Alliance website

[nenearen]

I have had a few requests for an alliance website. As the Blitzers have their own hosting space (kindly on one of our members servers) I can basically create anything we want.

The alliance website could basically have all the features that the Blitzers website has. For those who want to know the backend, I would be trying to hook it into the Blitzers forum, gallery and own database tables with a different interface on the front.

I don't mind putting the work into the website because I feel, like those who have requested it, that it would be great to have a central place for information and I would like to give those guilds without a website their own forum for communication.

But before I start creating a beast, I want to make sure that a majority of people actually want it and would use it. I would also like some helpers. Before you run away you don't need to be technically savy about websites to help!

The main help I will need is with the content. The website will need:
* An alliance name or a website name – my suggestion would be something that represented meeting place if it is just a website name
* Introduction to the guild
* A piece about each of the guilds
* Images of alliance members I can shrink, cut out resize etc if needed
* Anything else you think to put up there

The second piece of help is I would like designs or design ideas. If there is anybody creative out there it is your time to shine. I am taking either full designs or even just suggestions.

So in summary I want to know:
a) If you want the website and think people will use it
b) If you have any content to add to the website
c) If you have any designs or ideas

The website will live at
gw.theblitzers.org/alliance
currently I have a small starting point up there.

[Volitar]

I think an alliance website would be a great idea and would help to organize a lot of things and help people to get to know their fellow allies a lot better. I can help you with organizing pictures of as many Scouts as I can. I can also get the names of all their characters and what profession they play as. I can also help in whatever other way is needed.

I don't know the first thing about designing a website though.

Oh, and we have a short write up about the Scouts that was written by Kaia, our leader.

scoutsoftyria.proboards41.com/index.cgi?board=allies&action=display&thread=1144577898

[Cerryl Nyrim]

I think an alliance website would be a great idea.

[Dana Hawkeye]

Great idea.

If you want copies of the guides that i have witten, give me a call and i'll e-mail them to you.

[Radicc Tyranntt]

I don't know what all you have in mind but I can help with stuff. I used to work in hosting, best job I ever had to quit(crappy story, you don't really care to here). Alot of the stuff I think up would look a lot better on an acutal site then me sticking up here on the forum. I won't be giving up the scouts forum though. I like it here.


oh and btw this is scarey: gw.theblitzers.org/alliance/
I do believe it needs a good bit of work, looks like it was generated by one of those templete wizards.

[Jaxx Skraxis]

Sounds like a good idea. It would give a central place for all of us to meet as well as to send prospective new Allies to. Also it would be a great place for info like Dana's guides to reside for everyone to get a look at. I'll try to lend a hand where ever I can. ;D

[Zalis]

I might be able to lend a graphical hand, depending on what you need.

[Jersey Angel]

Sounds like a good plan......maybe call it "The Round Table"............or something like that..........

[Lago Mortis]

I think a Alliance site is a nice idea.

Perfect place to put in announcements for events and longer trips. It is always hard to get a Deep/UW/FoW party up early enough for a long 5-8 hour run, especially if you enter UW through Lornars Pass. We have a couple of times ended up finish trips at 4-7 AM, when everybody have a hard time keeping awake. A place to put up announcements for these kind of trips would be nice.

I have written some necro guides, and we have also collected some experiences during FoW/UW/Deep trips that I can help put together.

It might also a good place to put some recommendations for how to use the Alliance chat and how to behave in parties. Nice to be able to show for applying members/guilds.

Regards,
Lago Mortis

[nenearen]

From the overwealming yes responses in a short time the website will go ahead.

I think I have mostly worked out how to get the forum up and running to display blitzers stuff on the blitzers website and alliance stuff on the alliance website. In works on paper but we will see when I code it.

I have meetings at night for the rest of the week, so further development will happen this weekend. I should get something functional (not pretty) up and running. This will include a forum and news on the home page.

One of my guild members has offered to provide a design of the website. He is looking at a luxon themed website so a luxon meeting place name might be good for the title of the website. More suggestions are always welcomed.

I have killed the green background and replaced with a grey. If you don't like the grey I will make it cyan, magenta, yellow and black in true developer style The website is not from a template its just what I normally start with xhtml wise (page, banner, nav, content, footer) then apply the pretty css styles to lay it out when I have a design.

Thanks for all the offers of help. When I get the forum up we will arrange a place to put all of it.

[nenearen]

Well I have to retract my promise of functionality this weekend. A closer then it was meant to be deadline has arrived on my doorstep and aims to destroy any free time over the next 3 weeks.

After then progress will return.

[nenearen]

The alliance website is ready for people to use. It will evolve over time. All information about the website is posted in the forums.

gw.theblitzers.org/alliance/index.php

Please spread the word.

Nenearen

[Zalis]

Where did Turtle Rock come from?

[nenearen]

Turtle rock was a suggestion from Stydracos at 1:00am in the morning. When everybody has registered and things settle down we will start the alliance naming discussion up again.

The website is a starting point. It will grow and change over time. For now we need people to register and start contributing.