Forum Rules

Registration to the CenterPoint Community and this forum is free!  These forums are here to provide you with a useful and friendly environment where you can discuss problems, ideas and opportunities relating to small businesses.

We do insist that you abide by the rules and policies detailed below.  Your use of this forum indicates that you agree to be bound by these rules.

Although the administrators and moderators of the CenterPoint Community will attempt to keep all objectionable messages off this forum, it is impossible for us to review all messages.  All messages express the view of the author, the owners of the CenterPoint Community will not be held responsible for the content of any message.

At all times:

• Keep all commentary civil, and be courteous at all times. Constructive criticism is welcome, but insults directed towards other users or the site admins will not be tolerated.
• Coarse/insulting language will not be tolerated.
• No commercial advertising is permitted.
• When recommending a product, service or solution to help a user solve their issue, you must disclose any affiliations you may have with the company or group that provides that product, service or solution. This includes, but is not limited to: any paid or non-paid relationships past or present, receiving any promotional products or services, or any other similar information.
• Any posts deemed to be self-promotion, advertising, or spam can and will be removed. NO SPAM and NO ADVERTISING is permitted (e.g., Posting and making excessive, inappropriate and unnecessary references to your products and websites is self-promotion.)
• This is not the place to settle a commercial disagreement or to be a 'wall of shame'. Any posts deemed to be of this nature will be removed. Settle your disputes in private please.
• If you feel a post violates any of these rules, or you need to bring it to the attention of a moderator, please use the ‘report this post’ link to notify the moderators.
• These forums are centered on issues related to small businesses. They are not a place to promote ideological, religious, or political matters. All such discussions will be deleted and closed.

Posting Rules

• Racist, sexist, hateful or any other post that the Staff of this forum determine to be not suitable will be deleted and the member may be banned.
• Do not discuss illegal activities.  Our server is hosed in the USA and so is subject to U.S. law.
• All posts must be in English, unless posted in a specific international forum.  If posting in an international forum, please use the language of that forum, and not English.
• Check to see if your question has been answered elsewhere on the site.  Use the search feature.
• Post your comment/question to the most appropriate place.  Any posts deemed to be in the wrong forum will be moved.  Do not cross-post the same question to multiple places.
• Make sure you have read the parent article/post completely before posting a reply.
• Use your own words.  If you wish to use the words of someone else, quote them, citing the source.
• Choose an appropriate subject line.  Try to summarize the problem briefly in the subject, and elaborate in the message itself.  Repeat the subject in the body if it will make things clearer.  Do not use all caps and do not add false information just to get attention.
• Include as much information as you can when seeking help.  Nobody will be able to help you if you don’t give sufficient detail.
• No useless posts.  This includes:  Thread bumping, useless one liners, flamewars, trolling and spamming.
• Thank those who help you.  Acknowledgment of a helpful suggestion not only placates those who helped you, it may also help others with a similar problem.  All those who have helped on this forum are invited to help other users by responding to their questions when they know they answer.
• Do not link to any site that contains adult content, sexually oriented material or might otherwise be considered offence.  Any post containing an inappropriate link will be deleted and the poster will receive a warning.
• Do not propose or link to any site that contains copyrighted software or other material materials that can be downloaded illegally.
• No affiliate links are allowed to be posted anywhere on the forum or the CenterPoint Community.

Signature Rules

• Must be setup in your Profile (user Control Panel) , and not manually added to your messages.
• May NOT contain any images.
• May not contain any pricing, sales, product etc. details.
• May contain a maximum of two smilies. Or one animated smiley.
• May include two clickable links. URL's or mailto: - No duplicate links
• Only exact URLs
• May include two colors. Hyperlink color is set by the forum and is not counted as a color.
• Maximum font size cannot be larger than normal.
• Must be kept to a maximum of four lines (at 1024 resolution).
• May not contain links to other threads or posts for the purpose of self-promotion
• Your signature is your signature. It is not for sale or rent.
• Any signature or avatar that is offensive or insulting to either us, our members, or our staff, are prohibited.
• We reserve the right to ask you to change and/or remove your signature or avatar at any time, for any reason.

Failure to abide by these rules may result in an editing, negative moderation or deletion of your post. We reserve the right to ban abusers from the site. We reserve the right to change these rules at any time.

Violation of any of rules can result in your account and IP address being banned from our Community. 

If you have any questions please contact Community Support.