website title help, pls

[Kitty_Schrödinger]

perhaps it should :thinksaboutitemote:

nah, it's supposed to be easy yet it took hours as i fumbled my way through. getting the hang of where stuff is and where i can move it to and stuff - all trial and error.

best of all, though, doesn't cost a penny. since i'm having to replace my newly-deceased freezer, that kind of counts right now

I adore it. I bookmarked and will be looking regularly. Seriously- well done, I am very impressed

 

[butters]

I adore it. I bookmarked and will be looking regularly. Seriously- well done, I am very impressed

well i don't know what to say apart from thanks. seriously, it's only templates and drag n drop/uploads. thanks again, kitty, i think the title works (imo anyway) though i wasn't sure whether using 'sound' twice was the right way to go instead of using 'words and pictures . . .' but thought it looked ok on screen.

hopefully it'll improve with time and growing familiarity - not happy with the poem page layout so will need to work it out.

 

[Angeline]

i've gone with:

http://astudyinsound.bravesites.com/

as i said, it's all fluid right now. think i have to change the font/text size for the poems on the poem page, and see if i can rearrange the page listing across the top. either way, it's a start.

any thoughts? ideas? want to get all my pages in a drop down menu if possible, and should i get each page password protected to prevent tampering or is it really not worth bothering?

It looks great. May it and you live long and prosper!

 

[butters]

It looks great. May it and you live long and prosper!

oh spockeriffic, thankyou, angiebaby! i ended up with bravenet since it's the host i had before - i was quite pleased with the look but then wondered how others would see it and began doubting it. i appreciate you taking a look.

 

[GuiltyPleasure]

It looks great. May it and you live long and prosper!

oh spockeriffic, thankyou, angiebaby! i ended up with bravenet since it's the host i had before - i was quite pleased with the look but then wondered how others would see it and began doubting it. i appreciate you taking a look.

It does look very good and most important, easy to navigate. Will you be adding audio later? I'm a fan already, great job, J.

 

[Angeline]

oh spockeriffic, thankyou, angiebaby! i ended up with bravenet since it's the host i had before - i was quite pleased with the look but then wondered how others would see it and began doubting it. i appreciate you taking a look.

Of course I looked. And I'm sure I'll keep looking.

And yes I am weird enough that I did the thingy with my fingers after I typed it. Next I shall channel Mr. Sulu and say "Oh myyyyy."

 

[butters]

It does look very good and most important, easy to navigate. Will you be adding audio later? I'm a fan already, great job, J.

a big thankyou, tess i'm thinking of titling the poems page as The Buttery, once i work out how i want them to appear. i hope to keep that easy navigation thing, as someone smart once told me KISS - and getting lost in the imagery/sounds is one thing . . . getting lost because of bad layout's another.

audio? hmmmn, maybe later on, though i'm not a huge fan of my reading voice, and like whispering which would annoy most people. maybe i can add audios of other poets later. time will dictate - i've only spent about 3 hours on it so far, and most of that was trying to find out what i was doing and backtracking

Of course I looked. And I'm sure I'll keep looking.

And yes I am weird enough that I did the thingy with my fingers after I typed it. Next I shall channel Mr. Sulu and say "Oh myyyyy."

x

i did it back to you! and mr sulu was teh sexy!

 

[butters]

if anyone has the time, i'm trying something with the poetry layout - underlining the titles and carrying that across the section. i'm thinking it looks better on the left half than the right but don't know whether to abandon them on the right completely. i've underlined a few as an example for comparisons - maybe one or two of you could tell me what's working/not working.



and how do y'all feel about reading the white text from that black and grey background? does it hurt your eyes?

 

[HarryHill]

I like the white on dark. When you first posted the site, I clicked the headers but saw nothing appear. This time I scrolled in puzlement and saw content under the main screen. Don't like that white line of text on the main screen. Here's a suggestion, place the webaddress in your signature so I don't have to search back through the thread to find it, or maybe I should add it to my favorites bar . Either way, I think you are doing fine.

 

[butters]

I like the white on dark. When you first posted the site, I clicked the headers but saw nothing appear. This time I scrolled in puzzlement and saw content under the main screen. Don't like that white line of text on the main screen. Here's a suggestion, place the webaddress in your signature so I don't have to search back through the thread to find it, or maybe I should add it to my favorites bar . Either way, I think you are doing fine.

thanks for the feedback, Harry

for now, the title screen has no other content other than the clickable headers at the top of the page - the only real content will be the poetry and blog, unless i change my mind and add a forum but it's not on the cards unless i start showcasing other poets' work as well . . . i just don't have the time to dedicate to running a forum-based website. it was great fun before, but working full-time now gets in the way

by the white line of text, do you mean 'sound and pictures for poetry heads'?

still unsure about the poetry layout - i might do away with the underlining altogether and stagger the poems down the page, left and right. don't know. decisions decisions.

i'll probably remove that e-mail address so the only contact is at the site; then i can put it in my sig here. if i do it now, the trolls from other areas of this site will be all over that e-mail like a rash.

thanks again, H - pour me out something long and cool, will you?

