gillianivyart In reply to ??? [2015-08-24 04:53:27 +0000 UTC]

Yes!          We need CSS-DYK !

The community reboot seems to be going well.  Lots of new faces and the old hats are peeping in and posting stuffs.  I think the week in review article helps, since it features a lot of the new people and introduces them to the groups.  Since many times people don't think to join a group or submit their work to a group.  Plus, all the features encourages them to make more skins  So, I'd say that has been successful.

The other articles, I have only had one participant for the challenges  And The thumbshare was about dead.  And no one is asking for the ask-a-babe...  And I've run out of tips to add to the ends of articles.    I am starting homeschool, so the articles need to take a back burner.  I want to design a new skin for them that better highlights what I want to express.  I want it to read more like an article.    And now that my sub is up, can't schedule things, so I am writing everything late.  Lols, I am so terrible at deadlines, even self inflicted ones.

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imnotsana In reply to gillianivyart [2015-08-24 10:33:57 +0000 UTC]

YUS, RELEASE THE DYK'S! 

Maybe we can ask LabLayers to invite some of the newbies (since they're usually the ones with more enthusiasm) to the group to help kickstart it off? I have no idea who's new, what's new in regards to CSS at dA (do we have transform yet???), and which of the oldies have left Where can i find these week in review articles?

Also, I can help you guys brainstorm with tips in CSS-DYK 's backroom I have a few unfinished articles that i can umm... hand over 

Btw if you're still an Alpha Tester, a sub would magically be arranged if you happened to mention it in the Skype group Funny thing is, even with a sub, I never used schedule cause I'd still write everything last minute

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gillianivyart In reply to imnotsana [2015-08-25 23:59:59 +0000 UTC]

The hashtag for it is in my signature, all my articles are there.  But it is posted in CSS-Babes , my main group.

I have some unfinished articles that need a coat of gloss, or two.

There hasn't been much in the way of testing atm, so it wouldn't feel right to ask.  I asked last year and was granted the magical wish.    Sub fairy!  I've never been invited to the Skype group.  Thanks for reminding me, I got distracted on my way to logging into Skype.  Looook!  Something shiny!!!!!

p.s. LabLayers replied to me here: comment on Call to Code

New person of note ClearStyle and...  hmmm, I made a mini list here ---> Community Treasure  (new to CSS groups at least)
  Community Treasure #1The community treasure is to showcase and collect the goings ons of the dA CSS community.  Any events, contests, article features, group activities, etc.  Please share your events in the comments below.  This article may be a bi-weekly or monthly periodical.  Depending on community activity.  Currently, it will be at the end of each month, if there is an update for a contest that has closed or been extended, please note the group, or GillianIvy and I'll edit the article.
Current Activity:


    Call to Code by GillianIvyThis Week in CSS by GillianIvy
This Week in CSS 

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LabLayers In reply to gillianivyart [2015-08-24 05:23:20 +0000 UTC]

Hey everyone!

It sure has been a while, hasn't it? Don't worry, I'm still alive.

I'm happy to help bring CSS-DYK back to life but I can't do it alone.

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gillianivyart In reply to LabLayers [2015-08-26 00:04:17 +0000 UTC]

I'm here, but will be juggling dA things with homeschool, so I will be terrible at deadlines.  (I ordered my lesson books a week before school started)  I am a procrastinator and it takes every effort of my being to make assignments on time.  lols.  I do have some unfinished things in my Sta.sh that I'll have to figure out what I was on about and send on (or do we get a skin to post the article ourselves).  I do not know what the current format was planned to be.  That might be easiest for people to do?

Also, if you wanted any of the articles I am doing at CSS-Babes to crosspost there, I can.  I'll be making new skins for them (in my free time on weekends) so they are more suitable for being shared amongst different groups.  (see my signature for article hashtags)

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imnotsana In reply to LabLayers [2015-08-24 10:35:02 +0000 UTC]

IT IS ALIIIIIIVE!   

