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Daevas.com | an Aion Social Community (WP, Hybrid theme)
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- Zube
- Sr. Rocketeer
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Site Name: Daevas.com | an Aion Social Community
URL/Link: www.daevas.com
Concept: This site is a social network for players of the MMO, Aion. ( www.aiononline.com (NA) & www.aionfreetoplay.com (EU) )
It's a bit of a combination of Facebook, Twitter and MySpace, but for "characters" in the game. I made it as an easier way for players to communicate with each other. The site caters to players from the North American version of the game as well as the European version of the game. It also features a system to earn "points" based on activity that members can then use to purchase lottery tickets for in-game item giveaways. The site is being promoted by NcSoft and Gameforge, the two companies publishing the NA/EU games. In return for making the site to promote both versions of the game, they supply me game item codes that I can then use for contest prizes.
Plugins: BuddyPress, Gantry-BuddyPress, Akismet, Allow Multiple Accounts, bbPress, BuddyPress Album, BuddyPress Follow, BuddyPress Groups Plus, BuddyPress Member Profile Stats, BuddyPress Moderation, BuddyPress Rate Forum Posts, BuddyPress Restrict Messages, BuddyPress Template Pack, BuddyPress Username Changer, BuddyPress Verified, BuddyPress Wire, Calendar, Category Posts in Custom Menu, CD BuddyPress Avatar Bubble, CubePoints, CubePoints BuddyPress Integration, CubePoints Giveaway & Betting System, Easy FancyBox, Gantry Template Framework, Restrict Usernames, RokAjax Search, RokStories, Ultimate TinyMCE
Category: Games and Community
Template: Hybrid Wordpress theme
I started the site back in September of 2011 with the intention of making it a social network for players since everyone seemed to have different ways to contact them. Some used Twitter. Some used Facebook and MySpace. Others used GuildPortal. It was way too jumbled for anyone to actually get ahold of one another.
So I decided to combine all of the sites they used into one. I used BuddyPress and heavily modified it so that BuddyPress Groups would be a place for players to list their Guilds/Legions. Once they have created a guild on the site, they then have the option of creating a personal forum for their guild.
I wanted to get more people to use the site, so I integrated CubePoints in and assigned different ways for people to earn points by posting, adding a guild, adding character profile pages for all of their characters, commenting, etc. Then they can save up the points to earn site Achievements or spend the points on "lottery" tickets for prizes ranging from free gametime or an exclusive in-game item. NCsoft, the developer and publisher of Aion, decided to help me by giving me free in-game item codes to use as the prizes for the lottery. Gameforge, the European distributors, are trying to work out an exclusive item giveaway for me to offer European players. Just waiting for the "all clear" from their brand manager.
It took me 6 months to get everything just right and the site launched a few hours ago. I want to thank everyone on the RocketTheme team for all of the help they gave me. Sorry about being such a pain in the "A."
Now it's time to get some much needed sleep!
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