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 Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 1:41 am
Post subject: ** Forum Rules ** & User Signatures |
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Welcome to the Trinituner.com forums. In order to keep things running smoothly, we ask all members to take note of the following:
* This is a private forum and membership is at the absolute discretion of the Forum Owner / Administrators.
* Users are permitted to register one username only. We DO NOT allow multiple accounts per user. If we find that you are using more than one account, we will ban BOTH or ALL your accounts.
* By registering and posting, users agree to ALL our forum rules and regulations.
* Freedom of speech is a fallacy.
* Posts that are rude, offensive, insulting, or slanderous are forbidden and will be deleted without notice.
* Commercial or business complaints are not allowed. If you have a problem with a company please send it to the Consumer Affairs Division or the T&T Bureau of Standards.
* Posts that are clearly offensive politically, racially, sexually or otherwise will be deleted with no notification to the original poster.
* Please do not make reposts or post questions on topics that have already been answered. Please use the Search feature first to see if there are any topics related to your question before posting.
* Please only make topics that are relevant to the forum you are posting in - irrelevant topics will be moved to their relevant forum room or will be deleted if another topic already exists without warning.
* Please keep all your off topic posts all in one thread (e.g Rants, Jokes, announcements) - Many single threads with single topics from the same user posted very soon after the other will be deleted.
* If a member continues to post these types of posts, their membership will be canceled.
* If you are moderated and you wish to discuss it, PM the moderators or the administrator.
* If you have concerns with a post made in the forum, PM the moderators or the administrator or use the Report Post button  .
* Stirring trouble in the forums will result in a canceled membership in this, & affiliated forums.
* No calling people out. eg starting a thread to ask something of someone, you have Private Messaging for that.
* Forum Owner / Administrator reserves the right to modify forum rules as and when deemed necessary. Such rules will be binding for all members.
DISCLAIMER: All communications made available as part of this forum and any opinions, advice, statements, views or other information expressed in this forum are solely provided by, and the responsibility of, the person posting such communication and not that of Trinituner.com, TriniTuner Co. Ltd, its Directors, Administrators and Moderators
Avatars, signatures and locations
As long as it is appropriate, you can use any image you want for your avatar. Keep in mind that your avatar can be no larger than 15 KB in size or 100x100 pixels in dimension.
Please be advised that due to users placing large images, advertising and extensive text as their signatures and so creating excessive load on the servers, we have had to reduce allowed signature sizes.
For all those wishing to attach sigs to their post, please be aware of the following:
1. Signatures MUST be auto related. NO pics containing any nude or suggestive content in any shape, way or form posing (even if it's on or near a car) will be allowed and will be immediately deleted WITHOUT notice.
2. Signature text can be no longer than 160 characters. Thats the same lenght as a SMS text message, which is more than sufficient for a signature. Text must be small (no larger than size 12 in bbcode or 3 in HTML).
3. Image size has been reduced to 350x19 pixels. That is the same size of a userbar image. There are many sites that can help you to create your own userbar to use in your signature file. Only one image is allowed but it can be animated and under 50K.
4. Absolutely no commercial advertising/announcements will be allowed in signature files, text or images without powerseller status. External website URLS are NOT allowed without powerseller status. Please use the www button for posting your website address in your profile. It will show at the footer of each of your posts.
5. Absolutely no animated advertising will be allowed in signature files or avatars. Advertising (even for powersellers) is for the classified forums only. When you place animated ads in your signature or avatar you overly promote your sales when you post in technical and lounge forums where direct sales and advertising are not allowed. Therefore this will not be allowed. If you wish to paste a signature at the end of each of your FS posts in the classifieds with an animated ad then that would be fine. But animated signatures in Tech and Lounge forums will not be tolerated.
6. Users may place a single link to an ad for an item they have for sale in the trinituner classifieds ONLY.
7. PowerSellers are allowed to advertise in their sigs with ONE line of text but CANNOT link or refer to an external site in their signature. No image ads.
