An accidental introduction and a vac attacked by an idea.

[wetdryvac.livejournal.com]

Hey there, I'm wetdryvac, and I've been lurking here a bit.

I appear to have stuck my foot in an idea...

...I'd replied to jolantru that I knew of some free web hosting stuff... and then that hmm, maybe it would be good trade to build websites for folks here... and one thing led to another.

...and the queue of, "Well, I think I can just about manage to build a couple (2) non-work-for-me-related websites at once while working other projects," Filled up in under a couple hours just from that comment thread: http://community.livejournal.com/cyberfund_creat/93818.html?nc=9

I, uh, didn't expect that. Clearly, this requires organization on my part.

The idea was, "OK, so I can't really afford to pay folks for stuff at the moment, but I have a skill... and people seem to need websites."

One thing led to further another thing, which led to me thinking, "What are the basics needed to rapidly build sites for people in trade for reading/viewing their stuff?" And further, "Hmm, I create lots of stuff which people might buy - this seems as good a promo as any since it draws attention..."

So I put together a basic, "How I think this might work," Over at: http://www.wetdryvac.net/CyberfundedCreativity/

And then thought, "Hmm, I think this is fair trade, and fits in with what goes on in this community - but I'm not completely sure." So, I'm open to people saying, "Not here, not now," At which point I'll remove all the stuff from here and just trade with the folks I have in cue. I'm also open to... er... whatever ideas the community may have regarding this. Dunno how great a call there is, and I'm completely aware that I gain a lot of benefit from people using my web dev skills for their sites. I bet I'm missing other things as well - I'm really good at project builds and art and stuff, but stick me in a community setting, and... dear gods, so many people. I wager I'll social blunder myself any time now, if I haven't already. Yell if I do - I'm about as socially ept as your average rock, but I do apologize and attempt to fix

*grins*

I've been back-reading the archives some, and the whole idea behind this community really gets my brain churning as both artist and author. Once I have a better comfort level with what folks expect, I'll likely be diving in with art and written word in addition to this tentative web geekery.

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[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

Here are my thoughts on your "website trades" page:

1) Security section looks good.

2) Some people hate nondisclosure agreements, or consider them unnecessary. You might state that you're willing to sign one, or not, as people prefer.

3) You might look at the "Creative Commons" alternative to copyright, which is a good system for people who want to share their work. It can be arranged to require giving credit to the creator.
http://creativecommons.org/

4) You mentioned a splash page. Can you do a frame page with clickable parts? Frex, I've seen websites where the first page looked like a computer console of some kind, and you clicked on the controls to go to different sections of the site. They're usually built with connected image files and Javascript for the mouseovers. Stating whether or not you can do this would save time; it's popular enough that people will probably ask.

5) If people don't know FTP or HTML, how should they learn? Some links to recommended tutorials or a list of books would be helpful.

Okay, that's it for now. I think you've got a good start there.