Phantasia

After several suggestions/requests, I’ve created some desktop wallpapers, which you can find here.

More will follow!

I’ve finally gotten rid of another relic of the old site design: the overcrowded cast page! It’s now relegated to an index in the main cast database. Wondering what it’s like now? Have a look!

There’s still work to be done, mind. I’m going to rewrite some of the profiles, update others, and alter those that are repeated to better suit the category they’re under. And the main cast page will feature different characters. I still haven’t decided who to relegate or promote at the moment – currently it features those characters who have had a decent amount of point-of-view time, or who are generally important (If this were a TV show, Payne would clearly get the “AND” section at the back of the opening credits XD)

Of course, by the time you read this, I may have already finished these changes!

And if you’re interested, here are the preliminary volume titles for the next couple of months, which cover the rest of the current arc (both the Underground section and the stuff that follows on from that).

Volume 11 (#51-55): Amalgam
Volume 12 (#56-60): Turning Point
Volume 13 (#61-65): Awakening

There’s always the chance certain threads might get spun out a little, mind (like they have been for a while now!) so it could go on a few chapters more. The Underground section definitely ends with #56 though (I’ve written most of it already). Those of you (and I know there’s a few) who are fans of Dante should look forward to #57 onwards. Shelley fans too. Personally I’m looking forward to writing the Chris/Lance stuff…

In 24 hours (or sooner) this is what the site should look like! This is “v2.7″, a stop-gap before the CSS wonderland of 3.0, which will be appearing late-spring/early-summer and have such wonders as changeable skins. I couldn’t keep the current design until that – THAT’S how much I hate it…

…I will probably hate this one in two months XD

v2.7 now uses a drop-down menu system, thanks to the wonders of some CSS study. Other than that, the main change is in tightening the design up. Expect the background to change sooner or later – I can only work the what images I currently have and need to draw a whole load more to upcoming STUFF. Ack.

You may have noticed it in the sidebar. Yes, it’s a top webfiction sites popularity contest! No, I’m not a big fan of such things, and I feel a little evil asking people to vote if they want to see a preview…

Clever people may find a way of seeing the preview without voting! So you do have a choice…sort of. I’m not sure if I’ll even KEEP this feature (I will keep the preview page though).

Plus the webfiction scene is horribly insular and cliquey, and Phantasia isn’t a part of that nonsense. A vote for us is a vote for independence and a vote against erotica and vampires FOR GREAT JUSTICE! Or something.

Yes, the second part has arrived! READ ON!

Well, I spent much of my day fiddling around and tweaking things, so let me know what you think (even if you hate it!).

The background is just a WIP. I’m going to make a better one soon. I’m also going to sort some of the slower-loading images out.

If you encounter any issues with the new design, let me know!

After spending two days building a new computer and getting everything set-up, I can finally get around to some of those plans I had before the last system slipped away on a journey to Valhala.

So if you see the site do anything WEIRD this Sunday, that would be why. I’m going to put in a second sidebar and most of the coding is ready to go. However these things have a habit of BREAKING TIME AND SPACE. Once I’ve got a new sidebar I can add some more advertising space (because I need the monnies) and generally rejig the current sidebar (it is rather crowded, after all).

Apologies if your time and space is broken due any unintentional bad coding on my part.

Pollin’, pollin’, pollin’ Rawhiiiide!

Don’t give me that strange look! You can never have too many Blues Brothers references!

Here’s a NEW POLL!

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And you can find all the others IN THE ARCHIVE.

So I’ve spent the best part of the evening poking around various WP plugins and installing a few new things D:

You can now register an account! I’ve no idea why this was ever disabled, but there you go. Once you’ve done that, you can rate chapters – there’s a lovely star-thingy at the end of each one. I’ve set it to registered users only to prevent spamming XD

There’s also a points thing you get when you register. It’ll give you a point when you post a comment, and I decided to dole out 5 points for a chapter rating. Other things might merit pointy rewards too, but I’ll deal with them as they come (just let me know if you think you deserve something !)

Currently it’s just there FOR THE FUN OF IT – the majority of my readership are still reading via FictionPress, so there’s not much point in promoting, eh, points when this site still has such a small audience.

Just make the most of the opportunity to stock up, ey?