guild wars???

i have been trying for ages to work out how to start a guild war and to get there i need answers to a few questions:

1.do u need a hall to start a war?
2.do u need an alleigance witha faction?
3.how do u start one? i'm pretty sure there isn't a button sayin 'press here for a guild war!'?

if any of those can be answerd i'll be gratefull

1) You need a hall to enter Guild Battles, yes.

2) No, you do not have to be part of an alliance.

3) There is a button that says "Guild Battle" actually Press it and you are given three options - a Rated battle vs a guild picked for you, a scrimmage (battles against your own guild), and a place to challenge a guild to an unrated battle.

^ Only Officers and the Leader can start a battle.

Not entirely true Former Ruling, there has to be an officer or the guildleader in your team, but doesn't have to be the partyleader =]

This is true, I worded it poorly, but mine is the case 99% of times. The ones that are the true party leaders in GvG usually are the leader and officers in the guild.

I am sort of angry the Guild Wars expansion/stand-alone "Factions" wasn't called Alliance Wars. It would fit in with the naming convention seeing as Guild Wars 1 doesn't say Guild Wars: Prophecies on the box.