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jedimasterbac Title: Fan Sites Manager Registered: Jun '04	Date Posted: 7/14 9:37pm Subject: Welcome to Fan Sites! - Date Edited: 9/3 1:34pm (5 edits total) Edited By: jedimasterbac
	Welcome to the Jedi Council Fan Sites board! Thank you for visiting this board! If it is your first time, be sure to read through this entire thread as it will help you out and make your visit far more enjoyable and worthwhile. The purpose of Fan Sites is to have discussions on individual fan sites and websites in general. If you post a thread about your site, you should expect to get real feedback. While threads you post about your site are, in effect, an advertisement, the advertisement aspect is only a minor detail of the board. Members are here to critique your fan site work, pointing out errors and mishaps and giving you legitimate feedback. You need not worry, though, as the criticism will be respectable and constructive. There are also frequent discussions about various topics such as coding languages, message boards, host sites, and the development of web designing over the years, among others. Feel free to take part in any of these discussions, as your input is highly valued. Be sure to also keep a look out for our social thread! It offers you a chance to get to know your fellow fan site creators and form new friendships...and possibly even members for your site. Please be sure to read the rest of this introductory post, as well as the rest of the thread, as it will assist you in posting your fan site. I would also like to especially thank darth_nemesis, as well as SaraKenobi, jedi-mind-tricks, DVeditor and Nar Cranor, for their help in the creation of this guide. The following question and answers were written by darth_nemesis I have a question, where do I go? Well, there are several places. The PM boxes of darth_nemesis and Nar Cranor are always open, so do not hesitate to send a PM our way. We cannot guarantee that the question will be answered, but we will at least direct you into the right direction. Jedimasterbac will also be glad to answer any PMs sent his way, so be sure to do that as well. Also, you could check out the General Q&A thread here. Simply post the question there and someone will most likely answer if they happen to know. How do I promote my fan site? Well, the best way to do that is to post a new thread. However, there are a few guidelines in which I would suggest you follow in order to get the best response out of your thread. It would be wise to use the following outline in your opening post: Name of Fan Site: (What you call your site) URL: (The " http://www.whatever.something.com " which points to your site) Description: (explain what your site is about). The Description is possibly the most important. Your first post should always have some sort of description. In the description, include (but not limited to): What your site is about, what you have to offer, what makes your site unique, why should people join your board, the different sections on your site, etc. The description does not have to be a certain length, but a well sized, descriptive post will really help you out. For a couple of good examples, click the following links: Example 1, Example 2, Example 3 and Example 4 I would also suggest that you place a link to your thread either in your signature and/or within your profile here on the boards. That way, you will gather more attention for your thread. You may ask why not just link to your offsite? Well, because if you link to the Fan Sites forum thread, it will offer the people a description of what they are about to visit, as well as bring in traffic to the Fan Sites forum, which helps both of us out! It is also a wise idea to continually update your thread. When you make an update/announcement on your fan site - for example, you add a new section, a new important staff member, make a major design change, etc - then make an announcement within your thread. That way, people will know what's going on with your site. What should I NOT do? First off, make sure you follow the Jedi Council Rules and Terms of Service! Secondly, follow the Fan Site forum rules! Now, here are some simple suggestions of what not to do in your opening post. Do not simply post a link with no description. This serves no purpose, and may cause the opposite of what you want to happen, because it will only anger members and, therefore, make them not want to visit your site. Also, if this is done, the thread will be locked until you are able to come up with a reasonable opening post. Secondly, make sure you do not forget to link to your board. This will not only not allow people to view your site, but make you seem a bit foolish. Anyway, it is important that you post your link. Also, if someone criticizes your site in a respectful manner, do not get upset. Take their suggestions seriously and apply them to your site. I mean, that's why you are posting it here isn't it? Not just to gain members but to gain criticism? Well, that's all I have for you, keep an eye out for updates and please be sure to read the rest of this thread! -----signature----- Star Wars: Episode I - The Chosen One (Star Wars Saga Reboot/Re-Imagining) http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/27764984/p1/?1 COME TO FAN SITES!!!!
