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Seventh Sanctum – Working Code

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Since I finalized the design, I’ve now started moving it into code.  Here’s a demo of the front page.

You’ll notice that I chose the 3rd logo because that one was overwhelmingly popular – and I have to say I dig it’s mixture of complexity, simplicity, and class.  Thanks for the feedback.  The first logo is also going to appear in a modified form for other things, perhaps buttons or something.

I have to alter the ad space (and color) and I’m having a devil of a time getting the blogfeed to format properly.  On the other hand the new components are really smooth to redesign in Bootstrap, and very easy to alter.

I removed the social media buttons as extraneous for now but I might put them back.  If there’s any suggestions on how to make it easier to sync up with the Sanctum, fee free to share.

Of course the real test is plugging in live generator code because, well, that’s the critical part of the site.  The big issue is getting the nicely formatted forms to work and then getting the output properly and prettily formatted – which sounds easy, but there’s some variable data and presentation in here that may be a pain.  I could jam it in unformatted, but it’d be pretty boring and not have the greatest layout.

I’m trying a very non-standard linkroll/siteroll/blogroll – smaller chicklets showing associated sites.  I think it actually works.

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– Steven Savage

Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach.  He blogs on careers at http://www.musehack.com/, nerd and geek culture at http://www.nerdcaliber.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at https://www.stevensavage.com/.

 

Steve’s Updates 9/2/2013

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So what’s been going on here?  Well you probably saw but let’s hit the high points!

First, the new book.  No I’m not talking content yet except it’s a mixture of rewrite, expansion, old, and new material.  Right now I want to get at least one editing pass done before I get to it since that’ll determine how long it’ll really take.  It’s gotten a bit bigger than expected anyway.

Seventh Sanctum is now moving into Bootstrap 3.0, which is both easier and harder than I expected, and I’m mostly annoyed it’s not easy OR hard in the way I expected.  New Bootstrap is actually an improvement, but the radical change of some element is a royal pain – though my guess was the plans for 3 are entirely due to wanting to get some painful transitions the heck over.  This added at least a week on to my plans, unfortunately it did so at the wrong time, so I’m not sure if the October launch is valid, or if it’ll be more in November (as you may guess, I want the test the heck out of it).

There is a design for a new logo up, and you can see the results and some opinions here and here.  The designs are by Megami Studios, who also did the MuseHack logo.

Speaking of MuseHack, I’ll have a new series launching next week on geeks, citizenship, and society.  Stay tuned!

I finished up my work at Celsticon.  Got some ideas for next year – and my next con is Kraken-Con!

So what’s up with you?

– Steven Savage

Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach.  He blogs on careers at http://www.musehack.com/, nerd and geek culture at http://www.nerdcaliber.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at https://www.stevensavage.com/.

Steve’s Update 8/26/2013

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So what’s next?

Well as you saw the Seventh Sanctum Redesign – and feedback is good so I think I got it.  I’m also getting a logo designed and plan to move it to updated code – then comes the fun of rewrapping the site with it.  So don’t expect to see it active for awhile – say, October or so.

There’s also talk of reviving some of the Seventh Sanctum communities.  More as I find it!

MuseHack is purring a long with a TON of interviews.  I may have to start doing two a week at this rate!

The next book – which, yes, I plan to reveal more details about in a few months – is almost in rough draft state.  I have to add some Appendices.  You’ll also see some new things up at Focused Fandom!

I got some good feedback on my Newsletter and I’ll be adding some more personal content and posts to it.  I guess you folks like to hear me talk.  Read me talk.  Something like that!

I’m also going to try to write a bit more here, so we’ll see . . .

That’s it for me!

– Steven Savage

Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach.  He blogs on careers at http://www.musehack.com/, nerd and geek culture at http://www.nerdcaliber.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at https://www.stevensavage.com/.