By Posting in this forum, you are deemed to have agreed to the following terms and in doing so absolve phpmotion and its authors of any responsibility or liability to third parties.
Posting Rules:1: No Advertising- You will not post any messages anywhere on this site that are primarily for the promotion or advertising of any website, forums, email address, business, or other entities that are not affiliated with PHPmotion This also includes pyramid schemes, gMail, etc. Also Advertising is not permitted in Signatures or Avatars.
- This also includes links and affiliate links in posts, signatures, pm's and profile websites
- Forum posts by partners and advertisers should be limited to factual responses to member posts. Self promotion by advertisers in the forum posts is not allowed
2: Search Before Asking for Help- Please do a Search before asking for help. This helps prevent multiple threads on the same topic.
- If you find a topic with the question you need answered, join in that topic.
- If you do not find any topics pertaining to the question you need answered, then post a new topic.
3: Original Work Rule- Any new mods, templates, images etc posted in this forum must be the authors original work. You are however allowed to modify phpmotion code and designs as long as the end product is offered free to the community. The "free" rule only applies where the bulk of the code or design is the default phpmotion code.
4: No "Flaming"- You will not post any messages that harass, insult, belittle, threaten or flame another member or guest.
- This includes shouting in the forum with the use of totally UPPERCASE sentences in your topic, title, -or post.
5: No "Trolling"- You will not post any topic that disrupts the peace and harmony of this forum. Don't create meaningless threads with the sole purpose of starting a dispute. This includes messages in profiles and signatures.
- Please Do not shout in the forum with the use of totally UPPERCASE sentences in your topic, title, -or post.
6: No "Spamming"- You will not double post or cross-post the same message in multiple boards. You will not mass-PM or mass-email multiple members of this site the same message. You will not post for the sake of increasing your post count or hack count.
7: No Cross Posting- Cross posting is when you post the same information in more than one board on this forum.
8: No "Offensive" Posts, Links or Images- You will not post any messages that are obscene, vulgar, sexually-orientated, hateful, threatening, racist, sexist, discriminatory, or otherwise violative of any local or international laws. This includes links in your signature, profile, bookmarks as well as posted images, photos and avatars. Staff will ultimately decide if something is appropriate or not.
9: PM Restrictions- Abuse of the PM system will definitely not be tolerated. Any abuse of the PM system including threats/flaming etc. will result in your user being warned and PM privilege being revoked.
Account Rules:1: Username Restrictions- Do not register names with excessive special characters, especially '' and '@', or any names which may be misleading. Examples of this include registering a name containing 'admin' or 'administrator'. You must not register names which may be confused with a member of the PHPmotion staff. Registering names that resemble a member of staff will result in the account being renamed or deleted without notice.
2: Multiple accounts- No creating multiple accounts. We can detect it. We know who you are. We will remove extra accounts.
3: Avatars- Avatars are the little pictures underneath your member name in each post. The content of these avatars must comply with the rules above, including the Offensive Images rule. Same with the signatures.
4: Signatures- All signatures should not exceed the following size limits: for text signatures 8 lines of text. Empty lines are also counted. Font sizes above 2pt are not allowed; for images in signatures: one image up to 300p x 60px tall and 30k or smaller in size. Image signatures count as 4 lines of text.
Additional Rules:1: Support- Please do NOT PM any staff members requesting support with PHPmotion. Instead use the Search function to be sure your question hasn't already been asked first. If it hasn't, post your question in the Troubleshooting & 'How Do I' Questions board. Chances are that someone else has had the same question or problem you are experiencing, and can answer your question. If it is something that needs to be addressed by staff, we will be able to find it there.
What happens if I break a rule?The staff of the PHPmotion forum have the right to remove, edit, move or close any thread or post, or suspend or ban any member for any breach of the rules or for any other reason with or without warning or notice.
What if I see a message posted that breaks a rule?Please report these posts or threads to the staff of the forum by clicking the
Report to moderator link located at the bottom of the post in question, and the post or thread will be reviewed and action taken as soon as possible.
What is my responsibility as a member?Please keep these rules in mind when you post. The staff of the PHPmotion forum have the right to change these rules at any time without notice. It is the responsibility of every member to remain updated with the current rules.
Why have rules in the first place?The rules are there for the protection of the community as a whole and to prevent abuse, conflict and disharmony within the forums.
