Member Websites

The member web pages that CoE provides you with allow you to create a small personal website that meets your many interests. CoE has made it quite simple to make your own personal site by allowing you to create it using a template structure. Below are the features that you get when you decide to own a site provided by CoE.

Features:

CoE has included specific features such as containing a member’s name in the content that links to their profile on CoE. This is very similar to LiveJournal’s (or LJ’s) user feature.

A member can choose from several different layouts and change the colors of their web page. By simply using table colors, border colors, and font colors a member can make their web pages look really nice.

Another feature implemented to make creation much easier is the use of BBCode to input content. This feature allows members to manipulate their content with CoE’s very own forum’s BBCode.

A member has the ability to create multiple pages with multiple layouts, or they have the choice to keep the pages and layouts all the same. You can upload images and use them around the site as backgrounds, banners, or just pictures within the content of your site.

Now remember you can only have up to five pages and ten images, unless you upgrade your site. (We’ll get to the upgrading part later on.) You are also allowed to have an extra page (not included in the previous count) for a guest book designed specifically for the member websites.

As I mentioned earlier you are able to upgrade your account, which will be discussed in full below. The features that come with an upgrade are the ability to create twelve web pages and store up to fifty images, as well as the use of both BBCode and HTML to create your site. When you upgrade, there are more special templates that appear as well. These include a blank template allowing the user full control over the web page.

How to Upgrade:

To upgrade your member website simply send in a ten dollar payment to Rivka (see the “Support CoE” area in the CoE forums) and then contact Veaglarwen to let her know that you’ve sent in the payment. Once everything is approved, Veaglarwen will then turn on your “Paid Status” and send you a PM letting you know it is in effect. After that, the possibilities end where your creativity ends.

Questions/Help:

The member websites come with their own FAQs which can be found here. If this doesn’t seem to help you may ask questions in the Member Website Help thread where one of the staff members will try to answer all of your questions.

If you need help with BBCode or HTML, you’ll have to do a Google search to find tutorials on those, because CoE doesn’t offer specific coding support.

Now that I’ve went over the feature, upgrading, and help areas, I’d like to tell you about some member websites that I just love to love.

This month’s featured member website is one of my personal favorites. This site is an absolute must for members who are interested in or speak the Elvish language (either Quenya or Sindarin). The Elvish dialects are used frequently throughout the site; it even has a General Elvish Discussion forum where you discuss anything and everything in Elvish! Also if you’re looking for a vast site this is the one for you. It has a whopping thirty-two forums (including the two admin forums)! All of which are interesting in their own way. NamarieGaladriel definitely does a good job with the site, check it out sometime.

Last but not least, is the Realm of Nessa’s very own member website; provided by ~wild_shieldmaiden~, this is the Realm of Nessa’s first website. It has everything you need to know about the Realm, including who the active members are, a personal biography of each, and our very own parodies composed by the Realm. This member website is a must for all of you who are thinking of joining the Realm of Nessa. Check it out. (It’s currently under construction.)

Well, that about sums it up. Now, you know absolutely everything there is to know about member websites. So, if you haven’t set one up yet, now is the time to do it. The key thing to remember is: have fun!

Special thanks to: Veaglarwen: Thank you for your patience and your courtesy. Without you I would never have completed this article! NamarieGaladriel: Your member website is truly wonderful, thanks for letting me write about it! ~wild_shieldmaiden~: Thanks for using your space for the Realm’s site! We really appreciate it!

by Morlothwen