How to make your own flash game portal: Part 6 – The Essential Wordpress Plug-Ins.
I’m going to start you off with 3 essential wordpress plug-ins so that you can get started. These are the first 3 I added immediately to Swag Games.
Step 1, just like adding the theme, you want to add the plug-ins directly from your dashboard.Click on “Add New”.
How to make your own flash game portal: Part 5 – Adding your own theme.
Today I am going to show you where to look-up themes and things to pay attention to when picking one.
I will also show you where to look-up plug-ins and tell you about 3 essential plug-ins you should probably start with.
I will also show you the easiest method of uploading the theme and plug-ins into your [...]
How to make your own flash game portal: Part 4 – Setting up your first wordpress arcade.
Today I’m going to show you how to set-up Wordpress on your hosting plan.
1st of all most hosting plans automatic set-up but sometimes it is for an out of date wordpress. I recommend you set it up yourself, this also will help you get familiar with the files and database, which will be very important [...]
Where to find free music and free sound effects for your Flash Games
I just wanted to throw out some sites I use when I need free music:
www.freesound.org – you need to register, but has a bunch of good sound effects.
free-loops.com – no need to register, and good music to use, and explains Creative Commons
And last but not least if you are willing to wait for a response, [...]
How to make your own flash game portal: Part 3 – Arcade Script vs. Wordpress
First let me say a few words about Arcade Scripts, not a fan.
Have you ever noticed that so many arcades basically look the same? They are all made from generic arcade scripts. With their top members, most popular games, advertising galore, and so much crap going on.
But I can’t be completely negative. They do get [...]
How to make your own flash game portal: Part 2 – Hosting Plan
So you have got your domain name and are now ready to think about hosting?
If you purchased your domain at godaddy.com you are now -$7.14
Now godaddy and most places you buy a domain offer free hosting. There is always a catch, they will advertise the hell out of the banner spot. Do you really want [...]
How to make your own flash game portal: Part 1 – Domain Name
The first thing I do is come up with a name. This is the fun part and maybe the hardest part. For years I wanted to make a site of some sort and always believed OO was key to the web (i.e. yahOO, and gOOgle). Do you think this is a coincidence? Most people do, [...]