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'''Neocities''' is a commercial [[web hosting service]] for static pages. It offers 1&nbsp;GB of storage space for free sites and no [[server-side scripting]] for both paid and free subscriptions. The service's expressed goal is to "revive the support of free web hosting of the now-defunct [[GeoCities]]". Neocities was launched in 2013 by Kyle Drake.<ref>{{cite web|last=Drake|first=Kyle|date=May 28, 2013|title=Making the Web Fun Again|url=https://neocities.org/blog/making-the-web-fun-again|url-status=live|website=The Neocities Blog|access-date=June 15, 2015|archive-date=June 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607191157/https://neocities.org/blog/making-the-web-fun-again}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Jackson|first=Candace|date=2017-07-17|title=The Latest in Web Design? Retro Websites Inspired by the '90s|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/17/fashion/90s-web-design.html|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=July 18, 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170718004325/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/17/fashion/90s-web-design.html|url-status=live}}</ref> As of April 2024, it hosted more than 765,600 sites.<ref>{{cite web |title=Neocities.org |url=https://neocities.org/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240412020502/https://neocities.org/ |archive-date=2024-04-12 |access-date=2024-04-12 |quote="Neocities is a social network of 765,600 web sites that are bringing back the lost individual creativity of the web."}} </ref> The service is powered by an open-source backend provided under the [[FreeBSD License|FreeBSD license]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-15 |title=NeoCities is bringing the eye-bleeding "spirit" of GeoCities back to the modern web |url=https://www.techspot.com/news/99085-neocities-bringing-eye-bleeding-spirit-geocities-back-modern.html |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=TechSpot |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=neocities/LICENSE.txt at master · neocities/neocities |url=https://github.com/neocities/neocities/blob/master/LICENSE.txt |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=GitHub |language=en}}</ref>
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'''Neocities''' (a portmanteau of the prefix [[Wiktionary:neo-|neo-]] and [[GeoCities]]) is a [[free web hosting service]]. Offering 1 GB of storage space and no [[server-side scripting]], the service's expressed goal is to revive the support of "creativity and free expression" provided by GeoCities before its shutdown in the [[United States of America]] and [[Japan]] in 2009 and 2019, respectively.
Kyle Drake started Neocities in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://neocities.org/blog/making-the-web-fun-again|title=The Official NeoCities Blog|website=neocities.org}}</ref> {{As of|alt=In February 2020|2020|2|df=}}, Neocities reported that it had over 276,700 websites on its server.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://neocities.org|title=Neocities|website=Neocities - neocities.org}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
Neocities was created by Kyle Drake on May 23, 2013, and launched on June 28, 2013, offering 10 megabytes of file storage for every user.<ref>{{cite magazine|date=2016-05-08|first=Nick|last=Stockton|title=NeoCities Wants to Save Us From the Crushing Boredom of Social Networking|url=https://www.wired.com/2013/07/neocities/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160508181509/http://www.wired.com/2013/07/neocities/|archive-date=May 8, 2016|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|access-date=December 12, 2021}}</ref> It initially served as an archive for sites previously hosted on GeoCities before the latter's shutdown.<ref>{{cite web|last=Drake|first=Kyle|date=May 23, 2013|title=I want to make another Geocities. Free web hosting, static HTML only, 10MB limit, anonymous, uncensored.|url=https://twitter.com/kyledrake/status/337706291801763841|url-status=live|access-date=December 29, 2020|website=Twitter|archive-date=December 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229162713/https://twitter.com/kyledrake/status/337706291801763841}}</ref>


