Historical Archives

The ancient history of Storyfeather goes all the way back to the year two thousand and thirteen. For several years, the site remained as it was. But all things change in time. The following images and videos were captured before the Transformation Era of 2022 (when I renovated the site).

  • Screenshot. Top of homepage. Left panel shows watercolor painting of a bard in a circle frame. Site name and tagline. Menu. Main column displays pinned post with Storyfeather logo and original welcome message.
    Top of homepage on a PC, 4/22/22
  • Screenshot. Left sidebar shows header image, watercolor painting of a bard in a circle frame, the site name and site tagline, and most of the menu section. Main column shows the the page title, "About," the original banner, and the original greeting and brief explanation of the the Storyfeather site's origin and purpose, along with the launch date.
    Original About page from 2013, 8/9/22
  • Screenshot. Left sidebar shows bottom of menu, copyright notice, Random button, contacts section. Main column shows story title and image for "The Flaming Jargonelle."
    Story Scroll, just below top of page, 4/22/22
  • Screenshot. Left sidebar shows Stories by Category section with links and Follow section. Main column shows the bottom portion of one story, with the "Continue Reading" button, the post date, the tags, and comment notifications; and the title and part of the image for the story below it.
    Story Scroll, another view, 4/22/22
  • Screenshot. Left sidebar shows Follow section and the beginning of the Year Nine section with a few story links. The main column shows the title and image for the story, "The Monstrous and Curious."
    Story Scroll, yet another view, 4/22/22
  • Screenshot. Top of Portals page. Left sidebar shows site header image, name, tagline, and menu. Main column shows banners that read "Welcome" and "Enter a Portal." Microphone symbol next to flag labeled "Podcast Episode." Inkwell and quill symbol next to a flag labeled "Short Story." Header that reads "Check out this week's Story and Podcast episode."
    Portals page top, 7/30/22
  • Screenshot. Portals page near bottom. Main column shows button labeled "Trailers." Podcast block with three episodes displayed.
    Portals page near bottom, 7/30/22
  • Screenshot. Top of Key page for the story "The Arcanomen" from Year 9. Left sidebar shows header image, site name, site tagline, and menu. Main column shows story title, story tagline, trailer, button linking to story, and information about the trailer video (partial alt text, musical artist credits)
    Story Key Page Top, 7/30/22
  • Screenshot. Left sidebar shows bottom half of menu, copyright notice, the Random button, and header for the contact section. Main column displays background information about the theme of the story year and about the specific story. Small video related to the year's theme.
    Story Key Page Middle: Background info, 7/30/22
  • Screenshot. Left sidebar shows contacts section, search bar, and Stories by Category section with links. Main column shows story's genre, tags, and a button for the main page for story year 9.
    Story Key Page Bottom, 7/30/22
  • Screenshot. Left sidebar shows header image, watercolor painting of bard in a circle frame, site name and site tagline, and most of the menu section. Main column shows a welcome banner for the page, and a welcome banner for the current story year at the time, Year 9, and the very top edge of the first trailer on the page.
    Trailers Page, Top of page, 7/30/22
  • Screenshot. Left sidebar shows the bottom half of the menu, the copyright notice, the Random button, and top of contact section. Main column shows the trailer, tagline, story link button, and brief background text box for story entitled "Zone of Eternal Sleep."
    Trailers Page, a focus on story “Zone of Eternal Sleep,” 7/30/22
  • Screenshot. Left sidebar is empty. Main column shows the top of the podcast section with the title and description of the current season, a notification for where the podcast can be heard, and the top part of the trailer and links for a story titled "Princess Number Four."
    Trailers Page, top of Podcast section, 7/30/22
  • Screenshot. Left sidebar shows header image, watercolor painting of bard in a circle frame, site name and site tagline, and most of the menu section. Main column shows top of the Year Nine hub page, with banners announcing the year's theme and the start and end dates.
    Year Nine’s Hub page, top banners, 7/30/22
  • Screenshot. Left sidebar shows search bar, Stories by Category section with links, and the top of the Follow section. Main column shows two whole portal buttons, long horizontal rectangles with curved edges with concentric circles of color in the background (the portal), and the story image, title, and tagline in the foreground. Parts of two other portals are visible at the top and bottom.
    Year Nine’s Hub page, middle, 7/30/22
  • Screenshot. Left sidebar shows the header image, watercolor painting of bard in a circle frame, the site name and site tagline, and most of the menu section. Main column shows the image for the first story, "The Amber God," along with the story's tagline, and generic buttons labeled "Read" and "Listen" that lead to the story post and podcast episode respectively. Below this, the top half of the image for the next story.
    Year One’s Hub page, near top, 4/23/22
  • Screenshot. Site theme information page for Writr them by Automattic. At right is an image example of the theme. At left is a notificated that reads "This theme is retired. We invite you to try out a newer theme; start by browsing our WordPress theme directory." Right of text is a button labeled "See all themes."
    Original site theme info page, Writr, 5/1/22

The date in each caption refers to the date that the screenshot or video was taken.

Story Scroll and Sidebar

The old homepage from top to bottom. The sidebar once contained a link to each story, grouped by year.

4/22/22

Video description

Screen capture video. 21 seconds. Starts at top of homepage, then scrolls all the way down, past the most recent ten posts and their excerpts, and continuing down through empty space in the main column, and all the story links in the side column, until reaching the bottom of the page, and then zooming all the way back up to the top, then going slightly down again to hover over some links in the sidebar.

Story Post:
“River Fisher and Blue Dragon”

An example of what a story post page used to look like.

7/30/22

Video description

Screen capture video. 12 seconds. Starts on homepage at the excerpt for a story entitled, “River Fisher and Blue Dragon,” clicks the hyperlinked story title, jumps to top of story post, scrolls down to the bottom, overshooting a bit, and then stopping at the end of the story.

Portal Page

This landing page was introduced in 2021 to highlight the latest stories, podcast episodes, and site features. The concept of jumping into portals to enter the world of a story informed the design of the link buttons.

4/22/22

Video description

Screen capture video. 4 seconds. Starts at top of Portals landing page and scrolls down to bottom, quickly showing the contents, Portal buttons (long horizontal rectangular images with story image, title, and tagline) for the most recent short stories and podcast episodes, buttons that go to the merchandise store, the online course, and the trailers page, a podcast embed that can play the three most recent podcast episodes, and a button that links back to the homepage.

Key Page:
“The Arcanomen”

When new trailers replaced older ones on the Trailers page, I needed a place to put the older trailers. I decided to create a page for each story where I could put the trailer. As time went on, I could add other information, media, etc. related to that story. For example, the trailer and links of the story’s future podcast episode.

7/30/22

Video description

Screen capture video. 8 seconds. Starts near top of Year Nine hub page, clicks portal button for story entitled, “The Arcanomen,” jumps to the Key page for the story, which contains the trailer, a link to the story post, and some background information about the writing of the story. Scrolls down and back up the page.

Year Eight Hub Page

Starting in 2021, for each year’s stories, I created a page that would serve as hub leading to all the stories. I put the Portal buttons for each story on this page, leading to the Key page for each story. And a little flag leading directly to the story post, for those who want to get straight to reading the story.

4/22/22

Video description

Screen capture video. 10 seconds. Starts at top of the Year Eight hub page, which shows the banner, trailer for the year, and a link to the thank you message, then scrolls all the way down to the bottom, showing the Portal buttons for each story (a long horizontal button with rounded edges displaying the story image, title, and tagline), then returns to the top.

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Historical Archives Page Published: 8/31/22
Last Updated: 9/20/22