It's about you!
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IMO, you need to show your support to the servers (in return, you get some of their traffic and links)
This should be done in things like server links, showing global players etc etc from flstat in blocks on the site.
Secondly, you need to get RSS feeds up ASAP, if there up i dont see them.
Thirdly, you really need to reach out to the community and show that you are neutral and a good alternative to the shambolic TLR
Fourth, you need to make sure that you have decent staff, bin the emotional kids now (if you have any)and keep well respected people on the staff.People will both visit and stay if you have good staff.
Fifth, operate reviews on mods, servers, utilities. mod of the year, utility of the year etc.etc.
Sixth. Get Screenshots of mods, put them up on the front page vary them, make it look different each time you visit, which in turn makes you want to visit more regularly.
Seventh, change the news items, as above, if theres no news, make some, so theres something new each time theres a visit.
Eighth, get your RSS feeds out to all the RSS repositories
Nine, optimise your site for freelancer in the SEO way.
Ten. get some well respected staff to go and visit all the MP freelancer server websites and post about starport and ask them to visit/link to your site and give them a link back straightaway on your homepage.The two quick ways to become number 1 for freelancer resources is - the existing FL MP community and second the internet SEO (search engine optimisation)
I know quite a bit about SEO and if you need some help I can offer it, but you need to get the legwork done on a ton of stuff asap.
Just some ideas, bin what you dont like and put the others in the mix…good luck.
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We’re already planning a lot of that, don’t worry
Only point I’d have to leave out is with the MOTY/UOTY. How could we stay neutral, yet rate mods? If the public decides, the mods with the highest amount of members will always win. It’d be a touchy subject, don’t you think?
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IMO, you need to show your support to the servers (in return, you get some of their traffic and links)
This should be done in things like server links, showing global players etc etc from flstat in blocks on the site.There is the ‘Server Ring’ which is up and operational.
Also if the Starport tool bar is downloaded there is a dropdown box with a list of servers and sites to select. More will be added to this dropdown list soon.
Secondly, you need to get RSS feeds up ASAP, if there up i dont see them.
I am planning on looking into this to work alongside the toolbar also.
Thirdly, you really need to reach out to the community and show that you are neutral and a good alternative to the shambolic TLR
That is the aim and goal of this place, and we think we are quite neutral already. How else do you think we can improve here? Ideas and suggestions to elaborate would we good.
Fourth, you need to make sure that you have decent staff, bin the emotional kids now (if you have any)and keep well respected people on the staff.People will both visit and stay if you have good staff.
The two site Admins are myself and FriendlyFire. The staff team are Lancer Solurus, W0dk4, Crazy, Sion, Cheesy, Torch and Worfeh. All prominent members of the Freelancer Community.
Sixth. Get Screenshots of mods, put them up on the front page vary them, make it look different each time you visit, which in turn makes you want to visit more regularly.
Whilst the site builds up, we are relying on members and visitors to submit thier screenshots and news on different Mods. Once the site is up and running fully, thier will be individuals solely responsible for this area.
Ten. get some well respected staff to go and visit all the MP freelancer server websites and post about starport and ask them to visit/link to your site and give them a link back straightaway on your homepage.
This is already underway. There is already underway.
I would love to speak to you about SEO.
Please feel free to add me on MSN: [email protected] and we can speak.
Thanks,
R.
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Not sure if this is the place to put this but:
The name….I got the E-mail from Freelancer: War Torn, when I opened it the first thing I saw was “The Starport” now instantly I was like “What the heck could this be? Oh well…” well I clicked the link and it brought me to the nice front page. Everything here is an “Instant” grab for me. I like it ^_^
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**We welcome all visitors here. Feel free to look around and see what you can find. Freelancer’s success is due to the ability to mod the game and also to the many users who have contributed their work to the common good.
So please sit down and enjoy your stay and feel free to ask anything about Freelancer, we will try to answer any questions that you have.**
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Shade Yuka,
Good to see you made it. Welcome to The Starport. ;D
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Add a IRC java applet for the irc channel #the-starport .
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Only point I’d have to leave out is with the MOTY/UOTY. How could we stay neutral, yet rate mods? If the public decides, the mods with the highest amount of members will always win. It’d be a touchy subject, don’t you think?
