Small Web September Check-In 1: Links!
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smallwebWe’ve reached the first check-in point for Small Web September! How is everyone doing so far? Whether you’re just getting warmed up or are already ticking off goals (or maybe you just found this and want to join – welcome!), come and share your progress in the comments of this check-in.
The theme of this week’s check-in is links! Earlier this year, I came across Coy (osteophage)’s link compilation in praise of links, which led me down a rabbit hole of reading various essays about the importance of hyperlinking and being a good steward of the web. This includes not making your own site into an effective dead end, but sending people on to interesting destinations via links that you’ve included there.
I’ve always been a lover of curating cool webpages and sites, but it struck me that I wasn’t actually doing much of this on my own little website – now, it’s a personal fanworks archive, so you could argue that linking out to random pages is a bit out of step with the purpose of it. However, it broadened my thinking about where I could start adding more links: from archiving rec lists to linking out to gifts that other fans had made for me over the years.
So, the discussion starter for this check-in is: how do you link, and to what? Do you have a link hub or set of interesting finds? Would you like to do more with links?
As a bonus: share some of your favourite interesting links (this can be anything from thought-provoking essays to just cool stuff! They don't need to be explicitly small-web-themed, although that's great too).
And of course, let us know how your Small Web September project(s) is/are going!
As a reminder, this is the first of four ‘check-in’/comment points that will be published during the event – you can check out the schedule and dates of these posts over on the event intro. There’s no cut-off point for commenting on these, so you can add something at any time – you also don’t need to comment on them all or do them in order! The themes are a loose guide, but all discussion is welcome.
For the previous kick-off/goals post, check out: Small Web September: Kick-Off & Goals!
The theme of this week’s check-in is links! Earlier this year, I came across Coy (
osteophage)’s link compilation in praise of links, which led me down a rabbit hole of reading various essays about the importance of hyperlinking and being a good steward of the web. This includes not making your own site into an effective dead end, but sending people on to interesting destinations via links that you’ve included there. I’ve always been a lover of curating cool webpages and sites, but it struck me that I wasn’t actually doing much of this on my own little website – now, it’s a personal fanworks archive, so you could argue that linking out to random pages is a bit out of step with the purpose of it. However, it broadened my thinking about where I could start adding more links: from archiving rec lists to linking out to gifts that other fans had made for me over the years.
So, the discussion starter for this check-in is: how do you link, and to what? Do you have a link hub or set of interesting finds? Would you like to do more with links?
As a bonus: share some of your favourite interesting links (this can be anything from thought-provoking essays to just cool stuff! They don't need to be explicitly small-web-themed, although that's great too).
And of course, let us know how your Small Web September project(s) is/are going!
As a reminder, this is the first of four ‘check-in’/comment points that will be published during the event – you can check out the schedule and dates of these posts over on the event intro. There’s no cut-off point for commenting on these, so you can add something at any time – you also don’t need to comment on them all or do them in order! The themes are a loose guide, but all discussion is welcome.
For the previous kick-off/goals post, check out: Small Web September: Kick-Off & Goals!
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Date: 2025-09-10 10:09 am (UTC)I finished my fanlisting! It's up and running and has been addded to TFL. \o/ I'm probably going to update it with the new members I got sometime before the end of the week. I have to update my collective's index with it, too... So I'll probably do that at the same time. I'm pretty happy with it, although the layout isn't as tight as I would have wanted it to be. I've been fiddling with it for so long though, I have to stop messing with it, if only for a bit... I do want to tighten up the code at some point and make it more accessible.
Re: links, right now I just have a links page on my fansite. I'm planning on moving the non-Pokémon links to my personal site whenever that's ready. I like the button wall format, but I might rework it so the links have a description of their content, maybe in a table, later. It'd also allow me to link to sites that don't necessarily have buttons, which would be nice.
As for doing more with links, or having a links page that's more resources oriented... I'm not sure. Maybe it'd be something nice for my personal site. I'm bad at organizing the links I save from around the web, so it'd probably be helpful for me if nothing else. I'm 99% sure I've linked to it here before, but I'll still rep my friend
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Date: 2025-09-11 09:34 pm (UTC)Aw, hugs to you, that sounds rough <3 I can really relate - trying to keep up with any type of regular posting challenge is always tough going for me, as my patchy participation in the Snowflake Challenge and Three Weeks for Dreamwidth over the years can attest! So, congrats on doing all of that, and let yourself have a break as a reward ^^
Congratulations on finishing your fanlisting!! That's fantastic!! 🎉🎊 No matter how the rest of the month goes, you can feel accomplished about getting it done :3
I like that you've got banners for Lysandre Labs (as well as buttons) - they look great!