McKay (scribbulus_ink) wrote in lupin_snape, @ 2008-11-24 10:33:00 |
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Entry tags: | snupin santa 2008 |
Snupin Santa countdown
A week from today, posting will begin for Snupin Santa 2008, and there are just a few things I want to go over before we get started.
Posting will begin on December 1, although I probably won't stay up until midnight in my time zone (GMT -5) to post the first gift, which means it may be late on December 1 or maybe even December 2 for those of you in earlier time zones. Sorry about that, but Santa has to sleep.
There will be no gifts posted on December 25 and December 31. We'll have 3 per day posted for the first nine days, and then we'll have 2 per day for the rest of the month. The big reveal will be on January 7, 2009.
Let me remind anyone who has not used eFiction before, if you don't like the look of the site, you can change it. There are detailed instructions on how to change the appearance of the site temporarily or permanently here. There are several other "skins" to choose from, so everyone should be able to find something they like or at least can live with if they don't like the default skin for whatever reason, but if not, they're welcome to find an eFiction 3.0 skin they do like and send me the zip file of it.
As of December 1, the focus will switch to the Fest website with gift announcements posted to lupin_snape on IJ and LJ. Fest-related news will be posted to the News section of the website (scroll down until you see the red bar reading "Site News") as well as on IJ/LJ. The most recent news posts will be on the main page, and all news posts, including older ones, will be in the News archive.
The gifts posted most recently will appear on the main page (scroll down until you see the red bar reading "Most Recent"), and all gifts posted within the last 7 days will appear on the Recently Added page. All gifts posted for the 2008 fest will appear on the Snupin Santa 2008 category page.
I'll post gift announcement links at lupin_snape on both IJ and LJ, containing basic header info about the gift plus a direct link to the gift, but I won't be posting the full text/image of the gift either at IJ or LJ.
So basically, you can receive updates when new gifts have been posted in one of four ways:
Snupin Santa Fest website
lupin_snape on Insanejournal
lupin_snape on Livejournal
My Twitter account, which I'm using to post updates to my site, the snupin_prophet, and Snupin Santa.
I think that should be flexible and convenient enough for everyone.
Unfortunately, anonymous commenting is not enabled at the Fest site this year because someone posted a link to a piece of art on the site in an unprotected area (either they didn't have the "limit inclusion in searches" checked on their journal or they posted the link to a site/forum that doesn't block search spiders), which resulted in that piece of art being flooded with 4000 spam comments. The Snupin Santa Fest site itself does block search spiders, and only one particular piece was targeted, which is how I know it came from an unprotected link. At any rate, it forced me to disable anonymous commenting for the site; I didn't want to do it, but I didn't want to leave the site vulnerable to more deluges of spam either.
You still have three options for leaving feedback, however: register for an account at the site and sign in to leave feedback there, comment on the post at IJ, or comment on the post at LJ.
NOTE TO PARTICIPANTS:
1) Once the gift you created is posted, whether it's a story or art, if there is anything that needs to be changed or fixed, you may either email snupin_santa @ yahoo.com and one of the elves will fix it, or you can fix it yourself in January when I flip the gifts from the Snupin Santa account to the author/artists' accounts. If it's not a major, absolutely necessary fix, I'd strongly suggest waiting until January.
2) Writers might also want to check the text of their story to make certain it's all there. I double-checked to make certain there weren't copy/paste errors when uploading long stories, but accidents happen.
3) DO NOT leave any comments on IJ, LJ, or the website that might reveal who you are! This is an anonymous exchange, and we want to keep everyone guessing until the master list is posted in January. You won't be able to answer feedback comments anonymously on the website, so you'll have to wait until January to reply, but I'm sure in the interest of maintaining the anonymous fun, no one will be offended by the lack of a speedy response.
4) I strongly advise using the comment tracking system at both IJ/LJ, even if you don't normally use one or the other. There are people who will comment only at IJ and people who will comment only at LJ, so if you don't check your gift post at both places, you might miss some feedback. If you have an account at IJ/LJ, all you have to do is click the thumbtack icon at the top of the post. If you don't have an account at both places, you can always bookmark the post and check back.
That's all our preliminary business out of the way, so all that's left now is to wait for the Snupin Santa sleigh to arrive! There will be over 60 new RL/SS stories and graphics posted between December 1-31 - all eras, all ratings, threesomes, long stories, short stories, smutty art, sweet art, romance, dark themes, holiday cheer, tear jerkers, and happy endings. No matter what flavor of Snupin is your favorite, I guarantee there will be something for everyone!