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[etherial]

I was unclear in my previous post about websites. I'm not looking for a modern web 2.0 data scheme. I want a simple front page that says "Hi, we are legitimately offering you $5 for your short story and will actually pay you if we use it". What information can we provide, besides our writing guidelines, that will help assure you that your $5 short story is not going to be stolen by us?

I am currently suffering from writer's block, not an overwhelming desire to curl up in a ball twitching because I can't get the @!#$ code to work.

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[etherial.livejournal.com]

I certainly am thinking about our long-term needs, but we're just not willing to frontload everything. While I appreciate the reminders re: blogotype and wikis, our short term needs for the webpage are "get our submission guidelines up and our name out there". I mean, there's generally a 2-month lead time on those $5 short stories - something that says "work in progress" is not out of line here.

[siderea]

You're missing the point. This isn't about CMSes -- a technology you clearly have no idea about (hint: it has nothing to do with wikis) -- this has to do with design. You know: fonts, colors, layout. If you want to do a single, stand-alone HTML page, that's fine, but if you want people to trust you it had better not look like it was cobbled together by a 12 year old and a box of markers, so you will either need to have design skills or find a designer.

[siderea]

Well, Comic Sans is a good start, but you have to use at least three distinct fonts if you really want to impress people.

Animated gifs and that CSS sparkle effect are also de rigueur.

[calygrey.livejournal.com]

...but you have to use at least three distinct fonts if you really want to impress people

Good God. No you don't. Where did that rule appear from?

[siderea]

You just blew your saving throw vs. sarcasm. (The curve was one comment back.) Roll 1d20 against the critical hit "irony" table for damage.

[calygrey.livejournal.com]

You just blew your saving throw vs. sarcasm.

Oh my God. I am so very stupid.