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Bypassing Neocities File Upload Limitations (Video Files)

July 7th, 2022


psst.. hey kid, you cant afford that neocities premium thing you "need" to get to upload literally anything besides html files and pictures? HAVE I GOT THE SOLUTION FOR YOU AHAHAHAHA.

So first, ya gotta make a github account at github.com, and just click sign up, or if you already have a github account uhh good for you go on to step 2.

Ok step 2, you wanna make a new repository, click the plus button next to your profile picture and at the top theres a button literally saying "new repository".


Ok now very important, name the repository after your account name, followed by ".github.io", for example, if RalfHanders were to create this, it'd be RalfHanders.github.io. Oh yeah and keep it public, so NeoCities will see your file.

After you've created the repository, click Settings, and under Code and Automation, click Pages.

From there, click "Choose a theme" and select any of the themes to your liking.

After this, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click "commit changes"


Alright, now into the good stuff, navigate back to your github.io repository and click "add file", find the file your wanting to upload and then actually upload it.

Now to make sure your file actually works, type in your github.io address followed by a slash (/) and then your filename.

So if Ralf uploaded the entirety of The Bon3z Dimension Out Of Context Season 1 as an mp4, he'd navigate to "RalfHanders.github.io/The%20Bon3z%20Dimension%20out%20of%20context.mp4", all spaces in file names turn into an "%20" for some reason.

Now, navigate back to your NeoCities page and start editing whatever page it is you want to put this video on, and insert this code:

YOURUSERNAME changes to whatever precedes the .github.io and VIDEO changes to your filename, if your videos not an mp4 change the /mp4 to whatever video type it is. Also feel free to change the width and heigth to whatever.

Now save your page and the video should be there, pretty cool if I say so myself.