The Anthology website - prototypes and pictures

[TheEarl]

cheers

Actually, I think we're at cross purposes, I could see the thong and it's only a little white box, and thats quite ok but on the view i was getting of the home page on the far right there's a big rectangle that stretches virtually to the bottom of the page of nothing....looks very weird....might just be me though!

I think it's just you. I can't see anything, although that's no guarantee. Anyways, now you have the original jpegs in your inbox.

Let me know what you think and whether hubby can knock it up.

The Earl

 

[English Lady]

it's not dropped in quite yet, but i'll let you know when they do

Hubby can knock up anything


Are we set on this set up or can hubby "tweek" here and there?


(Hubby does love to fiddle ) just so I know, how much I'll need to rein him in.

 

[TheEarl]

it's not dropped in quite yet, but i'll let you know when they do

Hubby can knock up anything


Are we set on this set up or can hubby "tweek" here and there?


(Hubby does love to fiddle ) just so I know, how much I'll need to rein him in.

Well everyone seems to like the designs, so I'd say it should be based mostly around them and the recommendations posted in this thread. If hubby has any ideas for fiddling, then post them here and we can see what people think.

The Earl

 

[English Lady]

Yeah, they'd not be major fiddles,and if he does I'll get him to let me show you what he's done.


Ok so for him to get going we need the Author blurbs for all in volume 1 (are we just using bios or somthing completely new?) and also a quote from each story, how big do we want those quotes to be? How many words are in yours?


(PS email not recieved yet )

 

[TheEarl]

Yeah, they'd not be major fiddles,and if he does I'll get him to let me show you what he's done.


Ok so for him to get going we need the Author blurbs for all in volume 1 (are we just using bios or somthing completely new?) and also a quote from each story, how big do we want those quotes to be? How many words are in yours?


(PS email not recieved yet )

I sent the e-mail to the address which you sent the mail out about the Pigtails story.

Here's my quote. Shall we say 200 words per quote?

"He took the bottom of her top and she lifted her arms up so he could undress her. Connor pulled it up over her head, using one hand to hold it at her wrists, pinning them together above her head and kissed her again. Elsie ground herself against him, feeling the tingling increase. The feeling of captivity and restraint gave her another rush of warm wetness and she felt a deep, animal need to have him inside her. She wanted to rip off his trousers and her skirt and straddle him, but Connor’s hold prevented her from moving her hands at all. Her breathing was coming in gasps now and her chest heaved in the constraints of her low-cut balconette bra.

Suddenly, she could feel cool metal touching her wrists and she looked up to see Connor attach one bracelet of a pair of handcuffs to her wrist. He threaded the second bracelet through the chain hanging from the ceiling and clicked it shut around her other wrist, leaving her arms imprisoned above her head.

Elsie gasped. She’d been taken completely unawares by his slick movement and before she’d realised what was happening, her hands had been bound."

Use Your Imagination - The Earl
Volume 1

 

[English Lady]

Cheers Earl, got a quote form you and Imp and will sort out my own soon too.


Ok the authors info/bio bits -are we doing new blurb or are we using the bio's from the book?

 

[impressive]

Cheers Earl, got a quote form you and Imp and will sort out my own soon too.


Ok the authors info/bio bits -are we doing new blurb or are we using the bio's from the book?

Book bio is fine with me -- with our @eroticanthology.com e-mail addresses

 

[TheEarl]

Book bio sounds good to me as well. We'll need little avatars for each author though. I'll e-mail you mine EL.

My second quote (as EL and I were discussing two quotes from each author in order to have a bulky database of quotes for our sidebar):

"Sharp gasps and whimpers punctuated her breathing and she could feel Connor pressing close behind her, his arousal obvious, even through his trousers. His fingertip whispered over her pussy, just a feathertouch, yet enough to make her knees go weak. “Please. Pleeease,” she gasped.

Connor’s lips brushed against her ear and he murmured, “Please do what?”
“Please,” Elsie begged again, her hips pushing against his restraining arm in search of less ephemeral contact. “Please, I…I need you to touch me.”

His finger wavered, just close enough to her quim that she could feel its presence. Her entire body lusted for his touch. “Say it again,” his voice rasped in her ear.

“T…touch me. Please. I need you to make… I need you to make me come.” As she spoke, Elsie could feel him squeeze closer to her back, holding her tighter against him. His fingertip stroked against her panties and she cried out as it pressed against her clit, sliding over the damp lace."

Dammit, I've found a typo in my story. Nothing major - just a 'her' where there should be a 'his', but it's annoying as hell that it managed ot slip through so many edits and rereadings.

The Earl

 

[impressive]

I put up a place-holder page at www.EroticAnthology.com

Nuttin' special, but a link 'til EL's hubby does his thing.

 

[English Lady]

Ok book bios it is then -Imp have you got them all somewhere? if you have can you send them over to me please love?


Earl -got your eyes in my mail this morning, thank you


Ok Mitnik (hubby) has done a mock up for you all to have a gander at, he's changed at least one thing, anyhow, all comments welcome and wanted so take a gander and tell me what you think!


Erotic Athology Mock-Up!

 

[impressive]

Ok book bios it is then -Imp have you got them all somewhere? if you have can you send them over to me please love?


Earl -got your eyes in my mail this morning, thank you


Ok Mitnik (hubby) has done a mock up for you all to have a gander at, he's changed at least one thing, anyhow, all comments welcome and wanted so take a gander and tell me what you think!


Erotic Athology Mock-Up!

Will get you the bios later this morning, EL. After coffee!

On the portal mock up:

- Can I send you the Kabel font? I think we need to match the book cover.