On May 8, 2014, Neocities announced that it would limit the bandwidth speed of the [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]] headquarters to early dial-up modem speeds as a protest against FCC's stance on [[net neutrality]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blog.neocities.org/blog/2014/05/08/fcc-rate-limit.html|title=We are rate limiting the FCC to dialup modem speeds until they pay us for bandwidth|date=May 8, 2014|access-date=December 29, 2020|archive-date=December 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229163121/https://blog.neocities.org/blog/2014/05/08/fcc-rate-limit.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Drake|first=Kyle|date=May 9, 2014|title=The "fast lane" to internet civil war|url=https://blog.neocities.org/blog/2014/05/09/internet-civil-war.html|url-status=live|access-date=December 29, 2020|website=The Neocities Blog|archive-date=July 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725181642/https://blog.neocities.org/blog/2014/05/09/internet-civil-war.html}}</ref> This protest received wide attention<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXRdpwVSCa8|title=Young Turks - FCC Gets A Taste Of {{sic|It|'s|nolink=y}} Own Medicine|website=[[YouTube]]|access-date=February 4, 2020|archive-date=December 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229162648/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXRdpwVSCa8|url-status=live}}
On May 23, 2013, Kyle Drake posted to his Twitter that he wanted to make a "GeoCities-like" website for the modern web.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/kyledrake/status/337706291801763841|title=Kyle Drake on Twitter: I want to make another Geocities. Free web hosting, static HTML only, 10MB limit, anonymous, uncensored.}}</ref> He stated that this site would be free, have a large file size limit, and would be focused on bringing back the creativity and individuality of the early web.
*{{cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/05/web-host-gives-fcc-a-28-8kbps-slow-lane-in-net-neutrality-protest/|title=Web Host Gives FCC a 28.8Kbps Slow Lane in Net Neutrality Protest|website=[[Ars Technica]]|date=May 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140509180505/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/05/web-host-gives-fcc-a-28-8kbps-slow-lane-in-net-neutrality-protest/|archive-date=May 9, 2014|url-status=live}}
*{{cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/2014/5/9/11626720/complaints-about-net-neutrality-flooding-the-fcc|title=Complaints About Net Neutrality Flooding the FCC|website=[[Vox.com]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204201254/https://www.vox.com/2014/5/9/11626720/complaints-about-net-neutrality-flooding-the-fcc|archive-date=February 4, 2020|date=May 9, 2014|url-status=live}}
*{{cite web|url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/2226896/web-hosting-provider-give-fcc-a-dose-of-life-without-net-neutrality.html|title=Web hosting provider give FCC a dose of life without net neutrality|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204201302/https://www.networkworld.com/article/2226896/web-hosting-provider-give-fcc-a-dose-of-life-without-net-neutrality.html|archive-date=February 4, 2020|date=May 12, 2014|author=Andy Patrizio|website=[[Network World]]|url-status=live}}
*{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/policy/2014/5/9/5699510/web-hosting-company-puts-fcc-in-slow-lane|title=Web Hosting Company Puts FCC In Slow Lane|date=May 9, 2014|website=[[The Verge]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140510093545/https://www.theverge.com/policy/2014/5/9/5699510/web-hosting-company-puts-fcc-in-slow-lane|archive-date=May 10, 2014|url-status=live}}
*{{cite web|url=https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140509/10392927179/webhost-protests-fccs-net-neutrality-proposal-limiting-fcc-access-to-288kbps.shtml?threaded=false&sp=1|title=Webhost Protests FCC's Net Neutrality Proposal By Limiting FCC Access To 28.8Kbps|website=[[Techdirt]]|date=May 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919095725/https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140509/10392927179/webhost-protests-fccs-net-neutrality-proposal-limiting-fcc-access-to-288kbps.shtml?threaded=false&sp=1|archive-date=September 19, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> and lasted until February 2, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|date=February 4, 2015|title=We have removed the FCC rate limit|url=https://blog.neocities.org/blog/2015/02/04/removed-fcc-rate-limit.html|url-status=live|access-date=December 29, 2020|website=The Neocities Blog|archive-date=June 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621134914/https://blog.neocities.org/blog/2015/02/04/removed-fcc-rate-limit.html}}</ref>


