Ealain

The Site: Skyefairy
Owner: Skye
Site Type: Creative Arts
Reviewer: Rene
Review Period: 12/28/07 (started) - 1/18/08 (completed)

Skye: My comments are in italics
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Meabhair is Irish for “memory” or “consciousness.” I chose it because photos capture memories and it was pretty.

MEABHAIR, SKYE’S NEW PHOTOBLOG

So basically I started a photoblog because I wanted one and I couldn’t have it here because the width wasn’t right. So, it’s a part of Ealain but then at the same time not.

What’ll happen is that semi-daily (because I don’t want to commit to daily), I’ll post new photos that I have taken. It’s a way to commit myself to practicing because I hate dead sites. Hopefully, what’ll happen for you is that you’ll like the pictures and comment with feedback to keep me going.

Powered by the creative coding of me. As well as Aelyn testing it out for me, I am officially now testing out my artblog script as well. Anyone who wants to try it out (minus the CMS; you have to edit directly with the database) can email me at skyefairy at gmail dot com; for now only people that I know somewhat.

Now humor me here. I know there can never be a “perfect” site. But it is possible to dream of one. And I also know that nobody will ever agree on what the perfect site would be like. But I want to hear your interpretation on it.

What would the perfect website be like, in terms of an art community?

For example, the most popular seems to be DeviantArt. But there are also many complaints: front page only advertises popular artists, layout not working in my browser (grrr), etc.

What things bug you about DA? How could they be improved?

I know SF is already an art community but I’m planning on expanding some things to make it more interactive. (Slowly. This won’t be overnight).

I want to work on improving the aesthetics, the setup, the ease of navigating. I want to make the profiles more in depth: more info, more customization, commenting, and possibly a mini-blog (like DA’s but better). And I have it planned how I’ll do it. I also want to implement commenting on the submissions.

But I haven’t been able to get much feedback from other people. I’ve endlessly berated my friends with the repeated question: How can I make SF better?

But now I’m asking differently. Not “how can I make SF better?” but “What is the perfect (art community) site like, in your opinion?” Dream here. And tell me about it. Cuz I want to strive for it.

Please.

Premades: (see, I make them. I just dont’ finish them)

• Time of Faerie (archived SF layout. only need to edit image)
• Shapey (image done, coding needed)
• Finealta (sent to Aelyn for coding)
• Elysium Collab
• Angel Collab
• Make Ealain a new layout, then use this layout as a premade

Tutorials:

• Blending, requested
• With one of the premades:
  1. making a layout: html structure
  2. making a layout: css styling
  3. making a layout: browser compatability

Submissions:

• the submitted ones
• scan my moms 100+ other photos and add them
• essays
• bad luck

Other:

and that is leaving out my plans of a cms including accounts and all that stuffage on sf.