New web site

[scribblinlenore]

I've moved my web site to Word Press, since it's just so automated and easy, and done a complete update. All the stories I've posted in all my fandoms are now up. I haven't abandoned my popullus site, because I really like popullus, and who knows if Word Press will someday get an LJ-like case of intolerance. I'm just not sure yet what I'm going to do with the old site. Maybe I'll turn it into a mirror site eventually.

For now, here's my home on the Internets:
http://scribblinlenore.wordpress.com/

Comments

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Oh, gorgeous. Clean and pretty and easy to navigate.

How'd you do that on Wordpress? Forgive my ignorance, but I thought it was a straight-up blogging service like LJ, where you see the list of latest posts down the page. Yet it looks like you've got subfolders set up. How does it work?

Also: I'm in the process of setting up all my fic (heh, "all" doesn't seem like much compared to your impressive collection) and am curious how you chose/choose what to include for each story on the index pages.

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

Word Press is really nifty! I got the idea for using it for my web site from svmadelyn, who always has the best ideas. In WP, you can create pages, as well as posts. There's an easy to use template, and within it, you can set up parent page relationships. Put a static page at the front of your blog (http://faq.wordpress.com/2007/02/20/having-a-static-page-at-the-front-of-the-blog/). Link it all together. And voila! You have a website.

There's a library of templates, and you can customize the CSS. I know next to nothing about any of this, and I found it very easy. I highly recommend it. If you decide to go this route and have any questions, let me know. I'm happy to share my meager knowledge. :)

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

Oops! I wasn't quite finished when I hit post. *g*

Re: what to include on the index pages.

I've gotten feedback on my old web site that people didn't find it as helpful as it could be, because I just listed story titles and no other information, nothing to help readers decide whether they wanted to read a particular story or not. So this time around, I decided to include most of the info I'd put in a story header when I post on LJ, and an excerpt to entice them. I probably should have also included word count, but I was more than halfway through when that occurred to me, and I couldn't face going back and adding it. *g*

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Heh, I know what you mean. Maybe after some time has gone by, you'll feel like going back and adding word lengths (that's something I definitely like to know about before diving in).

It's been tricky, deciding how much information to include on the index, finding a balance between what's too much and what's too little, and deciding whether to then do leftover author's notes at the tops of the story pages. Right now, it's title - pairing/characters - rating - word count - an excerpted line or two - and date published. Then spoilers, betas, etc. on the "inside." Not sure if it'll stay that way... Hm.

(It's at http://bironic.nostatement.com [again, very plain!], if you want to take a look; I'd value your feedback if you have the time.)

[bironic.livejournal.com]

In WP, you can create pages, as well as posts.

Ah! That I did not know. It all makes sense now. Thanks!

For now, at least, I'm going to be using a subdomain on my friend's website, so I can pretty much design it however I like. It's bare bones at the moment, just a white content area against a blue background, with a story index and links to the fics on individual pages. Maybe one day when I've written more, in more fandoms, it'll get fancier. Or maybe that'll happen when I get bored. Who knows.

Thanks again!

[niciasus.livejournal.com]

This is gorgeous. I love the clean lines and the simplicity. The pages loaded easy quick.

I've been investigating doing something similar. Had a dilemma between using efiction or wordpress or it's clone, Textpattern. I'm tired of coding pages and wanting something easy to maintain.

so it's easy creating page? I noticed you don't have to use it as a blog. This is where my main confusion came into play on whether you had to use WP as a blog.

I want to hug. I'm excited now, seeing how WP is working well as a fiction site.

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

I found creating pages really easy. You can just copy your content directly from Word and paste it in the form. No need to replace carriage returns with paragraph tags. And it's easy to add new items to the navigation, which I really like.

I was puzzled at first, as well, about how it could work as a website. But it's really simple. There's an option you can choose to have a static page as the front page of your blog. Don't link to the blog from there, and for all intents and purposes, it doesn't exist.

I'm not at all good at this kind of thing, and I found WP relatively painless. I recommend it!

[beet]

Beautiful!

Do you know the history of the word Serendipity?
I can't vouch for how true this is, but I learned this from my Hindi prof. He said that Serendipity comes from the word "Serendip"--which was what ancient Persian traders called the island of Ceylon (or Sri Lanka, today). Legends of its riches and its lush environment, spread far and wide, ushering it into myth. Where it became associated with fortune and the opportune discovery of very good things. :)

He also told us the story of shampoo. And punch. And... well. You get the picture. ;D

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

Your professor sounds so cool! And I love knowing the origins of my favorite word. Thank you!

Also, your icon is gorgeous. I love it.

[shaggirl.livejournal.com]

If you ever want to build your own website I have a dream host account with tonnes and tonnes of space and bandwidth. I'm hosting a few people already and we're barely scratching the surface. I would be happy to have you there. :)

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

Awww, thanks, doll! That's so sweet. I really appreciate it. I'll keep the offer in mind for the future. *hugs*

[astrothsknot.livejournal.com]

What I love about wordpress is that you can have wp themes on any webspace. I've BM'd the site

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

*nods* WordPress is really a nifty thing. It's made my life much easier!

[alwayseasy.livejournal.com]

I checked out your new website, and it was awesome. I loved the new look. The interface was much more user-friendly... especially with the new summaries added alongside the titles of all the fics.

And I REALLY loved the fact that the entire Smallville section has been updated with all your latest fics... including ones that I didn't even know about before. I especially liked some newly discovered jewels like the sequel to Inaureme, The Three Trials of Sageeth. That was a wonderful fic, and I really enjoyed seeing Lex learning how to excel at all the intricasies of a different culture and acheiving impossible tastks to prove that he was worthy of a relationship with Clark. It was thrilling to see him amaze the elite of Kryptonian culture with his intelligence, skills and sheer determination. It was wonderful seeing Lex performing at his very best.

It was ALSO fantastic seeing classic stories (like You can call me Al and Love for Sale) condensed from two or three html pages into a single page reading. It's NICE to be able to save a story onto my harddrive as a unbroken whole :D

I loved the new website, and I look forward to seeing more of your (Smallville) work posted up there in the future. Any chance of that 'Remington Steele/Smallville' story going up soon? I was reeeaaaally looking forward to that story. The plot intrigued me, and I'd love to see what you do with it.

Good luck and best regards

[ender24]

you are evil!
now i have to go to your new site, and reread your stories!
*runs off to read*