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Are there rules to follow in the Forums? Yes. We
only have a few rules but please adhere to them to keep Planet Airedale a pleasant
place to be.
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Respect. We ask everyone to respect everyone else. No personal
attacks, no defamatory, inflammatory, rude, abrupt or racial comments.
Teach, not preach.
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Bad language. Please
do not swear or use bad language in The Forums.
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- Inappropriate
subjects. Planet Airedale is for talk about Airedale
Terriers foremost. You can talk about almost anything and
everything within The 'Everything Else' section, with a few exceptions. There
are certain subjects on which everyone is divided and threads on these
subjects turn into debates, can cause offence and will be removed.
These include: race, immigration, religion, politics
(including war) and shock/training collars.
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Report a problem. You can report any post or PM you may receive
directly by clicking on the ‘report to moderator’
link bottom right of the post/PM in question. The issue will then be
addressed.
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Hijacking of threads. Do not hijack a thread.
If you wish to talk about a subject which is different to the subject being
discussed in a particular thread, please start a new thread.
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Advertising. Planet
Airedale is proud to be advert-free! A message from Linda regarding
advertising:
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"Planet Airedale is over 8 years
old, Richard and I have worked long and hard to build our 'hobby' into the
website and forum you see today. Many of you have been members for years and
supported Planet Airedale in lots of different ways - posting in the forum,
running competitions, taking part in the annual present exchange etc.,
Everyone's postings, no matter if you've been a member for a week or 6 years+,
all go towards keeping the forum fresh, friendly and interesting. We thank you
for that.
We don't have many rules in Planet Airedale's forum but one of them is a strict
no advertising policy. This morning I had to remove an entire thread promoting a
number of other websites in the 'Everything Else' section.
Planet Airedale is advert free and we wish to keep it this way.
Planet Airedale is not a promotional platform to be used to publicise other
websites.
When Richard and I created Planet Airedale we wanted it to be a 'hub', a
friendly meeting place for Airedale lovers around the world to chat, share tips,
share stories, news updates, share photos, support one another through the sad
times and laugh at our Airedale antics and to improve the lives of Airedales in
need. We did not build it to promote other websites, blogs, link to social
networking sites or product sites.
I don't like having to post this sort of message in Planet Airedale's forum but
with the increase in work having to remove threads and postings I feel it is
important to bring this to everyone's attention so everyone is aware of where
we, Planet Airedale, stand on this.
We have a Personal Message system, if you wish to pass on information please use
this system.".
Whilst Planet Airedale will try to resolve any issues which may arise to the
satisfaction of all, we will deal with the situation in the best way
for the majority of the Members. Planet Airedale’s decision in all matters is
final.
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What happens if I do not follow the rules?
Planet Airedale
prides itself on being friendly place for all of it's Members
to enjoy. To this end, Planet Airedale will enforce the rules above and if you
breach any of them then appropriate action will be taken. For minor
breaches, you will receive an email from the moderators and we ask you to not
commit the same breach of the rules again.
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For repeat offenders, or for those
who commit a more serious breach of the rules, their Membership may be
suspended, either for a limited or indefinite time, or permanently deleted.
If Planet Airedale suspends indefinitely or deletes your Membership account, it will at
it's own discretion refund your Membership fee on a pro-rata basis for each full
month of Membership not yet used, less a £1 administration fee.
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Whilst Planet Airedale will try to resolve any issues which may arise to the
satisfaction of all, we will deal with the situation in the best way
for the majority of the Members. Planet Airedale’s decision in all matters is
final.
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How do I use the Forums?
To start a new topic
click on the section you would like to post in, for example 'Wellbeing',
then click on the words 'New Topic' on the top right of your screen. Type in a subject for your posting
(please type something like 'Advice on diet problem required' and not just
something like 'Help!') and then type your posting into the
large box in the middle of your screen.
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customise you message by changing the font size, colour etc if you
want to. If you hover your cursor over any of the symbols above
where you have typed you will see what each symbol will do if you
click. Some of the most popular smilies are shown, for more click on
the 'more' button. By clicking on the smilie will insert it into
your message. Smilies can make all the difference to our
postings, they can be a great way of expressing your thoughts and
feelings ~ please do think about adding them into your message.
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- When you have
finished typing your message, click on 'Preview' to make sure it looks OK ~ remember to
break up big paragraphs as this will make is easier for other members to
read. If you like what you see click on 'Post Message'.
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use block capitals ~ IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE SHOUTING ALL THE TIME AND IT IS
DIFFICULT TO READ!!! Please remember to break large area of text up into
paragraphs to make it easier to read and please don't use 'txt speak',
such as CU IN 2WKS.
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- To reply to an
existing thread simply click on the word 'Reply' found at both the bottom and
top of the page.
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someone else's posting into yours, if you want to respond directly to what they
said. To do this, do not click on 'Reply', instead click on 'Quote' which
can be found above each post. Click on this, which will open a 'reply' box with the original
text inside quote tags.
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"Good Morning and how are you?", once you click on the quote button, this will be
shown as "[QUOTE=their username]Good Morning and how are you?[/QUOTE]". Type your response
after the "[/QUOTE]". If you don't want to quote everything they have
said, just remove the text you don't want from inside the quote tags, for
example "[QUOTE=their username]Good Morning[/QUOTE]". There is
other code inside the tags, please do not delete or alter this.
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insert a link to another website into your posting (these are called hyperlinks), e.g.:
http://www.planetairedale.com , it
can sometimes be too long, look ugly and distort the thread if you copy the
whole web address. It is tidier to be able
to have the link like this: To visit Planet Airedale, click
here.
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- To do this while typing
a new post:
- 1/ Click on the world
symbol, when you have the posting window open.
