RP Submission Guide

Ready to submit your RP to the directory? Amazing! If you've not already registered and activated your account, check out the Getting Started Guide.

Before you submit

To be listed in the directory, you'll need to satisfy the advertisement requirements. We recommend making sure you do this before submitting your advert, so we can approve your advert faster. Requirements change a little depending on the type of roleplay you're submitting.

Advertising requirements:

• Have the TRN affiliate button visible on your main page, in a static (non-scrolling) position (preferred) or
• Have the TRN advert pinned at the top of your Guest Friendly Advertising forum or
• Have a text link to TRN included on an affiliates/similar page easily accessible from your main index (for sites/groups that do not have an existing affiliate table, or who list their affiliates in a different way) or
• Have a link to TRN pinned in a resources/similar channel (Discord only) or
• Another method that suits your group/site. Come chat to us in the #Site-Help channel of our Discord server to work out what works for you!

You can find current copies of the advert and affiliate button code in the Advertising Materials page.

Creating a submission

To start your RP submission, select "New RP Group Listing" from the Sites > Roleplay Groups menu, or click this link here. 

It might look like a lot, but most of it is checkboxes. Each field and tag is designed to help potential members find your site fast, the more information you can give, the better matched your RP will be for people searching through our system.

Field guide

The basics

• Title
  The name of your RP, easy enough!
   
• Community Link
  The link to your main index. If you're using the TRN button as your advert requirement, this is the page it would ideally be on. Discord groups will put their invite link here.
   
• About
  Tell us a little about your RP! This is the main information block, so include things like your plot and setting.
   
• Established
  This is the date your RP was created. If the RP has been rebooted, please select the date of your most recent reboot.
   
• Roleplay Scope
  Select whether the RP is multigenre, or not. 
   
• Roleplay Type
  Select the format of the RP: blog, forum, etc.

Character creation

• Application Type
  Select any application types that are used in your RP, including appless and optional applications.
   
• Character Types
  Select any character types that are available in your RP.
   
• Face Claims
  Select any face types that are allowed to be used in your RP, as well as whether they are optional or required.

Setting

• Genres
  If your RP is not multifandom, select any genres that apply to your RP.
   
• Setting
  Select any setting tags that apply to your RP.
   
• Location
  If your RP takes place in a real-world location, enter the country/town/city that it takes place in. You can add more than one if needed.
   
• Time Period
  Select any time periods that apply to your RP.

Fandom Details

• Fandom
  Select the fandom types (books, movies, etc) and specifics (Harry Potter, etc) that apply to your RP. If your direct fandom is not listed, please request it in the Tag Suggestions at the end of the form!

Features

• Community Features
  Select any community features that apply to your RP group.

Policies

• Age Restrictions
  Choose the minimum age requirement for players joining your RP
   
• Language Rating
  Select the highest allowable language rating for your RP as determined by RPG Ratings.
   
• Sexual Content Rating
  Select the highest allowable sexual content rating for your RP as determined by RPG Ratings.
   
• Violence Rating
  Select the highest allowable violence rating for your RP as determined by RPG Ratings.
   
• Word Count
  Select any word count rules that apply to your RP

Links

• Quick Links
  List any links that you want to highlight for potential visitors to your RP. This might be to getting started guides, claims, character adoptions, and more. Add as many as you need.

Images

• Affiliate Image
  Upload your 88x31 affiliate image. This will be used for leaderboards and other small features.
   
• Images
  Upload any other images to represent your RP. The first image in the upload list will be used as the cover, and you can drag and drop images to order them as you like. Square images work best here.

News

• Updates
  Use this field to inform potential visitors of what is new, and currently happening in your RP. This is a great way to bump your listing!

Administrative

• Advert Requirements
  Select the requirement option you have chosen. This will help our staff find the button or advert so we can approve your listing.
   
• Listing Type
  This field should automatically be set to "site", and helps with our leaderboard data. Leave it on "site".
   
• Tag Suggestions
  You can list any tags you need for your listing in this section, and more information on filling this out can be found on the Tag Suggestions page.
   
• Moderation State
  When you're ready for us to review your submission, flick this to "Ready To Review" and hit "Save"!

Submitting your listing

When your listing is complete and ready for us to review, select "Ready To Review" in the Moderation State field, and hit "Save". We will look it over as soon as we can, and contact you if there are any questions or suggestions to improve your listing.