ClanSite.us

ClanSite.us is now using my free royalty free creative commons music for there gamers community in their free downloadable streaming Flash MP3 player. In the video game industry clans and guilds are groups of people who join up to play multi-player games on a regular basis.

ClanSite.us specializes in free clan and guild Website software and provides the music player as part of their custom CMS (Clan Management System) for gamers based on PHPNuke.

If a clan or guild uses their own clan management Website software they can be in complete control of their own forums, domain name, downloads and other group administration features.

The clan leader can use the site as a central location for game rules, game server IP address listings and maps/image/mods uploads, as just a start. ClanSite.us provides several very inexpensive hosting packages you can choose from to host your site using the CMS. There is a free ad supported option for clans and guilds just starting out if you want to see what a Website for your gaming group would be like.

The Clan Management System is a complete social and information portal that includes private messaging, forums and standard content / Web page management too. This is a great way for communities of gamers to come together to socialize and discuss all the details about the particular game their are playing together.

The MP3 Player Module that my songs are being used in is based on Flam Player. You can create your own play list using any legal MP3 files you can find from my site or other creative commons artists. You can customize the colors and other features to match your clan and guild site.

So check out the new CMS and give it a go for your clan. Maybe you can try out my tunes on your site and in your games!

Peace,

Dan-O

I recently got an email from Photographer Michael Glover who wanted to tell me about his new Website MichaelLewisGlover.com because he is using some of my free royalty free creative commons music. Well I love the vibrant colors in his  images and the Website’s flash design.  You should go check out the creatures and critters section - the picture of the orange grasshopper is awesome. Michael offers his prints for sale through the Website too.

The other cool thing was that I clicked on the Website credits as I usually do to see who created the site - in this case it was “Powered by LiveBooks”. It turns out that LiveBooks.com creates Websites and does Website hosting especially for photographers, and I heard of them a few times already. Their Web designers enable to you to put up a highly professional site where you can present your portfolio, sell prints with a shopping cart, track visitors and allot more. Since many people who come here looking for music are photographers I thought you might be interested.

LiveBooks does not just give you the standard template options, they do customized design for a completely unique site. The first thing I noticed about Michael’s site was that it looked great and was easy to navigate (I see allot of bad sites out there). Plus, I was checking out their demos and once the site is online its much easier to use than HTML or any Website management tool you may need technical skills for.

The other thing is that LiveBooks handles  images with the right balance of quality and ease of use on the Web. If you have tried to deal with presenting many high end images in an easy to navigate format, you will know it is not simple. You need to be able to search and sort through thumbnails quickly - and like ecommerce, that is built into the features on the LiveBooks sites. Also many online Adobe editing tools are built to the features you can use as a LiveBooks site owner.

Once you get your site set up, be sure to come back and download some of my tracks to use!

Peace,

Dan-O