Snupin Santa (snupin_santa) wrote in lupin_snape, @ 2007-10-01 22:57:00 |
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Entry tags: | snupin santa 2007 |
Snupin Santa Fest archive is live!
I'm please to announce the opening of the new Snupin Santa Holiday Fest archive! But before we get to the fun stuff, I need to share some important information.
This is a change from previous fests, but not as big a change as it might seem. In previous years, all art and some stories (namely the ones too long to fit in a single LJ post) were hosted on my personal website and linked to LJ. This year, I'd already decided to move to a separate website because the Snupin Santa files were taking up a lot of space on my site, and with the third annual fest approaching, I wanted to make certain all the Snupin Santa material had a home together that was separate from my site. That way, if at some point in the future, I decided to delete my website, all the Snupin Santa files hosted there wouldn't be deleted along with it.
Then LJ started up their antics, and I decided to take it a step farther. But the basic principle will be the same. In previous years, gifts were either posted to LJ or hosted on my site and posted to LJ using the snupin_santa LJ. This year, all gifts will be hosted on the new website and posted using the Snupin Santa account on the site, and I will post links to IJ. Different location, same procedure.
However! this doesn't mean anyone will be inconvenienced, even if you don't want to mess with IJ. I've taken some extra steps to make certain the new set-up is as simple and accessible as possible. Here's how:
1) Anonymous commenting is enabled, thus you are NOT required to register for an account at the site before you can leave feedback.
2) Stories and art rated R or NC17 will have pop-up warnings, but they will NOT be hidden so that only registered users can view them, which means you are NOT required to register for an account at the site before you can read/view adult material.
3) Not only do you not have to register for an account in order to leave feedback, but you also don't have to click any extra links. There are comment boxes at the bottom of every story and art post, so all you have to do is type in your feedback and hit "submit". Quick and easy!
4) If you DO register for an account, go to account info and click on "edit preferences". You will see a blurb reading, "I am of the age of consent in my locale to view materials with adult content. I realize that by agreeing, the normal warnings for stories with adult content will be by-passed." If you click that radio button, you will NOT see pop-up warnings when you access rated R or NC17 material on the site when you are logged in.
5) If you don't want to check lupin_snape at IJ for updates to the Snupin Santa website, you may go directly to the site and look on the index page under "Most Recent", which will show you what has been added to the site that day. I will also post information under "Site news", which is also on the index page.
6) If you don't want to check lupin_snape at IJ or the Snupin Santa website directly for updates, you can subscribe to the Snupin Santa site LJ feed, which will post updates from the website on your LJ flist. Please note comments made in response to posts generated by this feed will not be read or answered.
In addition to all of that, the stories/art will be searchable by genre, era, rating, secondary pairings and threesomes, and more!
How to register:
1) Look for the "register" link at the top of the page in the medium green colored bar just above the welcome message. Click on "register".
2) Fill out the text boxes for your pen name and "real" name (these do not have to be different), email address, and password. Click "submit".
3) Log in. You're done!