Building an Online CommunityContentVision and Mission Statement 3Slogan 3Background 3Portal Background 4User Created Content 4Web Portal Design 5Discussion Forums 5File Hosting 6Research 6Conclusion 6Bibliography 7Vision and Mission StatementThe Net Gamers Central's vision is to become the premier community web portal in the online gaming world, providing large amounts of useful information as well as comprehensive services to the online community. Net Gamers Central aims to serve the needs of all members of the online community and be recognized as the forefront of gaming news, tools and services. Net Gamers Central's mission is to organize the world's online gaming information and make it universal. accessible to any user who requests it, as well as self-service, collaboration and information aggregation services in order to efficiently resolve all visitor issues and queries. The created web community must provide useful information and services to current and potential subscribers, and the community within the portal must be based on trust and honesty, fostering a close and friendly community that will provide additional value to their interest for the world of online gaming.Tagline"Think. Feel. Game."BackgroundNet Gamers Central was created to meet the high demand for a comprehensive web portal in the online gaming genre. It appears from reports that the online gaming community tends not to stick to a particular game as they generally have a shorter attention span. So it is obvious that there is a huge portal with information about every online game available, as well as ser. ..... middle of paper ......, No. 24. Fox Media Interactive. (1996). "IGN: Imagine Gaming Network". URL: www.ign.com [accessed: 8/05/07]5. Pete Deemer, Vince Broady, Jon Epstein. (1996). “Game spot”. URL: www.gamespot.com [accessed: 8/05/07]6. Fernando Bellas, Daniel Fernández, Abel Muiño. (2004). “A flexible framework for engineering “My” portals”. New York, United States. ACM7. Amy Jo Kim. (2000). “Creating a Community on the Web Peachpit Press”.8. Jeff Veasey. (1995). "Game FAQ". URL: www.gamefaqs.com [accessed: 8/05/07]9. Ravi Kalakota, Marcia Robinson. (2000). “e-Business 2.0: roadmap for success”. Addison Wesley Professional. United States.10. Ausgamers. (1999). "Ausgamers". URL: www.ausgamers.net [accessed: 8/05/07]11. Randolph Hock. (2004). "The Last Field Trip: An Update on Field Research in Web Search Engines". Medford. United States.12. Jennifer Tidwell. (2005). “Designing interfaces”. O’Reilly. USA.