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'''<dfn>88x31</dfn>''' pixels was a very popular button image size in the [[1990s]], especially among freewheeling and independent sites created on services like [[GeoCities]], and there are IndieWeb 88x31 buttons you may use.
'''<dfn>88x31</dfn>''' pixels was a very popular web [[badge]]/[[button]] image size in the [[1990s]], especially among freewheeling and independent sites created on services like [[GeoCities]], and there are IndieWeb 88x31 badges you may use.


== IndieWeb Examples ==
== IndieWeb Examples ==
Examples of personal sites with their own 88x31 buttons
Examples of personal sites with their own 88x31 badges:
* Zeldman.com (need links/embeddings of his 88x31 buttons)
* {{darylsun}}: <img src="https://cdn.darylsun.page/img/button/darylsun88x31.webp" alt="88x31 graphic button for 'Daryl Sunโ€™s Journal' in black all caps text on a lavender background" /> with more info at https://blog.darylsun.page/buttons
* ...
* ...


== IndieWebCamp buttons ==
Close (either almost 88px wide or 31px tall but somehow not quite both)
{{main|buttons}}
* https://zeldman.com/ had/has 71x33 buttons: https://zeldman.com/z4sooz.gif https://zeldman.com/porky/71floatup.gif http://www.zeldman.com/glareon.gif
* ...
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=== IndieWebCamp Examples ===
{{main|buttons#88x31|buttons: 88x31}}
[[File:indieweb88x31-flat.png|alt=indiewebcamp button 88 by 31 pixels]]
[[File:indieweb88x31-flat.png|alt=indiewebcamp button 88 by 31 pixels]]
[[File:indieweb88x31-retro-gif.gif|alt=indiewebcamp button 88 by 31 pixels retro version]]
[[File:indieweb88x31-retro-gif.gif|alt=indiewebcamp button 88 by 31 pixels retro version]]
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== IndieWeb related efforts ==
== IndieWeb related efforts ==
Some 88x31 buttons related to IndieWeb efforts:
Some 88x31 badges related to IndieWeb efforts:
* https://webmentions.neocities.org/webmentions_anim.gif and more on https://maya.land/ โ€” some great examples of buttons/banners, including some for the [[indiewebring]] and [[Webmention]]
* https://webmentions.neocities.org/webmentions_anim.gif and more on https://maya.land/ โ€” some great examples of buttons/banners, including some for the [[indiewebring]] and [[Webmention]]
* <img src="https://notbyai.fyi/img/written-by-human-not-by-ai-white.svg" width="88" /> for https://notbyai.fyi/ for badges/buttons for proclaiming that none of your website was generated by AI (perhaps suitable for a [[generative AI]] or [[LLM]] page).
* <img src="https://notbyai.fyi/img/written-by-human-not-by-ai-white.svg" width="88" /> for https://notbyai.fyi/ for badges/buttons for proclaiming that none of your website was generated by AI (perhaps suitable for a [[generative AI]] or [[LLM]] page).
* <img alt="Valid Atom 1.0 badge." src="https://validator.w3.org/feed/images/valid-atom.png" /> from the W3C Feed Validator, which gives you this badge if you submit a valid Atom 1.0 feed.
== Articles ==
Recent articles and discussions on 88x31 buttons:
* 2024-10-01 MetaFilter: [https://www.metafilter.com/205730/88x31-Web-Buttons-from-the-Netscape-Geocities-Era 88x31 Web Buttons from the Netscape/Geocities Era]
** 2024-03-05 MetaFilter: [https://www.metafilter.com/202782/88x31 88x31]
* 2023-12-26 [https://breq.dev/2023/12/26/88x31-science 88x31 Buttons and Network Science]
* ...


== Archives ==
== Archives ==
{{warn|โš ๏ธ Content warning: 88x31 badges of the past reflected times with different cultural norms and expectations, and thus may contain images considered more offensive in modern contexts โš ๏ธ}}
Archives of past 88x31 buttons:
Archives of past 88x31 buttons:
* https://hellnet.work/8831/ โ€” over 31k buttons retrieved from the [[GeoCities]] archives
* https://hellnet.work/8831/ โ€” โ€œ31,119 unique* 88x31 buttonsโ€ from the [[GeoCities]] archives
* https://anlucas.neocities.org/88x31Buttons.html
* https://anlucas.neocities.org/88x31Buttons.html โ€” โ€œcollection of more than 700 88x31 web buttonsโ€
* https://capstasher.neocities.org/88x31collection-page1 โ€” โ€œ88x31 buttons on the internetโ€
* https://sillydog.org/netscape/now.html โ€” a collection of 88x31 (and other size) Netscape Now! buttons, perhaps one of the original topics of 88x31 buttons


== Brainstorming ==
== Brainstorming ==
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== See Also ==
== See Also ==
* https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:88_%C3%97_31_buttons
* https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:88_%C3%97_31_buttons
** Aside: interestingly, there's no Wikipedia article about the phenomenon of 88x31 buttons
** Aside: interestingly, there's no Wikipedia article about the phenomenon of 88x31 buttons in particular, only https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_badge seems to mention them at all with little about their background.
* https://kolektiva.social/@booters/112854181281088015
* https://kolektiva.social/@booters/112854181281088015

Latest revision as of 02:30, 7 October 2024

indiewebcamp button 88 by 31 pixels

88x31 pixels was a very popular web badge/button image size in the 1990s, especially among freewheeling and independent sites created on services like GeoCities, and there are IndieWeb 88x31 badges you may use.

IndieWeb Examples

Examples of personal sites with their own 88x31 badges:

Close (either almost 88px wide or 31px tall but somehow not quite both)

IndieWebCamp Examples

Main article: buttons: 88x31

indiewebcamp button 88 by 31 pixels indiewebcamp button 88 by 31 pixels retro version

webmention button 88 by 31 pixels

microformats button 88 by 31 pixels

IndieWeb related efforts

Some 88x31 badges related to IndieWeb efforts:

  • webmentions_anim.gif and more on https://maya.land/ โ€” some great examples of buttons/banners, including some for the indiewebring and Webmention
  • for https://notbyai.fyi/ for badges/buttons for proclaiming that none of your website was generated by AI (perhaps suitable for a generative AI or LLM page).
  • Valid Atom 1.0 badge. from the W3C Feed Validator, which gives you this badge if you submit a valid Atom 1.0 feed.

Articles

Recent articles and discussions on 88x31 buttons:

Archives

โš ๏ธ Content warning: 88x31 badges of the past reflected times with different cultural norms and expectations, and thus may contain images considered more offensive in modern contexts โš ๏ธ

Archives of past 88x31 buttons:

Brainstorming

How to make your own

Any thoughts on ideas, techniques, templates etc. for making up 88x31 images for your personal site that others can add to their blogrolls, sidebars, fan pages etc.?

See Also