Revamp Progress (so far)
I was hoping the site revamp would be quicker, but alas; for context, I've been moving my site onto using a static site generator, that namely being 11ty, mostly to make it easier to create/edit stuff on my site, and especially cause my site is using the same template for most of the layout. Also it's nice to be able to write in markdown.
I've gotten most pages up and running, and made into lil templates to make it easier for me to create new pages! Example is my recipe page, which now has a little reusable template I made where I can easily plop in information, and 11ty will spit out the finalized HTML.
... and I can write out the recipe in markdown!! Cool as heck. It doesn't show it here, but it basically mimics my already existing recipe page, just without having to do the HTML all by hand.
My problem is that I have a lot of information to parse, namely what's been my struggle is turning all of my neighbours and cool sites and resource sites into JSON data, aka logging every url, image, link, and so on ... which when you have sites that number in the hundreds, is a pretty tedious task. Especially since I have to convert .gif images into their respective .png for my gif toggler to work (I honestly prefer Solaria's GIF to PNG method, mostly because the freezeframe.js method can be finnicky and even on my current site, sometimes when you hover over a site that has it, it'll grab the link for the site besides it ... also doesn't work in JS tabs).
245 neighbours ... 81 left to go as I write this ... and some websites in my 'cool sites'/projects/resource sites that I'm not neighbours with.
That's been my ugliest roadblock so far, and working on my OC pages.
I did get the logic up and running for one macro block to see how it works, but the OC pages are so complex that I need to build the bones for every layout, then start stitching the CSS, HTML, and JS for it. Like I would love for my site to go live with my OC pages active, but I know this is also another very longterm project, because it's like making the website from scratch ... again? In a way? Since my OC pages are its own template/layout that I reuse.
Disgusting complex mess of JSON data (it's all for Sylvie so far) and macros (which includes calls), but worth it once the bones are set up.
The problem is I'm still in the process of making those bones, and each section on Sylvie's page needs to be changed into a macro that I can easily use for other OCs (plus alternative layouts for personalities/ref sheets).
And then I have to take into account minor things like Sylvie's page has a list of quotes I use, how do I include that in the page + make it reusable for other OCs? Etc etc, so it's a bit more complex than my site layout which just has a single set of bones and maybe some pieces like 'well loop all my bookmarks data to display it nicely'.
... and I still need to remake the CSS LMAOO. Yeah so it's um. A long process, which is painful cause I wanna release my site overhaul, but I still have another beast to tackle in my OC pages ... and I don't wanna leave them naked, cause they're a big part of site. Unless I link them to my toyhouse temporarily ... hm, things to see.
TL;DR: What has been done:
- Page template/layout + index page (mostly)
- Recipes carried over
- Most basic pages like credits, manifesto, to-do, etc.
- My art gallery layout + JSON logic
- Bookmark logic + templates
- Migrating my Goatlings shrine into JSON data so I can actually showcase my goats (and splitting everything into its own page, easier)
- Revamping my site breakdown article to include 11ty specific stuff
What still needs doing:
- Migrating all of my existing artwork over to the new gallery
- Bringing in my existing shrines that have unique layouts and no fancy JS (which should just be a lazy copy and paste)
- Doing on my about page which needs a chunk of work
- Tabs for showcasing sections
- JSON-ing said objects in the sections (stamps, blinkees, etc)
- Maybe some layout reorganizing from my current one ...
- Webrings + cliques
- Remaking some of my fun pages (toybox, food log etc)
- Eventually remaking my media shrine using JSON (or maybe simplifying it? I still wanna keep my reviews, maybe I'll do a 'consumed recently' and a 'wrote reviews on it'???)
- Importing webrings into my mini section on the index
- Adding the Sylvie mini-pet somewhere on the site that isn't the index ... (most likely misc page holder)
- Whatever is going on in the OC pages
Anyway a lot of yapping to say AUGH I WANNA RELEASE MY REVAMP SOON BUT I CAN'T YET.
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