Tuesday, August 24, 2010

ToonTown Online Fan Site Advice?

What should I add/take away from my ToonTown Online Fan Site?





http://www.freewebs.com/toontownunited/





I'm looking to get a few people interested, and I'm going to be adding more activities later, but i'm curious what would be a good idea for now? Maybe layout-wise or content-wise.





Any help?ToonTown Online Fan Site Advice?
I liked your site very much. Both the content and the looks are quite good (I esp. liked Crazy Roxy in the Fan Art section :) )





The front page will be great with some changes -- it looks very plain now. You can show some icons for links to forums/announcements etc. Try the Gartoons icons (they're free):


http://zeus.qballcow.nl/icon/


http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gartoo鈥?/a>





Or you can divide this image into three parts and use the individual parts for links:


http://play.toontown.com/playersguide/se鈥?/a>





And hey, why isn't right clicking allowed? -- I know some websites use it so that people can't steal images, but it's considered a bad web-design practice. In reality, it doesn't prevent people from getting your images (for eg., I've link to the above image -- thumbs_takingback.jpg). See http://www.sitepoint.com/article/dont-di鈥?/a>





Also, take some tips from the official ToonTown website:


http://play.toontown.com/webHome.php





To popularize your site, you can have groups at sites like Yahoo! Groups etc., where you can provide a link to your site. You can also form a group at Yahoo! Flickr, the photo sharing site.





Also, if you want some great effects, you can use a JavaScript library like jQuery, Yahoo! UI, mootools or prototype.





For Screenshots/Fan Art, you can use the jQuery ThickBox or LiteBox:


http://jquery.com/demo/thickbox/


http://www.doknowevil.net/litebox/





Also have a look at other demos present at the jQuery Interface website:


http://interface.eyecon.ro/demos/accordi鈥?/a>


http://interface.eyecon.ro/demos/fisheye鈥?/a>


http://interface.eyecon.ro/demos





I guess your site is the first ToonTown fans website ever. Wish you good luck with it!

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