 One decade
ago, fans used the new desktop publishing programs (those they could afford)
to create fanzines that spread the word about the shows they loved. In
five years, the growth of the World-Wide Web has all but eliminated the
fanzine. Friday's group of web site owners looked at this part of the hobby
that has generated thousands of pages. At the head table were (left to
right), Danny Hong, who has a anime convention page; Jupe (aka Stephanie),
who has a Rei Ayanami shrine; Allen Tyner, better known as Sailor Bacon,
who lists the lyrics of anime songs on his page; Mara, who has several
sites which include Sailor Moon material; and Widya Santoso from Australia,
who has a large list of cosplay sites. |
 Santoso loves
cosplay and costumers. Three years ago he wanted to find those sites but
culdn't locate them. Once he searched out costuming sites outside Japan,
he decided to share them with the world on his page. Hong said "I'm a con
slut and I'm proud of it." He attends several anime conventions each year,
and shares his experiences on his site - unafraid to tell what goes wrong
at each event. |
 "Bacon" liked
singing along to anime songs, searched the web for the lyrics, and found
so many that he decided to organize them on a web site. As with the others,
he found that there was no other easy source for the material he enjoyed,
so he chose to let others see what he found so they could get a greater
understanding of what all of those people are singing. |
 Jupe had a
list of do's and don'ts for web fans. Do learn hypertext markup language,
she said ("HTML is easy to use. I'm a Canadian and I learned it"). Don't
steal material from other sites (she had entire pages lifted from her page).
Do study other sites to learn how they create their pages, then improve
on their techniques. don't talk about yourself too much on your site. Don't
demand that people sign your guest book, or resize images using HTML commands
(the images can come out grainy). |
