No prob, and well, let's see...don't be a douchebag, be nice to everyone, and as for trade threads, once you acquire at least several poke's, you can start a small trade thread. Make sure your future trade thread isn't vague...look at other trade threads for references. Come to think of it, when I first started, I only had four wondercard poke's I RNG'd for trade, and now look at where I am, which a huge load of poke's. For redistributables, always credit the OT of the poke. I mean, the actual username, not ingame OT. Also, maybe eventually, you may run into people who would be willing to make banners for you. Has happened to me, and always credit the others with banners.
Over the days, you'll get better and better, and not only that, you'll feel like you're more welcome on Smogon. :)