Yes. It's the same method really but I needed a new server to act as the middleman. Bill from BillsWorld graciously provided his assistance, so if you follow the tutorial again, it will provide you the correct link.
Nearly a year later I finally figured this out! It seems that the API link in plaintext changed from https://cors-anywhere.herokuapp.com/https://neocities.org/api/info?sitename=baloo to https://weirdscifi.ratiosemper.com/neocities.php?sitename=baloo
yeah looks like it.