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GUIDE UPDATES
03/08/2020 - Index Created - An Ambitious project with the goal of revitalizing Guides and Resources. Many of the Guides listed here are out of date and need a new modern take. I've added creation dates to each guide listed here in the hopes that someone out there will be willing to take up the banner and modernize.

08/16/2020 - I've combed through the Guides and Resources Forum and collected a first pass, now archived here. A second pass will need to be done, and maybe if I'm feeling ambitious, Item Lists will be added to the second, and third pages, or another Index.

SUBMISSION PROCESS

Welcoming submissions for entries now,
No Item / Item Color lists at this time, Please.

Submission Format:

SITE

STAFFING AND MODERATION
Gaia Staff & Titled Users List
Inactive, Created in 2017
Clean breakdown of the Different Staff and Moderator Types with their Username Colors
Out of Date

Security:
Hacking Prevention Guide
Created in 2010
Common Schemes and Prevention, and what to do in the Worst Case Scenario

How not to get Banned
Created in 2008
Don't do what Donnie Don't does

REWARDS, GRANTS, AND SITE FEATURES
Stars:
Gaia Rewards Program
Spend money, get Stars you can redeem for items. Current Rewards
Stars you earn will expire after 6 months

Star Rewards List
Active, Created in 2019
List all the known Star Reward Items granted so far.

Wing Stickers:
Wing Stickers are a blue wing-shaped sticker introduced in the summer of 2010.
They cannot be traded and can only be collected during certain events.
The can be redeemed for rewards at the Wing Sticker Store


Go Fusion:
Offical Go Fusion Page
Go Fusion Guide
Go Fusion Guide - Working Images
Created in 2016, 2015 respectively
Ever wondered what those Charms in your inventory were for?


Daily Chance:
Daily Chance Reward Guide
Semi-Active, Created in  2018
Possible prizes you can get when opening the Daily Chance
Item Images and Links


Grant Archive
Semi-Active, Created in 2013
Link Archive of Grant Keys, Internal Links that provide Free Items or Currency


Achievements:
An Agate Achievements Guide
Semi-Active, Created in 2016
A guide for all personal achievements created using an Agate Ticket.

Achievement Hunters Unite!
Active, Created in 2017
A list of achievements and how to earn them

Achievement Central
Inactive, Created in 2017
A list of achievements and how to earn them

I ❤ Achievements -- A Guide NEW! Updated 9/23!
Inactive, Created in 2014
A list of achievements and how to earn them

Favorites:
Guide to the Favorite System
Created in 2018
A Guide to Favorites, A site system that was introduced in January 2017 that allows you to save avatars into a personal gallery.

Ghosting:
Ghosting Guide
Created in 2016
Not the act of leaving someone on read, but the act of another User's Inventory to dress them up
Broken Images

COMMUNITY


GAIAN LORE
The Plotline and Events of Gaia: A Summary (IMAGE HEAVY)
Created in 2015
Broken Images

Main Plot Summary
Created in 2011
A detailed written Summery of the Main plot line events of GaiaOnline's NPC's

Guide to Gaia- Knowing your world. Version 2.0
Created in 2013
Alphabetically sorted Gaiaverse Lore and Geography

AVATARS
In Depth Avatar Making Guide
Semi Active, Created in 2007
Nicely Formatted Guide on How to Make Ascetic Avatars
Some Broken Images

Clean That Inventory!
Created in 2015
Feeling Cluttered? Need to find Joy? This Simple Guide will help you do some Spring Cleaning!
Broken Images

COLOR SCHEMES
Colors and Color Scheme Hex Guide
Semi Active, Created in 2017
Well formatted Guide to Official and Unofficial Item Colors and Color Schemes

Guide on How to Create Recolor Mocks
Created in 2020
How to make Recolor mocks for User made Items

SITE ARTWORK
Gaia Shop NPC Image Database
Active Guide Started in 2012
Past and present looks of the shop NPCs  - Image Heavy

NPC Avatars List
Semi-Active, Created in 2012
Past and present looks of the site NPC Avatars  - Image Heavy, Some broken images.

Gaia's Canon Art Rig Guide
Guide Started in 2020
Alphabetical Archive of Rig Art

List of Gaia's Animated GIFs
Active, Created in 2013
Curating site GIFS for reference and use. Complete with code links for each and where they were used for profile/ forum flair use.


Kin Image List
Active Offsite Spreadsheet
Curating Kindred GIFS for reference and use. Complete with code links for each and where they were used for profile/ forum flair use


Roleplaying:
Guide to Roleplaying
Created in 2019
Straightforward Guide to Roleplaying

A Users Guide to Roleplaying
Created in 2011
In depth Guide to Roleplaying and Setting up a RP

MiniShops/Hangouts/ Ect.:
Minishops and Resources Centre
Created in 2007
Most Definitely Defunct, I'd love to see a return of this style of Community Directory

How to Protect your OC's
Created in 2015
All about Original Characters, Art Theft, and You

Adoptables Guide
Created in 2015
Everything you wanted to know about buying and selling original characters





GUILDS
~The Ultimate GGN Guild Guide~
Created in 2007, Last Updated 2012
How to Buy and Sell Guilds, Running a Guild, and Guild F.A.Q

TOOLS

Unofficial, Third Party Add-ons meant to improve user experience
Use at your own Risk.

