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Hello! We're now halfway through January, which means this challenge will come to a close in just a few short weeks.

How are you approaching the end of the challenge? What do you still have left to tackle, and is there anything you need in support? Whether it be a second pair of eyes at what you've made or just some cheerleading, feel free to ask for help below.

As usual, you are welcome to use this post to discuss any aspect related to the challenge. Wishing everyone luck on their shrines!

nepenthee

Happy new year, everyone!

As you can guess, things have been quiet around here as December was a busy month. I hope you’ve had a good holiday season, and can start fresh in the new year.

We have one more month until the challenge deadline. How are your shrines coming along? Do you have a preferred order of tackling things, and how do you set priorities in light of the deadline? What are your thoughts on uploading a shrine in unfinished state?

I hope we’ll pull through together and can kick off 2026 with some new shrines! :D

Feel free to use this post to chat about other challenge- and site-related things.

larissa

Hello! I'll be helping out nepenthee by posting a few of the checkpoints during the challenge. There's been quite a lot of signups, and I hope everyone's doing well with your shrines!

...Except what if you aren't finding it so easy? This checkpoint's theme is to tell us what you're struggling with. What's holding you back from working on your shrine, whether big or small, IRL or otherwise? Tell us about it, and maybe together we can move forward and make progress.

You are welcome to use this post to chat about anything related to the challenge even if you do not take part in the checkpoint theme.

(As a side note, for those unfamiliar with Dreamwidth: did you know you can track all comments to a post and receive them via email? Just click the bell icon on any of these posts and you'll get a copy of comments as they arrive. No need to remember to check back!)

nepenthee

Hello! How is the challenge going for you?

We have had some more sign-ups in the last while, and it’s nice to see that the event being well underway isn’t deterring people from joining. :> The event playlist is also coming along; if you happen to listen to something fitting while working on your site, do consider sharing with us!

This checkpoint’s theme is as follows: Post a WIP of your challenge shrine and ask something you’d like hear about from your fellow webmasters, web-related or not. This can be as specific or abstract as you’d like (e.g. a paragraph, a crop of the layout header, a colour scheme; coding input, style concerns, writing advice, tools etc.).

You are welcome to use this post to chat about anything related to the challenge even if you do not take part in the checkpoint theme.

nepenthee

The challenge has garnered a good amount of webmasters, from familiar to new faces, yay! To anyone reading this while still debating whether to sign up: Do consider joining us even if you might not finish your shrine by the deadline. You are invited to make use of this space if it motivates you and drives the completion of your shrine along!

My questions this week: Do you have any specific plans for your shrine aside from the challenge theme, e.g. is there anything specific you want to achieve, something new you want to try out, a skill you want to pick up? Where do you foresee your biggest challenges?

Again, feel free to chat about anything, no need to answer any of these questions. Also note that any previous checkpoint posts will stay open and you are more than welcome to reply and continue conversations there!

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!

Entries tagged with checkpoint

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Checkpoint 5: Priorities

Checkpoint 4: Struggles

Checkpoint 3: Offer & receive

Checkpoint 2: Ambitions and challenges

Checkpoint 1: Kick-off

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