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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Telperion" data-source="post: 1738434" data-attributes="member: 15711">I'm in the process of creating my own campaign website, and expect to have it up by the end of 2004. It's nice that I'm learning XML, UML, HTML and Java Script while I'm building my site, so maybe I'll have a better understanding of what I'm talking about later on...For now, here are some comments made with my limited understanding of web design and such things:As others have stated before. Red on black hurts the eyes after a while. Also , you might be interested in some background pictures. There are plenty of sites on the internet that offer free backgrounds that you can use legally. It's a small detail, but the all black background can get a little boring after a while.I'm also incapable of drawing anything, but that doesn't stop me from using photo-copies from published books. The trick is to abide by the rules that publishers have set for their fansites. I'm using Sword & Sorcery Studios stuff, which are published by White Wolf, so I use their rules.Please avoid using the "links-within-links" pages. Particularly I'm referring to your Races of Grimstone: Evolutions link. It opens up to a practically empty page that simply has two links on it. It's annoying to have to go trough link after another simply to get to the material that you want to show me. Website design and organization is important, even if it is (again) a small thing. I have to say that waiting for that PDF to open up was a bit frustrating.Okay, finally got it open. Okay, here comes the difficult part. Since you have used pictures, rules and terms that aren't yours and plain out copied stuff from PHB 3.5 the question becomes: what falls under OGL and what is free for use (under certain restrictions). I would hazard a guess that what you have done is illegal, but I'm not a lawyer, so don't take my word for it. BTW: I think the Persecution part of the Cleric is just...bad...This just doesn't work in any form or shape without creating societies that have only one religion, one race and one tyrant.Yes, I have a problem with the fact that you are copying stuff straight out of the PHB, although the Elven Noble wasn't so bad. The fighter and the cleric however...The prestiges classes seem nice enough, and they are probably okay, but you should always give credit to those whose work you are using to create your own stuff. The fact that you have done it doesn't make it yours.Finally: you have a dead link on your pages.The Personal Thoughts -link doesn't work, and you should always remove any non-functioning links from your website entirely or until such a time as they start working. Personal opinion: your website requires a lot of work and you should check out the rules for creationg fan websites from Wizards of the Coast and from any other companies whose material you are using.</blockquote>

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