Comments on: Important Notice: GeoCities is Closing. http://davidwalsh.name/geocities-closing Legendary scribbles about JavaScript, HTML5, AJAX, PHP, CSS, and ∞. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:54:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Mikehttp://davidwalsh.name/geocities-closing/comment-page-1#comment-11749 Mike Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:47:58 +0000 http://davidwalsh.name/?p=3152#comment-11749 I started on Freewebs a LONG time ago, used Geocities a lot too, but I was so happy when I finally got a free host that used PHP when I was learning it. I started on Freewebs a LONG time ago, used Geocities a lot too, but I was so happy when I finally got a free host that used PHP when I was learning it.

]]> By: geohttp://davidwalsh.name/geocities-closing/comment-page-1#comment-11210 geo Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:50:09 +0000 http://davidwalsh.name/?p=3152#comment-11210 Just found interesting site: http://geocities-closing.com/ Anybody knows something bout it? Just found interesting site:
http://geocities-closing.com/
Anybody knows something bout it?

]]> By: peggyhttp://davidwalsh.name/geocities-closing/comment-page-1#comment-10608 peggy Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:42:19 +0000 http://davidwalsh.name/?p=3152#comment-10608 the jimdo life boat will transfer your content for you if you want to keep your old pages in geocities <a href="http://www.jimdo.com/geocities" rel="nofollow">Jimdo</a> the jimdo life boat will transfer your content for you if you want to keep your old pages in geocities
Jimdo

]]> By: Frederico Gonzalezhttp://davidwalsh.name/geocities-closing/comment-page-1#comment-10463 Frederico Gonzalez Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:17:35 +0000 http://davidwalsh.name/?p=3152#comment-10463 I miss my geocities account. I hated the sidebar hmmm..... Is piczo still around? I miss my geocities account. I hated the sidebar hmmm….. Is piczo still around?

]]> By: Michael Ricehttp://davidwalsh.name/geocities-closing/comment-page-1#comment-10398 Michael Rice Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:21:41 +0000 http://davidwalsh.name/?p=3152#comment-10398 I find it sad, really. When I was using Geocities when I was like 12 or 13 years old is what got me into the game.Every one should remember that awesome feeling you had when you could make your website on there, and give it to friends and they could see it. I find it sad, really. When I was using Geocities when I was like 12 or 13 years old is what got me into the game.

Every one should remember that awesome feeling you had when you could make your website on there, and give it to friends and they could see it.

]]> By: Csabahttp://davidwalsh.name/geocities-closing/comment-page-1#comment-10367 Csaba Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:06:37 +0000 http://davidwalsh.name/?p=3152#comment-10367 Hmmm.... This was my first webhost provider . I don't use it for years already but I thought Yahoo will keep it live. Hmmm…. This was my first webhost provider . I don’t use it for years already but I thought Yahoo will keep it live.

]]> By: James Linhttp://davidwalsh.name/geocities-closing/comment-page-1#comment-10365 James Lin Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:15:17 +0000 http://davidwalsh.name/?p=3152#comment-10365 This is pretty sad news because it was my first one as well. I still remember my address! http://www.geocities.com/tokyo/towers/3665Rolls off the tongue doesn't it? Well I still remember it fondly after 12 years. I could never fill that 2mb storage space either :) This is pretty sad news because it was my first one as well. I still remember my address! http://www.geocities.com/tokyo/towers/3665

Rolls off the tongue doesn’t it? Well I still remember it fondly after 12 years. I could never fill that 2mb storage space either :)

]]> By: Anashttp://davidwalsh.name/geocities-closing/comment-page-1#comment-10346 Anas Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:24:00 +0000 http://davidwalsh.name/?p=3152#comment-10346 I was so happy to see my first web site online. My head was straight and was proud of myself. i said to myself "Now i owe a website".Geocities made this possible to me. And im sure that was one among my inspiration for the leap in IT. I agree with David. For young developers to grow up ther must always be free and easily available services like this..SAD TO HEAR YAHOO IS SHUTING DOWN http://www.whats new.com I was so happy to see my first web site online. My head was straight and was proud of myself. i said to myself “Now i owe a website”.

Geocities made this possible to me. And im sure that was one among my inspiration for the leap in IT. I agree with David. For young developers to grow up ther must always be free and easily available services like this..

SAD TO HEAR YAHOO IS SHUTING DOWN
http://www.whats new.com

]]> By: Fletchhttp://davidwalsh.name/geocities-closing/comment-page-1#comment-10334 Fletch Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:22:48 +0000 http://davidwalsh.name/?p=3152#comment-10334 Well any Geocities users who want to migrate their site to a new free platform are very welcome at <a href="http://mydragndrop.com" rel="nofollow">mydragndrop.com</a> :-) Well any Geocities users who want to migrate their site to a new free platform are very welcome at mydragndrop.com :-)

]]> By: Beldarhttp://davidwalsh.name/geocities-closing/comment-page-1#comment-10314 Beldar Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:35:10 +0000 http://davidwalsh.name/?p=3152#comment-10314 I used in my firsts attempts in web developing too. A happy day was when i discovered how to avoid ads using the noscript tag... Happy days.. I used in my firsts attempts in web developing too. A happy day was when i discovered how to avoid ads using the noscript tag… Happy days..

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