My Little OP RP Forum

[Ravensly]

Hey guys, so I just made a new One Piece RP forum using Proboards free services. I'm trying to get it up and running and am wondering if any of you guys would want to join it.

The site is called Inherited Will, named of course after the famous and profound term that has appeared prominently so many times in the One Piece universe. I'm still in the process of developing it, and would like it if anyone who'd join it could perhaps help me figure out what direction I should take it in.

Anyway, here's the forum for anyone interested in joining [there's also a link to it in my Sig]: Inherited Will

[Hitotsumami]

Nothing to do with the RP:

I would suggest before you actually start anything, to perhaps use a different forum host. Like invisionfree or zetaboards, simply because by default they look better. And the better a forum looks, the more chance a person might stay. With that said, you can still use proboards, we do here, but it just takes some time and modding to make it look good.

Just my opinion~

[CJ]

Also, aside from your RP and aside from the fact that we are dumbbutts for choosing Proboards:

I'm glad to see you're pursuing something outside of these forums. Take what I'm going to say as a cautionary warning, not anything related to these forums or you but for the future of your forum. On another forum, this thread could be seen as extremely rude. We're a close group here but with a bigger population, it could be seen as blatant advertising or spam. Be careful when promoting your forum and be sure to do it in the right place.

Otherwise, good luck. I'll be sure to check into it as it grows and, if I have time, join.

[Ravensly]

Well I can always switch over to InvisionFree or Zetaboards later, but for now at least, I think Proboards will be fine. What I really want more that anything else is just some people to talk to about how I should go about developing all the different facets of it.

I mean, I have my own ideas, but that won't matter much if other people don't like them, so I want to hear from some people what they would want to see in it so that I can make it more appealing to people joining it.

[Hitotsumami]

Just of note: You can't transfer the threads/posts of a proboards forum to a zetaboards/invsionfree forum. Just so you know.

As for developing the forum, you have a good amount of sections already. I'm not sure what else you really need to do. I'll leave that for other RPers who are better than me

[Ravensly]

Yeah, but I could still do it. And I can always just copy and paste the stuff manually, it would just take a lot longer.

And well, you're the one who did all that coding stuff in designing this forum, right? So, you could help me with making the design for it that way. As for what I need, like I said, I'd really just like to have someone to bounce ideas off of and discuss it with. That in and of itself would help me do a lot of the development stuff better than I could on my own. I could also use help with how I should go about advertising it.

And for an RP forum in particular, there's a lot of specific stuff that needs to be designed and sorted out, such as the profile templates for various things, the plot, the rules, and just the general design of the RP itself. I want to have as many points of view to draw from when designing that stuff so that I'll have something at the end that will be the most appealing to the widest possible range of people thinking about joining it, as well as be the most efficient and in-depth in how it will actually work.

So, if either you Hito, CJ, or anyone else who'd be interested would do some of that stuff with me, I'd much appreciate it [I'm also open to offering mod positions to anyone who wants one].

[Hitotsumami]

I can provide you the resources necessary to code your forum, but it is really a lot of work, and too much for me to do again. But I'll help with resources.

Also, I'll just be sticking here at MangaBlast. It has everyone I know. I'm also part of Arlong Park, Narutoforums, and a few other places, so I have enough on my plate.

[Ravensly]

Well, I must admit that's disappointing. Still, I guess I could use your help. Like, for example, the thing I'm currently stuck up on is something simple, but that I don't even really know where I'm supposed to start. It's that currently I've been unable to figure out where I'm supposed to upload an image to replace the base one of an open folder that seems to be the default for the side of each of the sub-forums. Hell, I don't even know what that little icon thing is called.

If you could point me to where to do that, I'd appreciate it. Also, CJ, I don't suppose you'd still be willing to join? Like I said, all i really need for the moment is someone to talk to about it with. The one thread I currently have in there is basically just for the purpose of doing that. It's here: inheritedwill.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=oocdiscussion&action=display&thread=1

[Hitotsumami]

I believe this is what you need to do:

Go to Admin -> Click Skin/Forum Colors under Customize Your Forum -> Click Customize Images -> Choose your Skin -> Find the image you want to change. Replace the current URL with the URL of the new image you want.

If you have any more questions, just ask.

[Ravensly]

Yeah, I looked and I couldn't find it. I guess I should have been more specific. I was referring to this:

Also, I added a specific list of the stuff I need for the RP to help clarify things. Now, while I could always write them up just by myself, again, I'm trying to get other people's opinions to hear from them what they would want. I want that because each and every one of the things on the list I'm about to provide has a very wide range of ways they could be tackled, and some ways might not be as successful, and/or as popular as others.

Anyway, here's just a basic list of the things that the RP needs. This list is also on the Plotting the Course thread, and so, if possible, I'd like to discuss it there. Anyway, here's a copy of it:
Guides
OOC Rules
IC Rules
Plot
Character Creation Guide with Character Example
Devil Fruit System
Bounty System
Race Information
Ship Design Information
Market System

Templates
Character Template
Devil Fruit Template
Crew Template
Ship Template
Island Template

[Hitotsumami]

The image you're looking for is the second one down under "Folders"

[Ravensly]

Okay, yeah. I did it and it now shows the image I put on the left side of threads, but on the sub-forums on the main forum page it's still showing that stupid picture of a folder. I'm guessing that means that they are separate images.

[Hitotsumami]

I believe the one you're looking for is in the same place I told you, but you have to replace the first url on the right row. Replace images.proboards.com/off.gif that with whatever image you want.

It takes a lot of time to make good icons and find what needs to be replaced.