Post by Lady Lillianna on Jun 11, 2008 16:13:09 GMT -5
Hey everyone! Guess who's still alive! Er, well, undead anyway. xD Yes, I haven't forgotten about everyone here at the Other Realm. In fact, I've been thinking about this site and its members much more than usual lately. xP
This post is mainly for those people who don't know how to pay attention to the news fader. x.x I feel that an actual post is bound to get more attention than the news fader. Also, it allows me to babble on as much as I wish to. ^^
I apologize YET AGAIN for my extended abscence, but now I am back and ready to get things going! I graduated high school last Saturday [woo hoo!] so now I'm really left with a lot of free time. Don't get me wrong, I have a lot to do this summer. Learn to drive [yes, you're favorite admin still can't drive], register for college classes, and a few other personal goals I'm hoping to achieve by the arrival of fall. I'm going to be majoring in interactive media, aiming for a career as a webmaster, so hopefully that should only make me more driven to keep up with the site. =]
For a while, my love for the Other Realm just seemed to sort of die a bit and I couldn't really figure out why. Recently, I've thought it over and realized several things that could be done to make the site a better place. Wow, now I sound like I'm trying to change the world. o.o
I'll start with the simple stuff. Non-active members. I deleted them. I'm not talking about the people who have 142 posts but haven't been on in a few months. I'm talking about the people who signed up, didn't do anything, and haven't been on in a year or so. Hell, some people signed up and didn't even log in at all. There were a few exceptions however. I left accounts of people I know in real life in case they should wish to sign up again at another time. I also tried to leave subaccounts of active members. If I did not delete any subaccounts of yours that you would like deleted or wouldn't mind being deleted, just let me know.
Moving on. As usual, I'm taking any and all suggestions regarding the site. Anything from board suggestions to events you might like to see or ways to advertise for new members. If you have any ideas at all, just post them on the suggestions board or message me. I'm always interested in ideas of the members! =3
Next on the "list of shit I need to spit out before I forget", we the admins [Or well, we the active-ish admins, being myself and Nikki] are POSSIBLY looking for another admin. *Gasp* Now, we currently really only have one person in mind, but we may also be giving a few active members moderator positions. This is assuming that we will be getting more members in the [hopefully near] future. If you are interested in a mod position, let us know [and please inform us on why you think you would make a good mod] and we'll get back to you. Note, mods do not have the same powers as admins. Mods have a good amount of board control, such as locking, moving or deleting posts or threads if necessary but are not allowed access to the admin panel which controls the other functions of the site.
Last of the little news, I'm planning on possibly having a meeting prior to the Other Realm convention. This meeting will most likely just be for admins and mods to get together and discuss the events for the actual conventiony type thing. Fun stuff.
Now, onto... THE BIG NEWS!! o.o
This is the one that is going to end up taking me forever to explain and get all the details out. Over the next few months, I'm going to be working on moving the site from proboards to yet another new location.
Why?
Because THE OTHER REALM IS FINALLY GETTING IT'S OWN DOMAIN!! =D =D =D
Come on people, rejoyce with me. DO THE WAVE!! Lmao.
Yes, after being in existance for six years solely through the use of free hosting sites, The Other Realm is finally going to have it's own domain! ^^ This is where I'm MASSIVELY going to need help and input from all the members who plan on making that transition with me, and I hope that means all of you. =)
The site is going to be designed and coded by myself, with the input of the other admins and mods. I'm not exactly sure as to where it's going to be hosted because getting up is mostly Zethrus' job. I'm just making the thing, he's actually getting it up, and paying for it, because he's amazing. Thank you to my wonderful Zethy! <33
Now, the designing of the site is still in the rough stage. I'm putting the basic page layout together currently, so if you have any ideas for pages or whatnot, please let me know soon. Obviously there is going to be the home page, which will lead you into the site. Dur. Once you're in, there will be the news and updates page and links to other pages. There will be a basic storyline / plot / setting page. If you have any input on that or you want to help with the storyline, BY ALL MEANS, feel free to message me and we can totally collaborate!! I'm going to try to keep it vague enough to the point where everyone's characters will still fit into the mix perfectly.
