My own RPG website!!!

metadude1234 · **Reply #40 on:** September 10, 2009, 12:38:45 AM

i fixed up my site with a playstation skin and it looks really cool!!!

Noname · **Reply #41 on:** September 10, 2009, 12:57:59 AM

Looks nice. Not quite what I would use on my site (too "techno" for a fantasy RP site like mine), but still very good for you!

metadude1234 · **Reply #42 on:** September 10, 2009, 12:58:11 AM

Hey Vince, could you tell me how to change the buttons for my site? please

Serris · **Reply #43 on:** September 10, 2009, 01:52:30 AM

Go to the Admin CP, then go to images under "skinning and styles".

There you should see a list of all the buttons and other stuff.

Cut the stuff in the box that you want to change and place this:

<img src='[image url here]' border='0' alt='[whatever you want to say here]'> in the box.

Noname · **Reply #44 on:** September 10, 2009, 02:01:09 AM

Serris more or less has it correct. But if you need further help with that, I will be there.

It might be good to show us what the buttons are, though.

metadude1234 · **Reply #45 on:** September 10, 2009, 02:02:55 AM

i will post them......once i find them........now where are my shoes?

lol

Serris · **Reply #46 on:** September 10, 2009, 02:06:22 AM

Oh one other thing, it is VERY important that you DO NOT delete whatever was in the box before you edit it. If you do so, there will be no image for whatever you deleted.

My recommendation is to copy the original contents onto a Word document and label the original contents so you know which one goes where. That way if things go bad, you can copy the original contents back into the blank boxes and end up back where you started.

metadude1234 · **Reply #47 on:** September 10, 2009, 02:21:13 AM

ty for telling me

Petrie. · **Reply #48 on:** September 10, 2009, 07:03:49 AM

I'll just throw this out there. I know each of you (Vince and metadude) have new rp sites. Have you both considered running just one forum between yourselves? As far as I can tell, there's not much difference in what either of you are creating in terms of forums or rp types. Unless you intend to compete with one another, you might want to consider one forum for a better chance of success. Remember kids are back in school across the board, so you're going to have a much harder time keeping the target audience online.

My two cents.

Noname · **Reply #49 on:** September 10, 2009, 01:38:55 PM

Well, seeing as we are ON each other's forums, and that we have at least a few members in common, I don't see a problem. Heck, that would be like asking two different directors of the same kind of movie to create one movie studio. Although I CAN see us cooperating with each other... I mean, this site ITSELF has links to Netwoek54 and other "competing" sites.

Since there's no limit to how many forums an individual user can join, there's no need for "competition."

Petrie. · **Reply #50 on:** September 10, 2009, 07:06:56 PM

Your call I guess, but I think having so much in common it would be better to just try and get the fanbase to one board than having them choose which to go to or spend time at. Comparing the GOF to N54 is a very apples to oranges comparison you know. There's no way they can compete with each other.

metadude1234 · **Reply #51 on:** September 10, 2009, 11:08:21 PM

well Vincent and i creating one site sounds good, but i will have to try and get my members to join onto the new site

Noname · **Reply #52 on:** September 11, 2009, 12:59:05 AM

Merging the two to make one board... isn't that like merging the USA and Canada because we're both large, free countries that come from the same empire?

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I think it is best that our boards can be friends... heck, we should include links to each other's boards, and coordinate with each other... like George Lucas and Steven Spielburg cooperate, without merging their studios...

metadude1234 · **Reply #53 on:** September 11, 2009, 01:07:39 AM

sure sounds great!!! but how do we do that???

Noname · **Reply #54 on:** September 11, 2009, 01:08:24 AM

Do what? Coordinate? We can just talk to each other...

metadude1234 · **Reply #55 on:** September 11, 2009, 01:09:45 AM

i meant include the links

Noname · **Reply #56 on:** September 11, 2009, 01:20:55 AM

Well, we can make banners for our sites and include them...BUT, for now, we can make a "links" thread on each of our sites and include the URL of the other site there.

metadude1234 · **Reply #57 on:** September 11, 2009, 01:25:54 AM

ok ^^

Petrie. · **Reply #58 on:** September 11, 2009, 07:02:05 AM

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Merging the two to make one board... isn't that like merging the USA and Canada because we're both large, free countries that come from the same empire? rolleyes.gif

That is one lousy analogy and you know it. You'd have a point if you both had a decent member base that posts daily. You don't yet. I wouldn't even have brought this up if you both had boards that were doing very well because as you mentioned, it would pretty silly and I would agree.

I'm simply saying, given the time of the year and the fact you both have rp boards that look so much alike, why not consider trying to get one board off the ground instead of two separate ones? Either that or change your boards so that they aren't so similar in theme and style. Same sections, same ideas, and as far as I can tell, you're catering to the same type of role plays.

Noname · **Reply #59 on:** September 12, 2009, 06:35:11 PM

The analogy was good... the USA and Canada are very, very similar... and there was a time when neither country was well-established...

Anyway, I am about to begin my first RP on my site, and I have a linkreferral.com posting for my site... it seems to be getting me some traffic. We would have to start over again on a single, new site... and given the time we have invested into each site so far, we are not going to do that... or at least, I don't see the need.

We already have some overlap in members as it is, and my base is starting to grow... it will take about six months for it to hit 50 at this rate, but that is fine with me...