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[OpaQue]

These rules were re-written by Dooga

THESE RULES ARE IMPORTANT! FAILING TO READ THESE NOTES WILL RESULT IN YOUR HOSTING CREDITS TO BE DEDUCTED!

This forum is a forum to post tutorials that YOU have written. You are NOT allowed to post a tutorial copied from another site, regardless of any reference you make! (However, you may PARAPHRASE it with correct referencing). Your tutorial is going to be moderated (that means, anything you post won't be viewable until a moderator has accepted it). Do not re-post your tutorials if they don't show up! Any pictures you include must be thumbnails or links to the pictures. In other words, YOU CAN ONLY POST IN THIS FORUM IF YOU HAVE AN UNCOPIED TUTORIAL TO SHARE WITH US!!!

NOTE: You may not post any requests for tutorials! Doing so may result in a warn (a possible removal of posting rights and hosting credits). You can however, reply like you do with other forums.

Board Rules apply with replies and new topics.

Edited by Dooga, 12 March 2005 - 09:57 PM.

[Dooga]

So support questions or request for tutorials don't count, right?

[Mario]

Hmm i got a question about the rules.. Can you include images and is there a specific size of the images?

From my understanding the person can't take a tutorial from a site and just post it here right?

[zachtk8702]

I wrote bunch of VB tutorials while back........Ill dig them out and post them!

[ill]

Also, as a note, a moderator or Opaque himself, not sure which, has to approve the tutorial before it appears on the board.. So don't waste your time submitting the tutorial more than once if it does not show up immediately after you post it.

[zachtk8702]

I didnt, I posted a couple different ones I did back in the summer..... I even found one or two on delphi I thought I had deleted

[Dooga]

NOW I SEE THIS! You should of told me that you wrote it! Now I have to go back and redo all the stuff I did to prevent copyright...

It's ok.

[Dooga]

Because I always check if posts are duplicated from another site, and if you post a post the same as another post, I won't accept the tutorial until you prove that you are the original author. But I trust you to be telling the truth.

[beeseven]

Do longer tutorials take longer to check? I posted one this morning and it still isn't there, but 3 others have appeared since then with post times after mine.

[Lukasz]

hmm
wazzzup
i understand the rules of this topic and the rules of the forum and i don't know the link for the rules but im sure gonna follow them and i won't post anything bad

[Dooga]

A post such as the previous one is something "bad" as it is unnessesary and spam.

[huls]

I Still Dont Get What I Have To Do...can someone explain to me how you get credit...please i'm like a lil' baby!

[whyme]

You get Hosting Credits by posting on the trap17 forums, you can see how many hosting credits you have by visiting to frontpage of the forums. Once you reach 10 hosting credits, you can request for a web hosting account.

hope this helps,

-whyme

[moonwitch]

whyme, on Mar 25 2005, 09:44 PM, said:

You get Hosting Credits by posting on the trap17 forums, you can see how many hosting credits you have by visiting to frontpage of the forums. Once you reach 10 hosting credits, you can request for a web hosting account.

hope this helps,

-whyme

I would like to add to whyme's reply. Also do not forget to post of some content and not just "LOL" or "thank you". And copying things of the net is a big no-no here as well.

In your case huls, please make slightly longer posts. That in itself will help you with your hosting credits. The length and content of your posts is more important than the amount you post. (and one other hint... the "report to moderator" feature sends a pm to all admins and moderators and is solely used to get our attention to problems - not to reply. While I can understand a mistake, just try to not do that again LOL )

[doom145]

moonwitch, on Mar 26 2005, 12:16 AM, said:

I would like to add to whyme's reply. Also do not forget to post of some content and not just "LOL" or "thank you". And copying things of the net is a big no-no here as well.

In your case huls, please make slightly longer posts. That in itself will help you with your hosting credits. The length and content of your posts is more important than the amount you post. (and one other hint... the "report to moderator" feature sends a pm to all admins and moderators and is solely used to get our attention to problems - not to reply. While I can understand a mistake, just try to not do that again LOL )

no offence but how are u moderator when u have just posted three times Lol, thats freaky and wrong, u dont have the capability to be moderator as ur dont have the time to even post at this forum, so why tell us to post longer when u urself dont post at all!!!

Notice from NilsC:

This is an offence to me, you received a warning for your 'glib' remark. Moderators are here to moderate the forums, they do not answer to you. I made moonwitch a moderator and if you have any problem with a moderator, PM me!

[Johnny]

Doom - Yelling at moderators is bad. Very very bad. I'm guessing moonwitch either knows OpaQue and got a free seat (X.x) or maybe it's just a new account for an old member. Either way, it's not your problem.

To staffies - Can someone check my tutorial for any rule breaks? Those rules are kinda vague (like the image rules and such) and II want to make sure I didn't do anything bad.

[moonwitch]

doom145, on Mar 26 2005, 12:22 AM, said:

no offence but how are u moderator when u have just posted three times       Lol, thats freaky and wrong, u dont have the capability to be moderator as ur dont have the time to even post at this forum, so why tell us to post longer when u urself dont post at all!!!

I somewhat got a free seat yes, because I am a mod at astahost. The reason I don't post here, is simple. I am here to check things, to read posts, after a few hours a day reading posts here and on astahost, I tend to feel not so talkative LOL. I spend more time actually reading posts, checking if they are copied, editting posts on foul language etc, then I can give time to write posts.

See, the thing is, doom145, mods may not post a lot, but that does not mean we don't contribute. I spend several hours daily just reading posts... That's why we are mods, it's not just posting, it's answering questions, checking if posts don't violate rules, if they're copied, foul language,... I also have a life offline, I watch my 4 yr old sister, I teach her to write and read, I clean house, I cook dinner, ... And I try to make me a carreer.

And for the record, feel free to search my posts, they are usually longer than just one paragraph

[dodgerblue]

Umm, are we restricted to posting tutorials about tech-related things? Can I post a tutorial on mobile phones or gardening (lol just an example! ) or something else not related to web designing or programming?

[azka]

It does seem like a lot of rules to follow, specially to a newbie to the site. But I guess I will follow it since it offers the platform for me to develop my application..moreso, because it entails academic value for me.

[moldboy]

Can we post a tutorial here, and then when we get hosted/have time make a prettier version of that tutorial for our website, or If we made a tutorial and posted it on our website, could we then also post it here(simplified, copied, revised, or otherwise), so more people get the message, so to speek?

As long as we wrote the tutorial ourself in both cases.

[psychiccyberfreak]

what if you wrote it, but it's on your website too?

[Kubi]

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"Regarless of where the content came from, if it's from a different site, you must QUOTE it"

If you took it off a site(even your own)! You MUST put it in quotes. Even if you wrote it on your site and wanted to post it here, you must quote it.

[moldboy]

I recieved a PM from OpaQue, and I guess I post it here since other people are asking, this is in reply to my previous post, it was made in a diffrent thread as the message indicates

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I posted this in the forum, but I guess nobody reads it, and it is kinda urgent.  If I make a tutorial and post it on the forum, can I later post the same one on my website, or website first, then on the forum?

You have to post it here first.

[Dragonfly]

I agree. It is important to follow the rules laid down here so as to benefit the members and alike. I hope to follow the rule well in the coming days too.

[infamousflame]

Any staff member who can moderate on this forum can approve/decline tutorials I think. That's Global Mods, Admins and I don't know if there's a Moderator for this forum, but them too if there is one.