There will also be a characters page. I'm excited about this one. I'm so tired of the disorganization of the boards because it gets so confusing. Therefore, every character profile gets it's own page. Here are the conditions. You have to have your profile up for viewing by the admins and up to date so that we can approve it or ask you to add to it, etc. The second condition is that you need to have ONE picture of your character for use on the characters page that I will be designing. Note the word one. Either have someone draw your character for you or find a picture that looks 100% like them. This is to avoid putting up four pictures because one if of your characters hair and another is their outfit, etc. It gets irritating. I'm officially lifting the ban on character race limitations. Your characters can now be whatever your little mind dreams up. Keep in mind you still shouldn't have more than a few main characters. That way you can keep up with them and keep them detailed and in depth. Always makes the plot that much richer. And there is still no power play allowed, but that should be common sense. It's in the rules. xD The page will be in an image map format so that when you click on the character's picture, it will take you to their profile. How nifty. So if you want to be on that page, it's important that you send me a message with the profile information you want up and the picture or a link to the picture you're going to be using. If you want to change anything in your character's profile or change their picture once it's up, that however, is fine. Just let me know and I can do that.
There's obviously going to be a link to the forums, but there will probably be new forums, BETTER forums from what I'm told. With a lot more customization opportunities, so hopefully that will all work out for us. We have WAY too many boards at the moment. It takes like, five minutes to get down the page. So we're looking into maybe more ways to separate the boards into sections instead of just having them all right there taking up such a huge space. You get the idea. These boards will still be up, more so as an archive though. We'll try to get things up and going on the new boards as soon as they're up. xP
There's more than likely going to be a chat. There's ALWAYS got to be some kind of chat. Hopefully this one will be more convenient than the one we have now. o.o I can't stand this one.
A links page. To put links to other sites you think people might enjoy and to have people link to us.
Mayhaps an art / photos page of some sort where we can put up members' submissions.
Maybe a media page? Somewhere to put videos or music, etc.
A contact page apparently, so that people can contact the admins.
If anyone has any other ideas, feel free to post them here or let me know.
And now, the biggest issue. The site needs a name and I fear that we may have to kiss "The Other Realm" goodbye. It's been fantastic and in my heart it will always be "The Other Realm", but we have to think about what the domain name will actually be. www.theotherrealm.com is already taken. I believe www.otherrealm.com is still available, but at the same time I feel like it doesn't totally cover the story our characters are involved in. Until we come up with something, post any suggestions you have here on anything, be it page ideas, site names, storyline ideas. Whatever. I need input! =D
Current site ideas:
www.otherrealm.com
www.realmofvalamor.com
www.shadowsofvalamor.com
Yeah, Valamor is what we were currently thinking for the name of the fictional realm where all of this is taking place. XD
Now, get to it and give us some ideas!! x3
Compliments of the Administrative Staff!
† Elvira K. Sliveida †
-:: Nikkolus Mamono ::-
This post is mainly for those people who don't know how to pay attention to the news fader. x.x I feel that an actual post is bound to get more attention than the news fader. Also, it allows me to babble on as much as I wish to. ^^
I apologize YET AGAIN for my extended abscence, but now I am back and ready to get things going! I graduated high school last Saturday [woo hoo!] so now I'm really left with a lot of free time. Don't get me wrong, I have a lot to do this summer. Learn to drive [yes, you're favorite admin still can't drive], register for college classes, and a few other personal goals I'm hoping to achieve by the arrival of fall. I'm going to be majoring in interactive media, aiming for a career as a webmaster, so hopefully that should only make me more driven to keep up with the site. =]
For a while, my love for the Other Realm just seemed to sort of die a bit and I couldn't really figure out why. Recently, I've thought it over and realized several things that could be done to make the site a better place. Wow, now I sound like I'm trying to change the world. o.o
I'll start with the simple stuff. Non-active members. I deleted them. I'm not talking about the people who have 142 posts but haven't been on in a few months. I'm talking about the people who signed up, didn't do anything, and haven't been on in a year or so. Hell, some people signed up and didn't even log in at all. There were a few exceptions however. I left accounts of people I know in real life in case they should wish to sign up again at another time. I also tried to leave subaccounts of active members. If I did not delete any subaccounts of yours that you would like deleted or wouldn't mind being deleted, just let me know.
Moving on. As usual, I'm taking any and all suggestions regarding the site. Anything from board suggestions to events you might like to see or ways to advertise for new members. If you have any ideas at all, just post them on the suggestions board or message me. I'm always interested in ideas of the members! =3
Next on the "list of shit I need to spit out before I forget", we the admins [Or well, we the active-ish admins, being myself and Nikki] are POSSIBLY looking for another admin. *Gasp* Now, we currently really only have one person in mind, but we may also be giving a few active members moderator positions. This is assuming that we will be getting more members in the [hopefully near] future. If you are interested in a mod position, let us know [and please inform us on why you think you would make a good mod] and we'll get back to you. Note, mods do not have the same powers as admins. Mods have a good amount of board control, such as locking, moving or deleting posts or threads if necessary but are not allowed access to the admin panel which controls the other functions of the site.
