Small Web September Kick-Off/Check-In 1: Goals!

[enchantedsleeper]

Somehow it's September already and the kick-off point for Small Web September has arrived! \o/

As a reminder, this is the first of five ‘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.

This first post will be for introducing yourself and your project(s) and talking about what you’re planning to do during the month. Of course, there’s no obligation to stick to what you’ve set down and no-one will be checking up xD But it can be a nice thought exercise! You’re free to make the goal(s) as broad or as specific as you like – it’s totally up to you.

There’s no set format for this check-in, but here’s one you can use if you’d like (just copy-paste and replace the placeholders with your own answers in the comments):

<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 goals’ – more ambitious things you’d like to get to if you have time!)

Also, if anyone would like to answer it, here’s a discussion starter: What interests you about the small/indie web, and how did you learn about or get into it?

Comments

[sleepyquail]

Name: Quail
Project(s): My personal site!
What are you hoping to work on for SWS?

I want to figure out and create a stylesheet for my fic archive and apply it to all the fics I've already got uploaded, then finish uploading the rest of my fics! This is the biggest challenge cos I have no idea wtf I want it to look like, so I may be poking around for inspiration too.

I also want to make progress on uploading my ffxiv gposes - ideally finish the Sart/Basch page, although there's a lot so this is a bit of a stretch goal lol

[alaterdate]

Your website looks fantastic! Uploading the HTML already formatted by AO3 and then styling it is so simple, but genius. I tried to recreate the format of it from scratch, but I think what I ended up is a little too busy looking especially with the styling. I'm definitely making changing that a todo lol.
I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

[sleepyquail]

Ahh thank you so much!!! It's a bit of a mismatch of RPer codes from dreamwidth, but oddly I think it works heh.

Some of my more coding-advanced friends suggested the stylesheet idea and it sounds sooo much easier than going through and putting CSS on every single fic html so I'm all for it! Good luck with yours - for what it's worth I don't think your fic pages look too busy at all! I really like how they look with the header and all!!

[alaterdate]

Stylesheets are so much easier, especially when you want to do big changes. I'm still guilty of using a lot of inline CSS though :p
& thank you!

[enchantedsleeper]

High five for fic stylesheet goals! o/ \o I haven't applied myself to the styling goal in earnest yet but when I do, I'm sure there'll be some good inspiration to be found in people's sites here. And your site aesthetic is really nice! I like how you've done the homepage navigation :D

[sleepyquail]

Yess, I've really enjoyed looking at everyone's sites here already!! Lots of inspiration to be found :D

Thank you so much! There's something to be said about using dw RPer code layouts for certain things, I'm finding them very fun to work with!