+ Information
Although it's quite obvious that this site is designed to list shrines for RPG characters, there is sometimes confusion regarding what it takes to be listed here. Here are a list of basic requirements that are necessary in order for your shrine to be listed here. Even if you fulfill the majority of the criteria, I still might not list you, but this is a basic guideline:
+ Listing Criteria
1) The site must be either a character shrine or a shrine dedicated to multiple characters.
2) The character must be from an RPG or a quasi-RPG (ie. FFVII: Advent Children).
3) The shrine must contain an adequate amount of information -- if there are only a few pages of generic content and a ton of "coming soon" pages, I probably won't list the site. I am more lax when it comes to less popular characters, but don't think that I'll add your Cloud or Yuna shrine if it has very little content. Additionally, I am more sympathetic to incomplete shrines that are clearly marked as incomplete than shrines that pretend to be complete but actually have little content. If I get the sense that your site is incomplete but that there will be much more to come (and I like what's already there), I'll probably end up listing it.
4) The design must be generally appealing, and the website must be entirely functional. If I can't view or navigate the site (or if it hurts my eyes), I can't accept it.
5) The shrine must be dedicated to a character from an existent game. If the shrine is premature, it better be really thorough.
And that's all there is to it. If I see a shrine I like, I'll add it, and if it isn't here already please submit your shrine. It may not get listed, but it's certainly worth a shot. This site is selective, but definitely not elitist. The aim here is to keep a listing of some of the most comprehensive and thorough RPG character shrines. If you don't make the cut, remember that there are already plenty of non-selective directories floating around the internet.
+ Removal Policy
If a site is down when I do a link-check, I will place it in a pending database, and it will remain there until it is back online. If several months have gone by and it is still down, I will delete it from the pending database and stop checking to see if it's come back. If your site has returned to the internet after an extensive amount of time and you think I may have deleted it from the pending database, please feel free to re-submit your site.
Additionally, I reserve the right to remove any site listed here as I see fit. I will be more sympathetic to sites that link back using the current address (http://fade.leknaat.org), but that does not guarantee that the site will remain listed. A site may be removed if I feel that it is not as comprehensive as the majority of sites listed here or if I notice any instances of plagiarism/stealing. Extremely outdated shrines that do not link back and barely made the cut to begin with are the most likely to go.
+ Layout
The current layout of In The Fade is the first layout that I've made for it in a very long time! It features Lucretia, the amazing tactician of Suikoden V. I just finished playing the game, and I knew I had to make a layout using artwork from the game because it was so great!
The layout was made in Photoshop CS and tested in Firefox and Safari. It's optimized for 1024x768 and larger resolutions, but should be working just fine in smaller ones too. I also designed it on a Mac, so it probably looks a bit better on a Mac than a PC...