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

[lumiosecity]

I haven’t done much work at all on my site, on account of being sick. It’s not easy to code from bed— my laptop is a hefty thing, so it stays put on my desk.

Despite that, I do have some updates:

1. I finally settled on a name for my site, spiralbound! I carry around a spiral-bound notebook everywhere I go to scribble ideas in on the fly, and I’d like my website to be a digital equivalent; something full of projects and ideas that’s constantly being added to and evolving.

2. It’s nothing fancy because it was done from mobile, but I nixed the Welcome to Neocities page and added my own “check back soon” statement to the index.

As for resources, I’d like to recommend Photopea for making graphics— it’s a Photoshop clone that runs entirely in browser and is very useful for all kinds of editing projects.

If you want something that isn’t dependent on a browser to run, Krita is free, open source, and runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux— very helpful, considering that I’m running a Linux machine!

[innumerablewounds]

Oh yeah I'm on Linux too and I've really been putting Krita through its paces on whether or not it can be a graphics editor or if it's just an illustration program. I'm surprised at how well its worked! I remember seeing the suggestion around when I was googling, but I was pretty skeptical. My only complaint is that the text tool is... so bad right now. I've heard that fixing that is their current priority, though.

(Also, there's an unofficial Linux wrapper for Photopea on Flathub if you want it to be usable without a web browser open (though it's still Electron) https://flathub.org/apps/com.github.vikdevelop.photopea_app .)

Spiralbound is a really cute name too, good luck!!

[lumiosecity]

Oh, this is wonderful, thank you!

[enchantedsleeper]

Oh, sorry to hear you've been ill - I hope you're feeling much better! <3 Spiralbound is such an excellent name, cute and descriptive, I love it ^^