Ignore it, it's nothing much.
I'm thinking maybe in 2011 I oughtta make a new main website layout.
Just as I loved V.3, I love the one I have now. I don't want to let it go yet. I just know that the area of content is so small that it's not suitable for what I thought would be good for the future.
Firstly, I want to turn the site into a little more of a portfolio. I want to prune the story section down to things that actually matter (which cuts out a few dead-end fanfictions from years ago), I want to include a page about my art (since it has so much to do with the stories and probably will influence my writing career and I can tie it in to why I'm getting a film major), and I want the story section not to confine the listings so much.
Back when myspace was popular, I had banners for my stories like these:
I came to find later that something like these would be cool to have for the stories, if I just expanded the listings. Then immediately you're getting a taste of the story even without reading any of it, and also people are just drawn more to visual things than text. We click on things all the time just because we like the images! I can still include the year, genre and format details, the ratings, and the summaries, and they'll look better.
I also want to give Crystal Palace (the franchise) its own little section under stories since the series has been growing. It's my only... script-thing I have going on, with promise, and it deserves a little explanation since it started off straddling fanfiction & fiction.
Also~!! I thought this would be a neat idea. On the 'home' page, on top the updates, I could have a little blurb with art for the stories in season, which I've already been doing here on the journal on the side bar. That way I can put a good word out for what I'm currently working on and lead people there without them having to search the listings. It's a good way to keep the attention on what I want to be judged by, and what is my most recent style/skill/fandom.
Yeah, I'm just talking this out with myself.
I'm thinking maybe in 2011 I oughtta make a new main website layout.
Just as I loved V.3, I love the one I have now. I don't want to let it go yet. I just know that the area of content is so small that it's not suitable for what I thought would be good for the future.
Firstly, I want to turn the site into a little more of a portfolio. I want to prune the story section down to things that actually matter (which cuts out a few dead-end fanfictions from years ago), I want to include a page about my art (since it has so much to do with the stories and probably will influence my writing career and I can tie it in to why I'm getting a film major), and I want the story section not to confine the listings so much.
Back when myspace was popular, I had banners for my stories like these:
I came to find later that something like these would be cool to have for the stories, if I just expanded the listings. Then immediately you're getting a taste of the story even without reading any of it, and also people are just drawn more to visual things than text. We click on things all the time just because we like the images! I can still include the year, genre and format details, the ratings, and the summaries, and they'll look better.
I also want to give Crystal Palace (the franchise) its own little section under stories since the series has been growing. It's my only... script-thing I have going on, with promise, and it deserves a little explanation since it started off straddling fanfiction & fiction.
Also~!! I thought this would be a neat idea. On the 'home' page, on top the updates, I could have a little blurb with art for the stories in season, which I've already been doing here on the journal on the side bar. That way I can put a good word out for what I'm currently working on and lead people there without them having to search the listings. It's a good way to keep the attention on what I want to be judged by, and what is my most recent style/skill/fandom.
Yeah, I'm just talking this out with myself.
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