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Player site
Player site (Community group) controls how your community's website looks to players: colours, logo, banner, text, which sections exist, the website address and whether you are listed in the RustyThrones directory. Needs the site.manage permission (Admin); domains need site.domains (Admin).
Players then see the result at your community website. What each section contains is described in the Player guide.
Colours
| Field | Rule |
|---|---|
| Main color | Hex color such as #22aa88. Default #ff6b35. Very dark colors trigger a warning because the site is dark by default. |
| Second color | Hex color. Default #7aa2ff. |
Logo and banner
| Image | Rule |
|---|---|
| Logo | Square image, PNG, JPEG or WebP, 2 MB max. |
| Banner | Wide image, 1600 x 400 or larger, 2 MB max. |
Upload replaces, Remove deletes. The images belong to your community only.
Text and links
| Field | Limit |
|---|---|
| Tagline | 120 characters. Shown under the community name on the home page. |
| Description | 600 characters. Shown on the home page and the About page. |
| Discord invite link | A Discord invite such as https://discord.gg/yourcode; other links are refused. Adds a Discord link to the navigation, footer and home page. |
Sections
Switch sections on or off. An off section disappears from the navigation and its address returns to the home page.
| Section | Contents | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Store | Kits and bundles players can buy. | On |
| Quests | Daily and weekly objectives with gem rewards (also holds the journey). | On |
| Leaderboard | Top players across your servers. | On |
| Maps | Current and past wipe maps. | On |
| About | Your community description and rules. | On |
| Referral program | Invite banner on the home page. | On |
Servers, Live activity, Clans and Legal are always available.
The right-hand Live preview shows the home hero with your name, logo, tagline and a Play now button. Save with Save; Discard reverts.
Communities directory
Switch on List my community on RustyThrones to appear in the public communities directory on the panel landing page. It shows your name, logo, tagline, website, Discord and live player count. Off by default.
Website address
On the same page, Addresses:
| Address | Detail |
|---|---|
| Your site address | <your-address>.<platform domain>, with a Copy button. Free, and available now: for example my-clan.rustythrones.com. |
| Custom domains | Your own domain such as play.yourclan.com. Up to 2. A Pro-plan feature ("Pro" tag and See plans otherwise). |
Add a custom domain
Full step-by-step guide, with where to click at OVH, Cloudflare, GoDaddy, Namecheap and others: Use your own domain. In short:
- Type the host and click Add domain.
- Create the records the panel shows: a TXT record (proves ownership) and either a CNAME to
sites.rustythrones.com(subdomain likeplay.yourclan.com) or A records to the shown IPs (root domain likeyourclan.com, which cannot use a CNAME). On Cloudflare set it to DNS only. - Click Check now. Statuses: Pending, Verified, not pointing at RustyThrones yet (ownership OK, CNAME/A missing or wrong), Verified, Failing. Once verified and pointing, HTTPS is issued automatically on the first visit.
A verified domain is re-checked daily (TXT and where it points); if the TXT fails for 7 days it becomes unverified. A domain can belong to one community only; up to 2 per community. The trash icon removes it.
Sign-in on a custom domain uses a one-time hand-off so players stay signed in there.
Pages (Home and About)
The Pages card edits the text of your site's Home and About pages. Until you change something it shows the default text (your tagline and description for Home and About); the first change makes the page yours, Reset to default goes back.
| Page | What you can edit |
|---|---|
| Home | Tagline, introduction, feature cards (icon, title, text, optional link to Servers, Store, Leaderboard, Quests, Maps or your Discord; up to 8), call-to-action title and text |
| About | Title, subtitle, your story, cards (up to 8), highlights list (up to 10), server rules (up to 20), closing line |
Empty lists are hidden on the site. Start from the standard cards / rules fills a list with ready-made text to adapt. Cards linking to a section you switched off are hidden. Save with the page's Save button like the rest of the Player site settings.
Troubleshooting
| Problem | Fix |
|---|---|
| Colour rejected | Use a 6-digit hex value with #. |
| Image rejected | Too big (over 2 MB) or wrong type. |
| Discord link rejected | Use a discord.gg / discord.com/invite link. |
| Domain stays Pending | TXT or CNAME wrong or not propagated; compare with the values shown. |
| A section 404s | It is switched off here. |