Gaia Gold and Platinum Converter
Created in 2020
CodePen Site link that converts Platinum to Gold and Gold to Platinum

Gaian Currency Converter
Created in 2019
A browser extension that converts Platinum to Gold and Gold to Platinum

GaiaUpgrade
Active, Thread Created 2015
GaiaUpgrade is a browser extension built by the Gaia Tools team
Feature List

Gaia Tools
OFFSITE LINK
Includes Theme Composer for Profiles, an Image Randomizer, an editable Rainbow text generator, and more

Better Gaia
Inactive, Thread Created 2015
A defunct browser Addon

Gaia Sorter
Created 2018
An inventory sorter for GaiaOnline

TOOL- gaiaplus bROWSER ADDON
Created 2013
Post formatter for GaiaOnline

Gaia Color Generator
OFFSITE LINK
Randomized Color theme Randomizer




PSA's:
Technical Fixes & Workarounds

Alternate Image Hosting Options
Created in 2017
Photobucket changed its hotlinking policy in 2017 to be Subscriber Only, causing sitewide image breaks


PSA - How to remove Facebook Buttons on Gaia
Created in 2014
How to get rid of that share button

Updating a Guide's broken images
Created in 2019
Identified a change in Gaia's image servers and offers a fix

Image Hosting List, Photobucket Alternatives
Created in 2017
Alternatives to Photobucket after the Great Image Ransoming  of 2017, details included in the Guide

YouTube on Gaia Guide
Created in 2018
FAQ & Troubleshooting Youtube Videos in the Profile Media Section

Play Buttons on Avatars
Created in 2017
Workaround for Flash Issues on Avatars
Most likely Defunct with Flash Support ending in 2020

Wishlist Disappearing Fix
Created in 2017
Simple Fix for "Database Error: Could not get offer item relationship!"

Inventory Drag and Drop Workaround
Created in 2016
Inventory Drag and Drop Workaround for Touchscreen Devices(?)

ITEM-CENTRIC


Visual Color Scheme Guide
Created in 2021
A visual guide organized in ROYGBIV groupings with Text for easy searching

--The Color Scheme Guide Compilation Thread--
Created in 2018
A visual and alphabetized guide to most of the official colors and schemes on Gaia, as well as a few unofficial and user-made ones.

The Misc. Item Guides Compilation
Created in 2017
A categorized list of links to active, updated item guides. (Things like arm/leg/skin mods, various types of clothing, cosplays, backgrounds, etc.) Color schemes not included.

The GaiaOnline Artist Item List
Item list by Artist
Created in 2012
Defunct/Out of date

Quest for Success!
Thread Created 2013
A well formatted Guide to Questing, the Art of Chasing that one special Item.

Project Custom:
What the heck are Project Tickets? [A Guide and Resource]
Thread Created 2015, Outdated in the Author's opinion
I think it's still relevant for explaining out what Project Custom is in a nutshell

OFFICIAL PROJECT CUSTOM THREAD
OFFICIAL PROJECT RECOLOR THREAD

Project Custom Winners and Resources
Semi Active, Thread Created 2016
Active Thread that curates past winners of Project Custom and their Items
Visual List of Ticket Types and Items

Item Grants and Item Generators:

GRANTED ITEMS II
Active Thread, Last updated October 2019
Chatterbox Thread, Contains a Impressive list of Item, Gold and Paw Item Grants
Some Broken Images

Grant Item Links
Created 2015
Text Links to Grant items (Some still work)

Free Item Archive - NEWER
Created 2010
Broken Images

Free Item Archive - OLD
Created 2009
Broken Images

Chronological Event Items
Inactive,Thread Created 2017
Chronological Event Items Archive
Some Broken Images

The Complete Chronological RIG/RGG List
Active, Created 2015
A Guide to RIG's, or Random Item Generators

The Master Chance Item List
Inactive, Created 2010
A nicely formatted Guide to what Items could be granted from various CI's or Chance Items

Tiered Spending Events Archive
Inactive, Created 2015
An organized compilation of tiered spending events and funding tiers rewards.

Evolving Items Guide and List
Inactive, Created 2010
Evolving Items Guide and Types

Item and Avatar Features:
Hair Trimming Guide and List
inactive, Created 2014
A Guide to Hair Altering Items, and How to use Them

GUIDE CATEGORIES

RETURNING/NEW USERS

SITE
Achievements
Star Rewards
Plat/Currency
Avatars
Staff/Mod List

FORUMS
Editing Font Colors
Layouts
Code
Symbol Guides

TOOLS
Third Party Add-ons meant to improve user experience

COMMUNITY GUIDES
Plot
Security
Rolyplaying
Running Shops/Hangouts ect.
Project Custom

GAMING GUIDES
zOmg
Fishing
Alchemy
Booty Grab
Aquariums

GUIDE CATEGORIES

RETURNING/NEW USERS

SITE
Achievements
Star Rewards
Plat/Currency
Avatars
Staff/Mod List

FORUMS
Editing Font Colors
Layouts
Code
Symbol Guides

TOOLS
Third Party Add-ons meant to improve user experience

COMMUNITY GUIDES
Plot
Security
Rolyplaying
Running Shops/Hangouts ect.
Project Custom

GAMING GUIDES
zOmg
Fishing
Alchemy
Booty Grab
Aquariums