• Anything ‘published’ on the web is viewed as intellectual property and, regardless of whether it displays a copyright symbol or not, is therefore copyrighted by the originator. The only exception to this is if there is a “free and unrestricted reuse” statement associated with the work.

    In order to protect our members and TFL from possible litigation, all members must abide by the following new rules:

    1. Copying and pasting entire articles from another site to TFL is strictly prohibited. The same applies to articles from print or other media, and to posting photographs taken of copyrighted pages or other media.

    2. Copyright law provides for “fair use” of portions of a copyrighted work. You can copy no more than a SINGLE paragraph from the article to your post (3 or 4 sentences at most).

    3. You must provide a link to the article along with the name of website. For example: ww.xxx.yyy/zzz (The Lower Thumbsuck Daily News).

    4. You must provide, in your own words, a brief summary of the article AND your reasons for believing it will be of interest to TFL members. Failure to do so may result in the thread being closed or your post being deleted as a “cut and paste drive by.”

    5. Photographs and other images are also copyrighted. "Hotlinking" of images (so that it appears in your message) from other sites is also prohibited unless you own rights to the image. If you wish to share an image, provide a clickable link to it.

    Posts that do not follow these new guidelines will be altered or deleted by staff. Members who continue to violate this policy may lose their posting privileges at TFL.

    Thank you for your cooperation and your participation in TFL, the leading online forum for firearms enthusiasts.

HTML, UBB Code, and these forums

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spark@onestopknifeshop.com

Wise Guy
Hey all!

Since Zach has been fielding questions about HTML, I thought I would lend my two cents in here. It would behoove you to learn the UBB code that functions with this software. While it isn't as robust as HTML, it's a lot easier to learn, and if you should accidentally make a mistake in the code, it won't take down the entire thread, unlike HTML.

The UBB code is referenced to in the FAQ, you should be able to learn about it there.

Hope this helps, it is really easy to learn.

Spark
 
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Rich Lucibella

Staff
Spark
As always, we owe you a debt of gratitude for watching over us in these early days. I've had Zach so busy with customizing the Forums that neither of us have spent much time on the UBB site.

I had no idea that HTML could cause problems with the board software. Zach's already taken the liberty of referencing the UBB code in his "adding Links" post.

Thanks again.
Rich

[This message has been edited by Rich Lucibella (edited 10-16-98).]
 
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