Maker Party/Makes
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Let's get making
Maker Parties give you an opportunity to learn, and create, all sorts of great content for the web. What makes Maker Parties really fun is the ability to share your work, discovering what others have made, and remixing what's already been made. Here's how...
Make Something
Create your own or remix an existing version of a web video, documentary or gif with Popcorn Maker. Popcorn Maker helps you easily remix web video, audio and images into cool mashups that you can embed on other websites.
Create your own or remix an existing version of a web pages, meme, greeting card or poster with Thimble. Write and edit HTML and CSS right in your browser, then instantly preview your work.
Are you already making things online? View our 'What I Made' template to share with us what you’re making and add it to the party. Check out some of our maker templates and remix them to make something of your own. Learn how to make your own customized movie poster, post card, poster, photo album and more!
Show Off Your Work
To give the best Maker Party outputs the attention they deserve, whether these Makes are created on Popcorn or Thimble our content and editorial teams will crawl through the Maker Party world each day to find the next best thing.
Get your project featured by following one of the steps below:
Step 1, share your make on Twitter using the #makerparty hashtag. You will not only get our attention but you will also showcase your work among other makers.
Step 2, give your content some relevant tags so others can find it better. Be sure to include the #makerparty tag wherever you can. Here are some instructions on how to tag your work in Popcorn Maker and Thimble.
- In Popcorn Maker, go to the 'Project' tab after saving your project and notice the field at the bottom that asks for tags. Separate them with a comma (no spaces) with things that help identify your project, i.e. cats,texas,cowboy,hilarious
- On Thimble, you can add a special meta tag between the <head> </head> section of your webpage that adds them to the webmaker.org search engine. Make sure you have one line for each tag. It should look something like this:
- <meta content="cats" name="webmaker:tags">
- <meta content="texas" name="webmaker:tags">
- <meta content="cowboy" name="webmaker:tags">
- <meta content="hilarious" name="webmaker:tags">
Also keep in mind that the team is especially keen on featuring Makes which are "irresistibly remixable" to others using the site.
Find What Others Are Making
Need inspiration? Want to see what others are creating? It's easy!
- Check out what the community is making on the Webmaker Website. Each week, the Webmaker editorial team features 12 of the most inspiring, crazy and beautiful makes, sharing them across our communities. Your make just might be next!
- Sharing on Twitter using #makerparty also makes it easier to find other people's makes with the same hashtag. Just put makerparty in the search box, and you'll find other makes like yours!
- You can also visit the Webmaker Blog for a stream of posts tagged "Maker Party."
Need Help?
Need a bit of mentoring, need help starting to build a Make? We will be available throughout Maker Party for those who need a bit of creative inspiration in the form of templates, example Makes, online tutorials and in-person Webmaker demo sessions. Join the #teachtheweb Webmaker Mentor community on Google+ today. This is the place to find other mentors around the world, share ideas, get access to resources, find new partners and get peer support.
