This is wild. I began designing and building websites in 1995. From today, in 2025, I’ve been designing and writing code for most of the internet’s existence.

#Web #Internet #Design #Code #HTML #CSS #WebDesign
https://w3c.social/@w3c/114150554471950167

this is it, folks! we are in the final week before submissions are due for GOOD INTERNET, a new print periodical magazine about all the things that make the #web fun: things like the #smallweb, the fediverse, the #indieweb, and efforts to actively fight #enshittification. submissions are open until MARCH 15.

check the submission guidelines or sign up for email alerts to be notified when we publish in may!

https://goodinternetmagazine.com

if this is your first time hearing about this, you still have enough time to come up with and write an article or complete a digital #art piece, if you're passionate about the #internet and want to write about it! :) bloggers, it's your time to shine!~

i can't wait to show y'all the incredible stories that have been submitted from all over the 'net, and some of the coolest art i've seen about the web!

thank you to everyone who's been so supportive of this project already. this is why this side of the internet is amazing. please boost, if you can; i want to make sure i did everything i could to include as many diverse voices as i can.

thank you!

original post: https://tilde.zone/@xandra/113913277766098384

During one of my earliest professional projects, I encountered a progress bar that was, as the engineering team put it, “complete nonsense.” (That’s the G-rated version, anyway. )

Here’s the story of how it worked, why it worked that way, and the more honest alternatives I’ve recommended since then: https://cloudfour.com/thinks/truth-lies-and-progress-bars/

#Design #Analyses
Pinterest is being strangled by AI slop · The ‘web’s mood board’ suffers from AI spammers https://ilo.im/162ldc

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#Pinterest #Images #AI #Slop #Business #ProductDesign #UxDesign #UiDesign #VisualDesign #WebDesign

I’ve been designing web experiences for 20+ years. While I use and enjoy dedicated design software, I’m pretty sure I design “in the browser” more than most.

Here are just a few reasons why… https://cloudfour.com/thinks/why-i-like-designing-in-the-browser/

9 Best WordPress Themes With Social Media Integration
https://www.sktthemes.org/wordpress-themes/wordpress-themes-social-media-integration/
#WordPress #SocialMedia #SEOThemes #WebDesign #DownloadNow

today is officially *THREE* weeks until the submission deadline for Good Internet magazine!

Good Internet launches in May 2025. it's a volunteer-run, not-for-profit print and digital quarterly magazine for personal website owners and those interested in using the internet as a means of self-expression, art, and recreation.

we're looking for 1,500-4,000 word articles about anything related to that!

you could write about:

* #internet history
* personal #websites
* #accessibility on the #indieweb
* finding inspiration for a #blog
* #webdesign trends
* running from the #enshittification of the #web
* lessons or post-mortems from #webdev projects
* news or overviews of #opensource projects

if it relates to hobbies on "this side of the web," whether you call it the #smallweb or indieweb, we probably want to run it!

you can have your article as low-media (meaning only text and images) or interactive, where you code an entire webpage to help tell your story.

if you're interested in learning more, you can sign up for our email list for when we launch or you can check the submission guidelines @ https://goodinternetmagazine.com!

(please boost if you can! <3)

#Design #Guides
Defense against dishonest charts · How not to lie with data visualizations https://ilo.im/162ger

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#Charts #DataViz #Accuracy #Transparency #Content #EthicalDesign #DeceptiveDesign #ProductDesign #VisualDesign #WebDesign

heise+ | Grav: Flexibles Flat-File-CMS als WordPress-Alternative

Grav bietet Entwicklern viele Freiheiten – und verzichtet auf eine Datenbank. Außerdem ist das freie CMS schnell, unkompliziert und flexibel.

https://www.heise.de/ratgeber/Grav-Flexibles-Flat-File-CMS-als-WordPress-Alternative-10284454.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

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@stux I'm trying to #embed my #Pixey profile on my #website, but I get this message when I try using the embed code I found in the old interface of my profile. Is there anything I can do about this?

#CSS Grid is so fun. Here’s a simple card pattern where key elements break their container… or do they?? https://cloudfour.com/thinks/faux-containers-in-css-grids/

WANTED: Web Designer

I’m looking for someone to do website development for a few clients. The ideal person is someone who can collaborate on experience design and implementation based on brand development from me. Aesthetics are critical to me, so finding the balance between design and optimization is important. These are mainly brochureware sites. Not heavy on integration or shopping carts, though there may be some of that down the road.

I want to do something different with my Playlists page on my blog, because the Odesli API is a bit slow so the embedded playlist widgets are slow to load. Any suggestions?

https://cool-as-heck.blog/playlists/

this will likely be a recurring reminder as the weeks go by, but i'm so excited about this project. i have to share! (this is the first time i've been nervous to announce something on this side of the web!)

i'm combining my 10 years of journalism experience with my love for the #indieweb by launching GOOD INTERNET, a regular periodical magazine in both print and digital formats. and this is a non-profit, completely independent endeavor!

https://goodinternetmagazine.com/

ultimately, Good Internet will cover a lot of different aspects of the small web: unplugging from the corporate web, fighting #enshittification, migrating from data-harvesting corpo social media, creating your own personal website, using code and website-building as an art form, federation, and creating websites for fun. it will be approachable for beginners and enjoyable for seasoned indie web travelers!

the #smallweb can be hard to keep up with if you aren't "plugged in," especially if you want to find other hobby website owners, folks coding for fun, weird web projects, or artists taking back their digital ownership. it's overdue that this side of the web has an analog publication!

having a central publication about the decentralized parts of the personal web makes me even more excited to share this hobby with those who might not even know about it--all within beautiful, high-res, high-quality pages.

the idea here is to have a physical celebration of this hobby in addition to being informative, helpful, and accessible.

consider signing up for email notifications when we launch the first issue in may 2025:

https://goodinternetmagazine.com

(if you're interested in #writing an article or op-ed about this side of the web/personal websites, coding an interactive article, or want to know what that even means, send an email to hello@goodinternetmagazine.com! taking pitches for may 2025!)

Serious question: What's with all the whitespace?

It's everywhere; finance websites, this GoDaddy page... everywhere I go I see space _everywhere_ that prevents quick perusal of data. Whatever happened to showing the most information efficiently?

Almost all of my DNS records _could_ be shown on a single page, but I have to scroll to see them all.

All four rows of data shown below could fit into the first row, so why aren't they?

i'm redoing my illustration website in html & css to, i hope, make it less burdensome on the planet's resources. in the past, i've had a full page dedicated to a gallery of my art. i'm considering scrapping it &, instead, using one compilation illustration as a footer.
opinions (not about my art. i couldn't bear that)? is this enough to give people an idea of my style?
#webDesign #illustrator #illustration #art #artist #webDevelopment

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