The service hosted about 55,000 to 57,000 sites in 2015,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Koebler|first=Jason|date=October 26, 2015|title=There's An Entire Conference Dedicated to Geocities-Style Websites|work=Motherboard|publisher=[[Vice Media]]|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/3daznj/theres-an-entire-conference-dedicated-to-geocities-style-websites|access-date=December 12, 2021|archive-date=December 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213000022/https://www.vice.com/en/article/3daznj/theres-an-entire-conference-dedicated-to-geocities-style-websites|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Dewey|first=Caitlin|date=November 10, 2015|title=The counterintuitive, GIF-tastic plan to redeem the modern Internet|language=en-US|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/11/10/the-counterintuitive-gif-tastic-plan-to-redeem-the-modern-internet/|access-date=2021-12-12|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=October 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018060627/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/11/10/the-counterintuitive-gif-tastic-plan-to-redeem-the-modern-internet/|url-status=live}}</ref> which had risen to over 460,000 by 2022, {{Citation needed|date=June 2022}} and 615,700 by 2023.
In protest of the [[FCC]] stance on [[net neutrality]], Neocities announced on May 8, 2014 that it would limit the bandwidth speed of the FCC headquarters to early dial-up modem speeds<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blog.neocities.org/blog/2014/05/08/fcc-rate-limit.html|title=We are rate limiting the FCC to dialup modem speeds until they pay us for bandwidth}}</ref> as a stunt.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blog.neocities.org/blog/2014/05/09/internet-civil-war.html|title=The "fast lane" to internet civil war}}

</ref> This protest received wide attention<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXRdpwVSCa8|title=Young Turks - FCC Gets A Taste Of {{sic|It|'s|nolink=y}} Own Medicine}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/05/web-host-gives-fcc-a-28-8kbps-slow-lane-in-net-neutrality-protest/|title=Web Host Gives FCC a 28.8Kbps Slow Lane in Net Neutrality Protest}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/2014/5/9/11626720/complaints-about-net-neutrality-flooding-the-fcc|title=Complaints About Net Neutrality Flooding the FCC}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/2226896/web-hosting-provider-give-fcc-a-dose-of-life-without-net-neutrality.html|title=Web hosting provider give FCC a dose of life without net neutrality}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/policy/2014/5/9/5699510/web-hosting-company-puts-fcc-in-slow-lane|title=Web Hosting Company Puts FCC In Slow Lane}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140509/10392927179/webhost-protests-fccs-net-neutrality-proposal-limiting-fcc-access-to-288kbps.shtml?threaded=false&sp=1|title=Webhost Protests FCC's Net Neutrality Proposal By Limiting FCC Access To 28.8Kbps}}</ref> and lasted until February 2, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blog.neocities.org/blog/2015/02/04/removed-fcc-rate-limit.html|title=We have removed the FCC rate limit}}</ref>
As of currently, Neocities allows 1&nbsp;GB of storage to free users, and 50&nbsp;GB of storage to "supporters".

== Usage ==
Neocities allows users to create their own websites using [[HTML]], [[CSS]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=Valens|first=Ana|date=August 8, 2019|title=The best web hosting services for sex workers and adult artists|work=[[The Daily Dot]]|url=https://www.dailydot.com/irl/best-web-hosting-sex-workers-adult-creators-nsfw-content/|access-date=December 12, 2021|archive-date=December 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213000031/https://www.dailydot.com/irl/best-web-hosting-sex-workers-adult-creators-nsfw-content/|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[JavaScript]], and the development tool comes with a built-in debugger for these languages.

Neocities has 2 options for users to store their data. A free plan, which has 1 gigabyte of data storage and slower transfer speeds, and a paid plan, which allows 50 gigabytes of storage and faster transfer speeds. The paid plan costs $5.00 per month, and funds go to server expenses.

The files that free users can host on Neocities are restricted to HTML files, CSS files, Javascript files, [[Markdown]] files, [[XML]] files, text files, fonts and images. By upgrading to their paid plan, this restriction is removed. This restriction is in place to prevent it from becoming a "file dump".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://neocities.org/site_files/allowed_types |title=Neocities - Allowed File Types |date=n.d. |website=Neocities |access-date=July 21, 2022 |archive-date=June 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626235606/https://neocities.org/site_files/allowed_types |url-status=live }}</ref>


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Neocities
Penelope, the mascot of Neocities
Type of site
Web hosting
Created byKyle Drake
URLneocities.org
CommercialYes
RegistrationYes
LaunchedJune 28, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-06-28)
Written inRuby

