Forum Guidelines & Rules

[Admin]

Welcome to D.I.Y. Landscaping and Hardscaping Forum.

This forum is dedicated to its community, a diverse group of Do It Yourself landscapers, handymen/women and Affiliates. The forum is a way for the Do It Yourselfer's community to have a voice, and interact with one another. With our Forum, members can facilitate and participate in a helpful and positive environment. Here the forum users can network and develop their skills and knowledge with the aid of other members experiences.

By participating in the D.I.Y. Landscaping and Hardscaping Community Forum, you are agreeing to the rules and guidelines we have created and outlined for you. These guidelines are intended for all users, including Forum Moderators.

Most importantly, we believe in the golden rule and using "Netiquette." Please treat and interact with fellow members using the same respect and courtesy that you would like others to give you. Be sure to review your entries before posting to ensure accurate information as well as to avoid any misunderstanding due to poorly worded posts.

Just some offical rules and guidelines below for us all to follow and adhere to.


Community Forum Rules

1. You agree not to hold diylandscaping.com.au or its members liable for anything stated within the forums. Messages posted at this site are the sole opinion and responsibility of the poster. diylandscaping.com.au makes no claims, promises or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness or adequacy of the information contained within the forums.
   
2. diylandscaping.com.au and it forum moderators reserve the right to remove, edit or delete without notice any and all content placed in these forums.
   
3. Moderator and/ or Admin action may be final. Actions may be reversed by Admin or a moderator after review of the matter. If you have a problem with any action please email admin@diylandscaping.com.au
   
4. Using the forum to solicit discussions (via email or Private Message) contrary to the guidelines may be considered unacceptable.
   
5. diylandscaping.com.au reserves the right, but does not assume the obligation, to monitor transactions and communications that occur in these forums. All on site private discussions (Private Messaging) with moderators/ administrators related to forum policy/ actions may be shared with administrators if necessary.
   
6. It is your responsibility to be familiar and remain updated to current Community Forum Guidelines. All users of these forums must comply with these guidelines. Infractions of any guideline may result in revocation of forum privileges.
   

General Community Forum Guidelines for Posting

1. Before posting, please read the Frequently Asked Questions & Answers as your question may be answered already.
   
2. Posts, nicknames, signatures, avatars, and general content that are inflammatory, vulgar, sexually explicit, inappropriate, rude or otherwise will not be tolerated and will be removed.
   
3. Follow the Golden Rule. Always be respectful of each other, DIY landscaping employees, and Forum Moderators. Be civil, clean, and decent in all posts. Open discussions of varying points of view are encouraged but only if they remain constructive and not inflammatory. Flaming or personal attacks are not allowed or tolerated. Anyone using/ posting inappropriate content, language, starting personal attacks, engaging in hate speeches and rants, or being disruptive to the Community's positive environment may be barred from all further discussions and/ or the DIY Landscaping and Hardscaping Community Forums completely.
   
4. The Community Forum system is not a venue for personal or private vendettas or causes, including political debates. If you become involved in a dispute or have a problem with another forum member, moderator, or diylandscaping.com.au please email admin@diylandscaping.com.au
   
5. Links to adult content, pages with links to adult content will be removed.
   
6. Do not post copyrighted material (e.g. Articles) written by others without their permission.
   
7. Do not include names or links to competitor sites or names/ contact information.
   
8. Do not post altered-text as an attempt to defeat forum word-filters or otherwise circumvent the rules.
   
9. All users must enable the private messaging system and must be able to receive private messages from all forum moderators. Abuse of the forum or private message system will not be tolerated.
   
10. Only business/shops allowed for advertising on this site is Australian business that have a relation to diylandscaping.com.au. Any form of business advertising that hasn't been approved will be deleted from the site and member warned of the breech.
    
11. Keep thread discussions on topic, and within the subject of the forum. Please do not “hijack” or “bump” the thread gain additional exposure to a post or yourself. Cross-posting within other forums and threads is also not encouraged.
    
12. The forum is not a venue for non-diylandscaping.com.au or unrelated sites or services. Content that is posted for the sole-purpose of unrelated promotion (e.g. Spam) will be removed and may result in a permanent loss of forum privileges.
    
13. Posting referral links (links to services where you get “referral credit” for sending people there) is not allowed.
    
14. Anyone posting another member’s personal or website details, without permission, will be banned. Please do not, nor is it advised, to post sensitive or confidential information to the forum about yourself or other members
    

At the end of the day, DIY Landscaping and Hardscaping is a place for all people with the common interest of landscaping/hardscaping to come together and make a community and benefit from it.

Regards
Admin

www.diylandscaping.com.au