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jedimasterbac Title: Fan Sites Manager Registered: Jun '04	Date Posted: 7/14 9:37pm Subject: RE: Welcome to Fan Sites! - Date Edited: 7/15 10:07am (1 edits total) Edited By: jedimasterbac
	Fan Sites Index This is the Fan Sites forum index. If you have already created a thread about your site, please feel free to send your information to Jedimasterbac to have your site properly indexed to your wishes. Please be aware that this index is going through a significant overhaul in an attempt to put together the largest possible listing of fan websites on the internet. Until that is done, Jedimasterbac will be maintaining the index here. If you have any questions, please feel free to send him a private Message. While we are located locating new sites every day, you are again welcome to send Jedimasterbac a PM with information about your site in this format. Site Title & Link: Administrator(s): General Description: Genre: Keywords: Notes: Also, please make use of the following common terms and abbreviations list below. Many are common terms used in the Fan Fiction forum and Index. Also many new one's are included in the list from different fandoms. If you have any that you'd like to see added and used in this list, please PM the Index Keeper for this forum and changes will be made. H/L - Han/Leia L/M - Luke/Mara Ani/Ami, A/P, or A/A - Anakin and Amidala (Padmé) Obidala - Obi-Wan/Amidala EU - Expanded Universe (all of the books) PT - Episodes 1-3, the prequel trilogy OT - Episodes 4-6, the original trilogy TPM - The Phantom Menace AotC - Attack of the Clones ANH - A New Hope ESB - The Empire Strikes Back RotJ - Return of the Jedi inter-trilogy - between the two trilogies AU - alternate universe OC - original (author-originated) characters EU - Expanded Universe GFFA - Galaxy Far, Far Away humor - lots of silliness (A further list of terms and abbreviations) LOTR - Lord of the Rings HP - Harry Potter RP - Role Play Sci-Fi - Science Fiction Fantasty - Fictional Collectors - Collectors of merchandise. PHP - general-purpose scripting language used for Web development and can be embedded into HTML. (Hypertext Preprocessor) VBScript - Visual Basic Scripting. Jan 2007 Site Title & Link: Battlestar Galactica: The Colonial Fleet Administrator(s): Errant_Venture General Description: Hello all, I'd like to pimp out the website of an organization I helped co-found a month ago at DragonCon, its the Colonial Fleet boys and girls. Basically we're a BSG costuming group and our goal is to increase awareness of Battlestar Galactica wether its old or new, find like-minded fans and to put on one helluva BSG event at next years DragonCon. Genre: Battlestar Galactica Keywords: Costuming, Battlestar Galactica Notes: Site Title & Link: Star_Wars_Fanatics Administrator(s): WolverineoftheOrs General Description: A nice little forum, which has been going for some time now. It's just never taken off, but the potential is there. Feel free to sign up and help the forum grow. Genre: Star Wars Keywords: Star Wars Notes: Message Board Site Title & Link: anakin and his angel Administrator(s): JediJen-aaha General Description: Anakin and His Angel has been around for nearly six years. This is a Prequel Star Wars website centered around Anakin & Padme Skywalker. We have been providing fans with the latest news, interaction, media, and information for a long time, but I have to admit, things are slowing down. Most of my staff (and even myself) have become busy with our offline lives. I need more people to come and join me to keep AAHA running. I wish to work more on AAHA rather than just News, Links, Wallpaper Calendars, etc... And to do that I need more people to post News, and such. Genre: Star Wars Keywords: Anakin, Padme Notes: A Star Wars website dedicated to Anakin and Padme Skywalker. Site Title & Link: the007agency Administrator(s): WolverineoftheOrs General Description: Alright, it's got no members, but you can make a difference. I've just finished making it, and I assure you, it's nothing special. I will be constantly chipping and changing, just slowly making general improvements to the forum. Just sign up, and start posting. Genre: 007 Keywords: 007, James Bond Notes: A James Bond dedicated community. Site Title & Link: Rebelslair Administrator(s): Wildcatbrian General Description: started this Star Wars discussion forum in late August. I now have 24 members and growing. Which is really not too bad considering how many star wars message boards there are. Also a lot of those 17 members are pretty active. The designs of this board are pretty simple. I like the way I have my layout because it is clean and neat. Make sure to check out the Expanded Universe board (where you can learn and discuss) and the Star Wars Vault board (where you get your SW entertainment fix with Fan Films, Music videos, and pictures). You must join to see those boards. I thought making this forum would be a lot of fun and it sure has been. What do you think? Genre: Star Wars Keywords: Star Wars, Star Wars media Notes: A Star Wars dedicated community. Site Title & Link: aotearoaoutpost and gadventures Administrator(s): Farra_Sti General Description: Farra's Star Wars Corner This is my costuming website and on it is information about my costumes, information and pictures of events I've worn my costume to/in, information about other star wars items I own and links to my star wars fan fiction. If you visit please do sign my guestbook and let me know what you think of my