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Building a Website from back to the front to the back to the front and fanfictions.

Neikos

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So last week it came upon me that I wanted to create a written works site. It's focus would be the MLP:FiM world. So I started to write code for it and soon ( the same day ) canterlotlibrary.com was bought and setup so as it would resolve to my VPS.

 

A pre-alpha version is currently being hosted ( which is more of a prototype rather than a working copy ) and the utmost basic stuff is there so far.

 

I took a different path, than what one can be used to, to publishing though. It works like this:

 

There is a set of Universes which can be User created. Let me explain what an Universe here is.

 

A Universe is an instance of the world you write your fiction, so for example the Canon MLP world is a Universe, Fallout Equestria is an Universe, and a futuristic world would be a universe. They all have different time periods, settings and rules.

 

So why did I do this? Well I thought that structuring things in this fashion made sense since putting them all under one category feels kind of wrong to me.

 

 

I also plan on creating a Character Database which will allows users to create Characters, tag them in stories and explore their stories.

 

 

 

 

 

 

While I did some writing in my past I have to admit that my knowledge about what an author truly needs to feel at ease is a bit limited, so anyone feeling like they might give some advice/request a feature is welcome to do so.

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I love writing, so your site sounds appealing to me. Some fundamental features that I think you should include are:

  • Author profiles and collaboration forums 
     
  • Different genres to set your story as, and the ability to organize your uploaded stories into chapters
     
  • A "series" feature. Just as stories could be organized into chapters, stories that go together could be organized into a series.
     
  • A content rating system. Users could choose to hide stories that were above a certain rating to help ensure a positive experience for users who wanted to filter out material that offended them. If you choose to allow R rated content, users should be required to put in their age upon registration. If they're under 18, those stories would automatically be hidden for them. If they're under 13, they wouldn't be allowed to join.
     
  • Allow the upload of images to complement stories, just as long as there are moderators to remove pornographic, gory or illegal images.

I'll comment here again if I think of anything else.

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I love writing, so your site sounds appealing to me. Some fundamental features that I think you should include are:

  • Author profiles and collaboration forums 

     

  • Different genres to set your story as, and the ability to organize your uploaded stories into chapters

     

  • A "series" feature. Just as stories could be organized into chapters, stories that go together could be organized into a series.

     

  • A content rating system. Users could choose to hide stories that were above a certain rating to help ensure a positive experience for users who wanted to filter out material that offended them. If you choose to allow R rated content, users should be required to put in their age upon registration. If they're under 18, those stories would automatically be hidden for them. If they're under 13, they wouldn't be allowed to join.

     

  • Allow the upload of images to complement stories, just as long as there are moderators to remove pornographic, gory or illegal images.

I'll comment here again if I think of anything else.

 

There are a few things I had thought of myself, but the idea of bringing in series is a nice idea! Pretty sure I will end up implementing some sort of feature like that.

 

Thanks for the input!

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There are a few things I had thought of myself, but the idea of bringing in series is a nice idea! Pretty sure I will end up implementing some sort of feature like that.

 

Thanks for the input!

 

You're welcome. Also, I went to upload a story on your site that I wrote awhile ago. It let me create the story itself, but when I went to add the content by clicking "New Chapter" I got an error.

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