Hello, friends!
This is just a quick little update post to announce some exciting changes happening both now and in the near future. I’m so sstoked, and I hope you all are as excited as I am for the new additions now in the works.
As you can plainly see, my site has gotten a major facelift. I thought it was high time for a major change to make things look a bit more professional, pretty, and interesting. I’m also using a different pen name – Nise (pronounced NEE-see) Dreamweaver. I wanted something very magical sounding to complement the flavor of the types of stories I write. Anyway, I completely swapped out my theme and redid the look pretty much from the ground up. I would like to gratefully and heartily thank Kymber of Story Spinner for her friendship and taking the time out of her schedule to help me learn this new setup and the tools that go with it. I like to think of myself as being adequately tech savvy but man, I felt like a real dummy at times during the setup process. You have the patience of Job, my friend, and I can’t thank you enough for putting up with my slack-jawed, stupefied yowls for help. 😀
I’m really pleased, to this point, with how everything looks. That said, the site is still what I consider under construction. I have some more pages I need to add, such as credits for game Mods, poses, lots, and favorite CC creators. I’m also working on my Blogroll, which is a list of blogs I like and follow. I figure a website is usually a work in progress, no matter what, so things will always be added. More Supernatural Lore will also be coming as well as some branding type things that’ll give my site yet another little boost in looks and professionalism.
If you find anything on my site that looks hinky, such as misallignments, spacing issues, navigation errors, readability, etc, please feel free to let me know. You can do that here in the comments or use the Contact form to reach out to me privately. Remember, this is a dramafree zone, so please be courteous and respectful in your suggestions. I welcome the feeback and will do my best to fix any issues and errors.
Another goal is to make navigation as easy as possible. Since there are several stories posted here, some related to the story proper and some unrelated, I didn’t want navigation to be confusing or difficult to achieve. Both the header and footer contain helpful links to get you where you need to go. Plus, the homepage has many different things to choose from. The stories have been arranged starting from the beginning for the benefit of anyone who hasn’t started a particular story or supplement. I wanted to avoid a bunch of scrolling, which can eat into reading tiime. However, if you prefer to see newest entries first, just click on the Latest Posts sections and you can navigate to what you want from there. I hope you all find it helpful.
I have a few more additions in mind content wise, which I hope you’ll enjoy. With the intensity of Forever in Time, I thought maybe some easy, lighthearted stuff would break up the angst and tension a bit. This style would be more screenshot heavy with just a bit of commentary. It would be more game driven rather thanb me consulting my muse to tell an intense story. Don’t worry. Each “story” will be labeled accordingly and put into an appropriate category for ease of navigation.
I’m sorry I’ve not had a new chapter for you in the last couple weeks or so. I do have some chapters written, but they need editing and screenshots. I figure that when my muse is inspired to write, it would behoove me to write the chapters and stash them in my drafts until they’re ready for the next steps. I’m hoping that doing it this way will allow me to get updates out a bit sooner rather than working on only one chapter at a time. I promise, a new chapter should be posted either later tonight or scheduled for tomorrow.
Well, I think that’s all I need to cover for this little newsflash. I hope you like this blog’s new look. Please spread the word about me and my stories to anyone you think would be interested. Also, if you have a blog or know of a blog you think I’d be interested in, please feel free to pass it along.
Have a blessed day. As always, thank you all so much for your support. It means the absolute world to me.
Happy Simming!
Nise
Awwwww, Nise, you are too kind. I was only happy to help and you can always call upon me. I enjoy web design very much.
I think your site is fabulous! I like how it’s organized because if you just want to read the last post, you stick to the top. If there is a specific story you’re looking for, it’s at the fingertips, too, because each story has its own section. Very nice.
I like the bright colors, too. It’s just all around lovely.
Sending you lots of hugs. xoxo
Awww, well, I beleive in giving credit and thanks where it’s due and beleive me, you went above and beyond. You saved my bacon more than once. 😀 Same goes. If there’s ever anything you need, I’m always here. Friends to the end. *hugs*
Thank ou so much! I worked hard to get it just so, and I think it payed off. 🙂 Even my husband said it looked great. I’m so glad the layout is easy to follow. That was my goal. I figure if it’s less work for folks to navigate, they’ll want to spend more time and read more.
Thank you again. 🙂 Yep, I had to have that pop of color without overdoing it and still keeping it easy on the eyes. I like a relaxed but colorful atmosphere, and I hope I achieved that.
Sending lots and lots of hugs back. XOXOXOXO
LOL Yep. xo
Well, your husband is right. lol I agree with you there.
I like it lots.
xoxo
Congratulations! That’s a major undertaking! And how lovely of Kymber to help!
Thank you so much, CT?!😀 I’m super happy with how it turned out. You are so right on both counts. It was lots of hard work, and Kymber totally saved my bacon. Even my husband said it looks great, and SimLit isn’t in his area of interest. But he can appreciate hard work and a pretty and very navigable site. 😋
Congratulations on the update! Blogs are always a work in progress. They grow and change a lot with us and become better as they go along. I really like the clean look yours has and you can never go wrong with pink! Can I start Forever In Time from the latest chapter or should I start it from the beginning?
Thank you so much for coming on over! It’s so great to have you. I sure hope you enjoy it here. 🙂
Thank you. That is so true abot blogs. It seems there is always something to add or tweak, but that’s the fun of it. Believe me, my very beginnings were cringeworthy. 😀 However, it’s nice to see the growth and evolution a blog goes through as we change and grow. Thank you so much for the complements. I wanted a clean but colorful look that was easy to navigate. Oh yes! Pink is queen, 🙂 It would be better to start Forever in Time at the beginning. A lot has happened and reading the last post first might be a little confusing. If you want, you could start with Lenora’s backstory, as that gives you what has happened in her life up to when Forever in Time started. I hope that makes sense. 🙂
Yes, that makes sense. I’ll start Forever in Time from the beginning 👍🏾
Oh good! I can ramble at times and talk out the other side of my mouth. LOL! I hope you enjoy Forever in Time. It’s definitely my magnum opus. 😋