8. Political, Religious or opinionated topics are for the "ole talk and more ole talk" forum only and will not be allowed in signatures, avatars or locations since these items are seen in all forums and is not the kind of content we want in techincal forums being broadcasted to all users.
Any avatars or signatures deemed inappropiate due to content or size WILL be deleted immediately and without notice.
Uploading Images
Uploading is only for images that are on your hard drive.
For large images, see
below.
For classified ads, you can upload images from your hard drive at this address:
http://forums.trinituner.com/upload/
Images kept here will be stored for up to 30 days.
For uploading pics for Technical write-ups, you can upload images here:
http://forums.trinituner.com/tech/
Large images will automatically be resized to a width of 550 pixels to make downloading quicker for dial-up users.
(Do NOT store images for classified ads here. They will be deleted immediately!)
If an image is on the net then you dont need to upload it in order to post in your message
all you have to do is place the address for the image between img tags and it will show up in your post.
Instructions
To get the address for an image on a website, right click on the image you want to post and click properties a dialogue box will pop up and the address for the image alone will be shown where it says "Address (URL)"
select and copy the entire address from http:// to .jpg or .gif
now return to your post and paste the address you just copied between these | Code: | | [img] YOUR IMAGE ADDRESS HERE [/img] |
tags and when you submit your message the image will show be sure that the address you paste is for an image and not a page.
This goes for signature images as well
Alternatively,
large images
You can upload your images HERE:
http://imageshack.us/index3.php
ImageShack is a free image hosting solution. It can be used to share pictures with friends, post images on message boards. It can also be used to direct link images from your personal website or eBay auction. And best of all, it's completely free.
Just follow the simple instructions on the site. They allow for the upload of .gif, and .jpg with a maximum size of 600KB.
pics are available for up to 1 year .
OR Here: http://www.putfile.com/
Also a free site to host your vids of up to 1GB www.yousendit.com
Image Resizer
This PowerToy enables you to resize one or many image files with a right-click.
ImageResizerPowertoySetup.exe
After installation, Right click on a picture that's saved on your computer
click resize picture a menu pops up select the size you want that should do it, it's how funny microsoft doesn't give directions for it.
Classifieds
Only YOUR personal items may be sold in these forums. Commercial or for-profit sales are strictly prohibited without prior consent or applying for Power Seller status, and will be promptly deleted with no notice to the poster. When posting items for sale, pls. ensure that a "FS" (For Sale) or "WTB" (Wanted to buy) is put in front of the message title. "EOI" (Expression Of Interest) may also be used to gauge interest in a particular item.
IMPORTANT: In fairness, users are asked to post no more than 2 simultaneous FS posts in any one classified forum. Powersellers are asked to post no more than 4 simultaneous FS posts in any one classified forum. This will help maintain the variety of items and sellers which will keep visitors returning to our forums thereby improving your own sales.
Powerseller payments are non-refundable due to the nature of the program.
DISCLAIMER: Trinituner.com, TriniTuner Co. Ltd, its Directors, Administrators and Moderators (We) are NOT responsible for transactions conducted between users via our forums. The responsibility of conducting fair trade lies SOLELY between the buyer and the seller. We will not accept liability for deals gone bad. Nor be responsible for taking action to correct such.
e.g. You cannot blame the telephone company if you agree to buy a car over the phone and the deal goes bad.
There has been an enormous increase in the number of cell phones being sold in the forums, often times undercutting legitimate powersellers and sponsor/supporters of the Trinituner.com site. The PowerSeller system is our way of ensuring that we can continue to provide an audience and an outlet to those hoping to build their business.
Some may find it unfair, but it's a necessity in order to prolong and improve the site.
Personal one-off sales will always be free to those wishing to get rid of items they no longer need. When it becomes obvious that sales are being done for-profit or as a trading post, things must be put in place to protect our Power Sellers.
