In the 90s, it seemed like everyone with the internet had a website. These websites were personal, unpolished, and pushed the constraints of the early web to their limits. Building websites was a major part of the early web, and it was one of my favorite things to do as a kid. Let’s take a look at early web design, Microsoft FrontPage 98, and then build our own website like it’s 1998.
00:00 Intro
00:20 90s web design wasn’t all terrible
00:36 WebMonkey promoted good web design practices
01:05 Website creation goes mainstream with WYSIWYG editors
02:07 Hands-on FrontPage 98
02:20 FrontPage themes were peak 90s design
03:25 Making my own Geocities website
06:01 Making the content pages: Gallery, Timeline, Tips, Downloads, Predictions
08:37 Browsing my new site in Netscape
09:50 These websites took a lot of effort to build
10:06 No wonder they are all still under construction
10:18 Final thoughts
#retrocomputing #frontpage #90s #oldweb
