Affiliate with 'Souls!

['Souls Assemblage]

Affiliate with us!

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Requirements

• Forum-based roleplay games only.
  
• Your board must display IC activity (recent IC posts as well as board post total).
  
• Have an acceptable static (non-moving, flashing, blinking) 88x31 JPG, GIF, or PNG image.
  
• Already list 'Souls as an affiliate.
  
• Display our button in a static, non-scrolling section. Marquees and scrolling DIVs are not permitted. (More)
  
  A marquee is a scrolling or moving list of links. Since these do not keep our button in one place, it is tougher for members to see it and click on it. We places our affiliates on the main page in a static section, so we feel it is only fair if our affiliates do the same!
• Have a total of 30 or less RPG affiliate slots. (More)
  
  We only allow a limited number of affiliates at a time, and we feel being buried in a page of 40 or 50 affiliates (or even more) is rather unfair. Note that we check the total number of affiliate slots rather than the total number of affiliates -- if your game only has 3 current affiliates but 50 potential spots for affiliates, it will be rejected. Links to RPG rings, resources, directories, topsites, etc. are typically not counted as "affiliates," but we may choose to reject any potential affiliate with a large number of buttons (30+).
• Be professional and aesthetically appealing. (More)
         
  While we do not judge based on skin alone, a clean and well-designed skin helps. However, beyond aesthetics, we also evaluate the site's effectiveness: we are looking for well-organized sites with pleasing informational layouts, well-organized rules, and -- perhaps most importantly -- a semi-professional tone throughout rules and game information. In-jokes and "member laughs" are great -- demanding obedience or threatening rule-breakers in your game rules, not so much.
• Affiliates must have a minimum of 30 ACTIVE members or 200 REGISTERED accounts.
  

Affiliation

• All affiliates are considered by the 'Souls Assemblage before linking -- it may take a few days before you are notified of a decision; please give us time to access various aspects of your board (especially activity) before arriving at a decision.
  
• If you remove our button from your board while you are still being considered, you will automatically be rejected.
  
• We accept only 16 regular affiliates at a time at the bottom of the board. Spaces reopen on a fairly regular basis as boards shut down, so keep checking back!
  
• Featured Affiliation may not be applied for -- the 'Souls Assemblage chooses Featured Affiliates, typically long-time, established forums we've had a long affiliation with.
  

Benefits of Affiliation

• Exposure to a large member base.
  
• Linking -- we add our affiliates to our Affiliate list on our Twitter account and will send you tweets if you interact with us!
  
• Affiliation with a long-time site. You'll get your button up on 'Souls for however long we stick around... which is over a decade so far!
  

Our Buttons

See the Pride topic for more.

Code Example

Code:

<a href="http://soulsrpg.com/forum/" target="_blank"><img src="http://soulsrpg.com/images/pride/buttons/Souls_88x31_11.jpg" title="'SOULS-- post-apocalyptic werewolf rpg" alt="'SOULS-- post-apocalyptic werewolf rpg" border="0" width="88" height="31"></a>

Submission

Email us at admin [at] soulsrpg.com with the following information for consideration:

Board Name:
URL:
Image: [88x31, .gif, .jpg or .png, static (non-moving)]
Opening Date:
Link to Active Member List:
Head Administrator E-mail: (PLEASE be certain to reply with a correct email! This is the only way we can contact you)
Why we should affiliate with your board: