Share your unused website/gimmick ideas

[Memory]

Hey there,

recently I've been thinking a bit about ideas for how to spice up a website. I had some interesting concepts in mind but then realized that I won't ever use any of them for my own websites due to time constraints, concept mismatches or other related issues. But it would be a shame if they went to waste!

I don't think it particularly fits my personal website, but a rudimentary weather system would be kind of cool; having a little forecast and randomized weather effects on your site just as a bit of flavor. Making it more likely to snow in winter or rain in spring.

So, for inspiration, how about y'all share your yet-unused ideas for websites and website gimmicks? Maybe someone can make them a reality when you don't want to!

[levya]

ooh a weather system would be really cool! and it'd probably fit with my personal site being like a virtual outdoor space :o

I don't think I have any wildly creative ideas, but there are some things I want to implement eventually!

• an events page that I can change based on whatever holiday or event is going on. like for New Year's I can have fireworks and maybe draw some art of my characters partying, on Valentine's Day I can make some Valentine's cards, etc.
• different skins for my website, so if people don't like how pink my site is they can browse in blue or black or something.
• a character on the 404 page who you can play a choose your own adventure type game with, to make finding broken links more fun haha

[Melooon]

Ooh this is a good idea for a topic; here are a few ideas from my notes!

• A site that generates totally random comic strips out of MOMG gifs.
• A community directory service where people rate sites as they browse using an extension, sites in the directory are ranked based on community ratings and categories.
• A directory dedicated to websites that bring you a feeling of being in/from another world.
• Offer citizenship certificates to people who visit my homepage.
• Big Dump; literally a dump for files and images people can upload, displayed in a huge pile.