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Requests

❖ Requests are free!

❖ A request is anything that's kinda vague, like asking for more thread trackers or a muselist with dropdown elements. Something that you want made publicly available and wouldn't be a big project for me.

❖ Requests are prioritized beneath something I'm already working on and commissions. Essentially, I'll get to it when I can, but I will get to it.

❖ If you want a biosheet, layout, something personalized, or something only you can use, then it would be a commission.

Commissions

❖ I take all commission payments through my PayPal. You can also consider joining the Patreon for exclusive content or checking out my Ko-Fi Shop for previously exclusive codes!

❖ General Codes $3: Navigations, muselists, playlists, etc.

❖ Personalized Biosheets $15: Images of your character/PB will be included.

❖ Extras:
Text (history, personality, etc.)
Playlist Songs
Visual Images
+$3 each
Meaning if you want me to come up with songs for a playlist on your biosheet, the whole thing would be $18.

❖ Journal Layouts $45: Includes icon page, tag page, archive, and mobile friendliness.

❖ Editing Existing Layouts $30: If you want something that's already around personalized for your purposes.

❖ Plurk Layouts $50: Can include animated effects, specialized dash, dark mode appearance, etc. The Chrome extension Plurk Jailbreak is recommended to make the layout look as intended but is not necessary.

❖ Game Info Pages $80: Includes navigation, premise, rules/faq, applications, reserves, hiatus/drop, event templates, mod comment templates, taken, player contact, locations/businesses/employment, abilities/traits, profiles, advertisements, and anything else that your game may need. If you only need certain pages overhauled and not the whole package, we can work out a price on a case-by-case basis.

❖ Larger Commissions $90+: Game apps, websites, front-end UI/UX design, back-end database setups, etc etc. Price varies based on a case by case basis and I give no guarantees that I'll take your commission. But if you have an idea of something you want to get done beyond the scope of DreamWidth, I can probably help you. Largely depends on my skillset and free time. If you want examples of the things I do, check out my GitHub.

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So sorry about the late response! It's been a Week.

As for the initial quote, I do think it's going over that, yeah. I'll let you know as soon as I can about the increase.
Absolutely understandable!

I think I've gotten a little confused about the sticky post too as we've gone along; so many juggling balls in the air! Despite my late reply, I've been thinking a bit these past few days to get it all sorted, and I wonder if it would be possible to do a sticky post (like what you linked in your comment) - maybe with the same kind of simple outline as the layout and/or the userpic frames?

Separate from that, I realized that I was thinking of a custom code, as I described in my comment above. However, I realize that I didn't explain that properly in the original ask, so (apart from the neocities extra work/hours of course), I realize this would be an extra cost! In thinking about this, I'd like to put the custom code in the sticky post, but I understand those are different things. Would it be helpful if I sketched the custom code?

As for the neocities, it looks great! (And familiar is perfect :D )

I think the length of the navigation bar on the top may be fine as is, but I'll see how it looks after we add the correct links to it.
Makes sense!

About the sidebar, I'm not quite sure. I think, mobile-adapting-wise, it might be easier to not have a sidebar, but what do you recommend? Social media links would definitely work in a footer!

Don't worry about it! I'm sorry for getting back to you a little late, too.

Re; the custom code! I'm finally on the same page as you, lol. This is totally do-able. I'll probably have to send you a little snippet to add on to your layout code, but it'll be fine otherwise. If you don't mind doing a little sketch of what you're picturing for the code itself, I'd really appreciate it. As for placement of the post, would you like it to be with the rest of the entries but stylized different or somewhere else entirely, like between the navigation links and the entries/sidebar area?

Re; Neocities! I'm really glad you like the design! I was hoping it wasn't too much of the same, lol, but I'm glad it's working for you so far. c:

As for what I recommend about the sidebar, I think that depends on how much important info you think will be needed in there. If you have a lot of info that can be summed up in short form, a lot of links, highlights for certain members, awards/contests/announcements, or even a sign-in mechanic/chatroom widget, then a sidebar would work great. If you just have social media links and the like, then it's not really necessary. In fact, at that point, it'll probably just add clutter.

For now, I can make the sidebar an optional tool. That way you can see what this will look like with and without it. I could also go a step further and have it so you can toggle it into existence or something yourself in the future, in case you decide you want it/don't want it later on.

Hello! Now I really have to apologize for being late (I've been under the weather, unfortunately).

