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[kalloway]

Busy busy...

What have you been working on and how are things going? Found any cool resources to share? Or just want to say hi?

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[kalloway]

I need to remind myself that I can't fix a thing til it exists.

But I've figured out the basic layout for a new little hobby-project site so at least I've started!

[claudeb]

Oh! Oh! I have something to share for once. It's my new static site generator, called SlenderSite; my fourth or so, but I believe there's room for one more.

[kalium]

I made a cyoa/text adventure based cyberpet agency! It's still in progress but there's a lot up right now. Currently working on mapping out the haunted mansion scenes and adding some new pets to find for the next version.

[tarlanx]

I haven't found the time/energy to do anything recently.

[althea_valara]

Looking for opinions/advice:

So! My site is at https://altheavalara.neocities.org where I am documenting the stories of past and current ongoing Final Fantasy games. It's a pretty simple site, mostly text based with a few images here and there.

The issue I am having is this: I have been working on the Missions stories for Final Fantasy XI, and right now have chosen to document an entire expansion's mission line on one page. Because this is lengthy, I've added "jump to" links so you can jump to a particular mission number.

Problem: I hand-coded these links, and that is a PAIN.

I am using Jekyll as my static site generator, and there's probably a way to do this better, but I can't think of how to insert the "jump to" section using Jekyll magic.

It *may* be possible if I break each page down into separate pages for each mission, and then I can use Jekyll magic for pagination, but I'd need to figure that out.

So my question is two fold:

1. Would it be better from a reader's perspective to have shorter pages but more pagination? Or is it fine to have long pages?
2. If it's fine to have long pages... does anyone have any idea how I can automate this a bit? I'm willing to use Python to generate a links list for me that I can then paste in the correct areas, but ideally I'd like to use Jekyll magic.

An example of a page with the jump to links is this one: https://altheavalara.neocities.org/ffxi/rotz

[larissa]

This google fonts alternative that I use on some of my sites seems to be down. There are alternatives (Bunny Fonts, selfhosting) but I'm annoyed because now I have to fix the sites with borked fonts! I might go the self-hosting route, so if anyone has any resources on that I'm all ears.

[claudeb]

Simply keep the font files on your site, next to the other assets? That's faster than a CDN anyway, and it won't allow them to spy on you for a change.

[barbaratp]

Estive rondando o Instagram e compartilhei por lá no stories alguns recursos bacanas para edição de imagens, desenho e sites diversos. Depois vou ver se trago algumas dessas informações para o meu dw

[ravensilversea]

I've been upgrading my pages to a full grid system vs the flex-grid I had been using. This was spawned by a webring maintainer reaching out about how my webrings weren't fully accessible while on laptop, and I ended up overhauling my index page CSS to fix it. So now I'm upgrading the rest of my pages as I work them.

As for cool resources:
- In addition to Bisray's Webring List, I came across Tuffgong's Ultimate Webring List recently
- tacticalhimbo on Pillowfort shared a really cool-looking Interactive Image Gallery code. I might have to find an excuse to make a gallery for my site just to use it ngl

[mekare]

Oh I‘ll check out that gallery code. Thanks for the link!

[lu_hyperfixates]

Finally finished the fic for my friend I mentioned on the last chatter post, and joined the Fan Archives Directory! Not much to report other than that, my interest in coding has waned a little bit, but it will likely wax again in time. Such is life! In the meantime, I'm enjoying the first day of 3weeks4dreamwidth. So much energy, it's like my reading page has turned into an online fan convention all the sudden!

hello hello!

[arimamary]

I've seen you around! Visited tilde.town the other day and I think I saw your site. My fic archive also sits right above yours on the Fan Archive Directory! Welcome!

[arimamary]

I'm working on making a template for a new pair of blogs. Building with Eleventy. I was using zonelots for my blogs before but I didn't like its reliance on rendering pages through JavaScript.

As for resources, I recently found URL Town and Unplatform.

As for life happenings, I set up an account with FreshRSS through 32bit.cafe. It syncs with CapyReader on my phone and RSSGuard on desktop. Having lots of fun with RSS!

[mekare]

I‘ve let my art archive be for a bit, but now I am getting into the right headspace to keep updating. I made a couple of new pieces recently which I want to add.