» Host Your Site
You have a great project, modpack or anything else design-related that you think off everybody must have it? You don't want to have it hosted as an Hosted Project in DGDN's project section, but make an entire website for it? Wanna have your project promoted on one of the best gaming design teams out there? Here you are at the right place!
What you get
- Virtually unlimited FTP space and lots of bandwidth
- One ftp-account (more possible)
- @dgdn.net e-mail accounts
- Effective, timely technical support
- Promotion across the Dragon Gaming Design Network
Think your site meets our requirements?
Write an email to our webmaster Droch or to Cat. He will review your site and get back to you.
General Hosting Questions
Technical Questions
Ad Banners
More Questions?
General Hosting Questions
1. Do I have to pay for hosting on the Dragon Gaming Design Network?
Nope - hosting is completely free! We have only a few rules we ask that you abide by, such as running our ad banner at the top of each page on your site.
2. What kind of sites do you host?
Mainly, we look for sites devoted to projects and creative content for games.
3. What types of sites don't you host?
We do not provide hosting to clans or guild sites. We also do not host tools, trainers, or programs that could be used to cheat in games online. Warez sites are also not welcome on DGDN.
4. How do you determine if a site will be hosted?
We want a certain measure of quality among sites that we host because, after all, they're associated with the DGDN name. We look at every site that comes into our hosting requests carefully to see if they meet a few criteria:
1. The site has to look nice. Yeah, we know that's kind of subjective, but we're pretty sure that everyone thinks lime green background colors with red 20-point blinking fonts are just annoying.
2. It should be focused on mods, maps, or other add-ons for a particular game. It can also be something totally unique..maybe your site is dedicated to fan fiction based on TRIBES. What we're not interested in are general gaming news sites.
3. The site must have a lot of content. We understand that it's a lot of work to create a site for something, and you don't want to put in all that work if there's a chance you won't be hosted. However, too many times people will have what they think is a great idea for a site and then never follow through. Therefore, you must have a fully developed site that we can look at. Having lots of "coming soon" sections is probably going to get a "no" on hosting.
4. The site must be updated regularly. One of the qualities of a good Web site is that it be updated regularly so that visitors always see something new.
5. The site must be in English. No, that's not because we're nationalistic, isolationist American patriots. It's because those of us working on the Network speak English primarily, and we need to be able to understand what's on our hosted sites.
6. The site must be non-commercial. No ad banners from other sites are allowed. More on that later.
If you applied for hosting and were turned down, don't worry..work on your site and make it the best site you can make it, and then reapply. Some of our hosted sites were turned down the first time, but that only made them work harder on their site until it qualified for hosting. We're always willing to look at a site a second time if you've put a lot of work into improving it.
5. Will you guys help me make a site?
Basically no, since our webdesigners and developers are busy enough with working on the DGDN site. Posting in the appropriate DGDN forum could get you an answer to a specific webdesign question by one of our webdesigners.
6. Can I host other sites on my own hosted site?
No, every site that wants to be hosted by DGDN needs to go through the hosting procedure. If you host a site without informing us, your entire site will be deleted.
7. I'm going to make a project for Game X, but I have to get coders, modelers, and mappers. We haven't worked on it yet. Can I get hosting?
We need to see some work before we can host you. Lots of people have great ideas for mods, but getting the mod done is usually the hard part. We recommend that you get a team and at least get a small working beta with some screenshots that we can see.
8. You already have a site dedicated to the same game my site is. Can I still get hosted?
It is not likely that we will host more than one informational site for a given game. But if our hosted site is old and outdated, give us a shout..we might be willing to take yours on as a replacement.
9. I want to make a site and I want you to host it, but I don't have any Web space to put it up so you guys can look at it. Help!
There are a few free Web-space providers that you should check out -- GeoCities, 50megs, and ProHosting are just a couple we can name right off the bat. You should get your complete site uploaded to one of these free Web hosts so that you can include a URL in your hosting e-mail for us to check out.
Technical Questions
1. How much Web and FTP space will I have?
You get virtually unlimited Web space and FTP space. That's one of the cool advantages you get for being hosted by the Dragon Gaming Design Network.
2. Will I get an e-mail account, too?
Yes, you'll get e-mail addresses for you and anyone else working on your site...Example: You@dgdn.net .
3. I want to do ASP/PHP/CGI scripts, etc. on my site. Can I do that?
Yes, you can! We have full support for ASP/SQL/PHP3/4, MySQL, and Perl.
4. Can I put forums on my site?
Yes, you can! We highly recommend using phpBB.
Ad Banners
1. Do I have to run your ad banners?
Yes, running our ad banners is one of the few unbendable rules in being hosted on the Dragon gaming Design Network. Banners must appear near the top of every page and not be in a static frame.
2. Will you pay me for running your ads on my Web site?
DGDN does not pay its hosted sites for running ads.
3. I'm trying to make some money running my site. Can I put non-DGDN banners on it?
We don't allow our hosted sites to run non-DGDN banners. Hosting is free only to non-commercial sites.
And Finally...
1. This FAQ didn't answer my questions. What do I do now?!
If you're still in the dark about something, have no fear..we're here to help you. Send your question to Cat and we'll get it answered right away.
2. I applied for hosting a few days ago and haven't heard back from you. Are you ignoring me?
A slow response might mean that we are so swamped with work that we haven't had a chance to look at your request yet. Alternatively, if the site clearly does not meet our requirements as outlined above (eg. a clan site), we may not reply.
Whew! After all that, if you think you've got a site that rocks, send an email to Droch or Cat.
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