I am working on a website. Suggest stuff here.

hummerwar921 · **Posted:** May 28th, 2007, 2:16 pm

I have been working on creating a cool website for my Runescape career. I've also been writing down a list of features I want to include. This is the current list:

WEBSITE FEATURES

-Banner with dynamis HTML states and a navbar
-Runescape tips and guides
-Screenshots
-Link page
-Guest book
-Hit counter
-Forums
-Runescape blog and goals
-Short biography in introduction
-Imagry tutorials
-Chatroom
-Downloadable eBooks and PDFs
-Recommended free programs
-Embedded YouTube videos
-Contacting info

TUTORIALS

-Animated shine
-Cool HTML states
-Text fading
-Split sig
-Glossy
-Star made in Paint (like the avatar I had before this one)
-Rugged military-style text

LINKS

-RSBandB
-YouTube
-AMC
-Imageshack
-DaFont
-Deviantart
-MakeACountdown

FREE PROGRAMS

-Blender
-Gamemaker
-Tuneup Utilities 2007
-RocketDock
-Quickshot
-Imageshack Toolbar
-Windows Live Messenger
-Xfire
-GIMP

Is there anything else you'd like to see when you go into my website?

Adbot · **Posted:** May 28th, 2007, 2:16 pm

Zachy · **Posted:** May 28th, 2007, 3:11 pm

Free Program - The GIMP.

^^

MattVortex · **Posted:** May 28th, 2007, 3:40 pm

You probably cant hold those programs on your site, but you could write about them and link to them etc.

Guest books are a rubbish idea, especially if you have forums. Forums and a blog with open comments are sufficient. Hit counters are so nineties as well.

Make a kind of articles system of some sort. Have a main page, then a blog for yourself, a section for articles, forums, maybe a chatroom of some sort. Get some other writers in to make articles as well - having more than one person make a website is often better than just the one.

hummerwar921 · **Posted:** May 28th, 2007, 5:01 pm

GIMP is on my list in real life, but I use Photoshop so I didn't want to add it to my site. I guess I will add it though.

Matthew, I know I can't hold the programs on my site. I was going to hyperlink the title to the download page, and have a small blurb under it. I want to have the hit counter to see if my site is popular or not. Also, I will be hiring a crew when my site gets up and running.

Gzpro · **Posted:** May 28th, 2007, 6:52 pm

As far as hit counters I would use http://www.statcounter.com/

hummerwar921 · **Posted:** May 28th, 2007, 6:54 pm

I'm making my own counter. But thanks.

Adbot · **Posted:** May 28th, 2007, 6:54 pm

MattVortex · **Posted:** May 29th, 2007, 1:48 pm

hummerwar921 wrote:

I'm making my own counter. But thanks.

Having site statistics of some sort are a good thing - it lets you see how many hits and things you've had, which is useful. But showing off how many (or how few) visitors your site has had looks a bit terrible usually. Name a popular site that uses a hits counter.

hummerwar921 · **Posted:** May 29th, 2007, 4:34 pm

eBay.

Go to a page where someone is selling something, and scroll down.

You'll most likely always find a counter.

Chief Snake · **Posted:** May 29th, 2007, 10:16 pm

hummerwar921 wrote:

eBay.

Go to a page where someone is selling something, and scroll down.

You'll most likely always find a counter.

Those counters have a purpose. If you don't need a counter, you shouldn't have one - they're a bit out of fashion... Though they were fun to use when I was between the ages of 8 and 10. XD
Matthew knows his stuff. :wink:

Gzpro · **Posted:** May 30th, 2007, 4:24 am

Matthew wrote:

hummerwar921 wrote:

I'm making my own counter. But thanks.

Having site statistics of some sort are a good thing - it lets you see how many hits and things you've had, which is useful. But showing off how many (or how few) visitors your site has had looks a bit terrible usually. Name a popular site that uses a hits counter.

Yeah I like the stat counters because they don't take up space and look stupid.