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People will visit the Literary Navigator Device or the Remarkable Receptions podcast page and have a easy time perusing, making selections, and finding information. If all goes well, if all goes according to the plans of Meg Smith, director of our university DH Center, and Dan Schreiber, the web developer for the center, that's how it'll be: uneventful and incredibly useful.
Meg and Dan took on full-time duties of the site in January 2025. Over the last few months, we've met to discuss plans and possibilities. It's been instructive working with them on the development of Black Lit Network.
Most importantly, I've become much more aware of the extensive thinking, labor, and creativity that goes into making a top-level site.
We have a general meeting together. Dan and Meg then meet to discuss some more specialized details, and Dan takes the lead, applying his technical expertise to make the major changes, which really means making dozens of minor, detailed adjustments.
Here's a list of 15 subtle, behind-the-scenes changes Dan made to the site in August.
• Renamed Novel Generator to Literary Navigator• Added for poems, essays, short stories, autobiographies, and comics• Renamed Data Viz portal in the related content section of each page• Figured out which filter buttons to remove on which pages• Changed default podcast to 200th episode• Changed cursor to indicate link• Fixed the navigation issue• Updated “About” page• Removed “How to Use” section• Reorganized navigation menu.• Added “Glossary”• Ensured the slider at top links to correct pages• Made adjustments to the Homepage• Changed “Find your next novel” to "Find what to read next."• Changed “Podcast” to “Podcasts” on various pages
He did twice as much in September and at the beginning of October.
Watching all these intricate updates unfold deepened my appreciation for the invisible work that makes a digital project happen.
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