*IAMAOM's guide to guide making is next post.



1. RuneCrypt has the right to post any content of any submission onto RuneCrypt.com. This includes image cropping and any text in a submission.

2. RuneCrypt has the right to reject any submission.

3. NO PLAGIARISM. If you find any plagiarism within our content, notify a staff immediately or post a topic so it can be fixed.

4. Be patient while the staff reviews it! We know most (if not all) of submissions require effort, detail, and work put into it. Most likely it'll be up very soon after completion!

5. We don't need any banners made!

6. If we forgot to give you credit for something, Let Us Know! We appreciate every submission and suggestion! Keep them coming!

It is YOU who helps RuneCrypt grow!
The Arrowz
RuneCrypt Staff

*Copying information from content on RuneCrypt is plagiarizing.*
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
If you find a mistake in our guides, make a topic with the url (address) and the mistake itself.

Detailed Rules I (that way if you make a mistake we can say that we told you so!)-Feel free to post your own submission even if the same topic has been posted recently.
-Most likely we'll choose the better of the two based on other users' responses, or even may post both of them up!

Thanks and keep 'em coming!!!
-The Arrowz and Runecrypt Staff
-Any questions you have about submissions feel free to PM a staff member.

IAMAOM'S GUIDE TO GUIDE MAKING

I. Intro
II. Were to start
III. Layout, Personality, and Editing
VI. Publishing and Submitting
V. Conclusion

I. Introduction
Ya I know what your thinking, "Why would anyone need to know how to make a guide"? Well Rune Crypt Doesn't except just some slapped together, half-misspelled, sloppy page of text do you? Nope. With this guide, you'll learn how do write, edit, publish and submit guides with a better chance of them being submitted. So get ready for a politically correct guide of fun filled grammar!

II. Where to Start
Okay let’s get started. First off you must think about what you want your guide to be about. To make sure you
Don’t waste time, please check the reports section. When you’ve made your decision (if you haven’t already, most
of the time an idea just comes to me) then feel free to read on.

Great. Good. Excellent. Now that you have your guide idea, it’s time to put it into motion. Before you start
let me mention that having a text editor (Microsoft Word® is ideal) with a grammar check/spell check. If
none are available, then just using the posting box is okay.

III. Layout, Personality, and Editing
Alright, starting to feel excited, eh? Well before you start typing you need to decide what the layout will be.
The layout can decide weather your guide gets put on or not. The layout alone will decide if it’s a neat well
written article, or something the cat spat out (probably a canary of some sort). When making your layout
you should follow along these lines:

• The title, this can decide weather someone decides to even consider reading your guide or not.
• The introduction, this should be a highlight of what the guide is about.
• Optional index, though it looks more professional.
• The main body and the order of which you’ll put the guide in. Chronologically (if any) or most important should go first.
• Conclusion, no doubt last. This wraps everything up and gives the article a sense of closure. Doesn’t have to be long.

Now if your guide has pictures (which is almost a must for Rune Crypt guides) Try putting them at the bottom of the sentence or if it’s a more general picture, at the bottom of the paragraph. Don’t put pictures in mid sentence (with exceptions of icons). That makes your guide seem very choppy, and usually makes it hard to read. Remember to crop!

Now onto Personality. This is the heart and soul of your guide (possibly the spine and gallbladder). For the most part an energetic and cheerful mood should make a good atmosphere for the guide itself. Don’t be afraid to insert a joke every once and a while. Humor often guides a guide a sense of “friendliness”, which entices the reader to want to read on. Don’t try to make it look like a comedian’s script though. Too many jokes can give the guide a sense of childish feel. Mostly just try to make the guide have a light feel to it, and you’ll do fine.

Editing! Probably the most hated part of guide making. Well too bad for you. Without editing, guides would consist of misspellings, fragments, unpunctuated sentences, typos (which are sometimes hilarious), and much, much more. Basically, just read over your guide to check for any errors and fix them. Hence the recommended spell check listed earlier

IV. Publishing and Submitting
Mmmmm, your guide is starting to look pretty nice, huh? Well that’s good. If you’re using a text editing program, then copy and past your guide into the posting box (the screen you get when you make a new thread). If you’re using the posting box…then leave it as it is. Read over your guide one or two more times. Once you got everything shipshape, just click the post button!

Wait ‘till a content developer reads your guide. If it’s good enough it will be added to the site. If not then keep trying! Usually the content developers post why it won’t be added (they usually leave the topic open so you can edit, and fix your problems). Don’t glue yourself to the topic. Remember that content developers have lives too, and they can’t be constantly checking your guides. Just be patient (yes I am indeed a hypocrite).

V. Conclusion
In the end guide making is a fun, good source of calcium! Well, maybe not that, but it sure is fun! Remember that not every guide gets added, and you might have to edit your guide more than once or twice! Just don’t be discouraged and have fun!

Before posting in the Sites Submission and Suggestions Forum, please read the following

If you are going to post:

• An addition to a guide or report, use the error reporting system.
• An edit to a guide or report, use the error reporting system.

Otherwise, Create your own thread for a Site Submission or Suggestion

To use the Error Reporting System:

Simply go to the page where the error is, and open the right navigation panel. Select the "Report Error" link and fill out the form. The staff will be notified of your report.