The History of the Web

Content Management Systems — software that helps people author and publish websites — likely dates back farther than you think. The problem is, it wasn’t quite called that yet.

People thought a magazine about the web would never work. People thought a magazine about the web on the web would never work. They both did.

There are the browsers that everyone’s heard of. And then there are some that, for whatever reason, faded away. These are the latter.

The word homepage came into popular use in the mid to late 90’s, but it’s origin dates back to the web’s beginning.

Chapter 5 of my series is out now, so make sure to get caught up! Plus, the weird web of the past and the independent web of the future.

The World Wide Web Foundation began as a way to bring the web to everyone. In these trying times, it is needed more than ever.

This month, making a website has never been this easy. Understanding the web, however, is another story

Offline browsing has been a kind of holy grail of web development. In the mid-90’s, it was a source of excitement, speculation, and soaring valuations.

If you’ve been following along with my series on CSS Tricks, well now you can listen to all of that great history, narrated by Jeremy Keith.

When two sisters hit the web with their new idea, it was unlike anything anyone had seen. That one site, ChickClick, inspired so many more and crafted a foundational network of the early web.

The comedy web series was one of the more interesting and influential adaptions of the web medium. It reversed the principles of traditional entertainment to create videos that were more approachable.

From a browser engine that started as the lesser known option used in an obscure browser to one that would take hold over the entire browser market.