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!

Comments

[annathecrow]

Name: annathecrow
Project(s): directory pages, one for my online/fannish identity and one for my day job/career stuff
What are you hoping to work on for SWS? This is gonna be such a dumb mix of extremely low-tech and extremely high-tech :D Each "directory page" (think Carrd) will literally be just a single hand-coded HTML file (I might even do it in a plain text editor for peak retro), but I want to host them on my home server and for that I need to figure out a Docker/Composer setup that won't be too ~unique~/time-consuming/over-complicated but also won't be a complete overkill (e.g. a whole damn Ubuntu just to serve a single HTML file). Either way, it sounds fun and that's the important part. :D

[enchantedsleeper]

I love a good plain text editor :D Notepad is not to be under-estimated! (Or insert your plain text editor of choice here, that's just mine xD) The high-tech part of that sounds complicated but fun is exactly what we do this for :D Good luck and I hope it works well!