[note]Two things. First off, I wasn't really sure what forum to put this in. I figured it belonged either here or in the Dragon's Den. If this should be moved, please feel free to put it where it belongs.
The other thing is simply that this is copy/pasted from a post I made in another forum, though there is some minor editing for the sake of people who are already familiar with some of the gaming terminology.[/note]
I recently found the SRD for a game that I think looks interesting, and I'm trying to figure out a way to host it online. I already have a multi-user installation of WordPress, and I'm planning on using a site on that to host it, but I don't know how to format it for the best presentation. A basic setup with the pages listed in the sidebar works fine for now, but I don't think it would scale very well.
This is what I have right now: Open Darkness SRD (http://sdragon.0sites.net/wordpress/opendarkness)
What I'm hoping for is something like the d20 Hypertext SRD, or maybe even a better format.
Should I just keep it as-is? is there some better way to present a game system with WordPress? If anyone knows how to deal with this sort of stuff, I'm interested in handling this the best way possible.
I did eventually figure out how best to set this thing up. Progress is coming along quite nicely, I think.
Dude, that is one sleek little site you got there. Wordpress is a blog site right?
The drop down menus work very well. I think thats a really cool way to present your stuff. Well done sir.
Looks good. What tools you use aren't as important to the end user as the presentation, readability and understandability. No one's :D or D: I used Wikia for my project - what they want is something that can be digested and enjoyed.
Good work.
M.
Thanks to both of you. While I can't claim any credit to the actual system, I have been putting a lot of work into the site itself.
Sarisa, yeah, Wordpress is designed for blogging, but (as you can see) it can be adapted for other uses as well.
Cheo, those are the points I'm shooting for. I hope I'm achieving them so far!
I think you are. Let us know when you're done; maybe we can celebrate with a one-shot.
M.
feel free to follow the news (http://sdragon.0sites.net/wordpress/opendarkness/news/) feed. I decided that was the best place to put the blog section.
My site comes up as #2 and #3 on Google! Check it out: http://www.google.com/search?q=opening+the+dark+srd&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
I have all of the combat rules up, as well as all of the vehicle rules. There's still quite a bit to do, but it's getting closer and closer to completion.
Of course, once I finish putting up all of the rules, I'll have to go back and clean up the text formatting on a ton of pages... Yelch. Lots of work ahead.
Bump. Injury rules are now up, and I added armor to the combat section. It was put near the end in the file I'm working with, but I figured that was the best place for it.
Oh, and I started on a new section, too...
Some people were commenting on incompatibility with tablet devices. I've taken measures to improve that area. There's now a site map.
I finally have the entire system up, so now I'm moving on to cleaning up junk formatting.
There's really not much more left to put in this thread, now. Instead, the development of the two OtD settings is happening over in this thread: http://www.thecbg.org/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?165403.last