Invision Free Site Guidelines

Please read these guidelines carefully. By posting, you have already agreed to the terms listed below. Failure to abide by these restrictions will result in appropriate action taken accordingly.

NB: Please post any opinions on these guidelines in the 'Feedback' section.

1) Purpose: The purpose of these guidelines is to assure the safeguard of our rights and to maintain equal balance of the community. This will allow us to achieve our goal.

2) Spam: Hopefully we won't get too much of this - any such as below will be dealt with appropriately.

3) Pornography: Advertisement of adult sites or links to adult sites will be removed and appropriate action will be taken.

4) Advertisement: Constant advertisement of sites or forums is prohibited. You may advertise in your signature, but not anywhere else.

5) Contacting the Staff: If you have an issue you would like to sort out with a staff member, of significant importance, please contact them via the PM system or email.

6) Flaming: Healthy discussion is encouraged - and a bit of raillery here and there - but outright abusive posts will be dealt with and the poster warned. If they continue with the activity, then they shall be suspended and/or banned.

7) Piracy and Hacking: Piracy is illegal "stealing" of products that cost money to a consumer. Piracy programs of any sort will not be advertised or even suggested. Warez, cracks, and hacks are prohibited. Plus Sites will not tolerate hacking and cracking.
Any posts containing any of this content will be deleted and/or removed. If your account is hacked on any InvisionPlus hosted board, sometimes, under certain circumstances, we can do something. However, usually the damage is severe and it is unlikely that we can help. It is best if you ask a member of management anyway. Next time remember to make security precautions before hand.

8) Images and Content: Pictures may be posted as long as they are not explicit or offensive. To include pictures in posts use the [IMG] link or alternatively post pictures as an attachment provided they don't exceed the specified size. Signatures may contain images, but may not be any larger than 600x120 (unless otherwise specified). If your signature is larger than the allowed size given, or is deemed unacceptable by staff, you will be asked by a moderator to resize and/or change your image. Please also try and keep text in signatures under 5 lines. All these measures help in efficient loading of pages.

9) Staff and Forum Moderation: You may edit your own posts and the title of any thread of your own making. If Admins need to carry out any editing of thread titles or post contents, then the person concerned with be contacted beforehand via PM or email. We will do our best to carry out the members' wishes and to address concerns as quickly as possible.

10) Be appreciative and follow up when getting a response. The staff here are volunteering their time to help out others. Please be appreciative and follow up when getting a helpful response. If you've solved your problem, let people know so they don't continue spending time on your question. Saying a little "thank you" goes a long way.

11) One final point - but perhaps one of the most important things to clarify:

Admin/Mods do not nor ever will have access to members' PMs or emails. This is impossible. The idea of spying on members is thoroughly against the ethos of fairness and trust between all the community.

Remember to keep it clean and be respectful towards others. Most importantly, enjoy your use of this forum.