Blanksms Forums Information

[jayant]

Blanksms Forum is moderated, however it is meant to provide a cooperative environment to exchange dialogue. Please read and agree to these basic guidelines and requests before using this system:

Links

1. All Advertising links are prohibited. However, informational and reference links are acceptable but can be removed if per the moderator or the admin of the board don't find them unfit.

2. Email posts are not allowed. Instead, change your profile to "show email." This will protect your email address from spiders crawling the web looking to collect email accounts. Only registered users will be able view your email.

3. The forums are not a venue for advertisements in any way. It will be the sole discretion of Blanksms and its moderators as to what constitutes an advertisement.

4. Signing up a user name that is an obvious domain name or product name will be removed. This is out of unfair promotion considerations as well as trademark implications.

5. Links to adult content, pages with links to adult content, near adult content (including model and swimsuit sites), or messages describing anything against the law will be removed. Any discussions of those are off topic.

Disclaimer

The content you find (on the main site and in the forum) are not necessarily supported nor condoned by the administrator, moderators or members.. think of them as a melting pot for ideas, views, opinions and suggestions from a wide variety of people. You will find "suggestions" and "ideas" posted at the forum (and main site) there is no guarantee that these will work for you and there is no guarantee that they will in fact improve your situation.. use at your own risk.. think of it along the lines of "buyer beware" but in your case it's "reader beware".

The forum is here to give members the opportunity to seek support, advice, share opinions and views... no more, no less.

We don't guarantee a response nor a solution to problems/questions posted but we will do our best to ensure every topic is given adequate attention. Where possible and practical, Moderator's will assist with topics seeking assistance but we do rely on (and greatly appreciate) the input/advice from members to other members. Once you have posted a topic please be patient as it may take some time for a response. Remember this service is free and all who offer support/advice are volunteers

We simply cannot review all topics/replies posted and are in no way responsible for the content of the messages, links, advice shown here. We do not necessarily endorse or agree with the information, opinions, software etc that may be offered or recommended. All information is provided "as is" and should you choose to follow the advice given you are doing so at you're own risk.

We will do our best to remove objectionable content but due to time zones, commitments etc this may take some time. If you see a post that you feel should be removed please use the "Report" button provided which is provided in the right hand corner of every topic.

Please remember..

The posting of images is allowed but please keep them lightweight and relevant to the topic. Personal Avatars are permitted but please ensure they are suitable for a general audience. Should an Avatar been deemed unfit it will be removed and the member notified via PM. Should the image reappear the members account will be terminated.

Administrators and moderator's of this forum have the right to edit/delete a post as they see fit.

Posting Guidelines

6. Duplicate topics will be deleted. Please search for previous topics on your questions before you post.

7. Do not post in ALL CAPS please.

8. Because your posting may be more pertinent to another on going discussion, or it might spawn its own thread, it may be moved as Blanksms sees fit.

9. Be descriptive, specific, and succinct in your postings. This way your opinion and point is clearly understood and referenced. Remember, people from all over the INDIA read here with English as a second language.

10. Please stay within the topic area of the forum you are posting a message in, and within any topic that another poster may have started.

11. Always be respectful of other users, the forum, and the moderators. We put the system online in good faith; please use it in good faith.

12. Please keep your language clean and decent. This includes personal inflammatory language as well as obscenities.

13. This forum is not a venue for personal or private vendettas. Keep your personal business as just that - personal. This forum is not a venue for the resolution of personal disputes with members or companies.

14. Since this is interactive, and everyone who participates in Blanksms Forums is "in it together", please treat others the way you wish to be treated. One way to guard against misunderstandings is to read over your response before you post it. Flaming: flaming or personal attacks are not allowed or tolerated. Should anyone use inappropriate language, start a personal attack, or engage in hate speech, they will be barred from all further discussions.

15. Claims of action, flames, and calls to action against any company or person will be removed.

16. Discussions about moderator or administrator actions are welcome in email or local private messages, but should not be discussed in public forums. This is out of respect for the members and moderators or policy involved and the user found doind so might be suspended or banned.

Miscellaneous

17. You are responsible for your own posts and agree not to hold Blanksms or its members liable for anything stated within the forums.

18. You will not copy and retransmit any information out of these forums without first getting the permission of the original author of the message and a Blanksms administrator.

19. Periodically the Moderators of Blanksms Forums will post their comments, but they may not necessarily reflect the opinions of Blanksms or its owners.

20. When a message is placed in any forum system, you are granting a soft license to the site to use it.