Forum Rules

Please ensure that you have fully understood the Guidelines and adhere to the Rules when using the forum.

Guidelines

• Members are asked to not act as ‘back seat moderators’. If members note an issue which contravenes something in this policy document they are welcome to bring it to the attention of a member of the Moderator Team. Please use the ‘report’ feature to report posts. Do not respond to such topics yourself. Members who constantly “act” as moderators may be warned.
• Members should post in a way which is consistent with “normal writing”. That is users should not post excessive numbers of emoticons, large, small or coloured text, etc. Similarly users should not SHOUT or use excessive punctuation (e.g. ! and ?) in topic titles or posts. Users consistently abusing this will be warned.
• Members should use an appropriate, descriptive subject when posting a new topic. Examples of bad subjects include; “Help me!”, “I’m stuck!”
• The moderating, support and other teams reserve the right to edit, remove or put on moderation queue any post at any time. Please note that currently any very first post is automatically placed in the moderation queue and will be approved/disapproved according to the present Rules. The determination of what is construed as indecent, vulgar, spam, etc. as noted in these points is up to Team Members and not users.

Rules

• Custom and Self Build Toolkit must remain independent and will not provide favour to anyone. This means that it isn’t the place for advertising services. Contact should be made offline and away from the forum. Any posts of this sort will be deleted without warning. It may also lead to a ban from the Forum and/or site WITHOUT warning.
• Spam is not tolerated here under any circumstance. This includes offering hosting services (charged and free), installation services, solicitation etc. Recruiting members for your own projects (moderators, designers, professional MOD work, etc.) is not permitted and is also considered spam. Users posting spam will be warned and their post removed. It may also lead to a ban from the Forum and/or site WITHOUT warning.
• Posts are to be made in the relevant forum. Users are asked to read the forum descriptions before posting. Users consistently posting to the wrong forum may be given a warning (see policing below)
• Members should post in a way that is respectful of other users. Flaming or abusing users in any way will not be tolerated and will lead to a warning. It may also lead to a ban from the Forum and/or site WITHOUT warning.
• Members should remember this board is aimed at a general audience. Posting pornographic or generally offensive text, images, links, etc. will not be tolerated and will lead to a warning. It may also lead to a ban from the Forum and/or site WITHOUT warning.
• Members are asked to respect the copyright of other users, sites, media, etc. Users re-printing material without permission will receive a warning and their post will be removed. It may also lead to a ban from the Forum and/or site WITHOUT warning.
• In your use of the Forum, you particularly agree not to use the forum for any commercial purpose, or to advertise goods and services, or operate surveys, contests or chain letters (this might also include the use of any commercial detail in usernames or signatures). Suppliers may give basic contact details in response to a request for information about specific courses and/ or products – however, this is at the discretion of the moderation team.
• The Forum should not be used to make complaints against individuals and organisations.
• Members should respect the bandwidth of other users and sites. The use of inline ([IMG][/IMG]) image tags pointing to data stored on third party systems for which the user has not received permission to link to may be removed. It may also lead to a ban from the Forum and/or site WITHOUT warning.