July 24, 2007
at 4:49 am /
#18095
Not sure what king of feedback you want.
What you have at the moment is a ‘ bare bones’ site which you need to develop along the lines you want.
There are many, many sites along these same lines on the net, and I think you are maybe going to find it hard going to get a site together that equals some of these sites for content.
If you want visitors to bookmark your site I think it needs to be a bit different, maybe specialising in certain aspects of 3D modelling, rather than just making it a clone of the other 3D modelling sites.
Two very good examples of this would be…..
Psionic’s 3D Game Resources site…
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And Pauls, Decapods Train Simulator Projects site…
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Both deal with 3D modeling but are completly different.
Psionic’s site, while it covers quite a wide range of subjects, tends to attract anyone interested in the building of models and texture creation etc.
You only need to browse the gallery on this site to see how good Psionic is with his artwork, and the forums are a great help to anyone wanting to improve their modeling and texture work.
His tutorial section has improved my artwork immensly.
His Free Stuff section is filled with quality stuff, 90% of it his own work, animated figures are supplied in a variety of file formats.
His competitions attract a great deal of attention.
Paul’s site is likewise filled with loads of goodies.
The work he has put in with the 3DC plugins, would, on their own be enough to attract many visitors.
Add to that the MSTS and Trainz download sections and you have another VERY interesting site.
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There’s a good forum where help and advice is available, plus all the other bits and pieces.
The point being, both of these sites have specialised in certain areas of 3D modelling and therfore attract a large following.
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Needles to say, you’ve also got to be good at what your producing for the site.
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Also, both of these sites have been developed over the years into what they are now, your just starting out, so things can only get better.
These are just some of my ramblings on web sites, if I were you I would try to find a niche WITHIN the 3D modeling world, but thats just my opinion.
Bazza
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