Last of the little news, I'm planning on possibly having a meeting prior to the Other Realm convention. This meeting will most likely just be for admins and mods to get together and discuss the events for the actual conventiony type thing. Fun stuff.
Now, onto... THE BIG NEWS!! o.o
This is the one that is going to end up taking me forever to explain and get all the details out. Over the next few months, I'm going to be working on moving the site from proboards to yet another new location.
Why?
Because THE OTHER REALM IS FINALLY GETTING IT'S OWN DOMAIN!! =D =D =D
Come on people, rejoyce with me. DO THE WAVE!! Lmao.
Yes, after being in existance for six years solely through the use of free hosting sites, The Other Realm is finally going to have it's own domain! ^^ This is where I'm MASSIVELY going to need help and input from all the members who plan on making that transition with me, and I hope that means all of you. =)
The site is going to be designed and coded by myself, with the input of the other admins and mods. I'm not exactly sure as to where it's going to be hosted because getting up is mostly Zethrus' job. I'm just making the thing, he's actually getting it up, and paying for it, because he's amazing. Thank you to my wonderful Zethy! <33
Now, the designing of the site is still in the rough stage. I'm putting the basic page layout together currently, so if you have any ideas for pages or whatnot, please let me know soon. Obviously there is going to be the home page, which will lead you into the site. Dur. Once you're in, there will be the news and updates page and links to other pages. There will be a basic storyline / plot / setting page. If you have any input on that or you want to help with the storyline, BY ALL MEANS, feel free to message me and we can totally collaborate!! I'm going to try to keep it vague enough to the point where everyone's characters will still fit into the mix perfectly.
There will also be a characters page. I'm excited about this one. I'm so tired of the disorganization of the boards because it gets so confusing. Therefore, every character profile gets it's own page. Here are the conditions. You have to have your profile up for viewing by the admins and up to date so that we can approve it or ask you to add to it, etc. The second condition is that you need to have ONE picture of your character for use on the characters page that I will be designing. Note the word one. Either have someone draw your character for you or find a picture that looks 100% like them. This is to avoid putting up four pictures because one if of your characters hair and another is their outfit, etc. It gets irritating. I'm officially lifting the ban on character race limitations. Your characters can now be whatever your little mind dreams up. Keep in mind you still shouldn't have more than a few main characters. That way you can keep up with them and keep them detailed and in depth. Always makes the plot that much richer. And there is still no power play allowed, but that should be common sense. It's in the rules. xD The page will be in an image map format so that when you click on the character's picture, it will take you to their profile. How nifty. So if you want to be on that page, it's important that you send me a message with the profile information you want up and the picture or a link to the picture you're going to be using. If you want to change anything in your character's profile or change their picture once it's up, that however, is fine. Just let me know and I can do that.
There's obviously going to be a link to the forums, but there will probably be new forums, BETTER forums from what I'm told. With a lot more customization opportunities, so hopefully that will all work out for us. We have WAY too many boards at the moment. It takes like, five minutes to get down the page. So we're looking into maybe more ways to separate the boards into sections instead of just having them all right there taking up such a huge space. You get the idea. These boards will still be up, more so as an archive though. We'll try to get things up and going on the new boards as soon as they're up. xP
There's more than likely going to be a chat. There's ALWAYS got to be some kind of chat. Hopefully this one will be more convenient than the one we have now. o.o I can't stand this one.
A links page. To put links to other sites you think people might enjoy and to have people link to us.
Mayhaps an art / photos page of some sort where we can put up members' submissions.
Maybe a media page? Somewhere to put videos or music, etc.
A contact page apparently, so that people can contact the admins.
If anyone has any other ideas, feel free to post them here or let me know.
And now, the biggest issue. The site needs a name and I fear that we may have to kiss "The Other Realm" goodbye. It's been fantastic and in my heart it will always be "The Other Realm", but we have to think about what the domain name will actually be. www.theotherrealm.com is already taken. I believe www.otherrealm.com is still available, but at the same time I feel like it doesn't totally cover the story our characters are involved in. Until we come up with something, post any suggestions you have here on anything, be it page ideas, site names, storyline ideas. Whatever. I need input! =D
Current site ideas:
www.realmofvalamor.com
www.shadowsofvalamor.com
Yeah, Valamor is what we were currently thinking for the name of the fictional realm where all of this is taking place. XD
Now, get to it and give us some ideas!! x3
Compliments of the Administrative Staff!
† Elvira K. Sliveida †
-:: Nikkolus Mamono ::-