Topic: [Grinder] So what makes a good indie website?
Started by: sandmanx
Started on: 8/8/2005
Board: Publishing
On 8/8/2005 at 1:22am, sandmanx wrote:
[Grinder] So what makes a good indie website?
Greetings Gamers,
I was noticing everybody had a website to go with their products. What do you feel is important in a website? I just started to build mine for the game I'm making. Has anybody seen something really cool they would put on a website? I included my url, but it is brand new. (not a lot of content yet) I put a few hours into it, and of course it will develop as I get more feedback.
http://members.cox.net/dobbsplace/index.htm
-Sandman
On 8/8/2005 at 3:14am, Andrew Morris wrote:
Re: [Grinder] So what makes a good indie website?
I think one of the first things you should consider is the URL. Three things to remember: keep it short, keep it simple, and keep it short. While free sites with non-specific URLs might work early on, they really do convey a lack of professionalism. As Clinton says in his article How to Make Your Own Role-playing Game (Cheap), free sites lead to "the drug-addled madness that can occur such as 'http://users.freecrap.com/BigApple/~game43a2." To be blunt, that was the first thing I noticed about your site...no way in hell am I ever going to remember that URL.
On the up side, your site is clean and easy to read, which is very important.
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On 8/8/2005 at 2:59pm, Sifolis wrote:
RE: Re: [Grinder] So what makes a good indie website?
I say howdy hi.
The web-site thing can be a nightmare...one i admit im afraid to embark upon. if your going for a professional url (and you should...) then what im about to show you is prolly not the road you want to take....but if your not too anal about having a pro-domain, this may help you.
google ".tk"
its run by a small island community, they use a simple redirection link system that can allow people a short cut to any site. our band uses this, since the band is more of a hobby then a professional music endevor.
www.drkweb.tk will lead you t our geocities site...the real url is dredfully long, but the ".tk" site makes it easy to find my simply redirecting you. there will be one pop-up but other then that, you will be able to get a name like
www.grinder.tk
check it out....if you care.
On 8/8/2005 at 3:36pm, Jack Aidley wrote:
RE: Re: [Grinder] So what makes a good indie website?
You need to unify your website, make it have a common look-and-feel and maintain the sidebar in all pages. At the moment it feels like a disconnected set of pages, each done in a conflicting style. The front page layout is ok, but you need to sort that graphic out so it looks right at that res.
And pay for a proper domain name, nothing screams clueless amateur like www.freehost.com/whatever/my_pages.htm
On 8/8/2005 at 3:37pm, Jack Aidley wrote:
RE: Re: [Grinder] So what makes a good indie website?
And since I may as well put my money where my mouth is, check out the two links in my sig to see what I think a low budget indie website should look like.
On 8/8/2005 at 8:50pm, sandmanx wrote:
RE: Re: [Grinder] So what makes a good indie website?
Thanks for the tips so far. The website you are looking at for Grinder is just a test run site. Only you guys have the address. The real site will go up shortly with the more professional name is acquired. I will run to see some of the sites for advice.