You are never stupid Sue.

My point of view on this is that the Guild is not for advertising. For that, I have other means. The Guild is a place for enthusiast first and before all. When I post a new map, even if I also hope to catch the eye of a potential client, that's primarily to share it with the community, to help the forum live and, most of all, to give back what I get from all the marvelous maps that talented artists post here. There are ways to advertise, through our signatures, with ads appearing on the site if you are a sponsor AND if you want to (I hate advertising banners but I completely understand their necessity and the ones that chose to use that system).