The portal page's MAIN title should be: Erotic Anthology ... because we might, someday, have titles other than Coming Together! (I mean, this could be the beginning of more than just that series.)

I'd like the boxes to be the same size, if possible ... and prefer not to have capitalization beyond the 1st word of the sentence. We could even use a variant the Disclaimer from Coming Together:

Coming Together is a compilation of erotic fiction, poetry, and illustrations. It is solely intended for persons of legal majority.

Please note that Coming Together contains works of fiction in which the characters may not practice safe sex. The authors, poets, and illustrators featured in this volume of Coming Together encourage all readers to act responsibly and to take appropriate precautions against both unwanted pregnancy and the transmission of disease.

For resources and frank discussion about safe sex practices, we refer the reader to the Coalition for Positive Sexuality at www.positive.org.

 

[English Lady]

Cheers Imp


Yeah send over the font, I'll show Mit all the comments that turn up on the forums here so he can sort things out accordingly. Imp - If i know my hubby at all, those boxes will end up the same size (he likes things to be symetrical*L*) so that should be fine, and we'll add that disclaimer onto the portal page, seems like it should work well

 

[English Lady]

Just to clarify, the mock-up is the whole site, if you click through on the portal page, you can see all the other planned pages.


Just FYI

 

[impressive]

Just to clarify, the mock-up is the whole site, if you click through on the portal page, you can see all the other planned pages.


Just FYI

Didn't realize THAT. Will explore & comment later.

 

[sophia jane]

Okay dumb question. Why are the bios in a foreign language?


I like the guestbook idea. Will we actually have one? If we do, can we use it as a mailing list to let people know when new volumes or merchandise comes out?

SJ

 

[TheEarl]

Okay dumb question. Why are the bios in a foreign language?


I like the guestbook idea. Will we actually have one? If we do, can we use it as a mailing list to let people know when new volumes or merchandise comes out?

SJ

They're just random phrases in Latin. I'm afraid my Latin isn't good enough to translate what they actually mean, but they're just in there as placeholders, as is my avatar.

The Earl

 

[impressive]

Just to clarify, the mock-up is the whole site, if you click through on the portal page, you can see all the other planned pages.


Just FYI

Okay, new nit picks:

Portal page -- subtitle should read "Coming Together : An erotic cocktail"

Portal page -- suggested revision to statement:

This site contains text and pictures depicting consenting adults "coming together" and doing other very naughty adult things. If you are under 18 years old or it is illegal to view content of an adult nature in your jurisdiction, then do not proceed any futher.

Portal page -- I recommend that the "No" link take the visitor to eff.org instead of Google

About Us -- suggested revision:

We are a coalition (entitled IPACT) of moderately sane poets, authors, and illustrators who decided it would be fun to "come together"and publish collections of our work for charity. Quite apart from the near orgasmic thrill of seeing our work in print, proceeds from every sale will benefit an organization whose mission it is to preserve our right to free speech.

We come from all corners of the globe and from all walks of life, but we are united in one thing - our love of erotica. We hope you enjoy our efforts.

We have authors, poets, and illustrators ... so the menu should probably not just read "Authors." How about: "Contributors" or "Participants" or ... something?

The "Anthologies" link in the menu should probably read "Publications"

I like "Random Excerpt" as opposed to "Random Quote"

That's all for now. Thanks, EL & hubby.

 

[English Lady]

They're just random phrases in Latin. I'm afraid my Latin isn't good enough to translate what they actually mean, but they're just in there as placeholders, as is my avatar.

The Earl

He's right you know I asked the same dumb question to my hubby this morning *LOL*


IMP-right you are, Hubs just made it pu as he went along to give us an idea of layout, text changes were expected so all the text changes will go in no problem.

I think he'll be able to work on it again tonight, so as soon as i have news of updates i'll get everyone to check it again


PS


Photos to go with bios -send 'em to my englishlady@eroticanthology.com email address. Don't worry about the size, hubby can resize (though bigger is better as things shrink down easier than they blow up!)

Earl, Imp and 4degrees thanks for your pics!

 

[Black Tulip]

EL,

I tested the guestbook and left your hubby a message.

The site looks great but I have some questions.

Why is the blue of the lettering in another shade than the thin blue lines around the frames? Is that on purpose? Or am I being neurotically precise?

I like the touches of yellow and red lettering

The red figures in the top right hand corner, can they be blue like the borders of the frames? IMO that would look nicer.

On the index page: Go to (2 words); there are more typo's and stuff. Do you want them spelled out?

The email links are too dark blue, beautiful color but I can't read it. LOL

 

[English Lady]

BT


I am sure hubby will be glad to read your message

I think the shading is different on purpose,I think *grins*

red figures probably could go blue -shall mention it to hubster.


there will be alot of typos, he did it late last night *L* I think most content is changing, so it should all sort itself out -when we come towards the end, then you can point out specific typos etc

Lighter email links -i think someone else said that too


Right, all info taken in and will be passed on

 

[Guest]

I am following this and have just had a quick look at the mock site: great job, all of you!

Loving it all so far.

When I have more time, I'll look at it all more closely and test it all out a bit.

Lou

 

[Black Tulip]

...
red figures probably could go blue -shall mention it to hubster.
...

EL,

It's only my suggestion. Could be everybody else likes the red. LOL

AV is on the way.

 

[impressive]

EL,

It's only my suggestion. Could be everybody else likes the red. LOL

AV is on the way.

No -- I thought the same. Red is too garish. We are classy smutsters.

 

[English Lady]

Mitnik added'em last thing this morning, he felt the top needed balancing -so no problem changing them to a nice neon blue to fit in with the scheme





AV pics people, don't forget! We'll jsut use your current AV's if you don't come up with'owt

 

[Black Tulip]

Hehehe.