site. Star Wars Galatic Adventures This is my Star Wars RP forums. We desperately need more members as the site is pretty dead at the moment and more members would help to revive the rps. The rp is set at any time you like in the star wars saga and the storylines do not have to stick to the cannonical storylines. Genre: Star Wars Keywords: Costumes, Role Play Notes: Two Star Wars dedicated websites. Site Title & Link: ryjali Administrator(s): RYAN J General Description: Hey all! I've recently created a small Fan-made Star Wars website! There is a guestbook on my site, so feel free to sign it!! The submissions will be posted only after I have approved them. So any entry's with rude comments or sayings will not be posted. Genre: Star Wars Keywords: Fan Site Notes: Star Wars Site Title & Link: darksideoftheforce Administrator(s): Mathandal, Grand Master Vander General Description: Government Style: There are currently three governments on the site. The first, Galactic Meeting Council, controls all OOC and Neutral areas of the forum, and it also make big decision regarding the site. The Jedi High Council and Grand Sith Council are the government over their two areas. Genre:Role Play, Star Wars Keywords: Role Play Notes: Star Wars Site Title & Link: mnlan.net Administrator(s): Niteryder General Description: Quite a while ago I was working on a project to give Fan Film users (you) the ability to drop your videos somewhere where everyone can see. Needless to say, the interface was clunky and it was not exactly pretty to use. However, it did work and people liked it. What I decided to do is spend some coin and put something nice online for people to use. I tried a lot of things and none worked well and none were universal as far as compatibility was concerned. I finally put something together that seems to be decent. It converts just about any video format to Flash so people don't need any special players. It has a nice interface, it's easy to use, and it works. It is similar to what YouTube uses. You might be asking, why would I use your site when I can just use Youtube or Google Videos? Simple.. The quality and sound is ten-fold what Youtube or Google uses. We work hard on our videos and there is no reason to compress them into oblivion so then look like crap! Anyway, I hope you guys/gals like it because I do. I am also looking for members who are interested in contributing to this project to help and develop the website with me. A PHP programmer would be nice. But anyone can contribute. Genre: Fan Films Keywords: Fan Films Notes: Fan Films Site Title & Link: celebrationeurope Administrator(s): jamesehomepage General Description: I have started a website dedicated to Celebration Europe, and you can find it at http://www.freewebs.com/celebrationeurope/ It includes news, a event guide, a forum, for fans to discuss Celebration Europe, a guestbook for people to sign if they are going, and also a page where people can put down their views on if Celebration Europe is going to be good or bad. Genre: Celebration Europe, Star Wars Keywords: Celebration Europe Notes: Dedicated to Celebration Europe. Site Title & Link: FantasyBattles Administrator(s): lordhaze General Description: Fantasybattles is a site that my readers pick there favourite Star wars / fantasy characters and they are then put into the fantasybattle arena to battle it out to see who would come out on top.Also the site includes just cool stuff from sci-fi /star wars and general geek culture. Genre: Star Wars Keywords: Role Play, Fantasy characters Notes: Star Wars September 2007 Site Title & Link: Star Wars Resurrection http://www.starwarsresurrection.com/ Administrator(s): Rick Johnson General Description: Resurrection is a fan film site dedicated to the fans that made it happen and to the Star Wars galaxy we all cherish. Genre: Old Republic Keywords: Darth Bane, Lord Kaan, Brotherhood of Darkness, Thought Bomb, Ruusan, Notes: ‘A Star Wars Film by Fans’ Site Title & Link: LegacyNJO.com - Legacy of the new jedi order Administrator(s): Saith General Description: LegacyNJO.com covers everything that is related to the Star Wars galaxy from 25 ABY (the beginning of the NJO in the in-universe timeline). It also contains facts and visuals from prevous work that are connected in some way with characters, organisations or events presented in the new jedi order, legacy of the force, or the legacy comics. In addition to the informative sections the site has a forum, a and big image gallery. Genre: Star Wars Keywords: Expanded universe, NJO, LOTF, Legacy, Community Notes: A NJO/LOTF/Legacy community with lots of media February 2008 Title: EU Cantina.net A brief description: EU Cantina.net is a fan site dedicated to brining fans EU news, guides to getting started, chronology, a podcast (EUCast), and other very cool features. Link: www.eucantina.net Title : Galactic Empire Network Description : A fan site dedicated to celebrating the Star Wars Saga and its fans. With Images, Sounds, Forums, Interactive Maps, Fiction, Fonts, News, (Star Wars AND Entertainment)...and much much more URL : http://www.galacticempire.net Title: EU Cantina.net A brief description: EU Cantina.net is a fan site dedicated to brining fans EU news, guides to getting started, chronology, a podcast (EUCast), and other very cool features. Link: www.eucantina.net -----signature----- Star Wars: Episode I - The Chosen One (Star Wars Saga Reboot/Re-Imagining) http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/27764984/p1/?1 COME TO FAN SITES!!!!
