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

[marinehaddock]

Name: MarineHaddock or Marine
Project(s): MarineHaddock.Gay
What are you hoping to work on for SWS? Making a new light theme for my site and archiving all my fanfics (except the ones I really don't want to) 🎉Bonus goal is to add some sort of filtering or search to the main fics page

[enchantedsleeper]

I love a good .gay domain :D Also, your site style looks great! Good luck with the new theme, archiving and bonus search/filtering (I might also try that out one day, after I get a lot more works up on my site...)

[marinehaddock]

Thank you so much!

[alaterdate]

except the ones I really don't want to

I feel this. At first I added everything I had, but after a while I quietly removed some things that I didn't feel enthusiastic about. Except wayaback machine already archived them, augh. It hits me right in the cringe, lol.

Oh! I bought your fansite zine last year! I've yet to make a shrine or character manifesto yet, but I want to. I just have ideas about the design that I don't think I can bring to fruition yet. Thanks for the inspo!

[marinehaddock]

There's some fics that are on Ao3 purely as "I have respect for whatever this may mean for people wanting to look into the history of this fandom" or "I wrote this as part of an exchange and I feel required to keep my name on it for a variety of reasons" - neither needs to be on my damn website. In fact, I archived one today just on auto-pilot. I'm gonna remove that. Everyone please look at the fics I'm actually happy to have on here.

And aaaaaa thank you for picking it up! I feel that, there's a few I've been wanting to do then I spend so much time Designing when I should just write the damn thing lmao