by admin on July 16, 2009
Continuing our series on the 9 Most Popular Fansite Platforms, we turn our attention to Content Management Systems (or CMS). Content Management Systems are computer application’s used to manage work flow needed to collaboratively create, edit, review, index, search, publish and archive various kinds of digital media and electronic text. In terms of fansite creation, [...]
In my experience blogs are effective and user-friendly platforms for creating and managing fansite content. Over the years blogs have incorporated many of the features that make other platforms successful – from social media integration tools, to threaded comments, to content management features – blogs can be argued to be the meta-platform for almost limitless [...]
by admin on June 30, 2009
In an earlier post I gave a brief overview on 9 of the most popular platforms people use for their fansites. In this post I’ll begin to look at these different platforms in a bit more detail, starting with…Forums & Message Boards! Pros – Forums are great for community building – allowing members to contribute [...]
by admin on June 29, 2009
So you’re thinking of creating a fansite but you’re unsure of which platform will best suit your needs? Let’s face it, there are multitudes of fansite platforms out there – choosing the right one for you can be confusing! The platform you go for may depend on the type of fansite you have in mind, [...]