Web Design for Fictional Characters
If Robin Hood was around today he wouldn’t have a website as he would not want anyone to know what he was doing. He and his merry men used to hide in the forest and steal from the rich and give to the poor so publicity was low on his priority list. He was a great guy, outdoors job, made people happy (at least the poor!). ate a high protein diet of venison and was dating Maid Marian who was pretty cute in the movies and TV programs that I saw.
The Sherrif of Nottingham (cue boos and hisses – its automatic) would definitely have a website and be Internet savvy. He would also love social media and a newsletter would be top of his list. Here are some things he would use the Internet for.
- Tax time – we would post prominently when he was coming to get taxes from the poor citizens. He would make sure they all had PCs and Internet connections of course and that they were subscribed to his RSS feeds.
- Jousting Time – Nothing better than a good joust. He would give detailed information on when the next event was coming up for spectators and for participants. A well laid out contact / application form would also be available for both tickets and for applications for knights.
- History of Nottingham – As most rulers are vain he would have course have a well written history of Nottingham and his claim to be Sherrif. Some well taken and flattering photos of him on his horse would of course make sense.
- Maps – For people visiting him he would have a well placed map to his castle. He would probably put in the best route be to avoid Sherwood forest for obvious reasons.
- Online Shop – He would probably sell a few “I Luv The Sherrif T-Shirts” and mugs to try and get some extra cash when taxes weren’t cutting it.
- Newsletter - Just in case you weren’t on his website he would collect your email address and send a regular mail shot to you with all of the above information or links to it with of course the Tax date prominent so that you could never say you forgot.
- Social Media - he would love Twitter and Facebook and would probably promote himslef shamelessly and put Robin Hood down as well. He would need to hire a social media knight to help him with his flow of information so that people would not unfollow him.
- Blog - Last but not least he would blog regularly about Nottingham and what a wonderful place it was and what a great sheriff he was so that people would want to live there (read more taxes) and visit as well (read spend money – eventually more taxes).
I wonder if Darth Vader would have a website? What fictional character do you think would be great to have a website?
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