The "How Do I Start My Own Chat Site?" FAQ
Several people have asked me about how to start their own chat site
similar to Wolfhome, or one the
other sites that they've
seen recently. I am saying the same thing over and over so here's the
gist of it.
Note: this document will be updated from time to time.
I have set up a process I call "Chatlands™" and right now I have around
a dozen sites that are in various states of operation. There's
Mystical Realms (http://mysticalrealms.net), and Serenity (http://serenityisles.com
) and they've been operational for a while now.
A while back I started three (or so?) more, Immer Treu (http://immertreu.chatlands.com), Shadow Lands
(http://shadowlands.chatlands.com) and Eclipse
(http://eclipse.chatlands.com). The process is still
a "work in progress" (and might be a bit buggy). I work on fixes and
updates on that whenever I can find the time to do it.
Once I get a set of sites working properly, I allow other people to start
sites. I will intend to post something on the Wolfhome home page and on
the Wolfhome forums when this is a stable and automatic process, but for
the time being it is being handled on a case by case basis.
So, if you want to start your own chat site, create a map and some rooms.
If you have an Ultimate subscription, you may want to set up a 'private
island' on Wolfhome, and then upload the map. You can then connect any
private rooms on Wolfhome to it by placing room dots on the map. That's
close to the same as your own chat site, but you need to get to that map
from the Wolfhome Dream Isles.
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