Terms of Use for Skejo.com, Version 1.0
1. Acceptance of terms of use and amendments
Each time you use or cause access to this web site, you agree to be bound by these terms of use, as amended from time to time with or without notice to you. In addition, if you are using a particular service hosted on or accessed via this web site, you will be subject to any rules or guidelines applicable to the said services, and they will be incorporated by reference within these terms of use. Please refer to this site's privacy policy, which is incorporated within these terms of use by reference.
2. The site editor's service
This web site and services provided to you on and through this web site are provided on an "AS IS" basis. You agree that the site editor exclusively reserves the right to modify or discontinue provision of this web site and its services, and to delete the data you provide, either temporarily or permanently. The site editor shall have no responsibility or liability for the timeliness, deletion, failure to store, inaccuracy, or improper delivery of any data or information.
3. Your responsibilities and registration obligations
In order to use this web site, it forums or certain others parts of it, you may be required to register a user account on this web site; in this case, you agree to provide truthful information when requested, and undertake that you are aged at least the thirteen (13) or more. By registering, you explicitly agree to this site's terms of use, including any amendments made by the site editor from time to time and available here.
4. Privacy policy.
Registration data and other personally-identifiable information that may be collected on this site is subject to the terms of the site's privacy policy.
5. Registration and password
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password, and shall be responsible for all usage of your user account and/or user name, whether authorized or unauthorized by you. You agree to immediately notify the site editor of any unauthorized use or your user account, user name or password.
6. Your conduct.
You agree that all information or data of any kind, whether text, software, code, music or sound, photographs or graphics, video or other materials ("content"), made available publicly or privately, shall be under the sole responsibility of the person providing the content or the person whose user account is used. You agree that this web site may expose you to content that may be objectionable or offensive. The site editor shall not be responsible to you in any way for the content that appears on this web site, nor for any error or omission.
By using this web site or any service provided, you explicitly agree that you shall not:
(a) provide any content or conduct yourself in any way that may be construed as: unlawful; illegal; threatening; harmful; abusive; harassing; stalking; tortuous; defamatory; libelous; vulgar; obscene; offensive; objectionable; pornographic; designed to interfere or interrupt this web site or any service provided, infected with a virus or other destructive or deleterious programming routine; giving rise to civil or criminal liability; or in violation of an applicable local, national or international law;
(b) impersonate or misrepresent your association with any person or entity; forge or otherwise seek to conceal or misrepresent the origin of any content provided by you;
(c) collect or harvest any data about other users;
(d) provide or use this web site for the provision of any content or service in any commercial manner, or in any manner that would involve junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes, or any other form of unauthorized advertising, without the site editor's prior written consent;
(e) provide any content that may give rise to civil or criminal liability of the site editor, or that may constitute or be considered a violation of any local, national or international law, including -- but not limited to -- laws relating to copyright, trademark, patent, or trade secrets.
You also agree to all of tems found in the Code of Conduct.
7. Submission of content on this web site
By providing any content to this web site:
(a) you agree to grant the site editor a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive right and license (including any moral rights or other necessary rights.) to use, display, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, distribute, perform, promote, archive, translate, and to create derivative works and compilations, in whole or in part. Such license will apply with respect to any form, media, technology already known or developed subsequently;
(b) you warrant and represent that you have all legal, moral, and other rights that may be necessary to grant us the license specified in this section 7;
(c) you acknowledge and agree that the site editor shall have the right (but not obligation), at the site editor's entire discretion, to refuse to publish, or to remove, or to block access to any content you provide, at any time and for any reason, with or without notice.
8. Copyright
Skejo.com respects the rights and priviledges of intellectual property owners, and requests the same of its users. Copyright infringement by any submitter will be grounds for removal from membership and cancellation of all claims to any and all Rewards, Contents, Awards or other acknowledgements of the submitter.
Any and all infringement should be reported to abuse@skejo.com.
9. Third-party services
Goods and services of third parties may be advertised and/or made available on or through this web site. Representations made regarding products and services provided by third parties are governed by the policies and representations made by these third parties. The site editor shall not be liable for or responsible in any manner for any of your dealings or interaction with third parties.
10. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the site editor and the site editor's subsidiaries, affiliates, related parties, officers, directors, employees, agents, independent contractors, advertisers, partners, and co-branders, from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorney's fees, that may be made by any third party, due to or arising out of your conduct or connection with this web site or service, your provision of content, your violation of these terms of use, or any other violation of the rights of another person or party.
11. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS WEB SITE AND ANY SERVICES OR CONTENT PROVIDED (THE "SERVICE") IS MADE AVAILABLE AND PROVIDED TO YOU AT YOUR OWN RISK. IT IS PROVIDED TO YOU "AS IS" AND THE SITE EDITOR EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER IMPLIED OR EXPRESS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
THE SITE EDITOR MAKES NO WARRANTY, IMPLIED OR EXPRESS, THAT ANY PART OF THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, VIRUS-FREE, TIMELY, SECURE, ACCURATE, RELIABLE, OR OF ANY QUALITY, NOR IS IT WARRANTED EITHER IMPLICITLY OR EXPRESSLY THAT ANY CONTENT IS SAFE IN ANY MANNER FOR DOWNLOAD. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT NEITHER THE SITE EDITOR NOR ANY PARTICIPANT IN THE SERVICE PROVIDES PROFESSIONAL ADVICE OF ANY KIND AND THAT USE OF ANY ADVICE OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION OBTAINED VIA THIS WEB SITE IS SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK, AND THAT THE SITE EDITOR MAY NOT BE HELD LIABLE IN ANY WAY.
Some jurisdictions may not allow disclaimers of implied warranties, and certain statements in the above disclaimer may not apply to you as regards implied warranties; the other terms and conditions remain enforceable notwithstanding.
12. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE SITE EDTIOR SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INDICENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES; THIS INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSS (EVEN IF THE SITE EDITOR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM OR ARISING OUT OF (I) THE USE OF OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE, (II) THE COST OF OBTAINING SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND/OR SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY TRANSACTION ENTERED INTO ON THROUGH THE SERVICE, (III) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR DATA TRANSMISSIONS, (IV) STATEMENTS BY ANY THIRD PARTY OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY USING THE SERVICE, OR (V) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SERVICE.
In some jurisdictions, it is not permitted to limit liability and, therefore, such limitations may not apply to you.
13. Reservation of rights
The site editor reserves all of the site editor's rights, including but not limited to any and all copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, and any other proprietary right that the site editor may have for this web site, its content, and the goods and services that may be provided. The use of the site editor's rights. and property requires the site editor's prior written consent. By making services available to you, the site editor is not providing you with any implied or express licenses or rights, and you will have no rights. to make any commercial uses of this web site or service without the site editor's prior written consent.
14. Notification of copyright infringement
If you believe that your property has been used in any way that would be considered a copyright infringement or a violation of your intellectual property rights, the site editor's copyright agent may be contacted at the following address:
15. Applicable law
You agree that these terms of use and any dispute arising out of your use of this web site or the site editor's products or services shall be governed by and construed in accordance with local laws in force where the headquarters of the owner of this web site is located, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. By registering or using this web site and service, you consent and submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the location of the headquarters of the owner of this web site.
16. Miscellaneous information
(ID 1033 0 1) In the event that these terms of use conflict with any law under which any provision may be held invalid by a court with jurisdiction over the parties, such provision will be interpreted to reflect the original intentions of the parties in accordance with applicable law, and the remainder of these terms of use will remain valid and intact; (ii) The failure of either party to assert any right under these terms of use shall not be considered a waiver of that party's right, and that right will remain in full force and effect; (iii) You agree that, without regard to any statute or contrary law, that any claim or cause arising out of this web site or its services must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause arose, or else the claim shall be forever barred; (iv) The site editor may assign the site editor's rights and obligations under these terms of use; in this case, the site editor shall be relieved of any further obligation; (v) The jusridiction for all disputes shall be Santa Clara County, California, USA.
We at Skejo.com greatly appreciate and encourage your desire to contribute to this ever-growing list of expert articles, how-to guides, and other helpful stories, while of course earning Skejo Reward Points. This short guide will help you submit a quality article that our section editors can review quickly and publish. Remember, you must be a Member to participate, so register now (it is free and fast) if you haven't already.
Accpectable Topics
At this time, we are only accepting guides, how-to articles and other submissions for the following topics:
CSS, XHTML, and other Web Design Articles.
Drupal, the open-source Content Management System found at www.drupal.org
vbDrupal, the Drupal/vBulletin integration project
If you have articles for topics we are not covering now, place contact us and we will see if a new section is in order.
We will be opening the Games section for article submissions soon, so keep checking back here.
Be Complete
A helpful article will include all the details needed to accomplish each step, or will explain all aspects of a situation to avoid confusion. A bulleted list of steps, without explanation is not very helpful. The editor will communicate with you if he or she finds something unclear or incomplete.
Write Carefully
While we do not expect the next prize-winning writer to stop by often, we do have a minimum standard of correct punctuation and grammar. As the site grows, many of our visitors may not have English as their primary language, so clear and proper English is required to make these articles available to the widest audience. Avoid abbreviations as much as possible, or define all new or unusual terms for clarity. Make no assumptions as the to readers skill level, unless you explicitly state that prior knowledge is required for the task at hand.
Include Pictures
Our text editors allow for the inclusion of pictures into your articles. Make sure that all pictures conform to the Graphics Guidelines and that you upload them for review and approval before submitting your article. Only supply pictures if they clarify or extend the content of the article.
Be available
The editors may need to contact you if he or she finds something unclear, or if the article is lacking in any of the above ways. They will fix small items and may rearrange things a bit, if they believe it will clarify a point improve the layout. If the editor desires to amend the work further, they will contact the author, since, of course, this is your work, and you will earn the points for it, not them.
