Hi I haven't drawn a comprehensive list of guidelines yet, this kind of thing will be borne out of trial, error and common sense between users and moderators.
I'll share my opinions from experiences over the past few days:
- I much prefer inline images (IMG tags, NOT uploading images to the server!) - link at least one image if you are showing off your own gallery. Why? Well it gives a kind of 'teaser trailer' to the forum readers and entices them to follow your link. If you post a blind link, where's the temptation to click and have a look?
- Taking the above point into consideration, don't post your entire gallery in one page all at once! Make people come back for more.. post some today, some tomorrow.. Take the forum readers on a journey - explain how one image relates to another for instance.
- About back-links, I'm not going to strike you off if you don't link back to me from a commercial site (commercial meaning either taking payments for products/services OR running advertising). Please back-link to support the site. It's simple, fairly painless, FREE and helps us both - you scratch my back I'll scratch yours. You'll note that this site doesn't run advertising - It may in the future and if it does I'll be more relaxed about this point.
- Please don't post links that are unrelated to Fractals, unless of course you're posting in the 'non fractal related topics' page. However if you are using a link to explain a point made in a topic, then feel free.
Sound OK?