artbook update
9/18/2024, 9:32pm
Over the next few days, I'm going to be working on cleaning up the entire site. This means making new css pages, creating a new "page not found" page, and most importantly: cleaning up all my damn inline css.
If you've ever looked at my homepage's code through inspect element (why) then look again, it's so much nicer there now! It looks like something someone who knows what they're doing would write, if I do say so myself.
Next up on the chopping block is the about me. I want to completely rewrite that page! I have a few ideas, and want it to be less 'wall of text' and more 'cute little factoid page'.
In general, I'm hoping that working on cleaning up like this will make it a lot easier to continue work on the site in the future.
artbook update
9/13/2024, 11:36pm
I finally set up the artbook! There's not much there, but I put up a few works for tonight. I need to get some rest, but now that I have a start on it, I can keep updating tomorrow with more and more of my work.
I want the page to serve as both a portfolio and archive of my work, as I've moved tumblr accounts several times and sometimes drawings will get lost in the frenzy. Hopefully this helps fix that issue!
Soon, there'll be a lot more to look at there. I'm thinking of making the page to the right an archive of my poetry as well! A lot of my poetry I hate in retrospect, but some of it I still love to this day.
I'm excited to share it all with you!
the big reveal!
8/23/2024, 8:10pm
I'm still working on some of the subpages, but it's been long enough without an update that I've decided to link the Hinata shrine to the main page! At the moment, there's a collection of my favorite official art, some trivia, scans of my letters to him from July, and a music player with a mini-playlist.
There's still lots of placeholder pages in place, since this is a project about as large as the website itself. I have so many plans for different modules to put in there!
I still have a few more pieces of decoration to add to the homepage, but for now, it should be alright. Please, go and explore it!
Over time, there'll be even more pages. Even just the currently planned pages in the navbar probably won't be everything! I've been dedicated to Hinata for the past 4 years, so it'll probably never be in a state that I'm truly happy with. Even so, this is a labor of love, and I want to show it off!
Other than all that, I plan to add more to the blog over the coming weeks, and next tackle the Memory Zone. Slowly but surely, it's all coming together. It's exciting!
the newsletter begins!
8/23/2024, 8:10pm
Welcome to the newsletter! I hope this'll serve as a much more comprehensive list of site changes as I begin working on long-term projects that'll take much longer than the few hours it took for each element of the currently-live site. This time, I'll just list what's currently available, and future letters will include links to new pages and a list of updated pages.
- The homepage is complete! Everything there is what will be there in the future, but I might end up changing the to-do list to be an iframe just to make updating it easier, and to allow for scrolling of the contents.
- Our about me page is about as complete as it ever will be. Expect it to change over time, and I might add some subpages to it in the future or switch up the layout. But the information is all there!
- The blog's infrastructure is all there, and is extremely easy to update. There's even a second post at the time of writing!
- The review infrastructure is also all there, it's a little bit more difficult to update and will probably need some tweaks in the future, but that's a problem for future Ko. At the moment, there's a review up for Waking Life!
- The shrine homepage is done, and work has begun on the Hinata shrine. I finally decided on a layout I think will work, and I just need to implement it! In the future, I also want to make a shrine for our cat Bucket, and potentially one for SDR2 as a whole. Much to think about..!
- The entry page should be screenreader compatible to the best of my ability. I don't want the warning page about inaccessability to potentially fry people's screenreaders, so everything is laid out in order, with alt text on all of the images. I make no promises about the home page, as I'm too scared to test it with the screenreading extension I've been using to comfirm accessibility of the entry page.
- Speaking of the entry page, it's only slightly broken on mobile! All of the text is visible, the only part that gets cut off is the Komaeda figurine, which isn't essential to understanding the text I don't believe.
- The link book is entirely functional, and I've sent in applications to two webrings already! I'm technically already a part of the PluRing, but an error in the code means it still displays me as an outsider. I'm not too worried about it though! I need to seek out some more rings to join in the meantime...
- Also added to the link book is a list of credits and resources! If you're wondering about anything that isn't on there, shoot me an email! I'll track down the source of a graphic for you, or if it's a bespoke creation, I'll let you know how I made it. I don't want to gatekeep anything, I've only been able to get this far through the resources and kindness of others online!
And that's about it! I probably forgot something or other, but that's alright. Check back here often to see if anything's changed!