Neocities is a commercial web hosting service for static pages. It offers 1 GB of storage space for free sites and no server-side scripting for both paid and free subscriptions. The service's expressed goal is to "revive the support of free web hosting of the now-defunct GeoCities". Neocities was launched in 2013 by Kyle Drake.[1][2] As of April 2024, it hosted more than 765,600 sites.[3] The service is powered by an open-source backend provided under the FreeBSD license.[4][5]

History

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Neocities was created by Kyle Drake on May 23, 2013, and launched on June 28, 2013, offering 10 megabytes of file storage for every user.[6] It initially served as an archive for sites previously hosted on GeoCities before the latter's shutdown.[7]

On May 8, 2014, Neocities announced that it would limit the bandwidth speed of the FCC headquarters to early dial-up modem speeds as a protest against FCC's stance on net neutrality.[8][9] This protest received wide attention[10] and lasted until February 2, 2015.[11]

The service hosted about 55,000 to 57,000 sites in 2015,[12][13] which had risen to over 460,000 by 2022, [citation needed] and 615,700 by 2023.

As of currently, Neocities allows 1 GB of storage to free users, and 50 GB of storage to "supporters".

Usage

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Neocities allows users to create their own websites using HTML, CSS,[14] and JavaScript, and the development tool comes with a built-in debugger for these languages.

Neocities has 2 options for users to store their data. A free plan, which has 1 gigabyte of data storage and slower transfer speeds, and a paid plan, which allows 50 gigabytes of storage and faster transfer speeds. The paid plan costs $5.00 per month, and funds go to server expenses.

The files that free users can host on Neocities are restricted to HTML files, CSS files, Javascript files, Markdown files, XML files, text files, fonts and images. By upgrading to their paid plan, this restriction is removed. This restriction is in place to prevent it from becoming a "file dump".[15]

References

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  1. ^ Drake, Kyle (May 28, 2013). "Making the Web Fun Again". The Neocities Blog. Archived from the original on June 7, 2015. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  2. ^ Jackson, Candace (July 17, 2017). "The Latest in Web Design? Retro Websites Inspired by the '90s". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 18, 2017.
  3. ^ "Neocities.org". Archived from the original on April 12, 2024. Retrieved April 12, 2024. Neocities is a social network of 765,600 web sites that are bringing back the lost individual creativity of the web.
  4. ^ "NeoCities is bringing the eye-bleeding "spirit" of GeoCities back to the modern web". TechSpot. June 15, 2023. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
  5. ^ "neocities/LICENSE.txt at master · neocities/neocities". GitHub. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
  6. ^ Stockton, Nick (May 8, 2016). "NeoCities Wants to Save Us From the Crushing Boredom of Social Networking". Wired. Archived from the original on May 8, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
  7. ^ Drake, Kyle (May 23, 2013). "I want to make another Geocities. Free web hosting, static HTML only, 10MB limit, anonymous, uncensored". Twitter. Archived from the original on December 29, 2020. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  8. ^ "We are rate limiting the FCC to dialup modem speeds until they pay us for bandwidth". May 8, 2014. Archived from the original on December 29, 2020. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  9. ^ Drake, Kyle (May 9, 2014). "The "fast lane" to internet civil war". The Neocities Blog. Archived from the original on July 25, 2021. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  10. ^ "Young Turks - FCC Gets A Taste Of It's [sic] Own Medicine". YouTube. Archived from the original on December 29, 2020. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
  11. ^ "We have removed the FCC rate limit". The Neocities Blog. February 4, 2015. Archived from the original on June 21, 2021. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  12. ^ Koebler, Jason (October 26, 2015). "There's An Entire Conference Dedicated to Geocities-Style Websites". Motherboard. Vice Media. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
  13. ^ Dewey, Caitlin (November 10, 2015). "The counterintuitive, GIF-tastic plan to redeem the modern Internet". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on October 18, 2021. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
  14. ^ Valens, Ana (August 8, 2019). "The best web hosting services for sex workers and adult artists". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
  15. ^ "Neocities - Allowed File Types". Neocities. n.d. Archived from the original on June 26, 2022. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
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