Thank you! I use a super old method that most web developers and designers hate me for! I use old Dreamweaver and Photoshop to edit old Windows elements or other boxes from games for the other subsites. I can just kinda slap pictures all over the place, put it in a div layer or a table. Slap text over it and some more! All the art is either commissioned or gifted. I can barely hold a pencil myself!
I love the feel and look of your layout so far! Thank you for adding my button, too! The 404 page made me giggle a little. I'm not sure how to help making an IBM styled page though. My best guess is to just mess with the colours of the background & text and see what you can make it look like. Putting a base down with that, maybe some delightful ASCII art as a placeholder and an entry might already help shape ideas.
Another quick thought is to check the 'retro' tags when looking for sites and see if you can get inspiration or a small guide there. Maybe you can find some one who seems approachable and ask them how they did theirs.
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Thank you! I use a super old method that most web developers and designers hate me for! I use old Dreamweaver and Photoshop to edit old Windows elements or other boxes from games for the other subsites. I can just kinda slap pictures all over the place, put it in a div layer or a table. Slap text over it and some more! All the art is either commissioned or gifted. I can barely hold a pencil myself!
I love the feel and look of your layout so far! Thank you for adding my button, too! The 404 page made me giggle a little. I'm not sure how to help making an IBM styled page though. My best guess is to just mess with the colours of the background & text and see what you can make it look like. Putting a base down with that, maybe some delightful ASCII art as a placeholder and an entry might already help shape ideas.
Another quick thought is to check the 'retro' tags when looking for sites and see if you can get inspiration or a small guide there. Maybe you can find some one who seems approachable and ask them how they did theirs.
Thanks, virtually-isolated for all of the feedback and info! Stay safe out there. :3