Multiple, similar items by the same user will be deleted without notice. Any sellers' items reasonably deemed to be commercial will also be deleted with no notice given.
NO user will be permitted to post items for sale "for a friend". It is free to register on trinituner. Let your friend register and post the items for themselves.
Similarly Powersellers CANNOT post items for other users. Your Powerseller account is for YOU and YOUR business ONLY. We DO NOT allow powersellers to sublet out their status and facility.
Please keep in mind we DO NOT allow multiple accounts per user. If we find that you are using more than one account, we will ban BOTH accounts.
IMPORTANT NOTICE!
Power Sellers contribute to the running costs of the site. Non-PowerSeller users suspected of selling commercially will be warned via PM by a moderator or administrator and will have their posts deleted. Disregarding the warning and reposting or creating new posts with items for sale will result in your account being immediately disabled. Your ability to send PMs may also be disabled if it is suspected that you are doing business via PM.
In the interest of full disclosure, please note that the administrators of this board may use alternate accounts for the investigation of these sales.
If you wish to discuss this policy, please PM one of the administrators or moderators of the site.
We are no more than a facilitator of an online communications medium and are in no way bound to the sale or agreements made herein.
Please use your discretion when conducting any business transaction.
Powerseller payments are made through any branch of ScotiaBank and are non-refundable.
As a powerseller you can still be banned if you fail to comply with our rules.
Posts not directly related to the item being sold/bought will be deleted without notice.
Posts advertising, selling or giving away pirated or stolen items WILL be deleted.
WE WILL NOT ALLOW NOR TOLERATE ILLEGAL ACTIVITY OR THE SALE OF ILLEGAL ITEMS AND/OR ITEMS REQUIRING SPECIAL OWNERSHIP/USE LICENSES SUCH AS FIREARMS ETC. ON THIS WEBSITE - POWERSELLER OR NOT.
We do not allow the transactions of, the sale of nor the request to buy dangerous weapons such as tasers, stun guns etc., pepper spray, mace etc., bb guns, pellet guns, paint ball guns/markers etc., ammunition, CO2 canisters, compressed air etc., etc. on these forums or classifieds. Powerseller or not.
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Lowballing will not be tolerated in the "For Sale" forums whether it is Power Seller posted or not.
If you do not agree with the price on an item you are welcome to make a reasonable offer via PM to the original poster. You are not permitted to post lowball offers in the For Sale thread.
This includes derogatory comments about the price or comments in vendor threads that you can get it here or there for X price.
Failure to comply with these rules will result in a temporary ban.
Repeat offenders will lose their privilege to post in all for sale sections.
Also please note that it is not acceptable to highjack a for sale thread with your own items for sale. It is acceptable to post if the Original Poster's item is sold and you want to offer the other posters the same item for sale.
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The Classifieds forums are not to be used as a form of free advertising for any business or other profit making enitity.
If you would like to advertise your business and/or products, please click the link below and see how easy and affordable it is to advertise on TriniTuner.com.
http://www.trinituner.com/advertise/
Power Seller
If you run a small, at-home business you may be interested in our Power Seller package which allows small resellers to post "For Sale" posts in our Classified Ads forums.
Powerseller payments are made through any branch of ScotiaBank.
Click here for more info
Job Vacancies
Depending on the situation involved we sometimes allow users to post asking for job vacancies so they can get help. However we DO NOT allow companies to post vacancies on our forums.
The difference is that we dont mind helping an individual user, a fellow 'tuner who may have inadvertantly gotten into a bind and may need a job to support themselves. However a company posting a vacancy would have to pay the newspaper, radio or TV to post that vacancy for them. Reason being the company hires an employee who gets paid to do the job, the company makes profit off of the job done and both parties are happy while we get a nice big thanks, over and over and over again. It costs us to keep the site running.
To find out more about advertising on our website click here
http://www.trinituner.com/advertise/index.php
Reporting a post
To report a post that is offensive or against forum rules, simply click the report post button of the specific post. Be sure to write a through reason for reporting the post and include any necessary information.
