Small Web September Check-In 2: Recs and Resources

[enchantedsleeper]

Our second Small Web September check-in point is here!

How is everyone getting on so far with their SWS-ing (hat tip to lovesgaze for making SWS into a verb 😂). Is the code (or blogging, modding, documentation, etc.) behaving as it should? Have you discovered any cool new tricks or come across any great sites you’d like to share?

The theme of this check-in is recs and resources! There are lots of great guides, tutorials and examples out there to help with our small webbing. So, I thought we could share some of our favourites in the comments - along with what you’ve been up to since our last check-in, if you feel like sharing it!

Here’s some examples of things you could share:

• ‘How to code X feature/design element’ tutorials
• Cool templates or layouts
• Gif, blinkie, button or banner-maker tools or websites
• Directories, webrings or blogrolls for anything small web-related
• Communities (like this one! – but they can be anywhere, not just on Dreamwidth) for small web support, resources or discussion
• Inspiring examples of sites, blogs, or other small web projects that you’ve come across
• Any round-ups of links like these or anything else you’ve found helpful!

A bonus discussion-starter (optional, so no pressure to answer this!): What has been the most useful small web resource you’ve found so far? Or, is there a resource that you really wish existed, but doesn’t?

As a reminder, this is the second of five ‘check-in’/comment points that will be published during the event – you can check out the schedule and dates for these posts in the event intro post. There’s no cut-off point for leaving comments on these, so you can add something at any time – you also don’t need to comment on every one or do them in order! The themes are a loose guide, but all discussion is welcome.

For the previous check-in/goals post, check out: Small Web September Kick-Off/Check-In 1: Goals

Comments

[matsushima]

I can't take credit for the concept of an "artistic lineage." It was floating around Twitter ["X"] ages ago, like a "QRT with four creators in your artistic lineage" or something. I like it because a "canon" implies an endorsement/recommendation of the text(s) but, I mean, you can have ancestors (literal or metaphorical) who weren't great but did shape who you are as a person!

[alaterdate]

I see! I hadn't heard of this at all before, it's interesting. I definitely like the idea of acknowledging the less than stellar things that still scratched our id

[matsushima]

bluedreaming posted a little more about the "personal canon" concept here - and the idea that the less savory stuff might still have an impact on us started with one of my creative writing profs, who wrote "Damn Harry Potter…" in the margins of one of my assignments: apparently Writers of a Certain Age (I'm 35) do dialogue tags in a way that she can trace back to JKR's sloppy use of adverbs. (Obviously, the problems with the books and author go deeper than that but that was what made me start thinking about influences in that way.)