Just got one from a friend, thank you anyways though! :D

I have spare ToyHouse codes too if you want one!

My best advice would be to just get one and try out the basic features and see what you think. Also ask to see other people's and see if any of our overall layouts or stuff help you figure out how you'd want yours to look. Here's mine: https://toyhou.se/Haru_Totetsu
It's very basic and I don't use any unique styles but it at least helps you gain some visual of what a very basic account looks like.

If you have any questions about anything I'd be more than happy to answer them to the best of my ability.

Thanks so much for the help and the example!
I'll give it a look and see what I can do as far as layout/appearance goes. Unless it's like coding that does all that, in which case I'm a lost cause haha! ^^;

I have noticed a few profiles that have a really neat and organized little clickable display for their info. I've no idea how to apply such a look to my own profile however. ^^;
I'll just link an example of what I mean, if that's okay! Example of one and another example
Thank you for your help! :)

Ah those are part of coding you can implement on the site. There's two ways you can do it, one is under Settings -> Profile Content. The box for text that you can just type has a box saying Disable WYSIWYG which when clicked lets you put in basic code in (that's how I put those ribbons on the top of my profile), and you click it again to go back to the normal text box. I believe a more complicated option is under the Settings -> Profile CSS & Blurbs, but that's beyond my scope of knowledge.

A lot of users actually provide free or pay to use codes to help spruce up profiles, so you could experiment with some of them if you wanted.

Ah okay neat! I'll look into it and see what I can find out as far as some basic coding to help spruce up my profile. ^^
Thanks so much again for the insight and explanation! :D

Weird, why did it require you to do that? Should've been able to just go for it after changing out the parts

ive been on Toyhouse for ages, i would be happy to help with anything you might have questions on like privacy settings and such :)

I'm absolutely all ears on what's recommended as I'm completely new to the site and would appreciate any safety advice or just good starting-out advice on there! :)

Awesome! I can either post stuff here, or put together a sort of “welcome packet” with some screenshots etc or if you prefer I’d be happy to do a discord call some time and share screen and walk you through it! The basic thing though that’s super cool is these - 1. You can block your art from being seen by people who aren’t logged in and you can add watermarks to your work. 2.if you block a person they can’t see your account but you can also ip block so they can’t make alts to watch you. And you can organize your art into folders and hide work if you want to only have you see it or that kinda thing. Also you can still post “journals”

Oh my gosh that would be so awesome if it's not too much trouble! I would love a welcome packet just to help familiarize me with the site as a newcomer! :D I'm also not fully sure what ToyHouse is used for specifically, like is it a secure place to just hold your personal designs/ocs? Or is a place for selling designs? Or both, I suppose? ^^; I've only ever used FA and DeviantArt as far as art sites go, so I guess I'm curious where it lands in that category as far as similarities or exclusive features go.
But your explanation of security features does help give peace of mind for posting there for sure! :)

yeah its kind of both! a good chunk of it is sort of like a gallery where you can make individual folders basically for your art, or posting your oc and its art, and then you can favorite things, subscribe to a user which is like being a watcher, you can also post written work,and your subs can see things you post, or "bulletins" which are basically journals.. and you can also code them to look unique or play music or be for roleplay.. and each oc can individually be set for sale or hidden, or only shown to authorized peeps.. you can also put terms for owning designs you create and those will stay attached to it and when people upload art from you and they put your username in it puts your credits on your art so when people click it goes to your TH or FA account.. and you can see the transfer history to track things..and they have forums to post on, as well as you can create "worlds" which are really kind of like your own mini private forums so you could create one thats like say "feralise fans" and then you could have a spot in it for people to discuss ideas of what they wanna see from you, or you could promote your patreon, or tons of other things! ill get some basic stuff together and dm you it when its done! here's mine as an example https://toyhou.se/Roonix

Ahhh! That's genuinely so awesome and explains it perfectly! :D
I'm honored to get a glimpse at your profile as well, it's so clean and well laid out! <3
Also, I maaay have peeked in your collection and found a new guy to absolutely crush over! X3
I might just dm ya! :D

haha feel free, trust me i drool over them all the time they love it hehe. and i can show you some amaaazing profiles like.. this is how fancy: https://toyhou.se/16845536.destry that's  heathendove 's main oc, she is an INCREDIBLE code customizer, she knows a lot about it

Waaaait that's SO GORGEOUS! Oh my gosh!
My eyes went HUGE the second her profile loaded! :O
I'm truly in awe of those like her who can make such a stunning presentation for their profile!
Ps- please dont look at mine its abbysmal... LOL

boom once you have an account here's a mini guide to the most important basic settings etc https://toyhou.se/~bulletins/279067.....-for-new-users

I posted a comment there but this was an absolutely perfect guide for a new ToyHouse user like myself! :D
Genuinely, thank you so much again for your kindness in creating and sharing this step-by-step guide! ^^