On this, I think a PlanetQuake “mod of the week” or “mod of the month” is in order - in the old days of Quake 2 at least, a mod was chosen as MotW for random reasons. It couldn’ve been a new mod doing something cool, an older mod being brought back to life, etc. For all intents and purposes, the mod selection might as well have been random, but it was a great way for reletively new mods in the scene, or old mods being resurrected, to get some well-earned attention.
I don’t like a user-voted MotW because, as you said, it is nothing more than a popularity contest. I’m sure many are willing to argue this, especially since mods are usually popular for a reason, however I really view MotW as a chance for un-assuming projects to hit the major spotlight and get more than just a passing glance.
(also, on a side note, the “quote” button is a bit wonky, at least for me - it seems to do the whole thing in a completely seperate page)
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yea, its not set to open up the page in the same part of jooml,a ill take a look at it soon
or if one of the other admins can >.> hehe -
Only point I’d have to leave out is with the MOTY/UOTY. How could we stay neutral, yet rate mods? If the public decides, the mods with the highest amount of members will always win. It’d be a touchy subject, don’t you think?
On this, I think a PlanetQuake “mod of the week” or “mod of the month” is in order - in the old days of Quake 2 at least, a mod was chosen as MotW for random reasons. It couldn’ve been a new mod doing something cool, an older mod being brought back to life, etc. For all intents and purposes, the mod selection might as well have been random, but it was a great way for reletively new mods in the scene, or old mods being resurrected, to get some well-earned attention.
I don’t like a user-voted MotW because, as you said, it is nothing more than a popularity contest. I’m sure many are willing to argue this, especially since mods are usually popular for a reason, however I really view MotW as a chance for un-assuming projects to hit the major spotlight and get more than just a passing glance.
(also, on a side note, the “quote” button is a bit wonky, at least for me - it seems to do the whole thing in a completely seperate page)
I much prefer that concept and I agree it could be a nice thing to do.
As for the Quote button, I’m well aware of that and am looking into fixing it
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What about a Freelancermap?
Since Arbiter.de is down I dont know a web-map, except the one of the station-network.de, but the page is in german:
Click
The map is in english, so you may could ask for permission to use it on Starport, however, I also searched for the autor but wasnt able to find an e-mail or IM address.You may could ask at our forum, maybe our “Big Bosses” know an answer
Btw, quote is still not fixed ^^
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I also miss a spamm channel here >_>
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Maybe add a user string for xfire user names? It is a quite popular programm and used by some members here.
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Hey Bass,
Please feel free to go ahead and start one.
Maybe one in the Private area for Admins/Owners and one for public use for all people?
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? I mean an additional user string in the profile so you can add the xfire username there
Like here:
http://41399.rapidforum.com/action=profile&id=60
(last string)But eh - You got me to an idea, will create a global FL Xfire group & chatroom
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Ahoy
OT Aurora on Xfire
Youtube Freelancer Group
Incase someone wants 2 keep in touch and stuff…Greetz,
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I wonder…are players interested in “play info” about mods? Such as where to find which equipment (even though this can be easily find out with FLDS), systems?
Maybe we should work out a survey to recieve more feedback from players what they want at SP?
In order to get voices at that, server OPs might could cooperate by giving players a little credit sum for participate in that survey.
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Bas wrote:
I wonder…are players interested in “play info” about mods? Such as where to find which equipment (even though this can be easily find out with FLDS), systems?Maybe we should work out a survey to recieve more feedback from players what they want at SP?
In order to get voices at that, server OPs might could cooperate by giving players a little credit sum for participate in that survey.
I mused that it shouldn’t be difficult to program a parser for mods (activated, xml script files would be far too annoying to deal with) that could parse the files and then output, in html, with appropriate linking, all the corresponding information for the mod (maybe with db inserts and queries etc).
I think I mentioned it to Op at lancersreactor.org a month or two back. That way it can create a web-based…repository of information for mods.
Is that what you meant?
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Yeah, such a thing.
But if you don’t know FLDS you should surely try it out to see what that app can do:
http://ds.fa-matz.de/
