Checkpoint 1: Kick-off

[nepenthee]

With slight delay, this DW community is now open!

As mentioned on the event site, the challenge will be accompanied by regular checkpoints where you can share your plans and progress, ask for help and discuss anything regarding site-making. These checkpoints will be posted in approximately biweekly intervals by me, your host, and sometimes by larissa. :)

Some questions to start with: What are you making and why, how long has the shrine been on your wishlist, and where are you starting from?

Feel free to chat about anything, no need to answer any of these questions!

Comments

[nepenthee]

Can I just say, going from Angelfire to Wordpress directly sounds like such a big and odd jump to me (self-hosted or not), I don't think I've talked to anyone in the fansite sphere (or personal sites, sans blogging) who went that path lol. (I assume it's not uncommon, since there has to be something between getting shared hosting by a company or by people in the scene, and not making sites until, say, discovering Neocities.)

You know my thoughts on your choice of subjects already. I like your ambition and step-by-step plans, and am eager to see how things will turn out for you, especially as I started making shrines late too, despite having known them for a long time! If there's anything you're curious about or would like help with, do feel free to make use of this community.

By the way, I saw your mention of HTML 4 in a comment. If you feel up to it, you may want to look into the semantic elements introduced by HTML 5, which are key to accessibility but also save you a little bit of typing and make your code more readable to yourself (e.g. <header>, <footer>, <nav>, <section> instead of having divs with separate IDs like <div id="header">). If not, you can always pick it up later.