In order to keep the forum a valuable asset for the Anim8or community I've listed some guidelines for using them. Many things are just plain common sense but I felt they should be posted to make them clear.

Forum Guidelines:

1. Posts must be "Anim8or Related". That means that they should be generally useful to Anim8or users. Off topic posts (about music, movies, personal communication) are not allowed because they aren't concerned with things that relate to Anim8or. This is purposefully vague to allow a variety of useful discussions, but you get the idea.

2. Be friendly. Keep the forums a pleasant place to visit. "If you don't have anything nice to say then don't say anything at all." Don't start or reply to flames. If you see anything inappropriate email me at support@anim8or.com and I will deal with it.

3. Post in the appropriate forum. Give your topic a meaningful name so someone can tell what its about from the title. "Help" is not meaningful, nor are cutsie little titles like "How can I". A better title will get your question answered sooner and save people time.

4. Stick to the topic. If you have something entirely unrelated to say start a new topic.

5. Don't "bump" old topics to bring them to the top of the list. Don't reply to your own posts, use the "edit" tool instead, unless it's something really new.

6. Don't chat. These are not chat rooms. Use e-mail, IM or chat rooms for personal communications. Posts should generally be useful to someone reading them much later. For example, answers to modeling questions will be useful for a long time.

7. Don't be afraid to use the Search button or to read the manual. It will save you time.

8. Absolutely no discussion of warez, stealing software, CD keys, cracks, etc. is allowed.

9. Profanity or images inappropriate for a general audience are not allowed.

10. No promotion of other products, spamming, etc.

11. That's enough rules!

Steve