Small Web September Check-In 3: Halfway Point!

[enchantedsleeper]

Wooooah, we’re halfway there,
Wooo-ooah! (Lemon on a pe-ear!)

*ahem* We’re at the halfway point for Small Web September already!

If you’re wondering where the heck last two weeks went, you’re not alone – but don’t despair. There’s still loads of time for small webbing!

This is our ‘How’s it going?’ halfway point check-in, where you can share your SWS progress if you’d like to and compare notes with your goals at the beginning of the challenge. Has anything unexpected come up as you’ve worked on your small web project(s)? Are you focusing on the things you thought you would, or have you found some new side quests to go on?

Here are a couple of question prompts you can use for this check-in:

• What have you been working on so far for SWS?
• Are you focused on the same things you outlined in your goals, or have you found yourself doing something different?
• What are you looking to work on next?

As a reminder, this is the third 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.

To find our last check-in post and browse through all of the awesome resources and recs, go here: Small Web September Check-In 2: Recs and Resources

Comments

[lumiosecity]

The only thing that’s giving me real, genuine trouble is setting up font files— I suspect I’m either linking the files incorrectly or I don’t understand how to list styles and weights correctly yet. One of my ultimate goals, way down the line once I’ve figured out some semblance of what I’m doing, is to create a toggle between a few different fonts, so I’m very invested in figuring this out and it’s taking up a good chunk of my time.

Mostly, though, I’m beating it with a mallet in the sense of “okay, 2px borders— that doesn’t look right, never mind” or “alright, add this color here— oh, jeez, that’s way more green than it is blue”; I’ve got a decently clear vision of how I’d like this to look but the execution is a little fiddly.

[aikoto]

For fonts you have to download them, put the files on your site's diretory and add the font-face rule to your CSS. Each font you want to add has to be on its own font-face rule.
Some browsers are picky on how you link the fonts, so I always like to put them between qotation marks, both the font name and its source link.
On weights, every font should accept the usual "bold" and "lighter" variables, but if you want to give it a specific weight (300/700/etc) I'm pretty sure you have to download and add its weights as separate fonts (if said font has them avaible).

[lumiosecity]

Oh, thank you!