A snippet to add onto the code sounds good! It took me longer to reply because I tried to mock something up in figma and realized that was a bad idea (it was taking me way too long) so I did something up in sketches; I hope it makes sense?
I had two ideas: idea one would be if the pinned post could stretch across the top maybe:

If not, it could just be inline with the other posts:

Either way, maybe a double line border or light blue background or something harmonious with the layout could distinguish it?

Of course, on mobile, it would probably look the same either way (primary sidebar stuff, pinned post, other posts, then secondary sidebar stuff).

For the code snippet, I think (?) it's possible to have floating divs be side by side in desktop, then tile on mobile, based on the code examples I linked earlier, but I'm not a pro at inline css so if it's not please let me know! I'd described the code in a previous comment but the rough layout idea is:
mobile:

desktop:

On to the website, we pretty much just have social links and maybe a link to team order lists, so I think you're right about keeping it more streamlined. An option tool sounds good though, as we might end up needing it later.

I realize that you may have (likely) moved onto other things in the meantime so whenever you have time! Also, please let me know when we've exceeded the $140 and what I should top up, with the website developing and how I didn't explain about the pinned post and post code.

Hello! I'm sorry that you've been feeling down. I hope you get well soon. ♥♥

First off, about the pinned post code, this looks great. I can totally stretch it across the top, yes, and I should easily be able to change the bits inside from vertical to horizontal depending on screen width. Because of the nature of inline-CSS, it may sometimes try to make two rows of 2 and 1 instead of one row of 3 or three rows of 1 (I really hope that makes sense). I'm going to try to make it so it doesn't do that, but I'm not sure there are ways to prevent it on a site like Dreamwidth that only uses HTML and CSS.

I'll make a little mock-up soon and get back to you with this! It shouldn't take me long to put together. :)

Now the website! I'll have the sidebar removed by default, but will also make sure there's a way for you to easily add it back in again.

Lastly, the money! I think I'll feel more confident if I give you that quote once we're all done, that way I can factor in time spent and things like that. Everything feels very straightforward so far, but I know from experience that unforeseen problems can cause a headache out of nowhere, and I haven't really started on the main part of the website yet (ie, how the posts work, how you'll be able to add more, how people will be able to view them, etc.). I'm sorry I'm not being very upfront about a specific price again, but I don't want to give you too low or (WORSE) too high a number before we're done.

Anyway, thank you for your patience. I'm sorry this is taking so long to finish up. Again, I hope you feel better soon! I'll be in contact shortly about that pinned post code!

Hello! Once again, took a little longer than I intended, but I have a mock-up of the sticky post ready for you to check out! It's over here. If you like it, I'll give you the code to test out on your own layout.

Unfortunately, despite my big talk, I don't think I can stretch it across the top, after all. This is what I have so far on the layout side of things. I'm going to keep working with it, but I think trying to put it across the top is going to do more harm than good, because the height won't be dynamic. Meaning, if the post ends up being smaller or taller than the limits I put in (or if you remove the sticky entry entirely), then everything else will end up staying where it is, making huge gaps or overlaps. This is because of how I had to set up the layout in the first place for the navigation links.

I also tried to just stretch it across the white space it's in, but the sidebar doesn't want to move much. It's the same problems/reasons for stretching this post across the top, too. The thing is, I totally feel like there is a way to do this right, but it'll probably require a good overhaul of how the layout is set up.

If I can't figure it out, I can scale down the entry code to fit better. Sorry for hitting such a ridiculous problem, lol. Let me know what you think of this look for the layout, though, and I'll keep fighting with it. o7

EDIT: Oh, sorry, one more thing about the entry code itself. When you click to expand the text for each block, I have two different styles. The first block has the links as buttons and the second/third has them as blocks. Let me know which ones you like best! Thanks!

Edited 2024-05-06 18:18 (UTC)

Thank you so much again!

This sticky post looks great! I do have a question as to whether it would be possible to reduce the margin (? not sure what the space between the edge of the screen and the element is called) on mobile, per this screenshot:

But I completely understand if that’s not possible.

I also completely understand that it won’t work out to stretch the sticky post across the top; the slight shading from the screenshot looks great, and since I know that people are accessing the community from different sized screens (like me on nicely mobile), I absolutely defer to your advice on that!

(What I’ve discovered for discord-hosted images is that even if the link is expired, if you post the link in a private discord server (like I have one just for discord bookmarks etc.) it works to see the image. And if that’s a privacy or security concern, I figured you’d rather know!)

