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by Ebonpyre » Tue Dec 10, 2013 8:25 am
What are the top tips on writing your character's website?For the love of all that is holy, no drop down tabs! There are plenty of ways to organize a character site that are pretty and practical, drop down tabs are ugly, a pain to navigate, and completely impossible if you're on mobile.
Make important information easily accessible. Put all of a character's information on one page, and I suggest having the characters' basics first, with more in depth stuff separate. Name, gender, species/breed, and simple personality should be easily accessible. This especially helps artists - your characters' chinese zodiac, middle name etymology, and preferred type of toothpaste isn't really the kind of stuff artists need to know for drawing your character and it can be a pain trying to muddle through the details to find the basics. I'm not saying you shouldn't add this stuff - just put it in a different section or something.
This is an example of what I do, though I'm planning on adding simple (~5 word) personalities to the basics.
And that's pretty much it.
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by weegeestar5 » Tue Dec 10, 2013 8:25 am
iianto wrote::: Hello! I've been a member for a while now, but that was before I got a fresh start. So I'm going to rejoin this club, under a new name.
username:
:: iianto, but you can call me Io.
most recently obtained character:
:: My new fursona, Ianto;;

favorite character that you own:
:: Probably Ianto, but if not, then Riley
how many characters do you have [rough estimates are okay]:
:: I have 30 characters, and 1 fursona, totaling up to 31.
do you consider yourself a "character hoarder?":
Not exactly, although I am extremely attached to all 31 of my characters. ;v;
sign me up
Accepted, welcome back!
pfff i know who you are i recognise that art style xD <3btw your new sona is gorgeous ^^ <3
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want to hold on and feel i belong
and how can the world want me to change?
they're the ones that stay the same
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by antler apathy » Tue Dec 10, 2013 8:31 am
Ebonpyre wrote:What are the top tips on writing your character's website?
For the love of all that is holy, no drop down tabs! There are plenty of ways to organize a character site that are pretty and practical, drop down tabs are ugly, a pain to navigate, and completely impossible if you're on mobile.
for gods sake please, this, this so much. Drop down tabs are a pain, and they take such a long time to go though. I'm so turned off when looking through a website if they have these tabs, generally I hardly bother unless it's 100% necessary.
Please don't ever do this unless you have like an all over total of ten characters.
[ oh you were a phonograph, I was a kid
I sat with an ear close, just listening
was there when the rain tapped her way down your face
you were a miracle and I was just holding your space ]
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by tooru » Tue Dec 10, 2013 8:38 am
Ciel wrote:Ciel wrote:I've got another adopt up on dA. c:
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by Rabbitheart » Tue Dec 10, 2013 8:50 am
weegeestar5 wrote:iianto wrote::: Hello! I've been a member for a while now, but that was before I got a fresh start. So I'm going to rejoin this club, under a new name.
username:
:: iianto, but you can call me Io.
most recently obtained character:
:: My new fursona, Ianto;;
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favorite character that you own:
:: Probably Ianto, but if not, then Riley
how many characters do you have [rough estimates are okay]:
:: I have 30 characters, and 1 fursona, totaling up to 31.
do you consider yourself a "character hoarder?":
Not exactly, although I am extremely attached to all 31 of my characters. ;v;
sign me up
Accepted, welcome back!
pfff i know who you are i recognise that art style xD <3btw your new sona is gorgeous ^^ <3
Agreed! X3 I love the necklace and the scarf. :3
I seriously need to get around to making some Doctor Who themed/based characters. X3
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by hnai » Tue Dec 10, 2013 8:52 am
Rabbitheart wrote:weegeestar5 wrote:iianto wrote::: Hello! I've been a member for a while now, but that was before I got a fresh start. So I'm going to rejoin this club, under a new name.
username:
:: iianto, but you can call me Io.
most recently obtained character:
:: My new fursona, Ianto;;
-snip
favorite character that you own:
:: Probably Ianto, but if not, then Riley
how many characters do you have [rough estimates are okay]:
:: I have 30 characters, and 1 fursona, totaling up to 31.
do you consider yourself a "character hoarder?":
Not exactly, although I am extremely attached to all 31 of my characters. ;v;
sign me up
Accepted, welcome back!
pfff i know who you are i recognise that art style xD <3btw your new sona is gorgeous ^^ <3
Agreed! X3 I love the necklace and the scarf. :3
I seriously need to get around to making some Doctor Who themed/based characters. X3
Welcome, and i agree too! I love Io eue
Even if i'm not a DW fan, i love the fan characters, i find them so cool X3
also tiny Vix is tiny
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