resources i've found useful while making my site
i don't believe in having AI write your code for you. i don't believe in AI anything. BUT, if you're like me and you're stupid, coding is hard and confusing. i figured it all out myself still, though, because that's the point of neocities (or nekoweb or wtv you're using)
so that said, here are some things i used to teach myself, some things that help me understand what certain properties did, etc.
a lot of what i also did to learn is look at people's code. i never steal it for my own, but i read it to understand how they got the result they did, (like using a flexbox layout) and then what i could go look up to do that myself. this means that my code is something i did myself, that i know how to change it myself to do what i want, instead of working within a "template".
(there are absolutely templates out there that people make for free to be used! i just always understand something better if i go from the ground up, personally.)
w3schools is really useful for me. it has pages where you can test and play with their code snippets to understand what each part of a code does.
- html basics
- css basics
- how to do certain site things - like idk it helps you figure out how you can do different types of menus, display images, etc.
webcode tools helps me mostly with the html and css bits, and visualizing the options you're able to change.
codepen.io you have to sign up, and for the free version all your codes or "pens" are visible to EVERYONEEEE, but, it's basically like a testing ground thing that changes with each edit you make. i find it really useful for figuring out page layouts before i take it into notepad++, when i'm trying to use grid or flexbox and what have you.
code formatters
- html formatter i'm just messyyyyyy okkkk....
- css formatter
bits and pieces
petrapixel's site is soooo good. her coding tutorials and snippets are very useful. i use her javascript layout code in some spots. (i still haven't looked much into javascript tbh...it is my next thing)
RV's free effects this is very cool snippets for some fun text effects!!
image dithererer - makes images look old-school
image colour picker i make colour schemes from images to match an image i'm using as a background.
glassmorphism background generator i miss the era of windows vista fight me
status.cafe widget alternative - if you are using a free neocities account after 2024, the status.cafe widget won't work in your site. this is an easy alternative if you would like to embed it in your site!