Warning. Your postings on this public forum will become public. Your text will be available to anyone with an internet connection.The basic ground rules for discussions are simple: be polite, use common sense, don't break the law and don't post any message that even hints at advertising.
You are permitted a maximum of one account, active or inactive, regardless of how many companies you represent.
If you choose to ignore this important restriction, all your accounts will be disabled.
If you require a temporary user name for any reason, please contact us. If you require a user name change, please contact us.
If you have forgotten your log in details and are unable to retrieve them via the system, do not create a new account, please contact us.
We reserve the right to remove, modify or move posts at our discretion and without explanation.
Please contact the Community Leaders via contact us at
www.advancewebsoft.com/contact_us.php if you do not understand any of the rules, guidelines or policies outlined below.
Suspension of your account is a definite consequence of not adhering to these guidelines.
In addition to the rules posted here, you are required to read any individual forum rules which may be posted at the top of specific forums as Important threads or Announcements.
Advance Software staff assume members have read them and will not take ignorance of any rules as an excuse for not following the rules, policies, and guidelines outlined here and in the forum specific rules.
General Forum Rules:These rules apply to all Forum categories.
We take the "Be Polite" rule very seriously! We do not tolerate any rudeness. Any member who is intentionally unpleasant or disruptive may be banned without warning.
If you
SPAM our members in any manner, your account will be disabled. Do not contact anyone to suggest your product or service who is not explicitly expecting you to contact them. If you gleaned information from anywhere other than the allowed forums and use that to contact someone and present an offer, it's SPAM.
You are responsible for any posts originating from your user name account.
All publicly displayed messages are limited to the English language. This includes posts, titles, signatures, and any attachments or other forms of public display.
Signature Spam (a post that was made in hopes of showing a signature, as determined by moderators) is forbidden in all forum categories.
You may not post commission, referral or affiliate links anywhere on the forum.
Cross-Posting is not allowed here. Cross-posting refers to posting new duplicate threads or posts, or the linking to threads or posts they have already started.
You may not solicit any external source to post on this forum regarding your company, services, or products; or any company, services, or products you are or may be associated with.
You may not post on behalf of any banned member in any public manner. This includes all forums, private messages, signatures, and e-mail features.
You may not post words or URLs that are censored by adding spaces, dots, or substituting characters; or by any other means in an attempt to defeat any censors put in place. Please contact us if you feel a word or URL is unjustly censored.
You may not link, in any manner, to sites or images containing pornography, sexually explicit, gross violence, or are determined by moderators to be detrimental to the community.
You may not bump threads. Bumping can refer to posting useless information, posting one-liners or any other action to deliberately keep a thread hot or to bring it to the top of its forum. Moderators will use their discretion, depending on the nature of the post, as to whether to take action or not.
You may not use discussions to recommend, praise, or belittle other products or services, or any company; without first hand experience of those products or services. This includes companies recommending other companies. Any post not meeting a moderator's criteria will be removed without notice.
Any posts that encourage illegal intent will be removed and the account disabled.
Public posts debating these rules and/or moderators' enforcement of such, will be removed without comment. We encourage feedback however and contact us if you have any questions or concerns.
Forum Specific Rules:
You may not post any messages that is commercial by nature.
If your user name is the same as your URL or company name, you may not refer to it outside the special forums.
You may not post any message that directs others to any pages at your own commercial domain, including informational pages. A commercial domain is defined as a site that receives any type of income or links to any income producing properties.
You may not direct others to contact you regarding your product or services or future (possible) products or services, or any product or service you are, or have been, associated with.
You may not solicit the membership for feedback or suggestions on your product or services.
You may not solicit users for any project or purpose external to the forum; public, private, or commercial.
You may only discuss details about your company and/or product offerings when the thread starter or poster has made direct reference to your company and stated something untrue or misleading, or something which clearly needs clarifying. The response must be in direct reference to the point discussed only and contain no added promotional information and/or fluff. It is advisable when in the above scenario to contact us first.
Custom User Titles, Locations, and Signatures:
The custom user title, location field, and signature options are edited via your Profile. Custom user titles and the location field are displayed next to your posted text, under your user name. Signatures, once created in your profile, are attached to the end of your posts.
URLs or other forms of advertising (phone numbers, plans, contact details, etc.) are not allowed in custom user titles, which are limited to 25 characters. Also, you may not use custom titles to impersonate, or attempt to impersonate, WHT Staff, user groups, or any entity you are not associated with..
Your location field cannot include URLs or other forms of advertising.
Signatures:
Must be setup in your profile, and not manually added to your messages.
May not contain any pricing, plan, sales, etc. details.
May contain a maximum of two smilies. Or one animated smiley.
May include two clickable links.
May include two colors, plus black.
Maximum font size cannot be larger than normal.
Must be kept to a maximum of four lines.
May not contain links to other threads or posts.
Please keep special characters to a minimum.
Your signature is your signature. It is not for sale or rent.
Any signature that is offensive or insulting to Advance Software, its members, or its staff, is prohibited.
We reserve the right to ask you to change and/or remove your signature at any time, for any reason.
Any posts not meeting these guidelines may be removed. We do not remove posts by requests.
Opinions, advice and all other information expressed by participants in discussions are those of the author. You rely on such information at your own risk. You are urged to seek professional advice for specific, individual situations and not rely solely on advice or opinions given in the discussions.
Privacy Policy: We will not release any member information unless under court order to do so.
We reserve the right to modify and amend these terms at any time without notice. It is your responsibility to remain informed of current forum policies.
We further, reserve our right to disable any account at any time for any reason and without notice.
If there are any rules or policies you do not understand, please contact us.
