The Fan Site Kit for Ground Control 2.
Ground Control 2 – Operation Exodus™ Fan Site Kit
Welcome to our Fan Site Kit!
The Fan Site Kit is provided freely to all of our friends on the web, in order to make it easier and funnier to make a Ground Control 2 fan site!
This zip file includes everything you'll need to create your own website based on Ground Control 2- Operation Exodus ™ (“the Product”) including logos, character images, font and unit images as well as loads of screen shots and other graphics (“the Element”).
Join Massive Supporters and become part of the inside crew
If you want to build a site and get all the cool stuff and the latest developer news, join the other Massive Supporters in the exclusive forum, Massive VIP Forum, that we have created especially for you. It will feature the latest news, exclusive chats with the dev-team and you might even get your name in the credits of the game if you send us a link to your page and show us that you are a real promoter of Ground Control 2!
If you want to know more, here is the link to our forum: Forum.massive.se
Guidelines
We welcome members of the gaming community to include pictures, screenshots, hints, or other game related information on their personal websites. If you include material from the game on your site, we require you include these simple elements in your HTML. We've designed these elements to be as non-intrusive as possible.
Copyright META Tag (Required)
The purpose of a META tag is to describe the content on the page to search engines and other databases. The inclusion of a META tag will not affect the appearance of the page in the browser - it simply acts to describe the nature and ownership of copyrights.
To insert the proper META tag, include the following in between the and tags.
< META NAME="copyright" C 2003 Massive Entertainment. All rights reserved. Massive Entertainment(R) and the Massive Entertainment logo are registered trademarks of Massive Entertainment AB. Ground Control(R) is a registered trademark of Massive Entertainment AB. Published by Vivendi Universal Games International. Sierra, the Sierra logo, are registered trademarks or trademarks of Sierra Entertainment, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. All rights reserved.”
For designers using visual design tools (WYSIWYG editors), consult your manual or help section for instructions on how to add META tags to your pages.
1. Ground Control 2 Link
Please add a link to the official Ground Control 2 website at Groundcontrol2.com somewhere prominently on your page. If you notify us, Massive and Vivendi Universal Games will also link to your website.
2. Copyright Line
Include the following text somewhere on the site's front page:
(C) 2003 Massive Entertainment. All rights reserved. Massive Entertainment(R) and the Massive Entertainment logo are registered trademarks of Massive Entertainment AB. Ground Control(R) is a registered trademark of Massive Entertainment AB. Published by Vivendi Universal Games International. Sierra, the Sierra logo, are registered trademarks or trademarks of Sierra Entertainment, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. All rights reserved.
3. Rules
To prevent abuse of the Elements provided to you, we have to inform you of the following rules which apply to all people using our material. Please understand that we reserve the rights to stop providing you with any further information should we note any form of abuse of our materials and also reserve the rights to claim further damages. These rules are meant to protect you and us and by using any part of the fan site kit you acknowledge and accept them.
By using any part of the materials provided in our fan site kit you acknowledge:
1. that the Elements which received from MASSIVE are personal and are and shall remain at all times the exclusive property of MASSIVE.
2. that without MASSIVE’s prior written approval, Recipient may not or otherwise authorise any third party to photocopy, reproduce, create derivative works based on the Product and/or the Elements, or remove any proprietary notices or labels on the Product and/or the Elements.
3. that you may not sell or transfer reproductions of the Product and/or the Elements to other parties in any way or exploit the content or images for any commercial purpose.
4. that you will be responsible for indicating all appropriate credits and copyright lines required by MASSIVE and shall not in any case be allowed to amend, adapt or modify MASSIVE and/or VUGI logos, titles and trademarks.
5. that you shall not in any case infringe MASSIVE or any third party’s rights and agree to immediately stop using any Elements upon MASSIVE’s first request.
That’s it! Good luck with your websites. Thank you for your support and enthusiasm for Ground Control 2 and don’t forget to send us the link to your site!
Have your own Forum
If you want to open your own Forum in your native language the best free forum script is called PHPbb. You can find it here:
Phpbb.com
It’s really simple to install and configure, but you need a hosting with php and mysql installed.
Here is a short list of that kind of free hosting:
http:// www.multimania.com
Coolfreepages.com
Spaceports.com
Barrysworld.net (specialised in online gaming)
Another solution is to use a forum provider directly. You don’t have to install any script, as you only have to open an account to have your own forum. It’s easier if you are new to that stuff. Ezboard.com is the best known for that.
Enjoy, have fun in the process!
Regards from the Massive Team