Registration Agreement

Welcome to The Flourish Forum!

The Flourish Forum is a community for anyone who loves calligraphy & lettering. Everyone is here to connect, share, learn, and teach in a happy environment free from ridicule or harassment.

Please help us maintain a pleasant environment by adhering to the following guidelines:

Please be kind, polite, and respectful.
Please do not use profanity or obscene images (G rated only).
Please do not harass, threaten, discriminate, or otherwise talk rudely to any member both on or off the forum.
Please try to comment, encourage, and offer advice as much as you ask questions and/or share.

You agree, through your use of this forum, that you have read and agree to abide by the following Flourish Forum rules and policies:

1. Please read the Guidelines, Rules, & Policies in their entirety.
2. You must register to post and see photos.
3. It is ideal (although not required) to make your user name your first name and either last name or last initial. Or you may use your business name.
4. You agree to never give your password out except to an administrator. You agree to NEVER use another person's account for any reason. You also agree to never impersonate any person or entity, misrepresent yourself, or your affiliation with any person or entity.
5. For your safety and that of your forum friends, passwords should be COMPLEX and UNIQUE containing both letters, numbers, and capitalization.
6. Please use an avatar. It does not have to be a photo of you but no animation. 80 x 80 pixels. Maximum file size: 97 KB.
7. You agree to not post any material which is false, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, adult material, or otherwise in violation of any International or United States Federal law.
8. You agree not to post any copyrighted material unless you own the copyright or you have written consent from the owner of the copyrighted material.
9. All work posted on the forum is copyrighted by the artist. Do NOT copy or save any images posted by another member. It's not nice, not to mention illegal.
10. You agree to NOT use the forum to confront, criticize, or otherwise speak unwell of another.
11. You agree to NOT publish personal and/or private information about others, including email addresses, phone numbers, etc.
12. Spam, flooding, advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are forbidden on the forum. Do NOT post any requests for fundraising or special causes. For sale posts are allowed in the “Marketplace” forum.
13. Do NOT post any business advertisements (Paid advertisements are permitted in The Flourish Forum advertising areas).
14. If you see any post which violates the rules of the forum or is otherwise offensive, please report it immediately to the Forum administrator.
15. Please do not post the same content multiple times in different boards. Choose the board wisely.
16. The Flourish Forum reserves the right to remove, edit, move, or close any thread or member profile information at any time, for any reason.
17. The posted messages express the views of the author, and not necessarily the views of the forum, its staff, its subsidiaries, or owner. The Flourish Forum, its owners, and administrators are not responsible for any content of any member's post and cannot confirm the validity of posts.
18. If you have an issue with a forum member or administrator, please contact Erica, the forum owner.
19. You remain solely responsible for the content of your posted messages. Furthermore, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless the owner of this forum, any of its related websites, its staff, and its subsidiaries. The owner of this forum also reserves the right to reveal your identity (or any other related information collected on this service) in the event of a formal complaint or legal action arising from any situation caused by your use of this forum.
20. Failure to comply with any of the above may result in restrictions, including being banned from the forum.

Signature Guidelines:

OK:
links to your website, blog, and social networks
graphic under 70x140 pixels

NOT OK:
anything linking to a request for money
any link to a business advertisement (your business website is OK)
animation
super large text

Please note: With each post, your IP address is recorded, in the event that you need to be banned from this forum or your ISP contacted. This would only happen in the event of a major violation of this agreement.

Also note, the software places a cookie, a text file containing bits of information (such as your username and password), in your browser's cache. This is ONLY used to keep you logged in/out. The software does not collect or send any other form of information to your computer.

Thank you for your understanding and for joining The Flourish Forum. We hope you find it a warm, welcoming environment to share, learn, and make friends with other lovers of lettering. Friends flourish at the forum!