 

[Angeline]

I prefer to read on a gray or black background. If feels easier on the eyes to me.

I am not a fan of the underlines extending past the titles. It looks too busy to me. I guess you're trying to keep the poems clearly separate. I think it may not be an issue and the poems can stand without the underlining.

I've seen some sites where they separate out content on a page by using a little logo or even some interesting fonty thing (like a symbol or bit of border or some such). I think the less extra stuff you can get away with, the more the focus is on the poems. But there's tons of choices out there for symbols and such you could use consistently as a kind of marker that shows the poem is done. The fun part is choosing.

 

[butters]

I prefer to read on a gray or black background. If feels easier on the eyes to me.

I am not a fan of the underlines extending past the titles. It looks too busy to me. I guess you're trying to keep the poems clearly separate. I think it may not be an issue and the poems can stand without the underlining.

I've seen some sites where they separate out content on a page by using a little logo or even some interesting fonty thing (like a symbol or bit of border or some such). I think the less extra stuff you can get away with, the more the focus is on the poems. But there's tons of choices out there for symbols and such you could use consistently as a kind of marker that shows the poem is done. The fun part is choosing.

hello x

i'm agreeing with you about the lines, and want to keep it as clean as possible.

do you think staggering the poems, left to right, would be a neater layout or would it be annoying where it take longer to scroll through? i'm not messing with it tonight, though, as i want to relax a bit with a glass of wine soon.

 

[Angeline]

hello x

i'm agreeing with you about the lines, and want to keep it as clean as possible.

do you think staggering the poems, left to right, would be a neater layout or would it be annoying where it take longer to scroll through? i'm not messing with it tonight, though, as i want to relax a bit with a glass of wine soon.

You mean like keep the two columns but maybe drop the right one down some so that no left- and right-column poems begin exactly across from each other? It's sort of working that way already except for the starter poem, so yeah I think it could. I personally don't mind scrolling at all though my real preference would be to keep a handful of similar poems on one screen that doesn't scroll lots and let the reader click through to other groups of poems. I do however know that's more work.

I also don't think the white second line on the main page is working. It's hard to see against the background it's on. I of course am old and pretty damn myopic to boot, so maybe it's me!

But enough. Go drink some wine and enjoy your evening.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

Bookmarked it too, sorry I was too late to suggest Peanut Butter

 

[butters]

Bookmarked it too, sorry I was too late to suggest Peanut Butter

so am i! that's a great name.

How's life treating you, sweetheart? (Good to see you back x)

 

[UnderYourSpell]

so am i! that's a great name.

How's life treating you, sweetheart? (Good to see you back x)

I'm plodding along ok thank you kindly for asking. Need to get back on in there with the poetry haven't written for yonks

 

[butters]

I'm plodding along ok thank you kindly for asking. Need to get back on in there with the poetry haven't written for yonks

plodding's better than reverse-gear

and just when you thought it safe to get back in the water, things got all clammy!

 

[annaswirls]

My suggestion is to pick a few songs, poems, quotes, and pull something from one of them.

I use wordpress- free and easy. The title to my wordpress site is Vinegar and Brown Paper. I got it from a title to a poem I wrote from which I lifted from the nursery rhyme. I liked it because it had meaning to me- the things we can use to heal, reminded me of poetry. Everyday words, when in context bring in memory and meaning.

Mannequin Envy was taken from the line of another poet, smithpeter

Good luck!

 

[annaswirls]

from your title list

a study in light and shade

artistic temperaments

ghosts in the machine

in the arms of morpheus

nightwalking

not everything

plenty of fish

rainlight

the butterfly effect

the shape of the thing
hole in my bucket

hole in the bucket

 

[annaswirls]

Like Butter from Tigers

 

[butters]

My suggestion is to pick a few songs, poems, quotes, and pull something from one of them.

I use wordpress- free and easy. The title to my wordpress site is Vinegar and Brown Paper. I got it from a title to a poem I wrote from which I lifted from the nursery rhyme. I liked it because it had meaning to me- the things we can use to heal, reminded me of poetry. Everyday words, when in context bring in memory and meaning.

Mannequin Envy was taken from the line of another poet, smithpeter

Good luck!

hello and thanks, anna - i got it up about a month ago but haven't done much with it yet. have to be in the right frame of mind before i tinker with layout and stuff.

the name i went for was 'a study in sound', with a subtitle of 'sound and pictures for poetry heads'.

http://forum.literotica.com/showpost.php?p=44418013&postcount=23

 

[annaswirls]

well hell I guess I should check the date before responding to a thread

Congrats on your site- cool name

 

[UnderYourSpell]

Anna !!!!!!!!!!!

 

[butters]

well hell I guess I should check the date before responding to a thread

Congrats on your site- cool name

thankyou

 

[annaswirls]

Anna !!!!!!!!!!!

Spelly!!!!!