Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: geeky
  • Music: Talis Kimberley, "The Finding of the Feather."

Pimp my website, win an ARC!

So here's the deal. I have two websites, and I maintain them both myself, manually. That means nothing changes unless I go in and change it. The sites are here:

http://www.seananmcguire.com/
http://miragrant.com/

Parts of these sites are quite out of date, because I have been a busy little bee. We are thus going to play a little game.

Step 1: Go to my website. Either one.
Step 2: Poke around until you see something that could use improvement. A typo, a missing link, an unclear question on the FAQ, even a missing question on the FAQ. (Pages that aren't linked at all, like the Field Guide, or don't exist, don't count. Those are future improvements, not current issues.
Step 3: Post here, suggesting a correction/update.
Step 4: Step away from the website.

I will be making updates and corrections, partially based on this post, for the next week. On Friday, I will use our friend, random number generator, to choose a winner of an ARC of One Salt Sea (US-only, unless you can help with postage). No matter what, everybody benefits, since the end result should be an easier-to-use website.

Game on!
Tags: giving stuff away, one salt sea, requesting things, shameless plea, toby daye, website updates
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lyssabard

August 8 2011, 19:28:53 UTC 5 years ago

On the Mira grant page, under Extras, the subheadings of Icons and Wallpapers go to the same page. I would either divide them up or just use one link of "Icons and Wallpapers".

I would also make the "Beware!" heading just go straight to the big List of Fear. :)

seanan_mcguire

August 8 2011, 19:53:36 UTC 5 years ago

I actually CAN'T use just one link; it doesn't display properly. By using two links, I don't break the code, and can potentially split onto two pages in the future if needed.

The "Beware!" heading goes to the sub-list for reasons of readability. But thank you for the suggestion.

(This is a valid entry, even if it didn't cause me to change anything.)

lyssabard

August 8 2011, 20:01:01 UTC 5 years ago

Ah, ok, thank you. It's been a long time since I did any webmonkeying (like, 10 years! :)) and they were just little suggestions and all my brain could do because I am planning to move in OMG 12 days. :)


mneme

August 8 2011, 22:10:33 UTC 5 years ago Edited:  August 8 2011, 22:12:40 UTC

Hmm. Could you change the hierarchy and then link to the sub-headings?

(e.g., put all the icons under Icons rather than breaking things down by book and use http://miragrant.com/wallpapers.php#feedi, and all the wallpapers under Wallpapers and use http://www.miragrant.com/wallpapers.php#feedw--or more likely use anchors that weren't book specific for the top level anchors).

Or even keep the hierarchy the same and link to the top level content (that is, the books) rather than the sub level. But it seems like that would be a bigger maintenance headache over time.

seanan_mcguire

August 9 2011, 01:25:55 UTC 5 years ago

No.