< how to make a true 90s website?
Oh yes, we used frames because it saved time instead of manually updating your site menu across every static HTML page XD It also meant people could stay on your site while also visiting other sites (so to speak) before tabbed browsing was a thing.
Stuff I remember that you could use...
1. HTML tables instead of CSS to control your page layouts. Feel free to play with table border widths too. There was a time where a thick bevel was trendy.
2. Image maps for site navigation. There was lots of that back then.
3. Code your html tags in all caps. That was more prevalent back then than it is now.
4. Use HR tags liberally, and don't bother styling them.
5. Fonts you can pick from: Times New Roman, Courier New, Arial (cos Macs weren't as widespread either), Brush Script MT, and Comic Sans.