Keep a Copy
Make sure you keep a copy of your submission for yourself. Before submitting you should completely type up the article in another file, like a Microsoft Word document or in a simple text file. Before each submission or preview, make sure you copy the content of the browser submission into that text file, just in case the server defaults during the middle of your submission. We would hate to have any writings lost to due an Internet failure (Skejo.com will not be responsible for any content or submission that is lost during transmittion or processing).
Remember that all contributions must comply with the Terms of Use regarding this site.
Please follow these rules to ensure that your experience and the experience of others at this site will be a pleasant and rewarding one. These rules apply in all areas of this site, including the forums, comment sections and posts you your personal blog.
Only one user account per person.
Duplicate accounts will be banned or deleted if you register for more than one member account.
User Name guidelines.
For rather obvious reasons, please do not choose a User Name that has derogatory, religious, sexual, or racial connotations, or one that we consider to be vulgar, crass, or offensive. Accounts that violate this rule will be banned.
No profane, offensive, or flaming speech.
Lively discussions are encouraged but keep it a topical debate and not a name-calling contest. Remember that younger visitors and members use this site as well.
No spamming.
If you have something to say, say it once and wait a day or two for a response before you reassert yourself. If you think of some additional information, you should attempt to edit your post (if possible, as some forums do not allow editing) rather than add an additional post below it.
You should, for no reason, post just for the sake of it, or to pad out your post or comment counts. If you have nothing constructive to add to a subject, please hold your peace. Spammers will be warned and given every encouragement to reform. Infractions will be given to repeat offenders that may result in temporary or permenant bans.
No private conversations in our forums.
Our Private Messaging System is the preferred choice for narrow discussions between two members.
Absolutely no discussion of No-CD Cracks or Pirated Software.
While they might serve a legitimate need on occasions, No-CD Cracks are too often intended to aid software piracy, that is, to rip-off designers, publishers, and us honest folk. As such, we will amend or delete posts that even approach the subject. You will almost certainly be banned if you advocate their use or appear to be in favor of software piracy.
No excessive use of abbreviations or mobile phone and instant messaging shorthand text.
We have many members for whom English is not a first language and do not wish to confuse them. If your posts are utter gibberish, they will likely be amended or deleted.
Please use correct spelling and grammar.
While we understand that many members do not speak English as their first language, we still request that everyone tries his or her best to use the correct spelling and grammar in all of their posts as this ensures that they are easier to read for everyone.
Think before posting links to other places.
We do not mind people posting links to external places as long as they are specifically related to the topic of conversation where they are posted. For example, if a topic in our forums discusses a particular game, it would be perfectly acceptable to post links to sites offering updates (as long as they are legitimate sites).
Shameless promotion of another site is frowned upon .
In many cases, such posts will be deleted or the links will be removed. Any links to illegal sites (e.g. software cracks) or sites containing materials that break our Terms of Use will be destroyed and could get you banned. We encourage members to add useful hyperlinks to our links database. This way they can be properly maintained and are easily searchable. You can submit such links using the Submit Content links in the appropriate section. We ask members to refrain from putting links, other than to this website, in their signatures. External links have a habit of ceasing to exist and we want to avoid having broken links appearing all over our site.
Upload images directly to our forums where possible.
The use of image hosting sites is not advised. They have a persistent habit of restricting access to images, limiting bandwidth to images, or even deleting images. All of these scenarios would result in broken images in our forums and an unsightly mess for our visitors. To ensure that our forums do not become filled with broken images, we ask members to upload their images directly to our forums using the in-post “Add an Attachment” feature. Please visit the Forum FAQ’s for instructions on posting attachments. Please review our media upload guidelines before uploading any content.
No personal attacks on any member or moderator of this forum.
Such behavior will not be tolerated.
No harassment or posting of private information of another person or organization.
Should any such topics appear in our forums, they will be moved to the private staff area to quickly terminate the problem and users may be banned as a result.
You must protect your password and login information.
The responsibility of protecting your user account is in your hands. Keeping your password protect, and logging off the site are the user’s responsibility. If someone uses your account, with or without your permission, the user will be held responsible for the conduct of the account. Do not use the ‘Remember Me’ login feature if the computer terminal is shared or of public use.
We encourage members and contributors to upload media that they believe will be helpful to the community at large, or will assist in the writing of a submitted article. All such media MUST conform to the Terms of Use and follow these other guidelines.
Graphics Upload Guidelines:
All pictures and other graphics must meet these requirements, to unsure approval by the staff editors. Pictures attached to the forums must also meet these requirements.
File Size - Pictures must be less than 100Kb in size to ensure that they load relatively quickly even for modem users.
Resolution - Many visitors will find images bigger than 640x480 pixels far too inconvenient to load, so this is the maximum size allowed.
Content - Obscene images are strictly prohibited and members uploading such materials will likely be banned permanently from the site.
Not Repeated - No duplicated or redundant graphics will be allowed. Each images should assist and extend the current topic or subject.
Video Upload Guidelines:
At this time, we are allowing user contributed video uploads. If you podcast or movie is exceptional and is needed to extend your topic or subject, please contact the section editor for approval.