Forum Rules

Registration for Connectivity Café is free! We do insist that you abide by the rules and policies detailed below, which you agree may be modified from time to time with or without prior notice. By checking the 'I agree' checkbox and pressing the 'Register' button below, I signify my acceptance of these terms, and that I have read and accept the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, which are posted in the System Announcements Forum. If you would like to cancel the registration, click here to return to the forum index where you can enjoy Connectivity Café as a Guest.

Although the Administrators and/or Moderators ("Staff") of Connectivity Café will attempt to keep all objectionable messages off this forum, it is impossible for us to review all messages. All messages express the views of the author, and neither the Staff or Owners of Connectivity Café, nor Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. (developers of vBulletin) will be held responsible for the content of any message.

1. Staff decisions are final. Ultimately, the Staff has complete discretion over what is and is not acceptable on Connectivity Café.
2. Public discussions of Staff decisions are not permitted on the site. If you have any concerns or queries relating to a Staff decision, please take it up in private with a member of the site administration team.
3. All members must be treated in a respectful and adult manner. All members should respect and adhere to the promotion of harmony within the community. Do not attempt to disrupt the community in any way.
4. No "Flaming". Please do not post any messages that harass, insult, belittle, threaten or flame another member or guest.
5. No "Trolling". Please do not post any topic that disrupts the peace and harmony of this board. Don't create meaningless threads with the sole purpose of starting a dispute. This includes messages in profiles and signatures.
6. No "Spamming". Please do not double post or cross-post the same message in multiple forums. You will not mass-PM or mass-email multiple members of this site with the same message. You will not post for the sake of increasing your post count or "install" count.
7. No "Bumping" (Your threads/posts). Please do not repeatedly bump your threads to try and get attention. Most members of the site are not online 24 hours a day and so will not see your post the instant it is made. Do not assume someone will have an immediate reply, and do not bump a thread within 24 hours, and not more than twice a week.
8. No "Bumping" (Other’s threads/posts). Before replying to a thread, take notice of the last post date. Try and avoid replying to posts more than a few months old. If you have a similar question and cannot find the answer, create your own thread.
9. No Offensive Material. Please do not post messages that are obscene, vulgar, sexually-orientated, hateful, threatening, racist, sexist, discriminatory, and/or otherwise violate any federal, state, local or international laws. This includes links in your signature, profile, posted images, photos and avatars. Staff will ultimately decide if something is appropriate or not.
10. No sharing of any copyrighted material is to take place on Connectivity Café without the expressed written permission of the copyright holder, which must be attached to the material.
11. No posting messages anywhere on Connectivity Café that are primarily for the promotion or advertising of any Web site, forums, email address, business, MLM, activity, or other entities that you have an affiliation with (i.e. no self-promotion). Possible exceptions are appropriate posts in the Non-Technical Forums.

The Staff of Connectivity Café reserve the right to delete, edit, move or close any thread, or suspend, restrict, or terminate any user account, at any time, for any reason.