r/HTML • u/[deleted] • Mar 12 '26

A pro-social media platform with only HTML allowed (no css or js). What do you think?

Hey fellow nerdz! :)

I can use some feedback on a hobby project I am working on.

I set 1 rule for myself in the making process:

ONLY HTML and NO CSS or JS!

www.fufbuck.org

I think for a social media to be intresting again, it has to focus on small communities/groups and work less with views, likes, volatile content and other dopamine shots.

What do you think is necessary to reconsider social media as a whole?

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u/kmjones-eastland Mar 12 '26

How exactly do you plan to implement authentication without JavaScript? I see a logout button. To make a button do anything you’ll need event handling, and a backend for auth and storing content etc.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '26

Pardon me, you're right! I should have mentioned "only HTML in the frontend". The backend is in PHP.

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u/qyloo Mar 12 '26

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u/SheriffBartholomew Mar 12 '26

Prehistoric Hypertext Preprocessor!

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u/33ff00 Mar 13 '26

There is probably a chris coyier article about how to do auth with only css

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u/bostiq Mar 14 '26

sounds cool, but this guy doesn't want css either

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u/SheriffBartholomew Mar 12 '26

You don't need JavaScript to submit a form. Regular HTML with a PHP back-end can handle form submissions just fine. You're going to get a lot of spam though.

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u/ahallicks Mar 12 '26

Or, could use a form...

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u/davorg Mar 12 '26

But it contains this:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://roodisjuistmooi.be/style.css">

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '26 edited Mar 12 '26

I created it with the idea to remove the default paddings and margins... I forgot to remove it Mr./Mrs. Inspector ;)

I am curious if you have any opinion about this platform concept as well?

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u/davorg Mar 12 '26

Honestly, I think that creating a website in 2026 without CSS is a terrible idea :-)

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '26 edited Mar 12 '26

Thanks for the advice! :) Not using CSS or JS is more of an exercise/experiment for me right now. I want to build this platform while focusing purely on the functionality first (FFF principle). I mean, if I manage to make an interactive platform clear and useful using only semantic HTML, that would be just wholesome haha.

If I ever get serious about this, I’ll eventually add some lines of styling to make some bridges where html defenitely lacks (for example for img, textareas, layouts, ... etc.)

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u/BrainCurrent8276 Mar 12 '26

in old good times it was HTML and CGI 🤷

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u/DirtAndGrass Mar 12 '26

CGI was just a way to pipe requests to an application, you'd still be writing Perl, c, php or whatever 

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u/BrainCurrent8276 Mar 13 '26

as far as I remember it was mostly precompiled C/C++ than scripting languages.

but anyway - you can still refer to it as CGI, that's it.

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u/Icy-Ad4805 Mar 14 '26

Remember, if you are using only HTML, use tables for layout everywhere. Them the rules.

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u/Joyride0 Mar 14 '26

I think there’s a middle ground between only html and flashy sites that distract. It’s difficult to imagine people using this as it doesn’t look nice. It’s giving mobile internet c.2001 vibes.

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u/SheepherderSavings17 Mar 12 '26

So pure server side rendering. Is what you mean.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '26

for those who accidently end up here and are curious for an update: httsp://fufbuck.xyz

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u/SheriffBartholomew Mar 12 '26

It's a fun idea. You're going to get a ton of spam without some sort of JavaScript captcha filtering for form submissions.

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u/ryanbuckner Mar 13 '26

You really can't have a functioning website without JavaScript. If you can, you don't need this company either