1. Pick A Name:You Should Have Your Name Selected Before Creating A Site. Make It Interesting, Super Orginal, And Not To Long. If Your Name Is Too Long Then It'll Be Harder To Fit On Signs! Some Sites Have Site Name Ideas. Look For Inspiration!
2. Know Your Stuff:You MUST Have A Knowledge Of HTML and CSS coding! This Is Very Important. Also A Knowledge Of At Least One Major Photoediting Program Such As Pant Shop Pro/Photoshop/Photofiltre/Gimp/Etc. Until You Have All Of These Skills Think Twice About What You're Getting Yourself Into!
3. Produce The Goods:Start Making Stuff For Your Site Even Before It's Created! People Usually Delete Sites That Dont Have Much Content. Its Good To Offer At Least A Few Things Such As Icons And Photography. SoCal Started Out With 3 Layouts And A Few Pic Captions And Just Kept Expanding! Keep The Stuff Coming After You Start! New Content Is What People Will Come Back For.
4.Devote Your Time:You MUST Have Time To Run A Site. One Of The Most Important Tips I Can Give you! There Is Always So Much to Do And If You Spend A Lot Of time Improving Your Site It'll Make Your Site Look Good. People Will Be Dying To Add You!
5.Sign-Tastic?:Have A Good Sign. Signs That Are Interesting And Neat Are Tickets To LOTS Of Adds =]
6.Make/Use Your Own Stuff:It Makes You Look Professional, Orginal, And Like You Care.
7.Jockers=Sinners:NEVER JOCK. It's Not Cool, You're Not Cool or Cute For Doing It. You're Just Causing Trouble. Jocking Is When You Steal/Take Someone Else's Stuff Without Giving Them Credit. You WILL Be Caught And End Up On A Jocker List Where Tons Of People Will Block You.
8.Hater Please:NEVER HATE. Hating Is When You're Mean ir "Hate" On Someone's Site. It's Not Cool And Really Rather Rude.
9.Be Sweeter Than Sugar:ALWAYS Be NICE. I Dont Care How Much You Want To Kick, Yell, Scream, And Cuss Out The Stupid People. You HAVE to Be Nice. Stay Cool. I Know It's Hard But It Makes You And Your Site Look Good, Mature, And So Much More.
10.Appreciate and UpDate:Appreciate Your Costumers And Visitors. Take Their Feedback [[both positive abd negative]]. Keep Updating. New Content Is What People Want!
11.Support ((Code)) Me Please:Have A Support Code! This Is Way Essential In Gathering Friends.a support code is a code that other sites can post in a bulletin to link back to your site. it ultimately gathers more friends. you would support them back by placing their code in a bulletin and posting it ((s4s?)). Have one or it'll a be a rough ride gathering friends! sooo helpful! :D
12.Organized? Who Me? Pshhh!:Organization is VERY important in running a site. its important to keep up with various amounts of things like messages/comments/blogs/requests/and sooo much more. if you're unorganized it'll show. stay organized and you'll thank yourself in the end!
13.Bulletin Frenzzzy:Of course its okay to post bulletins. heck you kind of have to to make it as a site. just dont go gaga over bulletins and post one every other second. that makes some people mad and that makes them block you...and we all know 100blocks=DELETED so yeah. if you do plan to be heavy bulletin posted make sure to warn people before-hand by putting it in your headliner! :D
14.Duuuddeee What's Your Last Name?: If you do plan on requiring a last name for others to add you make sure you let them know what it is. put in your headliner; it's as simple as that. trust me know one wants to sit there and guess what on earth your last name is. it wont be worth it and make people give up which means less adds or no friends. just do us all a favor and put your last name in ur headline if you require one!
15.a4a?:a4a means affie for affie or affiliate for affiliate. you'll need an affie button and a code for your button to link back to your site. an affie button is a small image that says your site name and links to your site. you affie with other sites for more adds. they take your code and put it on their site displaying your button and you would do the same for them.
16.K Bay Bay:K stands for thousand so if someone has, for example 15k, it means they hall 15,000 friends. If a plus sign (+) is added to the end it means they have however many thousand friends plus some more. you can display how many k you have in your headline, display name, about me, s4s, or friendproof. :D
17.Kudo Cameleon:Remember To Give Kudos ANYTIME You Comment Another Site's Blog. No It Doesnt Do Anything Special, But It's Like Respect. Kudos are Like Tipping. Always Give Kudos Mkay?
18.Notes: If You See In Someone's Headline: Leave A Cute Note =) or LEAVE A NOTE TELLING ME WHERE YOU FOUND ME OR I WILL DENY! Then Please Just Leave A Note. Honestly, I Find It Annoying And Slightly Brash But Go Ahead And Leave A Note. =)