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'''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 |
'''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 started in 2013.<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}}</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|access-date=2021-12-12|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> As of 2017, it hosted more than 140,000 sites.<ref name=":0" /> |
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== History == |
== History == |
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Revision as of 02:00, 27 February 2022
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 Penelope, the mascot of Neocities | |
| File:Neocities.org Front Page.png The Neocities Homepage, as of October 16, 2019 | |
Type of site | Web hosting |
|---|---|
| Created by | Kyle Drake |
| URL | neocities |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Yes |
| Launched | May 24, 2013 |
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 started in 2013.[1][2] As of 2017, it hosted more than 140,000 sites.[2]
History
Neocities was created by its founder Kyle Drake on May 23, 2013 and launched on June 28, 2013, offering 10 megabytes of file storage for every user.[3] It initially served as an archive for sites previously hosted on GeoCities before the latter's shutdown.[4]
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.[5][6] This protest received wide attention[7][8][9][10][11][12] and lasted until February 2, 2015.[13]
The service hosted about 55,000 to 57,000 sites in 2015,[14][15] which had risen to over 140,000 by 2017.[2]
As of currently, Neocities allows 1 GB of storage to free users, and 50 GB of storage to "supporters".
Usage
Neocities allows users to create their own websites using programming languages such as HTML, CSS,[16] and JavaScript. The tool comes with a built-in debugger for the languages listed previously. It also allows you to use other languages as well, but it will not check your errors.
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.
See also
References
- ^ Drake, Kyle (May 28, 2013). "Making the Web Fun Again". The Neocities Blog.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c Jackson, Candace (July 17, 2017). "The Latest in Web Design? Retro Websites Inspired by the '90s". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
- ^ "NeoCities Wants to Save Us From the Crushing Boredom of Social Networking". Wired. May 8, 2016. Archived from the original on May 8, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
- ^ Drake, Kyle (May 23, 2013). "I want to make another Geocities. Free web hosting, static HTML only, 10MB limit, anonymous, uncensored". Twitter. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "We are rate limiting the FCC to dialup modem speeds until they pay us for bandwidth". May 8, 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
- ^ Drake, Kyle (May 9, 2014). "The "fast lane" to internet civil war". The Neocities Blog. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Young Turks - FCC Gets A Taste Of It's [sic] Own Medicine". YouTube.
- ^ "Web Host Gives FCC a 28.8Kbps Slow Lane in Net Neutrality Protest". Ars Technica. May 9, 2014. Archived from the original on May 9, 2014.
- ^ "Complaints About Net Neutrality Flooding the FCC". Vox.com. May 9, 2014. Archived from the original on February 4, 2020.
- ^ Andy Patrizio (May 12, 2014). "Web hosting provider give FCC a dose of life without net neutrality". Network World. Archived from the original on February 4, 2020.
- ^ "Web Hosting Company Puts FCC In Slow Lane". The Verge. May 9, 2014. Archived from the original on May 10, 2014.
- ^ "Webhost Protests FCC's Net Neutrality Proposal By Limiting FCC Access To 28.8Kbps". Techdirt. Archived from the original on September 19, 2015.
- ^ "We have removed the FCC rate limit". The Neocities Blog. February 4, 2015. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Koebler, Jason (October 26, 2015). "There's An Entire Conference Dedicated to Geocities-Style Websites". Motherboard. Vice Media. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
- ^ Dewey, Caitlin (November 10, 2015). "The counterintuitive, GIF-tastic plan to redeem the modern Internet". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
- ^ Valens, Ana (August 8, 2019). "The best web hosting services for sex workers and adult artists". The Daily Dot. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
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