Daeher
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Post by Daeher on Apr 15, 2009 20:38:53 GMT -5
So I want to work in the gaming industry later on in life, and I want to amass a lot of experience. One of the things I did was get a job at EA Mobile where I currently work as a QA Tester. Now, I want to open up a website and start being a game critic. What should I use to create a free website? any help is appreciated  |
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KuroNeko
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Post by KuroNeko on Apr 15, 2009 22:07:52 GMT -5
If you're going to go for doing game reviews and such, I think you'll want something Blog-y, for example Livejournal or Wordpress. I've used Livejournal veeery minimally, but I've heard both are very powerful and have lots of customization that's more or less on par with making a site from scratch. I know of a ton of Music critics who open up sites on LJ/Wordpress, so I'd say give that a shot. Another thing would be to check out Videogame sites that allow anyone to submit editorials/articles/reviews. One that comes to mind is www.rpgamer.com. Obviously, it's only for RPGs, but they let anyone submit reviews and articles, but it's not like it'll be you + 5000 other people doing it each week, so you should get some recognition from doing those. Otherwise, there's the slightly limited but really easy-to-use Freewebs.com, which makes site-building super super easy, but it gets sort of limited after a while. But it's good if you're not willing to learn HTML/CSS/any type of coding. If you're really looking to be professional, I guess learning HTML/CSS to code your own website, learning Photoshop (or finding someone who knows it well enough) to design the layout, and buying a Domain would be the way to go. I'm a little less educated on the whole domain-buying thing as I've never done it, but there you go. Good luck! |
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Daeher
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Post by Daeher on Apr 15, 2009 22:10:02 GMT -5
Thanks Kuro!
do you know any good HTML/CSS tutorial sites?
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KuroNeko
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Post by KuroNeko on Apr 17, 2009 21:24:15 GMT -5
I don't, unfortunately, but I can't imagine they're too hard to find. Have you considered LJ/Wordpress?
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Daeher
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Post by Daeher on Apr 19, 2009 18:40:58 GMT -5
yeah im looking into wordpress and trying to choose where i should host my website
plus i bought a book on HTML, XHTML and CSS
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Post by starrevolution on Apr 21, 2009 20:01:15 GMT -5
This sounds neat I hope you post a link when you make it! ^.^
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Daeher
Seasoned Adventurer
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I am heavy weapons guy
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Post by Daeher on Apr 22, 2009 0:00:37 GMT -5
Production is currently underway as i am planning out the layout and im going to start writing my review for Valkyria Chronicles over the weekend with my Drakar as an editor. hopefully ill be able to convince him to come back to the forums stupid butt munch
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Post by starrevolution on Apr 29, 2009 23:07:53 GMT -5
Keep us updated Daeher! It'll be fun to see what other writing you get up to outside MoM! |
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