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To maintain a functioning community, Clan Quest maintains a framework of clan services, available for all its member to use, and for free wherever reasonable possible. Together, the clan services form the backbone of the clan's infrastructure.
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Clan website
Main Article: Clanquest.org
The clan website - generally referred to as offsite, from being "off" the host game's infrastructure - has been a vital part of the clan since its inception. The first offsite was just a DarkBB board. Later iterations included additional features to complement the forum functionality, but the forums have traditionally played a central role on the offsite.
The current iteration of the clan website was first released in 2017, again centred around phpBB as forum software. However, for the first time in the clan's history to offsite was built with extensibility in mind, and in early 2018 the website was expanded to include a wiki system that tightly integrated with the forum software.
Further additions, such as an improved application and guild management system, have been planned, with the ultimate goal that the offsite become a hub for all its members.
Forums
The Clan Quest forums are the central point of administration of the clan, and have a solid track record as being the source of truth in clan communication. The forums are based on the phpBB forum software. The data currently present on the forums dates back to when the offsite was first transitioned from DarkBB to phpBB.
The forums are separated in three general sections: Clan Quest, Off-topic, and Admin. The Clan Quest category is home to discussions about Clan Quest and gaming, member introductions, and the Clan Magazine. Off-topic contains discussions that don't belong anywhere else, but also homes the forum games. The Admin section contains hidden forums for clan-wide moderation groups.
In addition to the general section, each Guild gets their own forum category. The exact layout of these is up to the Guild Council's discretion, but common forums are Introductions, General, and Events.
Wiki
On September 1st, 2017, the Clan's own Wiki was implemented. A lot of the early work on its expansion was centered on 'translating' old sections of the offsite, as well as implementing a userpage system for every member to have one, moving all of the Questaholic's issues, and providing information about the Clan to the general public, without the requirement to have an account on the website.
Other systems
Clan Discord
Main Article: Clan Discord
Clan Quest's Discord server is the last voice-and-text platform officialized by the Clan Council. It was created by Xenon Ray on January 1st, 2016, and has become extremely popular amongst the clan's membership-at-large, which has in turn decreased the use of the offsite as a whole.
Branding
Main Article: Branding
short summary of current branding state (history and future in main article)
Merchandise
Main Article: Merchandise
short summary of history and current merchandise state (complete overview of what is and has been available in main article)
Organizational expertise
Because clan quest is comprised of multiple smaller organizations, each with a unique focus, comprised within its larger form, the "larger community" advances itself as a place where experts are willing to volunteer their expertise on organizational management, for communities that are smaller and don't have as many resources as Clan Quest. Online communities that are informally formed may benefit from the management, programing, and marketing experience that has made Clan Quest so successful.
Gaming community structuring
Interest in gaming teams
Historic services
The sections below describe services that used to be offered by the clan, but have now been discontinued.
Mumble server
Non-official services
The following services have been offered to Clan Quest members, and are generally member-initiated initiatives. These services have not been officially incorporated into the clan infrastructure by the Clan Council.