NEKOWEB NEOCITIES

If you've read my previous webmaster yappatron you probably know that I made my website in 2024 and used Neocities for it since. But now, it's different. I've switched to Nekoweb. (Crazy I know, not like it was in the blog title...) I'll be going over the switch and some other important things for any upcoming webmasters that happen to be in the audience.

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So lets start simple. Why did I switch? Theres a lot of possible reasons. Didn't like neocities, the social page pissed me off a bit too much, someone shat in my oatmeal, all very valid reasons for jumping ship. But do you really wanna know? do you REALLY wanna know? Wanna get inside this awful place known as my mental state and REALLYYYY find out???

Adobe Flash.

That's it. Neocities didn't let me use Ruffle and Nekoweb did. Simple as that, really. It also allocated things like site storage into places that matter more to me. I'm using 8% of my current storage, and I'd rather take the 500 meebytes and the ability to use SWFs and a whole bunch of other things rather than the juicy gigglebyte. Theres also the better web code editor, which was a breath of fresh air when I was migrating compared to the absolute SLUDGETOWN that is the Neocities code editor. IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE AUTOCOMPLETE!!!!!!!!! WHO DOESN'T HAVE THAT?????????????

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If you're a new webmaster and just want the tips, you can ignore this part. See you in like two seconds.
The moving process wasn't as bad as I thought, but it was reasonably annoying. The worst part was just emailing webringos that my domain changed.... never again. I hate having to email people out of the blue... although if you'd like you can email me whatever you'd like. Anyway, the moving process was relatively simple. Import .ZIP -> replace VSCodium workflow -> Email Webringos, easy peasy Plonker squeezy. Although, I will say that Nekoweb was a bit confusing to navigate, but thats probably just me being used to Neocities.

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Here we are... now which one should YOU choose for your website? Well, both of them are similar, but theres key differences that may be the deal-breaker or completely unaffect you.
I'd reccomend Neocities if you..

• Are planning a VERY large site
• Don't see yourself messing too much with the medium (e.g. Flash content, external scripts, widgets, etc)
• Are new (Neocities is older and I'd assume has a lot more people to help you out... but that's just a guess.)
• Like to explore the scary forests with friends (neocities has been around longer and has a much larger community around it!)

I'd reccomend Nekoweb if you...

• Are tidy with your website
• Plan to take full advantage of the padded cells we stay in
• want to host a lot of multi-media (not just a file dump!)
• Have a fair amount of experience with atleast HTML/CSS
• Like to explore the scary forests alone (nekoweb's community just like. there's nothing wrong with them i think i just hate them personally. most of them are fine though.)

Of course, you should use your own judgement when choosing the one. You can also just... self host and ignore me. It's alright... I'm fine... Also! If you have ANY questions about indie web/site development/webmastering don't hesitate to ask!!! i love yapping about this... Oh Oh Also they have paid tiers and i dont feel like rating them. but i would personally do nekoweb's. they have yearly plans.

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roxy