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gillianivyart In reply to SimplySilent [2015-06-06 04:21:13 +0000 UTC]

There's a tonne of watchers across all the groups.  I think deviantCSS has the most.  But if you check out the About Us page, you'll see there are a lot of Babes.  And they were all vetted as journal creators to become that rank.  I think there are a lot of people who just remain behind the scenes and are still interested.  Comments and faves give encouragement to me to keep posting things to stir up activity again.  I hope the Challenge catches on.  Since it is not a contest, having no deadlines, and the creator can choose from archived themes and still get featured, it might be more of a fun project.

I miss miontre !  He had wonderful CSS spirit.  That sort of enthusiasm and talent really inspired the community.  It was sad to go over CSS-DYK archives and see the most recent one was 2013.  Another reason to try to kickstart things.  When we make more tutorials, and other such draws, then more people will get excited about it and then we'll all be abuzz again.

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gillianivyart In reply to AysCriM [2015-05-22 16:15:29 +0000 UTC]

Super cute, love the animations.  You can do a live view by using your Sta.sh.  Our group does accept these if you add image credits info.  But to be a Babe, you must have more than one skin to submit.

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AysCriM In reply to gillianivyart [2015-05-23 02:14:49 +0000 UTC]

Can I ask how to do that? I don't know if I'm doing it wrong but it doesn't work..


I'll try and make another one and apply to your group again!  

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gillianivyart In reply to AysCriM [2015-05-23 04:36:06 +0000 UTC]

Use Sta.sh Writer to write your preview journal.  Add your skin and save but do not submit.  This will give you a preview with a Sta.sh link.  

Look forward to your joining.  We only require more than one.  All we ask is that they are unique, not just a copy of the first with theme changes.  And we are always supportive of new skinners ;D

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poserfan In reply to Nichrysalis [2015-06-19 13:04:07 +0000 UTC]

I can more than relate; it's annoying as hell to constantly fix already submitted skins b/c dA changed things and broke the code again!!

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Nichrysalis In reply to poserfan [2015-06-19 14:08:43 +0000 UTC]

Exactly! I've been meaning to fix my gallery folder headings in my gallery CSS, but I really want dA to finish their overhaul first.

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poserfan In reply to Nichrysalis [2015-06-19 14:17:42 +0000 UTC]

I partially fixed them in my own gallery; but I admit I have to update the gallery skins. Waiting on the finish too. Hopefully it comes soon. Otherwise I have to fix them nonetheless.  

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Nichrysalis In reply to poserfan [2015-06-19 14:24:38 +0000 UTC]

Yup! Maintenance is borrriiiiinnnngg.... I'm probably bad in that I'd rather create something new.

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poserfan In reply to Nichrysalis [2015-06-19 14:34:03 +0000 UTC]

On my free skins I'm not good with it either, but the PC stuff needs to be updated. I stopped making new stuff since a few months due to all of dA code changes. Is it really too much to ask that all the changes for a certain area (aka journal code or gallery code) will be made at once? I hate updating 3 times or more a year b/c their project manager isn't able to coordinate this. dA is partially ruining the CSS community all by itself.

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gillianivyart In reply to Nichrysalis [2015-05-21 18:37:44 +0000 UTC]

Good point, I know they have a lot planned this year with the Timeline release.  They do tend to break things when they change.  lols.  I'm sure all the groups will be abuzz when that happens

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gillianivyart In reply to littledeviltoo [2015-05-21 18:35:42 +0000 UTC]

Certainly,



Be sure to check join/submission guidelines, etc.  Like journalcss has to have skins in your gallery to join as a Member, whereas deviantCSS does not but Members can submit.  And eCSSited only allows resources, not finished skins like CSS-DYK which is another knowledge database.  Here, only Babes can submit, Members cannot.

Look forward to seeing what you'll be posting.  

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littledeviltoo In reply to gillianivyart [2015-05-21 19:25:00 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. I already have journal skins in my gallery as I used to make them all the time.
Babes can submit but members cannot? How does one become a Babe?

