Deities and Councils

I am fairly new to this MUD running, and everything is going ok so far. I want to add some councils and deities. How do I do this, and is there anything else I should know? Like that it won't save? I have created several new objects, but when the server goes down or crashes, and I restart the SMAUG, it says they don't exist anymore. Is there anyway I can fix this?

Also, how does the avatar (what is it even) play a role in the game? I see it under clans but I don't know how to setup clans, so I don't really understand.

Thank you for all your help!

(I currently have cygwin, but am having trouble compiling, I will post a message in the other forum about that)

You are stretching my knowledge with these questions. I ported the server from Unix to Windows, but am not familiar with every aspect of it.

I suggest you follow the links at the next level up in the forum "Running the server" and see if they help with deities etc.

For saving your area, check out the "foldarea" command.