- 2/ That will give
you: [url][/url]
- 3/ Between the
brackets, type the text you wish to make into a link, for example: here
- 4/ It will look like this: [url]here[/url]5/
In the first bracket, add a = symbol and the web address, like this:
- [url=www.planetairedale.com]here[/url]
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preview or post, this:
here
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- Planet Airedale reserve the right to remove any links which are inappropriate,
offensive, advertising or irrelevant.
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- Planet Airedale is
proud to be advert-free! Do not post links (or any other sort of
information) to commercial websites/companies. If you wish to
share this sort of information with other Members, please use the
Personal Message system.
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- How can I share
my pictures with everyone else?
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ways to share your pictures:
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- Uploading pictures
direct from your PC: Save your pictures to your PC, making sure they are
less than 250Kb ~ we cannot really help you with this part as everyone's PC
settings are different. One thing which will help is to set your digital camera
to its lowest quality setting before you take the pictures.
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typing a posting, click on 'Additional Options' which is near the bottom left of
your screen. Click on 'Browse' and find the picture you
want to share on you PC. Once you click 'Post' the picture will be
included. (Full Members Only).
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- On-line photo album:
If your pictures are stored on an on-line photo album, you will need
to copy the URL for the picture from your on-line album. The URL
will look something like this: http://www.yourphotos.com/your album/yourpicture.
Then click on the 'picture' symbol (
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when you are typing your post. This will give you the code: [img][/img]
in your posting. Add the URL of your picture in to the middle bit of the
code, which will give you: [img]http://www.yourphotos.com/your album/yourpicture[/img]
When you finish your posting and have clicked 'Post', your picture will be
included in your post.
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- How do I add or
change my details in my profile?
To the top of your screen
above the forum boards you will see a button marked 'Profile'. In your
Profile, you can customise
your settings, upload your avatar, signature etc., After you have made your
changes always click on the 'Change Profile' button at the bottom of you screen
otherwise your setting will not be saved.
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- How do I give
myself an avatar? First of all find an avatar somewhere out there on
the web or you can use one of your own pictures ~ it needs to be less than
250Kb. You can either copy the URL (not recommended) or save it to your PC
(recommended). Once you have
done this, open your Profile and click on 'Forum Profile Information''.
Click on 'Browse' and find the avatar you want to use on your PC. (Full
Members Only).
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- What do the Stars
mean, under my username?
You will notice
most Planet Airedale Members will have stars under their name ~ these are based on
how many posts you have made.
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10 posts
250 posts
1,000 posts
2,500 posts
5,000 posts.
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Please note that you will not be able to read the personal diary
section until you have posted at least ten times (one star).
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- Who are 'Life
Members'?
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- Planet Airedale from
time to time awards certain long standing members with Life Membership
to show our appreciation of the support they have given to Planet
Airedale.
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- We do reserve the
right to withdraw Life Membership if any member does not remain an
active user of Planet Airedale (for example, by not posting in the
Planet Airedale forums for more than two months at a time).
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- Where can I test
my settings?
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- In the
Technical section of the forum, you will see a Testing area. Please feel
free to experiment with your settings in there, setting up your signature,
avatars or you might just want to practice posting before going into the main
forums.
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- How do Personal
Messages (PM's) work?
The Personal
Message system we have at Planet Airedale is like an internal email system. You
can contact other Members privately by sending them a PM (as long as the
other person has this function enabled). You can do this by clicking on the
under their
username or through their profile (if you can't see this symbol then the other person is not
accepting PM's). If you receive a PM, you will also receive an email
informing you of this. You can switch off this email
notification in your profile, by clicking on 'Personal Message
Options' then where is says 'Notify by email every time you receive a
personal message, change 'Always' to 'Never' then click 'Change
Profile'. Please do not click 'reply' when you receive an email,
they are for notification only and will not be delivered.
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How do I change my password?
Your password can be changed in your profile. Click on 'Profile' in the
blue bar at the top of the Forums, and then click on 'Account Related Settings'
on the left hand side in your profile settings.
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I am a
new Member and cannot log in to The Forums. As Planet Airedale is run by
humans and not by computer, once you have paid your Membership will be set up
manually within 24 hours, although it is often quicker. If you are paying
by cheque, your Membership will be set up once we receive your cheque.
Once your Membership is activated, you will receive an email. Please wait until
you receive this confirmation email from Planet Airedale saying your Membership is
approved before trying to log in.
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I have
just joined but cannot find where to pay for my Membership. You will
have received an email from Planet Airedale when you completed the application form,
giving you a link to where you can pay your membership fee. The link is: http://www.planetairedale.com/payment
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I am an
existing Member and cannot log in to The Forums. Firstly, make
sure you are entering your username and password correctly.
Secondly, make sure you are entering them only in lower case, ie: use
sarah
and not Sarah. Thirdly, check your Membership has not lapsed.
Before the end of your Membership, you will have received an email from us
asking if you wish to renew. If we have not received a reply to this
email, we will have assumed you do not wish to renew and your account will
have been closed. To reopen your account and pay for your
Membership,
click here.
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- Can I add my
birthday to The Planet Airedale calendar? If you enter your date of
birth (with or without the year) into your profile, the calendar will
automatically show your birthday. You can also enter your
Airedale's birthday directly into the calendar.
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I am not receiving emails from Planet Airedale.
PLEASE check your junk/spam folders. Certain ISPs are a nightmare
for us to send emails to (we do not know why), AOL is one of these.
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What shall I do if I feel someone else's posting is
inappropriate? Click on the 'Report to moderator' link
found on every post.
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Do you have a question not answered above? Please ask your question in our
Technical Forum
unless it is a question private to your (ie: problems with your username,
password, Membership payment etc), in which case, please complete the
form below.
