Anyone know of cheap, decent webhosting? I was thinking of putting my fic somewhere, but I don't dig extremely complicated interfaces, ugly formats, or pop-ups.
Clearly, this is destiny. Earlier today I was working on the archive for my girlfriend's fic, and I thought "Hey, I have tons of unused webspace...maybe Nic would be interested in a fic archive for yeahchemical?" - I was thinking of something to host all the stories in the comm, but if you want, I would gladly host even your stories only, or in a separate subdomain.
Oooh! Archiving all the fic in the comm would be one hell of an ambitious project, but a cool one. And I would of course appreciate a place to put mine. It wouldn't all be bandom fic, though--it'd be anything I'd ever written, on LJ or off of it, so I knew where it was.
I'd be glad to host that, really. If you want to write me an email with the details of how you want it, I can start working on it as soon as I'm done with the first one.
As for the comm archive, I think we'd have to use a script for that...something along these lines, that would be helpful to find everything quickly. If you think that the thing is doable, maybe we could start asking people in the comm if they'd like the idea/would have anything against being archived there/would be willing to send us their stories without having to hunt them down through memories?
I think I have your email saved, but I'm not sure--what is it?
It's totally doable, I'd love to have a searchable archive for the comm. Of course it makes the comm somewhat less exclusive to have all the fic accessible, but hey--fewer applications to turn down and fewer lurkers to boot! :)
Well, that kind of archive would require everyone to create an account to post the stories, so maybe that's not exactly what we need - I don't think that people would love to have to repost everything - so I'll look for something else that can be updated by the administrator only and can be searchable. I guess we could set up passwords to have the fic less accessible, but in the end, I guess that not a lot of people will complain because their fic can be read outside the comm. And as you said, less lurkers! :)
So, have you decided anything about the site? Did you get your own space in the end? I'm still looking at options for the community archive, but I think than in the end good old plain html with maybe a search function will be easier to manage. Let me know if you want to start working on it!
Nah, I didn't get my own site. I've just been so busy with the stupid apartment junk and my guests that it's fallen by the wayside. I'm tentatively ready to start, but at the moment it all depends on when I'll be moving--the first of the coming month, or the first of the one after.
Don't worry, just drop me an email or a comment when/if you want to start working on it, and good luck with moving!
Slightly OT: just to ask before I even do it, would it be bad etiquette to recommend a friend who would like to join yeahchemical? She just got into the fandom, I've known her for quite a while from the Lotrips fandom and can vouch that she would be a good one. But still, not asing until you tell me that it wouldn't be a bad thing to do. *g*
Clearly, this is destiny. Earlier today I was working on the archive for my girlfriend's fic, and I thought "Hey, I have tons of unused webspace...maybe Nic would be interested in a fic archive for yeahchemical?" - I was thinking of something to host all the stories in the comm, but if you want, I would gladly host even your stories only, or in a separate subdomain.
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As for the comm archive, I think we'd have to use a script for that...something along these lines, that would be helpful to find everything quickly. If you think that the thing is doable, maybe we could start asking people in the comm if they'd like the idea/would have anything against being archived there/would be willing to send us their stories without having to hunt them down through memories?
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It's totally doable, I'd love to have a searchable archive for the comm. Of course it makes the comm somewhat less exclusive to have all the fic accessible, but hey--fewer applications to turn down and fewer lurkers to boot! :)
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Well, that kind of archive would require everyone to create an account to post the stories, so maybe that's not exactly what we need - I don't think that people would love to have to repost everything - so I'll look for something else that can be updated by the administrator only and can be searchable. I guess we could set up passwords to have the fic less accessible, but in the end, I guess that not a lot of people will complain because their fic can be read outside the comm. And as you said, less lurkers! :)
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I'm still looking at options for the community archive, but I think than in the end good old plain html with maybe a search function will be easier to manage. Let me know if you want to start working on it!
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Slightly OT: just to ask before I even do it, would it be bad etiquette to recommend a friend who would like to join yeahchemical? She just got into the fandom, I've known her for quite a while from the Lotrips fandom and can vouch that she would be a good one. But still, not asing until you tell me that it wouldn't be a bad thing to do. *g*
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