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gillianivyart In reply to littledeviltoo [2015-05-21 21:10:30 +0000 UTC]

Welcome to Babes!  Here is the most recent rules:
NEW GROUP RULES: PLEASE READ !Hey babes!
So, it is time to settle some new rules for our group, to keep it updated and also because we’ve been facing some various issues lately that we have to solve. Please let me know if you think there’s something you would like to add/remove/modify.
Accepting girls in the “Babes” category
From now on, the girls that we accept in “Babes” will have to prove that they are really interested in and dedicated to CSS. Meaning that if you require to be a “Babe”, you need to have more than one Complete CSS/CSS design in your gallery. Your codes will also be verified to make sure it is not stolen/copied from someone else’s code.
Submitting in our galleries
You have to submit your CSS in the right category: every misplaced submission will be denied.
Note that the “Feature” folder isn’t important in this group, we don’t really use it, so do

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gillianivyart In reply to littledeviltoo [2015-05-21 20:49:35 +0000 UTC]

Well, it looks like you already meet all the requirements ;D  Allow me to send you an invite.

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gillianivyart In reply to Immerot [2015-05-21 18:26:53 +0000 UTC]

Yea, I posted here since I cannot post journals to deviantCSS .  I've been a moderator here about the same amount of time.  We only have one Dedicated Hunk and he has more privs than the Babes level.  Then there is the CSS-Hunks group, unsure if it is active any more.  I think the groups were more created as a gimmick.  There are a lot more members in Babes than Hunks.  I always seemed to find there are more females in dArelated coding.  But on the CSS web design groups there seem to be more males.

And no, don't stop, you are one of the few who are still active.  deviantCSS is having a hard time just getting enough votes and we cannot change the qty.

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Immerot In reply to gillianivyart [2015-05-21 21:58:13 +0000 UTC]

I just think that if you make some dedicatedtogendergroup, it's better to make it private or for this gender only - without positions with limited privs for another gender. It'd be fair at least. All the more not everyone understands such a gimmick.
Actually I didn't observe the lowering of activity in deviantCSS . It's the same as it was when I joined it. Maybe it's just one group, but someone even considers CSS-coding as some sort of programming work, you know, and things like programming always involved the restricted part of society, so it's expected from one point of view. Maybe some actions directed to process simplification could attract more people, but even then you can't make simple just everything.

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gillianivyart In reply to Immerot [2015-05-22 03:31:09 +0000 UTC]

I know contests have gone with few entrants in the past 2 years, looking through entries you can see a decline as well.

I didn't make the group, so not certain what the idea was behind it.  I think it was mainly to highlight the works of the women in the community.  And a single male was added to the group as a place of honor or appreciation, I guess.  I just added a new gallery folder for Dedicated Hunks to be able to post to.  But I can't invite any more and not sure, but it seems none can join that rank?  I see no limit set to that.  Guys can join Members, but no where else, it seems.  I think only the Founder can invite a Hunk.

I'm not sure I know what you mean by the restricted part of society.

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poserfan In reply to gillianivyart [2015-06-19 13:10:41 +0000 UTC]

I just checked and co-founders have full control over the settings, so we should be able to reset that.  Get back to me either in the backroom or thru PM to discuss this in detail. The dedicated Hunk was a moderator position, only available on supergroup status.

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Immerot In reply to gillianivyart [2015-05-22 08:54:19 +0000 UTC]

I'm not sure I know what you mean by the restricted part of society.I mean that point of view that programming is some sort of "elite" work and not everyone can code, which is still wide-spreaded. Many people even don't want to try because of it.

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gillianivyart In reply to Immerot [2015-05-22 16:23:46 +0000 UTC]

Oh yea, I see.  I never found learning to code hard.  It is just like learning a new language, I guess, only there are words you already understand.  And I learned HTML first, so it was easy.  But yes, I've come across elitists who act like they have the map to the Holy Grail or something.  I never learned Java and more advanced stuffs, but that is from laziness.  Not because I couldn't.

