Welcome to Fan Sites!

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/

 

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 Dragon*Con, 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 Dragon*Con.
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

 

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

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