We recommend members of HF to successfully open and run a stable, business, registry, or association. Please follow the below guidelines before you submit your establishment.
Webpage Hints
- ALL HF affiliated sites MUST have a visible statement saying that the site is fake and for a game called Horses Forever.
- Your establishment must be on a webpage or forum.
- Make sure that your site it easy to read and navigate.
- All links should work. A link back to Horses Forever is preferable.
- Do not have a lot of pictures and graphics on the main pages. They make a site slow to load. This also includes elaborate backgrounds.
- An easy navigation system is required.
Stable Requirements
- Have a description on one page of your stable. Include who owns it, where it is at, and what you specialize in.
- Please research all topics that you include on your stable’s site. We like our pages to be as realistic and informative as possible.
- We recommend that you have a page for each individual horse you own. Pictures are optional.
- Only one main stable per person. This main stable may have an unlimited number of divisions, which should be linked to from the main stable’s pages.
Association/Registry Requirements
- We no longer limit the amount of associations an advanced member may have, but please keep it within your time constraints.
- At least 6 events must be held by an association or registry per year to be considered active.
- The Officers reserve the right to delete an association that isn’t actively holding shows without prior explanation.
- To start an association, you must hold a test show to prove that there will be at minimum an interest in it. We also recommend posting on the main forum to indicate your interest in this new association. If you are interested in beginning one, you must have the association ON a webpage or forum and have posted a test show for your association within two weeks. If the test show is successful, you may post your association in the directory and move forward with your plans.
- No general studbooks are allowed. They are too large to be kept manageable and generally do not stay active. However, some breed-specific studbooks may be allowed. The exception to this is a pedigree database.
- Do not create an association/registry for something similar to what is already active.
- Associations/Registries should have a lot of information about their breed or discipline.
- HF offers hosting for your association if you do not want to create a separate forum or webpage. If you would like it to be located on HF itself, please request an HF forum based association here.
- If there is a defunct association that you are interested in taking over from an inactive member, please contact an officer for assistance.
Subassociations
- Any member may create a subassociation with the permission of the main association’s owner, as well as under his/her direction.
- Subassociations are smaller associations operating under and collaboratively with the main associations, including following its rules. An example would be having a Selle Francais Subassociation within and beneath the Warmblood Association.
- These subassociations are to be created to focus on a.) a particular breed or b.) a particular event that is contingent and dependent on the larger, main association.
- Subassociations can be a better option for someone with less time and who would like the guidance of a main association owner, but who still wants to be active in HF.
- Association and subassociation relationships are meant to be symbiotic relationships, with the main association owner having a great deal of say and priority concerning the subassociation, so please be aware you will be working closely with the main association owner!
Business Requirements
- Your products/prices should be realistic.
- Your business should be competitive with others similar to it. Deals of the month, sales, and clearances are great ways to achieve this.