City Showcase

A City Showcase is a visual documentation of SimCty4 players' endeavours in the game. While an CJ/MD can take any conceivable form--a journal of regular updates, a story with a carefully constructed plot, "eyecandy" only--the foundation is a showcase of the player's game through various media, most commonly images, but more increasingly, animations and videos.

The term "City Showcase" is a generic one, and various other terms are used at the many fansites. Below, the nomenclature and layout of the Showcase sections are described at different sites.

Simtropolis

At Simtropolis, they are called City Journals, and are all housed in a single board, titled "City Journals."

SimCity 4 Devotion

At SC4Devotion, the showcases are known as Mayors' Diaries are separated and classified in a hierarchy based on post count:

• Classics. MDs with more than 500 replies and 5000 page views.
• Best Sellers. MDs with more than 100-499 replies and 1000-4999 page views.
• Recently Published. MDs with 0-99 replies and 0-999 page views.

There are also auxiliary sections, reserved for specific instances:

• SC4Devotion Mayors' Diary Hall of Fame. This section is home to those MDs that have been chosen by the SC4D community as being of such exemplary quality as to be included in the Hall of Fame. Those MDs in the Hall of Fame are kept there permanently.
• Of Special Interest This Month (OSITM). This section is home to those MDs that have be chosen by the SC4D Staff for a month-long spotlight. MDs that are chosen for OSITM are housed in this OSITM thread for a period of one month, then rotate back to the regular forums, based on their post count.
• Inactive MDs. MDs that have been not been posted in by the author for a period of 45 days in the active forums are deactivated and moved here. Authors may request to have their MDs reactivated, based on moderator approval.
• MD Archives. MDs that have been in the "Inactive MDs" section for a period of three month without reactivation are moved here. Once an MD is moved here, it is locked and generally cannot be reactivated.

SimForum

At SimForum, they are referred to as Stadtportraits (City Portraits) or Regionportraits, and placed in a subforum with the Wettbewerbe (Competitions).

ToutSimCity

At ToutSimCity, the showcases are placed in a forum called "Vos Villes" (Your Cities).

Other Sites

At The Planning Pages and SimPeg, they are referred to as City Journals.

MD/CJ Index:

• You can find many CJs/MDs in The Sim City - City Journal Index.

MD/CJ Categories

See Category:Mayor_Diaries for more information and a list of MD/CJs and their categories.