With the new year "2009" coming so quickly, I have decided to upgrade NBJF with a new design. it will be our fourth version in the NBJF History. Keep an eye out on January 1st, 2009 for NBJF 4.0!
Community-Wide Rules
- Registration
- • New Breed Jesus Freaks is a G-rated community. Our rules are here for your safety in this group. They're here to keep the bad language and other unacceptable things out of the site. If you break the rules, it could cost you our membership. The management has the final say! We are here to try to do our best for God. If you get banned from the group you will remain banned until the staff get an apology letter and you must mean it, and then the managers still have the last say in it so don't get on the bad side.
• Please be aware that you MUST be at the age of 13 to join our community. If you are under the age of 13, please get a parent consent form from the forum located under the announcements category. Also be aware that we do not allow rude or offensive nicknames.
• We ask that the non-beleivers of the community to respect each other and that you follow the rules jsut like any other person. This goes for the Christians as well.
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- General Rules
- • We ask that you do not use our Lord's name in vain.
• We are an English based community and ask that you keep languages other than English toa minimum and/or in a private chat.
• Flaming is not allowed and will result in a temporary ban.
- 1 hour ban.
- 24 hour ban.
- 1 week ban.
- Life time ban.
• All illegal activity like porn, racism, and any other illegal causes will result in an immediate ban.
• Harassment to members, moderators, and admins will not be tolerated.
• Romantic chat is not allowed in this community.
• Racial epithets are allowed and you will be banned on the spot for doing so.
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- Personal things
- • Do not ever disclose your personal details like your home addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, credit card/debit card informaion unless you want them shared to the public.(It is strictly recommended that you do not share your credit or debit card information.)
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- Warnings & Bans
- • We here at NBJF like most other sites use the three strikes and you're out polocy.
• Members will get a warning three times and after the third warning there will be a server-wide ban for a minimum of 24 hours or more depending on the circumstances.
• If you feel you have been banned without reason please be sure to contact us.(Link will be provided soon.)
• When arguing with a part of the staff team will do you no good. It will jsut get you another warning.
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- Spamming
- • We strictly inforce that you do not post any links to youir website(s) on the forums, in personal messages(PM's), chat room, or as an image in your avatar's. Please post them in the approprieate place in your forum profile and/or signature.
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- Debating
- • Although debating is allowed, we ask that you keep things clean and in a christian manner. Do not make obscene threats or any illegal activity.
• No Bashing.
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Forum Guidelines
- Posting
- • We ask that you do not start the same topic in two different places. This is known as cross posting.
• Be sure to read the forum categories and subcategories to be sure you're posting in the correct section.
• We ask that you do not create a one word post. Please make sure it is at least five or more words.
• Bright colored fonts are not allowed as this damages a person's pupils. (Yellow, Bright Green, White)
• We as that you do not use ALL CAPS as it is considered shouting.
• Certain forums/subforums may have extra guidelines to go by, so be sure to watch out for guidelines(if any) in red.
• Please be as kind in your posts as you can because words can be more painful and hurtful than speaking it in person.
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- Signatures
- • All signatures must not exceed over 400 characters.
• You may have an image in your signature as long as it doesn't exceed 500 pixels in width and 350 pixels in height.
• Please have no more than 10 smilies in your signature.
• You are allowed a maximum of 8 links in your signature.
• If/When your signature appears to be too disturbing/distracting, we will ask you to remove it.
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- Avatars
- • Members are allowed to use avatars as long as they are clean and do not contain inaproprieate content.
• Members may upload/link one of their own.
• Avatars should not be no less than 20 pixels in width and 20 pixels in height as well as no more than 200 pixels in width and in height.
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Chat Room
- Romantic Chat
- • Romantic chatting in the chat room is not allowed. If you would like to chat romantically, then do so in another room.
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- Language
- • This chat room is of english speaking as well as the forums and it is not to be spoken in any other language. Use the whispers/PM's for that.
• There will be no use of swearing in the chat room as we are a Christian based community and it will not be tolerated.
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- Attitude
- • We ask that you keep a positive attitude towards others in the chat room and that you do not have a bad one.
• There is a time for joking and playing around, but there is also a time to be serious. Please respect this.
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Server
- Bandwidth
- • Do not in any way misuse our bandwidth. We have quite a bit, but still ask that you do not misuse it. If we see that you are misusing it you will get three strikes and then be banned.
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- Copyright
- • Please do not take credit for something you did not do. Give credit where credit is due.
• Illegal content which isn\t allowed to be used will be removed immediately.
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Contacting the Staff
- How to Contact the Staff
- • There is a contact us page and that is where you will contact the staff. Please do not use the forums unless it is a private message.
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- Staff Applications
- • Staff applications can be filled out on the Staff Application's page.
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Graphic's Policy
- General
- • One thing about having an online website is that the content and graphics of it is widely spread around the internet in a matter of seconds. Therefore the staff of NBJF has set up a graphics policy.
- • Graphic's are images that are normally used as a(n) avatar, banner, icon, background, logo, video, or anything replated to photography.
- • All graphic's MUST contain a copyright to ensure that it was okay'ed by the staff. If not legal action will be taken into consideration.
- • Graphic's must be approved before posting them onto any website.
- • No image of any kind dealing with NBJF shall be put onto any of the following types of websites: Adult, Gambling, Drugs & alcohol, or Illegal activites (Pirating).
- • Graphic's should try and stay the size of the most popular sizes. To see the mostpopular sized graphic dimentions visit Banner Creator.
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- Font
- • The font used in the graphic created for NBJF must be 100% readable.
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- Acronym
- • New Breed Jesus Freaks not be abbreviated no other way than as "NBJF".
- • There should be no "mix-casing". i.e.) nBjF or NeW bReEd JeSuS fReAkS
- • The acronym "NBJF" shouldn't be lowercased. i.e.) nbjf or new breed jesus freaks
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- Authentication
- • Graphic's created in and out of NBJF will be accredited to the person or persons of which created it.
- • A copy of the graphic will be stored in the links to us area on the links page.
- • NBJF's copyright(which will be invisible or nearly invisible) will be added onto the graphic.
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Affiliates
- General
- • Banners will placed on the links page and on the left side under the navigation area.
- • The affiliates who pay $1.50 monthly will also be placed throughout the community.
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- Banner
- • All banners MUST abide by the graphic's policy.
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- Size
- • All affiliate banners who do not pay $1.50 monthly should be 160x120 pixels.
- • All affiliate banners who pay $1.50 monthly should have one 160x120 pixel banner for the links page and one 468x60 pixel banner for community purposes..
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Advertising
- Size
- • All horizontal banners should be 468px x 60px & 88px x 31px.
- • All verticle banners should be 120px x 300px & 31px x 88px.
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- Pricing
- • Left-side of layout: $5.00 monthly. (Will be 120px x 300px)
- • Footer advertisment: $2.50 monthly. (Will be 88px x 31px)
- • Throughout the community: $10.00 monthly. (Will be 468px x 60px)
- • In the NBJF Email's: $7.50 monthly. (Will be 468px x 60px)
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- Content
- • All banners should be of approprieate content.
- • Banners cannot contain foul language.
- • Sites supporting illegal activities aren't allowed.
- • Pornographic content is prohibited.
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