Hi everyone,
I’ve been working on an idea for a Virtual Fest for my existing platform A community for Readers and Writers. I created a website for it entirely using Anvil.
You can check out the website here: https://geekout.geeke.app/
To make it feel like a real festival, I implemented a ticket system for authentication and a lobby where participants can chat with each other.
That said, I don’t have any immediate plans to launch this fest, as it would require a significant amount of marketing—something I currently lack the time and resources for.
Still, I would love to get your feedback on the design and the overall authentication experience.
Thanks!
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I love the event ideas!
The authentication experience was fine, it worked smoothly for me. A bit of a novelty having a ticket to upload, that works well for the idea of a festival.
You’ll want to pay attention to possible scaling issues. I worked on a platform that was used for WorldCon back during the pandemic, and synchronous festivals are a pain for scaling, since all of a sudden you get an influx of users. Do some load testing early to get an idea of how many people you can support.
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Thanks for the suggestion. It is indeed something I will test out if the fest can proceed further.
The nav bar is there until the second section erases it. Nice touch! How did you do that?
This was actually a bug turned into a “feature”. It happened because of the clip-path property I added for the wavy look.
However, in a typical setting, you would do that by detecting the scroll position using javascript. Here is a related discussion - Auto Scroll - Automatically add content as the user scrolls the mouse wheel - #6
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