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Castlecliff update

Posted by knightvision on May 17, 2008

This morning I finished the main Castlecliff city map. I used Fractal Mapper 8 (FM8) and Paint Shop Pro to touch it up. Next I’ll start populating the city, that’ll be fun!

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Castlecliff map part II

Posted by knightvision on April 12, 2008

I had some free time this morning to work on the capital of Myrcia. I like how it turned out. I added some section names to the city to distinguish the rich, poor and commercial areas of the city.

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Gadgets for websites

Posted by knightvision on April 12, 2008

My new website provider offers Google Gadgets on my site. I haven’t used them before so I looked them over. I see to many sites now that use all these gadgets for content. The website owner just wants traffic, when they didnt produce any original material to begin with.

With that rant over I have a song I created for Ebonyr, my campaign setting. I wanted an integrated mp3 player on the site, not just a link to a large file. The Google gadget was easy to find, configure and install.

I used Vision Jinx’s mp3 player to the site and added my music. You can add music and podcasts at anytime. The player has different skins and outlines to match your website colors and style.

You can find many more gadgets at Google Gadget page.

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