reminder that our new insta is @2cow2sites btw hehe

how would y'all feel about a little in-built newsfeed? we're pinging the idea back and forth a bit, in response to our instagram being yoinked. it would just have little bug fixes/important news, built into cowsites =] #cowsites

also side note - we genuinely appreciate the cowsites community SO much, y'all are beautiful. y'all are the best. your unending support and love for this silly little platform is genuinely heartwarming and we appreciate every single one of you <3 #cowsites

suggestions list has been successfully gone through! we've narrowed down what we can work on within the team, and we're hoping to get back to everyone who contacted us asap to let y'all know if we're working on it or if your suggestion isn't something within our scope atm <3 #cowsites

if y'all ever made webrings within cowsites (linking to each others pages within a theme, or just with your pals) we would actually go feral btw #cowsites

kinda chic to reject gen ai btw

we are actively going through suggestions you've given us! if you have anything while we're at it, please feel free to throw 'em our way =D #cowsites

this is your reminder to add your site to the cowshed @ cowsites.net/cowshed. this means that other folks on cowsites can view your site from the main hub, and we also do a little daily rotation on your logged in homepage. how cute <3 #cowsites #oldweb #smallweb #y2k

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Webrings are having a comeback! I've been meaning to join some more. Here are a few links. indieweb.org/webring xn--sr8hvo.ws petrapixel.neocities.org/indiewebdb/w... discourse.32bit.cafe/t/resources-...

Webrings | Indie Web DB | Indie Web DB

A database of webrings for the indie web, made by Petrapixel. Neocities.

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hi! i'm writing this month's newsletter on webrings. if anyone knows any cool ones, has any questions or happens to be well versed or interested in webrings and wants to contribute a little about why you like 'em, please please please reach out! i'd LOVE to have you =] #cowsites #newsletter #webring

but thank you everyone for sticking by us while our insta was down. if you sent us a message on there and we haven't replied, we lost access to that and our follow list, so we're completely in the dark. pop us another message and i'll see to it!! <3 #cowsites

also i'm still raging that we couldn't get cowsites.net as a name on insta. how mean of them #cowsites

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hello friends! we couldn't get our instagram account back BUT we have a new account: check it out if you want a #1 cowsites fan badge*: instagram.com/2cow2sites *disclaimer this badge only exists in the confines of your brain #cowsites #y2k #oldweb #internethistory

hello! our insta has been taken down for reasons we don't know. insta says it was a hack protection, but we can't get back into the account. we're trying!! if you have any questions please direct them to our emails else i probably won't see them ='] terrible weekend for cowsites social media lol

HAPPY SEPTEMBER! i am slightly late SORRY! but you know what a new month means... NEW NEWSLETTER EDITION LET'S GO - make sure you're signed up at cowsites.net/newsletter and maybe go hype yourself up for it over at the archive: newsletter.cowsite.net #cowsites #oldweb

emails are BACK UP AND RUNNING! i am not catching up on everything i missed. sorry if i've patched you for a while </3

hi folks! guess who just realised their email inbox hasn't been working for like two weeks! if you've sent us an email I'M SO SORRY i will get to it asap. i thought y'all were just being quiet =']

in case you're new, hello! we're cowsites, a free old-web website builder made and sustained by a team of two dummies who just want to make the internet feel approachable like it used to. forget likes and notifications. do what you want - it's your site. cowsites.net =] #cowsites #oldweb

this month's newsletter is on the 'old web' aesthetic and resources on exploring online spaces that still feel whimsical and like the web that wasn't full of notifications and expectations. are there any topics you'd liek to see explored within this? =] #oldweb #newsletter #cowsites

have you added your site to the cowshed yet? we've added a tagging feature - you can filter users' #oldweb core websites (hosted by us <3) by the things you wanna see. music? art? blogs? go see what folks are up to! promise it's cool as fuck cowsites.net/cowshed

i LOVE finding sites that are stuck in the web 1.0 look but still up and functional today. try going to the english translation of the page - it's a completely different old web aesthetic! www.hiking.com.hk

wanna get into indie web blogs? try starting here - it will take you to a totally random blog on the small web =] indieblog.page

Discover the IndieWeb, one blog post at a time.

A website to randomly explore the IndieWeb. Simply click a button and you will be redirected to a random post from a personal blog.

indieblog.page

do you crave adding old gifs to your site? do you NEED to look at those crunchy ass animations? start here i beg. it's an awesome collection of gifs archived from geocities, with a search function do you can find exactly what you're looking for #oldweb #gifs gifcities.neocities.org

me when i forget to post on bluesky i am so sorry gang </3

what are your plans for your cowsite this month? add more artwork? create more artwork to add to your site? add some blog posts, or update your professional portfolio? drop a comment i'm nosy <3 #cowsites

last thing from me today i promise, happy august <3

you can add your own cowsite to the cowshed (and add relevant tags!!) by hitting the 'i want my site added!' button at the top of the page - if you have multiple sites, you can control which ones are visible. if you don't add it, nobody can see it. privacy matters <3 #cowsites #oldweb

and with the newsletter comes the COWSHED. the cowshed is the OFFICIAL place to view other people's cowsites - you can even filter by niche such as art/photography/music. HOW COOL IS THAT! we can all be nosy together @ cowsites.net/cowshed #cowsites #oldweb #neocities

NEW NEWSLETTER EDITION JUST DROPPED WHO GOT IT

is this a good time to bring up newsletter.cowsite.net? this feels like a good time to bring up the newsletter archive. you can read all past editiong here B] #cowsites #newsletter #internethistory #internetculture #oldweb #indieweb