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

[toaster_hacker]

LOVE using the details/summary element, huge fan! And WOW, it makes your Fanfic and Fan Poetry page feel so slick to browse! Awesome consistency switching over the other half of the page to use the same technique as your WIPs section. Also really love the pop of color and visual interest the 🔽 indicator gives for each drop down!

The key is so nifty!!

Oooh, thank you for the resource compilation. I especially am eyeing the HTML-only website features! Also the scrollable div instructions are so helpful; I was struggling adding a scrollbar feature to one of the sections of my project earlier this week and DEFINITELY needed this. :D

[enchantedsleeper]

Aww, thank you very much for the kind words! <3 That's lovely to hear. I feel like I'm getting this page closer to something I'm happy with!

I originally followed a tutorial - linked in my resources compilation - for having a little spinny pointer that rotates 180 degrees to point downwards (so from 👆 to 👇) when you unfold the section. However, the animation doesn't always work, so I thought a 🔽 would help people know what to do. Fun fact, if you use bullet points within your summary and wrap the whole thing (details and all) in a <ul> tag, you'll get a little triangle bullet point that points downwards when you unfold the bullet. (Well, you've probably seen it in my WIP section already xD)

I'm so glad the scrollable div is helpful to you! It's much better now that I don't have a huge list of site updates taking up my homepage xD