but can be used everywhere
      • Zoner a drag-and-drop SSG based on Zonelets

Code Generators

CSS Code Generators

Code Snippets

Common Webmastery Issues

Counters & Analytics

Directories & Listings

Current and active directories and website listings for the small web.

Guestbooks

Hosted Forms

Hosted Services for Websites

Free Layouts & Themes

 Layout Makers

Text Cliques & Clubs

*Staff Note:* There are a __lot__ of text cliques across the independent web and would be a bit overwhelming to include here. Instead of linking to individual text cliques, these link to collections, directories, and compilations of text cliques.

Fanlistings

Free Webhosts

Paid Webhosts

(Note: It is recommended to avoid [EIG Hosting companies, services and brands](https://researchasahobby.com/full-list-eig-hosting-companies-brands/))

Domain Name Registrars

Creating, Managing, and Finding Webrings

Widgets & Components

X-References

Graphics

These are resources relating to graphics, graphic design, or creating art.

Browser-Based Graphic Editors

 Color Palettes

Graphic Generators

Free Graphics & Website Materials

Pixel Cliques & Clubs

Here is an ongoing list of active pixel clubs and cliques across the web that have either been created or revived from an older age of the internet. [Unsure about what this is?](https://32bit.cafe/interactingontheweb/)

Placeholder Images

Free Stock Images & Illustrations

Utilities & Programs

These are utilities, programs, and helpful tools that can help make your life easier when it comes to computing, webmastery, and other computer-related hobbies.

Webweaving Utilities

Image & Art Utilities

Social Media Utilities

Retro Utilities & Programs

Typefaces & Fonts

Password Managers

Other Software & Utilities

Independent Web Alternatives

These are alternative projects, web services, and replacements for the corporate web, corporate services, or Big Tech.

Analytics Alternatives

Creativity Tools & Programs

eCommerce Alternatives

      • Artisans Cooperative an Etsy alternative
      • Ecwid a free Shopify alternative
      • Mushroomy a cute, by-artists, for-artists storefront platform & Etsy alternative
      • Snipcart a JS shopping cart and checkout system that works with any website or page
      • Thirty Bees a free, open-source Shopify alternative

Email Newsletter Software

      • Beehiiv free tier up to 2,500 subscribers
      • Plunk free tier up to 1,000 emails/mo or free self-hosting
      • Keila free self-hosted option
      • Letterloop $5/mo and friends- and family-focused
      • Listmonk free and self-hosted
      • Mailtrain free and self-hosted
      • SendPortal free self-hosted email marketing/newsletter management

Productivity Tools & Programs

Search Engines

Other Service Alternatives

Service Proxies and Frontends

      • BreezeWiki allows you to view Fandom wiki pages without the bloat or ads
      • FreeTube a privacy-focused desktop client for YouTube
      • Invidious a lighter-weight YouTube frontend; self-hostable
      • LibRedirect a web extension that redirects YouTube, Instagram, Reddit, TikTok and other websites to alternative privacy-friendly frontends
      • NewPipe an alternative mobile YouTube client for Android
      • Piped an alternative YouTube frontend
      • Redlib a private front-end for Reddit; self-hostable and accessible through various public instances
      • Scribe a Medium link alternative

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