Building a Geocities website in 1998

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