All Club Leaders!
So, you've applied to lead a club, and got it, what now???
Getting Started
Firstly
You should join hh_clubsmods and find you have posting access to hh_clubs. If you don't have the latter, contact me straight away. I've probably forgotten. :)
Register/Application
Every club should have a Register/Application post, and that's pretty much the first thing you should do.
This post should contain:
Posts
Frequency
You should post to the community at least once every two weeks. But more is encouraged!
Content
You can post to remind members of your club to participate in an acitivity, post an acitivity, ask club members what they would like to see, or just generally to take part in discussions, etc. Clubs is a place for interacting!
Every contest post should contain a link back to your register.
Ex. Want to join the club? Go here!
Format
Subjects
Never forget to put a subject of the post!! And please pick a format and stick to it.
Ex. Name of Club: Title of Post.
For Defense Against the Dark Arts I use: DADA: Contest#
Layout
Uniform formats are good! I don't mind what the format for your posts are, but try to stick to it! For example for contests I try and use:
Aim:
Details:
Points:
Deadline:
Form: (if needed. this can be a textarea)
And don't forget to put a lot of text, or large graphics behind lj-cuts.
Banners
Many club leaders find they like to have a banner for their clubs. That's fine. You can make one yourself, or have your first contest for the club members to design one.
The banners dimensions should not add up to more than 400px. So for example 300x100 would be fine, as would 150x250 (although I'd prefer them to be largest on their width value). I'd also like them to be less than 50kb.
Tags
Application Tag
Your application post should be tagged with the tag application posts.
Club Tags
Each club has a tag. If you're not sure of yours take a look here. Every post you make to the community for that club should be tagged with that tag.
Current Tag
Your most current post/activity should be tagged with the current tag. This should be removed from posts once the activity is no longer current.
Contests
Types
So, you've got your club set up, and know how to lay out your posts, but what type of contests should you hold? Well, not every club has contests, some just have activities. Different types of clubs offer different things and I'm all for encouraging them to all be more diverse! Be it trivia, scavenger hunts, graphics challenges, photo challenges, discussions or something much more! Go for it just...
Approval
Every activity you want to do? Has to be approved by the community mods. There's a link in the userinfo and one in the sidebar that direct you to the post to submit your idea. Good luck!
Submitting Points
Once an activity has been completed and the points awarded, you need to turn these in to the current month's points post so they'll be counted! Clubs has a separate post than the rest of hogwartsishome. A link to our post can be found, one more, in the userinfo or the sidebar of the hh_clubs.
HTML Help
Some basic HTML things for new club leaders.
Bold text
Italicised text
Underlined text
Centered text
A Link
A Link
This is a text area, write whatever you want in here!!!
This is a text area, write whatever you want in here!!!
FAQ
Clubs does have a FAQ where questions can be asked. It can be found here.
Getting Started
Firstly
You should join hh_clubsmods and find you have posting access to hh_clubs. If you don't have the latter, contact me straight away. I've probably forgotten. :)
Register/Application
Every club should have a Register/Application post, and that's pretty much the first thing you should do.
This post should contain:
- any important information about your club
- a list of all your current members
- an application to join the club
- a record of which acitivies people have participated in
Posts
Frequency
You should post to the community at least once every two weeks. But more is encouraged!
Content
You can post to remind members of your club to participate in an acitivity, post an acitivity, ask club members what they would like to see, or just generally to take part in discussions, etc. Clubs is a place for interacting!
Every contest post should contain a link back to your register.
Ex. Want to join the club? Go here!
Format
Subjects
Never forget to put a subject of the post!! And please pick a format and stick to it.
Ex. Name of Club: Title of Post.
For Defense Against the Dark Arts I use: DADA: Contest#
Layout
Uniform formats are good! I don't mind what the format for your posts are, but try to stick to it! For example for contests I try and use:
Aim:
Details:
Points:
Deadline:
Form: (if needed. this can be a textarea)
And don't forget to put a lot of text, or large graphics behind lj-cuts.
Banners
Many club leaders find they like to have a banner for their clubs. That's fine. You can make one yourself, or have your first contest for the club members to design one.
The banners dimensions should not add up to more than 400px. So for example 300x100 would be fine, as would 150x250 (although I'd prefer them to be largest on their width value). I'd also like them to be less than 50kb.
Tags
Application Tag
Your application post should be tagged with the tag application posts.
Club Tags
Each club has a tag. If you're not sure of yours take a look here. Every post you make to the community for that club should be tagged with that tag.
Current Tag
Your most current post/activity should be tagged with the current tag. This should be removed from posts once the activity is no longer current.
Contests
Types
So, you've got your club set up, and know how to lay out your posts, but what type of contests should you hold? Well, not every club has contests, some just have activities. Different types of clubs offer different things and I'm all for encouraging them to all be more diverse! Be it trivia, scavenger hunts, graphics challenges, photo challenges, discussions or something much more! Go for it just...
Approval
Every activity you want to do? Has to be approved by the community mods. There's a link in the userinfo and one in the sidebar that direct you to the post to submit your idea. Good luck!
Submitting Points
Once an activity has been completed and the points awarded, you need to turn these in to the current month's points post so they'll be counted! Clubs has a separate post than the rest of hogwartsishome. A link to our post can be found, one more, in the userinfo or the sidebar of the hh_clubs.
HTML Help
Some basic HTML things for new club leaders.
Bold text
Italicised text
Underlined text
Centered text
A Link
A Link
This is a text area, write whatever you want in here!!!
This is a text area, write whatever you want in here!!!
FAQ
Clubs does have a FAQ where questions can be asked. It can be found here.