I’m glad you mentioned about blocks & buttons because I would have missed it! I’m a little torn because I really like the buttons, but I’m guessing that the blocks will probably work better for variable link text lengths.

Thank you again!

Hi there!

I should totally be able to adjust the widths of the boxes for your sticky entry. I can make them dynamic so that they'll adjust to the screen width instead of static the way they are now. It should look nicer on mobile, too.

(Thanks for the tip about discord images! I had no idea about that lol)

I'll make the finishing touches to the sticky entry code and send it to you when I can. I'm a bit under the weather atm, so it'll take a couple of days.

Now, I believe we were working on a journal layout in addition to the website itself, if I remember correctly? I'm going to dig through my files, look through our previous conversations, and get back to work on all of those. I should have more progress by the time I have that code ready for you.

Thanks!

Dynamic width sounds great!

(Glad to hopefully help with that!)

I'm sorry to hear you're under the weather; I hope you feel better soon! I'm very happy to wait for the schedule that works for you (and especially after my tardiness).

The website example/conversation mostly starts in this comment, so I hope that helps! The layout is done except for the sticky post & the related sticky entry code (in use here at

writetomyheart) so hopefully that's good news <3

Hi! Thanks for the little catch-up. It was really helpful to remember where we were on all this. ♥

I've got the codes together for the sticky entry (both for the code itself and the little add-on for your layout). I'll DM them to you in just a moment.

A note about the code, though, I wasn't able to make the margins any smaller. I actually ended up having to increase them. This is because they're going into such a narrow post on your journal, to make them all fit in-line on as many screens as possible. It's still dynamic so they'll be larger (and the margins smaller) when viewed on the entry page itself, though.

Feel free to take the codes for a whirl and let me know what you think of them. We can still tweak them here and there once we see how they work in practice.

About the website! I'm going to jump back on that horse as soon as possible and have more results for you very soon. Thank you! ♥

I'm glad that helped!

Codes received! I ran out of time to fully do the sticky post again today, but I have it set up and started. My laptop screen being a strange width struck again:

But if it's most likely just my weird screen dimensions being an exception then I can totally live with it.

As I mentioned, I didn't have a chance to properly fill them out yet, which is why the post isn't public, but it's looking really great!

And re the website; please take your time! I know that was a whole other area.

Edited (sorry; had taken a screenshot of the wrong page!) 2024-08-14 04:15 (UTC)

Hi! This is good timing, because I just uploaded a new preview for the neocities site. (You may have to do a hard refresh to see the changes if you've viewed this page recently.) It's basically just my progress so far on the overall design, but do let me know if you want some particular additions to the entries, like the option to add a user icon or even a user's name or something. The border around each entry is a new addition from the dreamwidth layout, so let me know what you think of those, too.

But anyway! Back to the code. It's definitely screen dimensions, but I also want it to look as good as possible for you. We can try making the boxes themselves smaller or even going the (maybe overboard?) route of just widening the entire primary section of the layout. Going in either direction, we shouldn't have to adjust it by much if you wanna try those things. Otherwise, I like the images you're using for it. The whole thing's looking good so far. :)

I'm going to be out of town and offline until Sunday/Monday, so I'm sorry about the late response; been running about a bit ^^;
The site looks really great! I like the clean lines and simplicty and how it's harmonious with the DW layout.
- I don't think we'll need to add an icon or username since it will be more of an admin/info page.
- The border looks great!
- On mobile it might be helpful to not show any of the grey background (is that a viewport override?) because it's a little narrow - I know the whole design is still in progress though! (How the dw layout works on mobile is really nice width-wise.)

I didn't have time to fill out the code on the live site ;; I do think that widening the entire primary section of the layout might be a bit overboard, though perhaps widening it a little might be generally helpful regardless? Or maybe, perhaps more usefully, it could flip from desktop view to mobile view sooner?
On mobile, the blocks are still a little narrow; I'm not sure if it's possible to let them fill the whole width (to a max so that on desktop it stops at the set width):

These are all small things though! I am really liking how this looks a lot :D

For the site: I'll make a note about mobile viewing removing the gray background. I think that's a good idea. Usually, adjusting for mobile view is my last step in the process, but I've still got it jotted down.

For dreamwidth: I can change it to mobile view quicker, yes. Thinking about it, I should be able to also add some code to the layout's CSS that'll just change your sticky entry code and make it single column/wider. I'm surprised I didn't think of it before now, but I can get on that and send it to you soon, probably by tomorrow.

Thanks for the response! And for the heads up that you're heading out for a bit. I hope it's for good things and you have a good time, lol. ♥

Hello! I know you're away but I'm still sorry this took me a minute to get to. Here's a solution (or at least the start of a solution) to the sticky entry problem.

First thing, go into the sticky entry's code itself and add this in to the very first line of code: class="stickyCustom"

It'll look like:
div class="stickyCustom" style="...

Then you go into your layout's CSS and add this bit to the bottom:

If you feel like it's adjusting to a single column style too soon, you can change the "1000px" down to something like "800px" or so. Anyway, give that a whirl when you can and let me know how it goes!

I'm sorry about the late response again! I got back and right into four deadlines TT But I did have a good time!

Anyway, I have now tested the class and CSS and they're working great! I ended up switching the 1000px to 1330px actually, since on my desktop at least, that's when it switches from three columns side by side to two columns, so I redirected that to single column. I'll have to check with others what their screens do though. But I think that it's sorted! (just a matter of tweaking that pixel width if needed)

And adjusting for mobile as the last step makes sense!

Glad you had a good time! And glad we got that working for you.

I'm working on some deadlines myself, at the moment, but I'll be back to touch base about updates on the site sometime next week. :) Just letting you know!

Sounds good; good luck with the deadlines!

Hello! Just sending a quick update since the start of the month has come and gone. I have been working on the site, just getting more together before I show another preview. But I wanted to send an update now because we're about to have a hurricane come in and it's possible I may be without the internet for a while (never know how these things are going to go lol). So yeah, I just wanted to send a heads up! Everything's going to be fine irl-wise, but I'll get back to you soon as I can with a new update on the site. ♥

Okay, hello! So, the storm wasn't nearly as bad as we prepared for, yay, lol. I have a (slightly) new preview for you over here. There's only three major changes.

1. The tab name has changed to "writetomyheart - Shiratori." I'm going to eventually include an image, as well. If you have a small image, emoji, or letters (like initials) to use, let me know! I could also just do a gradient of colors or something like that.

2. The navigation exists! The pages don't go anywhere yet, but I added "Participation" to take the place of "Instructions/Rules" just because it... flows better? But let me know what you think about that. You know your userbase better than me, so I don't want to put something in that'll confuse them.

3. The time sink, lmao. The footer! I was able to add SVG icons for your socials. The issue was the Dreamwidth logo. I eventually gave up and just made my own. It wasn't too difficult, and I'd like to think it came out looking like the real thing. (I even considered joining the Dreamwidth dev's Discord server that I happened across on my search but I was like "no, let's not ask for help, let's do the most difficult option on the table instead" but anyway.)

I have some time to focus on your site fully, so I'm going to start on the rules page very soon. The text will (for now, unless you want changes) be a carbon copy of your current rules page, but I'll include a small navigation near the top with anchor links, allowing your users to jump around easily to different sections. I'm going to want to get the formatting right on this section, so it's going to take me a moment to complete, lol. But do let me know if you want to rewrite these or something.

Anyway, thank you!! ♥

Hello! I finished the redesign on the rules page! From the main navigation, this can be accessed from the "Participation" link for now. Let me know what you think of the general styling. I also included anchor links so you can jump around the page.

Also! The site is mobile-friendly now! It's not super perfect, but it's much better than it was.

Let me know what you think whenever you can. My next hurdle is probably going to be designing the dark mode of this site. After that, I'm not sure where to go. I think the sign up/log in portions are supposed to be outside of this main site? Perhaps the fanlore/history page should be next?

Anyway, let me know! Thank you!

Hi! No rush. Just pinging to check in with you to see how things are going since it's been awhile. ♥

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Hi there!

It's been a long time. At first I was waiting for you to get back to me, but then life got a little busy with another website project and vacation time. I'm back now, though, and was wondering if you were still interested in this project. Please reach out when you get the chance. Thank you!

Hello and yes! I’m still interested! I’m sorry; things got really busy and stayed that way and it’s my fault that I haven’t been in communication 😭

That's all right! I'm happy to hear from you and hope you're doing well.

Whenever you get the chance, take a look at the messages I sent you before. I think one of the example links is broken now, but I can send you another later. There's no rush on this from my end. I was just checking in to make sure everything was okay. Thanks! ♥

Thank you! I’ll follow up on this asap.

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