Now there are all those code training websites like code.org.  Which makes it even easier to learn.  So I hope people will not feel overwhelmed by facing a wall of code.  ;D  I like seeing new people excited to learn about CSS. 

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gillianivyart In reply to nikkittie [2015-05-21 07:40:40 +0000 UTC]

Really, emoticons too!  We just need to kickstart the whole dA community!  I remember that Journal Skin January, I loved the ideas there.  I think I might make a goal to start that in June, as I'm homeschooling my son.  I have been wanting to do several articles for a long time that are all neglected in my sta.sh and such.  I had an idea to do "Babe of the Month", interviewing and featuring one of the Babes every month.  Kinda like a Babe calendar.  ;D

I mentored at eCSSercise , but it was a lot of hard work.  The Mentors slowly stopped mentoring and there were too many students for us to handle.  Eventually the group collapsed.    There are definitely people willing to learn.

I think a lot of the inactivity is just other priorities.  Some are CVs now or working on outside projects.  And I have been in this community for 5 years now.  So I saw it dwindle from where it once was.  There was a lot of enthusiasm.  But now, some of the people who really made our days brighter aren't on dA any more (thinking of miontre and others).  

Thanks for your thoughts

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TehAngelsCry In reply to RTNightmare [2015-05-21 08:23:05 +0000 UTC]

codeacademy.com is brilliant for beginners. It's free, and walks you through with video tutorials and challenges etc.  

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RTNightmare In reply to TehAngelsCry [2015-06-05 23:24:57 +0000 UTC]

Sorry for the late reply:

Oh thank you, I'll look into that. 

(Hey, I have a favor to ask you. Do you mind changing the name on   to DD-World?) 

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TehAngelsCry In reply to RTNightmare [2015-06-06 13:26:17 +0000 UTC]

Sorry, I no longer have the PSD.

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RTNightmare In reply to TehAngelsCry [2015-06-06 14:24:33 +0000 UTC]

Damn, how much would another cost?

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TehAngelsCry In reply to RTNightmare [2015-06-07 12:51:28 +0000 UTC]

I'm not taking commissions at the moment

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RTNightmare In reply to TehAngelsCry [2015-06-07 17:30:00 +0000 UTC]

Awwww okay.

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gillianivyart In reply to RTNightmare [2015-05-21 07:24:17 +0000 UTC]

Excellent, I was thinking video tutorials would be great.  I believe ginkgografix already has some in her galleries (though she might not be dedicating as much time to answering CSS questions).  Both Celvas and TehAngelsCry have mentioned wanting to do tutorials and would like to know what tutorials would be helpful.

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RTNightmare In reply to gillianivyart [2015-06-05 23:26:17 +0000 UTC]

Sorry for the late reply:

Great! I personally think that knowing what different written codes mean would be helpful. That's just my thought!

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gillianivyart In reply to RTNightmare [2015-06-06 05:05:07 +0000 UTC]

Keep an eye out for Monday's article I have such tips scheduled to post then ;D

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RTNightmare In reply to gillianivyart [2015-06-06 14:24:58 +0000 UTC]

Ok, will do.

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GinkgoWerkstatt In reply to gillianivyart [2015-05-21 08:52:57 +0000 UTC]

I still answer questions, als long as they are not too lazy to figure out simple things on their own.

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gillianivyart In reply to GinkgoWerkstatt [2015-05-21 18:17:31 +0000 UTC]

 I still answer questions as well, though I do not get as many as I used to.  Just wanted to still show others your resources but steer away from sending you too many notes.

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GinkgoWerkstatt In reply to gillianivyart [2015-05-22 07:18:23 +0000 UTC]

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gillianivyart In reply to TaNa-Jo [2015-05-21 07:21:57 +0000 UTC]

 hmmmm?

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TaNa-Jo In reply to gillianivyart [2015-05-21 19:42:05 +0000 UTC]

I am glad it will become alive again ^^

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