These are the forum rules which must be abided by at all times. Failure to abide by these rules may result in your posts being edited or deleted, or even removal of your membership. We reserve the right to ban abusers from the site, and reserve the right to change these rules at any time.

General Forum Rules

1. Do not send direct requests by Personal Message (PM), unless invited to do so. Using PM to actively solicit work is not allowed. Abuse of the PM system in this way can lead to your membership being removed.
2. You cannot send PM's until you reach five forum posts
3. Only one account per person is permitted. 
4. When registering, a valid email address has to be used. Disposable email addresses are not permitted. If found, we will remove the account in question.
5. Keep all posts on-topic.
6. All posts must be in English.
7. Do not ‘astroturf’ (political, advertising or public relations campaigns formally planned by an organization) or pretend to be or represent somebody else. Your account will be deleted if found to be in breach of this rule.
8. Do not discuss illegal activities. Our server is hosted in the USA and so is subject to US law. Please do not expose us to any unnecessary legal liability.
9. Check that your question has not been answered anywhere else on the site. You can do this by using our “Search” feature.
10. Post your comments or questions to the most appropriate place. Any posts deemed to be in the wrong forum will be moved. 
11. Do not cross-post the same question to multiple places.
12. Make sure you read the parent article or post completely before posting a reply.
13. Use your own words. If you wish to use the words of somebody else then you must quote them and cite the source. Plagiarism is unethical and is illegal in many countries.
14. Choose an appropriate subject line. Try to summarise the problem briefly in the subject, and elaborate in the message itself. Repeat the subject in the body if it will make things clearer. 
15. Do not use all caps and do not add false information just to get attention (e.g. read this or you will be arrested). An example of a bad subject would be "HELP ME". A good subject might be, "I am having a problem with a tenant deposit". 
16. Do not use a URL as a thread title.
17. Any avatar that is offensive or insulting to us, our members or staff, are prohibited.
18. We reserve the right to ask you to change and/or remove your avatar at any time, for any reason.
19. Include as much information as you can when seeking help. This may include logs and command line output. Nobody will be able to help you if you don't give sufficient detail.
20. No useless posts. This includes: thread bumping (to post a reply purely in order to raise the thread's profile), useless one liners, flamewars (hostile and insulting interaction between Internet users), trolling (posting inflammatory messages on the Internet, such as on online discussion forums, to disrupt discussion or to upset its participants) and spamming (the use of electronic messaging systems - including most broadcast media, digital delivery systems - to send unsolicited bulk messages indiscriminately). 
21. Do not link to any site that contains adult content, sexually oriented material or might otherwise be considered offensive. Any post containing an inappropriate link will be deleted and the poster will receive a warning.
22. Do not propose/link to any site that contains warez/copyrighted software/materials that can be downloaded illegally.
23. No affiliate links to be posted, anywhere on our forum.
24. Keep all commentary civil and be courteous at all times. Constructive criticism is welcome, but insults directed towards other users or the site moderators will not be tolerated. Coarse/insulting language will not be tolerated.
25. No commercial advertising is permitted.
26. When recommending an extension or other products to help a user solve their issue, you must disclose any affiliations you may have with the company or group that authors that particular product. This includes, but is not limited to: any paid or non-paid relationships past or present, receiving any promotional products or services, or any other similar information.
27. No spam and no advertising. Any posts deemed to be self promotion, advertising or spam, can and will be removed. E.g. Posting and making excessive, inappropriate and unnecessary references to your products and websites is self promotion.
28. This is not the place to settle a commercial disagreement for custom development or to be a 'wall of shame'. Any posts deemed to be of this nature will be removed. Settle your disputes in private please.
29. If you feel a post violates any of these rules, or you need to bring it to the attention of a moderator (move threads/close/split), please use the ‘report this post’ link to notify the moderators.
30. These forums are centered on Joomla, Open Source software and other Internet and computer matters. They are not a place to promote ideological, religious or political matters. All such discussions will be deleted or closed.

Signatures Rules

31. Must be setup in your Profile (user Control Panel), and not manually added to your messages.
32. Must not contain any images.
33. Must not contain any details for pricing, sales, products, etc.
34. May contain a maximum of two non-animated emoticons, or one animated emoticon.
35. May include two clickable links. URL's or mailto - no duplicate links.
36. Only exact URLs allowed. I.e. Not “LOOK HERE” - no tinyURLs, affiliate links, etc. Only exact, literal URLs.
37. May include two colors (hyperlink color is set by the forum and is not counted as a color).
38. Maximum font size cannot be larger than normal.
39. Must be kept to a maximum of four lines (at 1024 resolution).
40. May not contain links to other threads or posts for the purpose of self promotion.
41. Your signature is your signature. It is not for sale or rent.
42. Any signature that is offensive or insulting to us, our members or staff, are prohibited.
43. We reserve the right to ask you to change and/or remove your signature at any time, for any reason.

If you have any questions regarding any of these rules, please contact the administrator via email at: laura.freeman09@gmail.com.