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Okay - Let's talk about sites and site design.
Will this be your first website?
The best advice you can have about creating a site is to know what it is about so if you want to do Dungeon Lord use some search engines and ferret out what information is available and decide if that is really what you want to do. You may not even like the game so don't go rushing into the project. If you try to create a site without thoroughly knowing your subject matter, it will show and your site will not interest people.
Choose a shorter name and one that is more to the point, the "erath-acab-" that you have in your suggested name makes the name unmemorable or easily mixed up.
Think about the project carefully. Why do you want to create a Dungeon Lord site? Running a website can be a lot of work depending on your goals. Be realistic about what you can achieve, how much money and time you have to devote to it. Are you going to be able to write a walkthru for the game? Can you offer technical advice if needed? What would you be offering on your site that would be different and useful that is not going to be offered on the sites that will spring up when the game is released? You cannot just grab material from other websites to create your's.
What programs will you be using to make your website? There are numerous programs out there that vary in price and quality. I use Dreamweaver for the Border Collie rescue site that I run. It's a great program and it isn't cheap. While there are some forum software that you can pick up for a low registration fee, they require a lot of work to get them "personalized" to fit your theme. A forum such as the UBB used here costs money. Do you want to be making that sort of financial investment into a website? What host are you planning on using? I went through 2 bad hosts before finding the one I use now for the rescue site. There are a lot of hosts that offer cheap prices and you get no support from them which can mean it is next to impossible to even make your website. This isn't an easy project.
If you really like the idea of creating a website and want to give it a try, choose a subject you know and really like! That will give you some hands on experience about what it is like to create a website before trying to tackle a much more complex project such as a Dungeon Lord site.
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