Anghraine

It's pretty cool to see other people building their own sites/other archive structures for fic, especially for backing up their own fic. I like the mixture of personal control and connectedness and icons on Dreamwidth, and I'm familiar with it, so I'm just using the Dreamwidth community function for my personal fic archive.

Theoretically, I'd think communities could also work if you wanted the space open for more than one author (like ye olde archives-by-invite, or even a broader, themed space), but there's less pre-established structure for fic specifically. I actually like the freedom to choose what "standard" tags and headers I'm going to use, but with some site structure built in. Others may not, though, so more power to people going with whatever suits their needs (and ideally, diffuses fandom activity).

If any of you are interested in creating a Dreamwidth account/community for archiving purposes, by the way, some of the site styles are kind of aesthetically dire, yes. But here are some that I personally like:

• Dark Blue by ninetydegrees—the one on my personal blog and the fic community; I've used it forever and find it very soothing.
• Simplicity by timeismymeasure—nice and clean.
• Too Much Wine by ninetydegrees—mostly for the convenient sidebar.
• Atlantic by ninetydegrees—similar design, but more "writerly" in some ways, if you want that vibe.
• Prose by timeismymeasure for Five AM—pleasant and elegant. I almost used it, but wanted more contrast.
• Právda by rising for Five AM—similar design IIRC, but more vivid. I considered it for Pride month (the coloring looks kind of rainbow-y), but the orange was just a bit much. Fun if you go for that, though.
• Pigeon Blue by dancing_serpent for Blanket—I prefer dark text on a light background, but I liked the look of this for the reverse.
• Marble IV by dancing_serpent—same issue with the light text/dark background, but I like the design.
• Neutral Good by timeasmymeasure for Practicality—another no-frills but pleasant one.

While I'm here, my own overly involved tag/organization structure for my Dreamwidth community fic archive (moirharad):
( Read more... )