Killer Shrike Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 This is finally in good enough condition to unveil...Character List by Genre Most characters are mine, others arent. The db is generated via code that runs thru my site and finds html files generated with HERO Designer, to which I've added some intelligence to assign creators and genre and campaign based on folders and some assumptions, but if you see a character that you submitted that is inaccurately credited, let me know privately and Ill get the db updated. Enjoy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Waters Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 Re: [Killershrike.com] Character List by Genre Excellent resource, very decent of you to post it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 Re: [Killershrike.com] Character List by Genre Have Rep. good stuffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexus Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 Re: [Killershrike.com] Character List by Genre That's great work. Have some rep! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertep Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 Re: [Killershrike.com] Character List by Genre Nicely done (Repped) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 Re: [Killershrike.com] Character List by Genre Hmm... would it help people to have something like that for my site? I don't know to code such a thing, however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killer Shrike Posted November 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 Re: [Killershrike.com] Character List by Genre You dont have to program it if you dont want to -- just make a page for each genre. The programming aspect just means I didnt have to do it by hand, and also attaches meta info to the characters automatically. As I add characters I'll just run the code again to find anything new since the last time. Saves me time in the long run, but not essential to the end result of grouped links on a page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 Re: [Killershrike.com] Character List by Genre repped for being awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 Re: [Killershrike.com] Character List by Genre You dont have to program it if you dont want to -- just make a page for each genre. The programming aspect just means I didnt have to do it by hand' date=' and also attaches meta info to the characters automatically. As I add characters I'll just run the code again to find anything new since the last time. Saves me time in the long run, but not essential to the end result of grouped links on a page [/quote'] Yes, but I have thousands of characters on my site. I'd hate to have to do it over every time I updated it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killer Shrike Posted November 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 Re: [Killershrike.com] Character List by Genre Yes' date=' but I have thousands of characters on my site. I'd hate to have to do it over every time I updated it.[/quote'] I hear yah; I wouldn't want to do it either. Life's too short for that kind of toil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexus Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 Re: [Killershrike.com] Character List by Genre Hmm... would it help people to have something like that for my site? . Maybe a little but I find your site pretty easy to navigate. It's very well arranged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 Re: [Killershrike.com] Character List by Genre Maybe a little but I find your site pretty easy to navigate. It's very well arranged. I was thinking about that. I mean, I already divide stuff by general media, and then by series. I think genre is going to be pushing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorpheousXO Posted December 4, 2007 Report Share Posted December 4, 2007 Re: [Killershrike.com] Character List by Genre I was thinking about that. I mean' date=' I already divide stuff by general media, and then by series. I think genre is going to be pushing it.[/quote'] I agree, if you don't know what genre a series is, look it up. Doubt too many people are gonna look at the Black Lagoon characters and think they're from a Victorian Mystery Novel (though wouldn't THAT be a hoot). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killer Shrike Posted December 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2007 Re: [Killershrike.com] Character List by Genre The main thing for me is my site isnt about characters, its about content. However there are a number of characters available here and there, inline with content in a topical fashion. For my purposes it was useful to collate a list of characters across the subsites so that interested parties (including myself) can get at them directly without having to navigate thru content, and by genre was the most convenient way for me to group them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted December 4, 2007 Report Share Posted December 4, 2007 Re: [Killershrike.com] Character List by Genre The main thing for me is my site isnt about characters' date=' its about content. However there are a number of characters available here and there, inline with content in a topical fashion. For my purposes it was useful to collate a list of characters across the subsites, and by genre was the most convenient way for me to group them.[/quote'] Hmm... There's the difference. Mine started out as a character archive, and expanded from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aylwin13 Posted December 4, 2007 Report Share Posted December 4, 2007 Re: [Killershrike.com] Character List by Genre Looks great KS. Another place to steal char..., uh, I mean get ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killer Shrike Posted December 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2007 Re: [Killershrike.com] Character List by Genre Hmm... There's the difference. Mine started out as a character archive' date=' and expanded from there.[/quote'] Yup. As a side note, technically I could include links to other sites in my database if I wanted to, I would just have to manually maintain it is the only downside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorpheousXO Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 Re: [Killershrike.com] Character List by Genre The main thing for me is my site isnt about characters' date=' its about content. However there are a number of characters available here and there, inline with content in a topical fashion. For my purposes it was useful to collate a list of characters across the subsites so that interested parties (including myself) can get at them directly without having to navigate thru content, and by genre was the most convenient way for me to group them.[/quote'] This is what I like most about it. The only Thing I wish it had was some kind of description (even if it's just a single word) as to what the character was/did. Knowing that Brother Ernault was a martial artist or that Kjar Kvaransen was an Elementalist before clicking on them would be nice, but it's not too big a deal. Anyways, keep up the good work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killer Shrike Posted December 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 Re: [Killershrike.com] Character List by Genre This is what I like most about it. The only Thing I wish it had was some kind of description (even if it's just a single word) as to what the character was/did. Knowing that Brother Ernault was a martial artist or that Kjar Kvaransen was an Elementalist before clicking on them would be nice' date=' but it's not too big a deal. Anyways, keep up the good work![/quote'] Hmm...an interesting idea. I could associate some details w/ the data, but the entry of it would have to be manual. Ill think about it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kdansky Posted December 9, 2007 Report Share Posted December 9, 2007 Re: [Killershrike.com] Character List by Genre When I hover names, they get red and bold. And if they are longish, they become two lines which makes my mouse not hover them anymore, which in turn... well, you know, messed up html and stuff Opera browser, current 9.x something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killer Shrike Posted December 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2007 Re: [Killershrike.com] Character List by Genre When I hover names' date=' they get red and bold. And if they are longish, they become two lines which makes my mouse not hover them anymore, which in turn... well, you know, messed up html and stuff Opera browser, current 9.x something.[/quote'] The bolding is intentional. It can cause the cell widths to flex to accommodate. I just checked Opera and it does seem to be more sensitive to it than most browsers. Ill look into it when I get a chance; thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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