Forum Terms & Rules
IMPORTANT REGISTRATION INFORMATION-PLEASE READ
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email. Please click on the link provided in the email to validate your registration. You will receive a message that your account needs to be validated before access is granted. Please disregard this message. You can now log in & pay for your subscription at that time. Once your payment transaction is complete, you will have full access to the board.
If you have chosen a 2 week trial membership, the system will ask for your payment upon log in. Please click on FREE MEMBERSHIP. The system will auto generate a ticket for payment. You will be granted guest permission to the board after your registration has been validated by the Administrator. Once validated, you will receive an email & you will then have guest access to the board. Please be patient as the board Administrator works during the day. Most transactions will be processed in a 24 hour period.
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*A valid e-mail address, completed registration form & completed payment are required for membership.
STEPS TO MEMBERSHIP
1.Validating your e-mail address:
Upon registering, you will be sent an e-mail and you must follow the instructions provided, so that an Administrator can activate your account. If you do not receive the confirmation e-mail, please check your junk mail folder before contacting SugarBuzz Administration.*
*AOL Users-Please check your e-mail settings to ensure receipt of the validation e-mail.
2. Account Activation:
After you validate your e-mail address, Administration will be notified. You are still a guest at this point. When your account has been activated, you will receive an e-mail from SugarBuzz announcing the successful completion. Please allow up to 24 hours.
3. Accessing SugarBuzz
Again, you will not have full access until you receive an e-mail that tells you your registration is complete. You will be able to log in, but are in guest status at that time and can not view any of the forums. Please be patient with the registration process. We get to them as fast as we can.
Forum Terms & Rules
Please take a moment to review these rules detailed below. If you agree with them and wish to proceed with the registration, simply click the "Register" button below. To cancel this registration, simply hit the 'back' button on your browser.
Please remember, SugarBuzz owners cannot be held responsible for any messages posted by members. We do not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any message, and are not responsible for the contents.
Our Forums
All posts are required to be constructive and on topic. We have the right to delete or merge any post or thread.
As a common courtesy, we ask that threads not be directed to an individual member. PM's or e-mails are a far more appropriate avenue for personal contact.
We reserve the right to remove any topics we deem inappropriate or disruptive to our community. Please note that, from time to time, topics may be removed for being inappropriate even though your individual post in that topic may have been inoffensive. This does not reflect negatively on you.
SugarBuzz is an active community, and we ask that all members try to participate at one time or another. Please note, inactive accounts will be purged by the system if there is no activity or posts logged inside of a 60 day period.
Have fun but please keep it positive and polite. We do not censor opinions or ideas on our forums but we do take action against posts and/or topics that could cause unrest in the community beyond a civil and polite disagreement. We do have a warning system for members that are offenders & we do use it.
You may not make personal attacks on other users or staff members either in public forums or private messages. Should you receive a private message that is harrassing in nature, please notify the administrators or a moderator immediately. Should you be the creator of a harrassing private message, email or post, you will be subsequently removed from the board & all future access will be denied. We will not tolerate unnecessary drama on this board.
We reserve the right to deny access to any member who violates our guidelines or disrupts our community.
If you have an issue concerning our services, policies, or staff, please use a personal contact method such as a private message or email to a staff member. All moderators and administrators are highlighted in the active members list & in the Moderating Team link at the bottom of the home page. All complaints are taken seriously & we will do our best to resolve them within reason.
Board Rules
1. There will be no excessive use of profanity. Any excessive, un-called for language will be removed.
2. There will be no racial, ethnic, gender based insults or any other personal discriminations.
3. There will be no posts meant to offend or hurt any other member, in a manner which is offensive or inflammatory.
4. Spamming is not permitted; please keep all posts as constructive as possible. Members may not advertise or promote any product or business outside of the "For Sale" area. Any selling or personal promotion posts not in the that area will be considered SPAM and removed.
5. Pornography, warez, or any other illegal transactions may NOT be linked in any shape or form.
6. All posts are property of Sugar Buzz. This forum and all web sites owned in conjunction with this forum have the right to request alteration or deletion of any post. Posts may be deleted for any reason the forum administrators deem appropriate.
7. Pictures may be posted as long as they are not explicit, offensive or copywritten. Links to the above mentioned pictures may not be posted.
8. Any and all posted pictures must be the work of the posting member.
9. Sugar Buzz owners can not be held responsible for copywritten images that are posted by registered members.
10. Any member who is found to have images on their personal website that are the work of another decorator and are knowingly claiming it as their own, will be removed from Sugar Buzz immediately.
11. Users may not argue a moderators decision publicly. Any and all complaints directed at a moderator must first address the moderator in question via private message. If the problem can not be resolved, then the moderator and user must send their positions to the forum admin. The forum admin will make or change any and/or all final decisions.
12. Signatures may contain images, but may not be any larger than 300x100. If your signature is larger than the allotted size or is inappropriate, you will be requested to resize or change your image. Signatures may not be rude, offensive or political in nature. Any & all political references made will be removed.
13. Remember to post in the correct forum. Take the time to look at other topics and see where your topic should go. If your topic is placed in the wrong forum, it will be moved by a moderator.
14. If a topic is recognized as being posted in the wrong forum, or if the post is a violation of our guidelines then please contact a moderator via private message or the 'report post to moderator' feature; please do not respond publicly to the member - a member of staff will do what is required upon contact.
15. Linked and locked topics are pruned regularly to reduce page clutter. If you have a question about where your topic went, please PM a Moderator or Administrator before starting a new topic asking where it went, or posting a duplicate of the original topic. We will be happy to provide you with a link to the new location, or a reason why it was locked and/or removed.
16. If you are a vendor and wish to advertise on SugarBuzz, please contact us at sugarbuzzadmin@gmail.com.
Anyone member removed or banned from this board will lose any & all benefits associated with membership.
Violation of any of these rules will result in consequences determined on a case-by-case basis.