What are you hoping to work on for SWS? I recently started working on a "big update" I've been wanting to do which is mainly changing the way I upload my book reviews, some cosmetic changes to the main pages, changing the file organization so the urls look better to me, and adding some new pages like different collections. Specifically for SWS I wanna use it as motivation to actually get all the book reviews formatted because that's the most tedious part.
What interests you about the small/indie web, and how did you learn about or get into it? When I got a Dreamwidth account I started messing with markdown and HTML which led to me downloading a markdown text editor that had different styles you could use within it which I later learned were made with CSS. I started thematically formatting the fic I was writing in it and when I showed my friend and she said "you should make a website." It was an intimidating, but intriguing thought! I had no idea how to put a website on the internet. Looking into it led me to the neocities web revival movement which seemed the easiest way to start and so I jumped in. I'm grateful to the people who were out there making tutorials for neocites/html/css.
What has really gripped me about the small web is how creative it is. I've always loved themes, and customization has steadily been taken away from us on major platforms. I find it really fun to design pages despite the frustrations I come up against while being a newbie. I like having a little space for myself to use as I please and a pleasant home for stuff that tends to get put up all over different places (goodreads, ao3, notion, dreamwidth).
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Date: 2024-09-01 11:22 pm (UTC)Name: alaterdate, Joey
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What are you hoping to work on for SWS?
I recently started working on a "big update" I've been wanting to do which is mainly changing the way I upload my book reviews, some cosmetic changes to the main pages, changing the file organization so the urls look better to me, and adding some new pages like different collections. Specifically for SWS I wanna use it as motivation to actually get all the book reviews formatted because that's the most tedious part.
What interests you about the small/indie web, and how did you learn about or get into it?
When I got a Dreamwidth account I started messing with markdown and HTML which led to me downloading a markdown text editor that had different styles you could use within it which I later learned were made with CSS. I started thematically formatting the fic I was writing in it and when I showed my friend and she said "you should make a website." It was an intimidating, but intriguing thought! I had no idea how to put a website on the internet. Looking into it led me to the neocities web revival movement which seemed the easiest way to start and so I jumped in. I'm grateful to the people who were out there making tutorials for neocites/html/css.
What has really gripped me about the small web is how creative it is. I've always loved themes, and customization has steadily been taken away from us on major platforms. I find it really fun to design pages despite the frustrations I come up against while being a newbie. I like having a little space for myself to use as I please and a pleasant home for stuff that tends to get put up all over different places (goodreads, ao3, notion, dreamwidth).