Small Web September: Kick-Off & Goals!

[enchantedsleeper]

Our kick-off for Small Web September is already upon us, and that means it’s time to set some goals! What would you like to work on during the month?

These can be as vague or as granular as you like; a lot can change as you’re working on a project, so it’s completely fine to change them up as needed (or do away with them entirely xD), but it can still be nice to set some ~aspirations!

There’s no set format for this post (anything goes!), but for anyone who’d like to use it, here’s a little pre-formatted set of prompts you can fill in – just overwrite the placeholders with your own info:

<strong>Name:</strong> (Username, nickname, whatever you like to go by)
<strong>Project(s):</strong> (Share a link to your project(s) if you’d like to, and/or describe what you’re making or would like to make!)
<strong>What are you hoping to work on for SWS?</strong> (This can be as general as “add to my site”, or as specific as “archive X fanworks” or “implement a responsive layout”. You could even include ‘bonus’ or extra goals you’d like to get to if you have time!)

I normally include a ‘discussion starter’ or two at the end of each post as well for anyone who’d like to answer it, so here are a couple of questions you can answer if you fancy: What inspired you to make (or start making) your small web project(s), and what is it that appeals to you about the small web?

I look forward to learning about everyone’s goals and projects! 💜 Our next check-in point for the challenge will be Sunday, 7th September (you can check the full schedule and list of themes here!), but if you want to share something to the comm before then, feel free to make a post!

Reminder that we have these amazing banners for the challenge made by javert that you can save to use on your site, your blog or anywhere you'd like to show you're taking part!

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[enchantedsleeper]

Name: enchantedsleeper
Project(s): My personal fanworks archive, enchantedsleeper.space!
What are you hoping to work on for SWS? Let’s see, there are a few things I’d like to tick off during SWS if I can:

• Minify the file size of any images I have hosted on my domain, and transfer the ones I currently have hosted on SquidgeWorld Images onto my domain (while making them more lightweight)
• Add my remaining meta essays to Meta
• Rearrange my fic and fan poetry so that any 1-work fandoms are categorised under ‘Other’, and archive a few of these works, since they should be relatively chill to tick off
• Finish archiving my Rurouni Kenshin fanworks
• Make a start on at least one new fandom, which can also be a ‘catch-all’ fandom like Yuletide (which I’m planning to treat effectively as a fandom for categorising purposes) or my small fandoms drabbles
• Overhaul my Fanart page (currently I’m looking at this page as a potential model/format to copy)

Some "nice-to-have" goals would be:

• Clean up and make consistent my use of <strong> and <em> versus <b> and <i> across the site, because I know they’re all over the shop (this will probably involve a lot of find & replace)
• Archive my fandom manifesto/pimp posts as a section on my Meta page
• Make a resources page with handy links (or maybe archive this list that I have already)
• Design and implement a ‘dark mode’ colour scheme for my fic and meta pages
• Start my Fanvids page
• Get some cute blinkies, buttons, dividers and other graphics to jazz up my site, especially the front page (any recs for where might be good to get these?)

If I have enough goals, I’ll at least hit some of them! xD

[kalloway]

If I have enough goals, I’ll at least hit some of them! xD

Ha! I love it. (That's my to-do list this weekend, though. Even if I don't do everything, I at least did a bunch of things!)

Get some cute blinkies, buttons, dividers and other graphics to jazz up my site

I'll have to dig through my bookmarks. I miss the days of plentiful Japanese "free materials" sites; I got so many cute and fun elements from those.

[enchantedsleeper]

I miss the days of plentiful Japanese "free materials" sites; I got so many cute and fun elements from those.

Ooo, I bet. Thank you very much! <3 If I could find the power cable for my oldest external hard drive, I might even find that it has some early 00s graphics saved on it that I could use. But so far, I haven't managed to locate it 😅

[ravensilversea]

I have some graphic sites to rec for you! Some are general graphic collection sites that may or may not have sources for all their graphics, and others are people making their own:

• Pixel Safari - general graphics


• Kezzi-Rose - Deviant Art stamp maker


• Bonnibel's Graphic Collection - pixel graphics collection


• Blinkies Cafe - blinkies collection and generator


• Zeus of the Crows - general graphics maker and collector


• Mooeena - really cool honeycomb style stamps and code

[enchantedsleeper]

Oooh, I'm going to put some of these right up, thank you! Those are really great <3 I'd forgotten about dA stamps, that brings back memories 🥺 And I love the honeycomb-shaped stamps, what a fantastic idea! They look great :D

[honse]

Name: Honse? Sure, Honse! :)
Project(s): This very Dreamwidth account!
What are you hoping to work on for SWS? I think I'd really like to personalize and use my Dreamwidth more-- the idea of having a space for more longform fandom-centric content would be cool. I'm also tempted to make a site (shrine? maybe?) for the D&D campaign I'm running, as a way to keep track of what's going on in-game, and what I'm learning as a DM.

[enchantedsleeper]

Those both sound like great ideas! <3 I've seen a few other people base their projects on DW, and it can be a really handy place to organise stuff, especially since you get to benefit from built-in tags and commenting, as well as things like image hosting! And a D&D-oriented site would be very cool! Good luck with your SWS-ing 😄

[ceu]

This site is good for finding blinkies and other graphics if you put in a search term or just want something random :D

Also, hi enchantedsleeper I've seen you around in fandom spaces a lot!! Just popping an invite to my fandom-focused webring in case you (or anyone else reading this comment) might be interested in joining~

[enchantedsleeper]

Oh wow, that's really cool - I love the sheer simplicity of it, too :D Thank you for the rec!

It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance, and thank you for the webring link! 😄 Really I should have added "finally join some webrings" to my list of SWS goals because there's nothing stopping me from doing the thing, I just need to get my act together XD

[ceu]

Fair enough! There's a comprehensive list of webrings here as well, but maybe I'll make a list of fandom-specific ones too 🤔