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Ashoat

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  1. Ashoat

    New Plans!

    HelioHost is introducing two new plans today: Ads Standard and Ads Unlimited. See heliohost.org for more details. Also, heliohost.org has been updated a little bit. A fourth plan, Posting Plus, will be available later this week.
  2. Nah, I just took it out because no one was using it. Were you planning on using it?
  3. I've added a forum etiquette guide to help clear up some questions on how you should behave on a forum. What do you guys think? See it here.
  4. One of the biggest problems on forums these days is lack of good forum etiquette. What some of the newer users of message boards don't understand is that forums have a very different environment from a chatroom, an instant message conversation, or even an email correspondence. Users of respectable message boards are expected to act maturely. And therefore, to help some of our newer users, I have created this guide to maintaining good forum etiquette. Use spelling and grammar correctly. Always capitalize the first letter in a sentence, even if you only have one to post. Always use periods. Capitalize only when necessary. Remember, all caps means you're yelling. Use commas and punctuation marks. The only excuse you can have for bad spelling or grammar is that you are not a native of an English-speaking country, and even then, you should do your best to learn English.Don't post just to up your post count. In fact, don't even pay attention to your post count. The senior members of a forum aren't respected because they have lots of posts, but because they are good contributors. You should strive to do the same.When you post, make it in-depth. Never just say "I agree" or "Good idea." Describe your idea. Say "I agree because..." or "Good idea. I think..." We want to hear a developed opinion, not just a short statement. Two or three word posts aren't really contributing anything to the forum.Know what you're talking about. Most forums are a community of experts and enthusiasts, and they love to discuss their passions. However, if you go into a topic you don't know much about and say something ignorant, it'll really tick them off. Especially if you stated it with authority.Never ask someone a question you can could easily get answered through a search engine or an encyclopedia. People expect you to find things out on your own instead of getting other members to do it for you. Laziness is frowned upon.Make sure never to turn a topic into back-and-forth conversations on random things. Topics are made for a reason - to discuss something. If you go into a topic and turn it into something completely irrelevant from what it was intended to discuss, you're only ruining it for the users who seriously want to discuss that topic.Don't just go through every topic in a forum posting in each one. Most people will find it hard to believe that you actually have something important to contribute to a topic if you post all over the place.Don't overdramatize unimportant things. There is no need to post a sorry thread if you broke a rule, or make a big deal when something doesn't apply to you. If you made a mistake, no big deal. If you follow these rules, people will forget all about it in a month or so.Don't freak out if no one responds. People have things they need to deal with outside of HelioNet. If you have a question and it has gone several days without being answered, kindly bump the thread up so others may see it.These are just the basics of forum etiquette. You'll learn much more as you post and interact with the community. We won't chastise you for a mistake, but we expect you to do your best to follow this guide. Good luck, and happy foruming © Copyright Helio Networks 2006-2009
  5. Yup, just copying and posting news is pretty much spam. If you really care about an issue, feel free to make a topic about it, but please don't just copy and paste articles just to get posts. Don't think you can get a domain with 512 of these topics. Sorry, but it is pretty cheap. You need to genuinely contribute, not just copy and paste articles.
  6. Ehh, I suck at making skins. The old skin was made by me, and it sucked. You can make it just like you want it if you hire someone too
  7. Yah, I'll need contact info for the WhoIs database. Just follow what it says on the main store page
  8. Support is provided at invisonize.com/forums/?showforum=90
  9. Send me a PM with the domain name and I'll change it for you.
  10. Do you already have a domain? Or were you speaking hypothetically when you said you do?
  11. You can't have an addon domain on a subdomain. An addon domain is when you have a domain point to a subdomain of your main domain. You can have parked domains however. That's when you have a domain point to your main domain. Note that all the pointer domains have to be registered at pointing at HelioHost's nameservers (ns1.heliohost.org & ns2.heliohost.org).
  12. example.heliohost.org.
  13. I'll try to remember next time PS: I'm back.
  14. Ashoat

    store

    Support is provided on the link HerLoss gave
  15. Yah, sorry, the signup system is down right now. I will PM you a link to use as soon as I fix it.
  16. Pay attention people, there is already a thread for welcomes. Merged...
  17. I saw the US vs. Czech game too... it didn't go to well for the US, hehe.
  18. You sound like you're seriously considering doing this
  19. Uhm, have you even see the old one?
  20. If you click the link you'll see that it's disabled. I thought I removed it from the menu in 3.1... oh well.
  21. Not right now. You see, we have a broken database connection between the hosting server and forum server. As a result, we can't setup your account from the forum server. We need to do it manually and then give you a link. I'm currently working on getting this fixed.
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