** Please keep your avatar and signature PG. This is a public forum and it's viewed from public computers, Colleges, Universities, Corporate Offices etc. Those who failure to comply, will be given a little time off**
Signature Rules:
1. Keep it under 3 lines.
2. ONE image per signature.
3. Maximum image size should be under 40 kB, to be courteous to our members on slower connections. (80 KB for Premium Members)
4. Maximum image dimensions shouldn't exceed 500 pixels wide, and 90 pixels high (40 kb) (500 x 100 pixels for Premium Members)
5. Keep text to under 50 words or so.
6. No nudity or offensive material (This includes female or male genitalia, exposed nipples, Animated/Cartoon nudity, Animal Genitalia, male or female images with skimpy underwear/bikini Sex toy images, Images alluding to sex acts/bodily fluids (Feces, Urine, Semen, Etc.), offensive images, etc) KEEP IT PG!
7. No commercial/business/website promotion or LINK in Signatures (allowed only if you're a Vendor/Sponsor/Supporting Dealer).
Avatar Rules:
1. Maximum avatar size should be 150 x 150 pixels (under 20kB), to be courteous to our members on slower connections. (160 x 160 and 50 KB for Premium Members
1. No nudity or offensive material
2. No commercial/business/website promotion in Avatar (Vendors and Sponsors ARE allowed to include business promoting avatars)
3. No commercial/business/website promotion in User Title (Vendors and Sponsors are exempt)
4. No nudity or offensive material (This includes female or male genitalia, exposed nipples, Animated/Cartoon nudity, Animal Genitalia, male or female images with skimpy underwear/bikini, Sex toy images, Images alluding to sex acts/bodily fluids {Feces, Urine, Semen, Etc.}, offensive images, etc) Basically anything that you wouldn't let your 13 year old kid to see! KEEP IT PG!
5. Do not put Staff, moderator, admin gifs or pictures from other forums as your avatar. It confuses forum members. One intentionally breaking this rule will be subject to permanent avatar delete.
Conclusion: The purpose of signature/avatar is to personalize your posts. With that in mind, it should be related to yourself (i.e. picture of your car) and not any business/company/website/funny link that you promote or vouch for. When in doubt, keep it simple ;)
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