Building an Online CommunityContentsVision and Mission Statement 3Slogan 3Context 3Portal Diagram 4User Created Content 4Web Portal Design 5Discussion Forums 5File Hosting 6Research 6Conclusion 6Bibliography 7Vision and Mission StatementNet Gamers' Vision Central is to become the fundamental community web portal in the world of online gaming, providing vast amounts of useful information and integral services to the online community. Net Gamers Central wants to meet the needs of everyone in the online community and be recognized as being at the forefront of all gaming news, tools and services. Net Gamers Central's mission is to organize the world's online gaming information and make it universally accessible to any user who requests it, as well as provide self-service, collaboration and information aggregation services in order to efficiently resolve all visitor problems and questions. The web community that is created will have to provide useful information and services to both current and potential subscribers, and the community within the portal will have to be founded on trust and honesty, promoting a close and friendly community that will offer further value to their interest in the world of online gaming.Tagline"Think. Feel. Play."BackgroundNet Gamers Central was created to meet the great demand for an all-encompassing web portal in the online gaming genre. It can be seen from reports that the online gaming community tends not to stick to one particular game, as they generally have shorter attention spans, so it stands to reason that a huge portal that contained information regarding every online game available, as well as ser. ..... half of the sheet ......, n. 24. Fox Media Interactive. (1996). "IGN: Imagine the Game Network". URL: www.ign.com [accessed: 5/8/07]5. Pete Deemer, Vince Broady, Jon Epstein. (1996). "Gamespot". URL: www.gamespot.com [accessed: 5/8/07]6. Fernando Bellas, Daniel Fernández, Abel Muiño. (2004). "A flexible framework for engineering 'my' portals". New York, United States. ACM7. Amy Jo Kim. (2000). “Building Communities on the Web Peachpit Press.”8. Jeff Veasey. (1995). "Game FAQ". URL: www.gamefaqs.com [accessed: 5/8/07]9. Ravi Kalakota, Marcia Robinson. (2000). “e-Business 2.0: Roadmap to Success.” Addison Wesley Professional. USA.10. Ausgamers. (1999). "Ausgamers". URL: www.ausgamers.net [accessed: 5/8/07]11. Randolph Hock. (2004). “The Last Trip: An Update on Field Research in Web Search Engines.” Medford. United States.12. Jennifer Tidwell. (2005). "Designing Interfaces". O'Reilly. USA..