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jedimasterbac Title: Fan Sites Manager Registered: Jun '04	Date Posted: 7/14 9:38pm Subject: RE: Welcome to Fan Sites! - Date Edited: 7/14 10:00pm (1 edits total) Edited By: jedimasterbac
	Webmaster Resources This is a compilation of the latest and greatest resources and just about anything else that's helpful in the process of making your Fan Site. You can find just about everything you need to know in making a fan site in this thread. Feel free to add your own links and suggestions to the mix - just please keep the discussion of programs and such to their respective topics. Code Tutorials & Resources Software Tutorials & Resources Design Resources Web Hosting Websites Features FTP Miscellaneous Resources This resource has been compiled by jedi-mind-tricks and Jedimasterbac. Code Tutorials & Resources HTML Brinkster HTML Code Bank HTML Code Chart HTML Goodies - The Basics HTML Hex Code Color Wheel HTML Tips & Tricks Special Character HTML Chart Webmonkey - HTML Tutorials Javascript Dynamic Drive Free Java Script Codes HotScripts.com Java Script Source The Free Site - Java Script The Java Script Corral The Java Script Learning Center Webmonkey - Javascript Tutorials CGI CGI biz Free CGI Scripts Hosted Scripts.com HotScripts.com CSS CSS Guide CNET CSS Builder Intro to CSS Intro to Style The Complete CSS Tutorial Webmonkey - CSS Tutorial PHP php.net PHPBuilder SQL MySQL Website DevShed's MySQL Section Software Tutorials & Resources Adobe Photoshop Adobe Evangelists Building Banners with Photoshop 5.5 CNET Photoshop Tips Jay Arraich’s Photoshop Elements Tips Photoshop Roadmap (Tutorials, downloads, plugins) Photoshop Tutorials Photoshop Tips Photoshop Tutorials Photoshop Tutorials Ultimate Photoshop Tutorial List Macromedia Dreamweaver Dreamweaver Tutorials Dreamweaver Tutorials Dreamweaver Tutorials iBoost - Dreamweaver Tutorials Macromedia Flash 5.0/MX Actionscripts - Flash Tutorials & Resources Advanced Flash Tutorials Flash Tutorials Flash 5.0 Tutorials Flash MX Tutorials Flashkit.com Macromedia Flash Tutorial Miscellaneous Tutorials Pixel 2 Life Design Resources Fonts 1001 Free Fonts Acid Fonts Blam Bot FontFreak Fonts.com PC Fonts Sketchpad Wanted Fonts Photoshop Actions ActionFX Action Addiction The Action Exchange Paint Shop Pro Tubes Jane's Tubes Kandy's Tubes How to Make a Tube Tubes for PSP Tubes 101 Star Wars Photographs Alderaan Online Grilled-Sarlacc's Spice Mine ThePsychotic.com TheForce.net Multimedia Photographs, Backgrounds & Borders Absolute Background Textures Archive Boogie Jack's Lightsaber Effect Tutorials Lightsaber Tutorial - Photoshop 5.5 Lightsaber Tutorial - Photoshop 6.0 Lightsaber Tutorial - Paint Shop Pro 7.0 Web Hosting Hosting - Free (ads may be included) Brinkster Dreamwater Freewebz Geocities Homestead Web1000 100WebSpace.Com Hosting - Paid 1T3 - NOTE: Only use this if you are looking for someone to steal your money and then pretend like you never existed 34sp.com Aplus.net Direct NIC Doteasy.com IDSoft.com WebAxxs Websites Features Message Boards Aimoo ChatArea cgi2you.com Ezboard phpBB YaBB Guestbooks 1001 Webmaster Tools AntiBS.com Bravenet.com Dreambook efreeguestbook.com imean.com Guestbook Central Guestbook Depot Counters 1001 Webmaster Tools Bravenet.com Digits.com Extreme Tracking GoStats.com Visitor Counters Chat Rooms Bravenet.com Chat-Forum.com Chatters Online Quick Chat Other Features (Polls, Greeting Cards, Email) 1001 Webmaster Tools Polls, Greeting Cards - Bravenet.com Visitor Email (visitor@yoursite.com) - Everyone.net Polls - AntiBS.com FTP FTP FAQs FTP 101 - A Beginner's Guide FTP 101 for the Mac FTP 101 for Windows Program Downloads: PC Bulletproof FTP cuteFTP FTPEx Program Downloads: Mac Fetch Interarchy RBrowserLite Transmit2 Miscellaneous Resources Add Me - Website Promotion Code Validators (HTML, CSS) 10 Big Myths about copyright explained HTML Hex Code Color Wheel Web Developer's Virtual Library -----signature----- Star Wars: Episode I - The Chosen One (Star Wars Saga Reboot/Re-Imagining) http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/27764984/p1/?1 COME TO FAN SITES!!!!
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jedimasterbac Title: Fan Sites Manager Registered: Jun '04	Date Posted: 7/14 9:38pm Subject: RE: Welcome to Fan Sites!
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