Post by Musica on Dec 14, 2010 16:20:22 GMT -6
Wow, this looks like a great little site. It's obvious you've put a lot of care and thought into creating this world. I have a few suggestions for you, to make it even better, but please, feel free to completely disregard them. It is your site after all, and I'd hate to seem like I'm trying to run things or be superior to you. I have been a roleplayer for a long time, and I would just like to share a little friendly advice:
1) Advertise, advertise, advertise. In fact, you should probably have one staff member whose sole job is coming up with an ad and posting it everywhere. Places like The RPG Directory are a good start, because they get a lot of traffic.
2) There should be a designated Admin account, and any staff members you add should have staff accounts. This will be less confusing to new members, and also allows you to separate your characters from your admin duties. Announcements, Rules, and any Background (History, Maps, etc.) threads should be started and maintained by the admin account. I also believe it's easier to keep track of characters if they all have their own accounts, but that's really up to the RPer and the site, I guess.
3) Since you're going to be doing all this advertising, your advertising board should be visible from the front page. Usually, The Ad Board is in the OOC section of the board, near the top or bottom, but of course, you should place yours wherever you find it fits best. You can either have all the Advertisements on one board, or you can split it up into First Link,/Link Backs or PB Sites/Other Sites, or however you want.
4) Once you have a few more members, you should see if there's anybody who's really awesome at code. The site you have now is striking, but some might find the red on black color scheme a bit severe, and of course, there's all kinds of nice things you can do with code, like link to staff member profiles in the header and have a chat box.
All in all, this looks like a fantastic place to RP, and I might even join myself.
~Musica
1) Advertise, advertise, advertise. In fact, you should probably have one staff member whose sole job is coming up with an ad and posting it everywhere. Places like The RPG Directory are a good start, because they get a lot of traffic.
2) There should be a designated Admin account, and any staff members you add should have staff accounts. This will be less confusing to new members, and also allows you to separate your characters from your admin duties. Announcements, Rules, and any Background (History, Maps, etc.) threads should be started and maintained by the admin account. I also believe it's easier to keep track of characters if they all have their own accounts, but that's really up to the RPer and the site, I guess.
3) Since you're going to be doing all this advertising, your advertising board should be visible from the front page. Usually, The Ad Board is in the OOC section of the board, near the top or bottom, but of course, you should place yours wherever you find it fits best. You can either have all the Advertisements on one board, or you can split it up into First Link,/Link Backs or PB Sites/Other Sites, or however you want.
4) Once you have a few more members, you should see if there's anybody who's really awesome at code. The site you have now is striking, but some might find the red on black color scheme a bit severe, and of course, there's all kinds of nice things you can do with code, like link to staff member profiles in the header and have a chat box.
All in all, this looks like a fantastic place to RP, and I might even join myself.
~Musica