Reported posts are dealt with in que, if there are many reported posts it may take a while for all the mods to go through all the posts.
It is to the mods discretion to respond to a report. if the mod feels it is not a serious infraction that would require action then the report can be ignored. Users who continuously make false reports and waste moderator's time will be banned. We do however appreciate all valid reports as it helps to keep the forum clean of spam.
Guidleines For Posting
In order to ensure that the forums remain useful and accessible to everyone, we ask that you follow these simple rules:
1. Please pay attention to the topic of your messages, and check that you are posting it in the appropriate section. Create a concise subject that adequately summarizes your topic. For example, say "Problem with R32 brake conversion", rather than "Help!" or “WTK”. Do not post Classified ads in the technical forums.
2. Search the forums before you post your topic. Your question or comment may have already been discussed, answered, or resolved, and this avoids you having to wait for an answer.
3. It is almost never appropriate to send the same message to two forums. This clutters up the forum with unnecessary posts.
4. Please note the EDIT function. Rather than double posting, hit the edit button and change/add to your post. If you make a double post, or wish to remove a post, you can delete using the little X in the top right of any posts made by you.
5. Especially for the technical forums, please try use complete sentences and words in your post, and try to make sure proper spelling and punctuation are observed. Be descriptive by trying give the best possible explanation you can. Others will be able to help you better if you take the time to write your posts correctly
6. PLEASE DO NOT WRITE YOUR ENTIRE POST IN CAPS. This is the Internet equivalent of shouting.
7. Please search for your post using the “View your posts” link at the top of the page and bump the existing one, rather than creating a new post. This is especially for the users of the Classified forums. Powersellers should NOT have more than 4 simultaneous for sale threads in any one classified forums so everyone will have an equal opportunity. Flooding the forum will only drive away potential customers.
8. Please avoid asking questions that could be answered by doing a little research on your own part. Do not rely on forum users to spoon-feed you all of the answers. This will also avoid your post being flamed.
9. Be patient. All the participants of this forum are using the forum and participating in discussions on their own time. If your question is not answered immediately, do not clutter up the forum by "bumping" topics unnecessarily.
10. Give feedback. If someone helps you by answering your question, try to add a follow-up response letting them know if it worked or not.
11. If you disagree with someone, find a constructive way of resolving the issue. Do not resort to swearing and putting others down. We are all here to share ideas and experiences. Take all personal grudges off the forum to PM or to your own personal email battles.
12. Try to read posts carefully before you reply, so you can respond with pertinent information. If someone asks a question, and you are not confident of the answer, then refrain from posting and let a more qualified person answer it. This is especially important with regards to technical enquiries, as any incorrect information you post may cause harm or injury to others.
13. Use the report post button, at the top of each post, if you notice something that contravenes the rules. Our moderators cannot read everything.
14. Deliberate contravention of the rules may result in PM or a public notice from a moderator or admin, followed by immediate temporary ban in the case of persistence, and possibly immediate permanent ban. For repeated inappropriate behaviour immediate ban may occur. How it plays out will be judged according to the member’s willingness to respect the intellect of others as well as his own well-being.
Thank you for complying with our Terms of Service.
Simple English Version:
If you insist on being difficult, you will be banned.
Revised 2nd June, 2005
Revised 21st Nov, 2005 - Avatars and sigs
Revised 8th January, 2006 - Sigs - No nudity or suggestive content!
Revised 20th Feb 2006 - PowerSeller protection, non-PS procedures.
Revised 5th Aug 2006 - Job Vacancies
Revised 11th Aug 2006 - Guidelines For Posting
Revised 2nd Sept 2006 - Lowballing (undermining) FS threads
Revised 19th Oct, 2006 - Avatars and sigs & Uploading Images
Revised 3rd Jan, 2007 - Avatars and sigs & Classifieds
Revised 2nd May, 2009 - Av and sigs - no animated advertising
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