Community rules
These basic rules are intended to clarify the various responsibilities of all community members here on phpbb.com. They have been compiled by the phpBB Team and should be adhered to by everyone. Please address any questions on these rules or how to use phpbb.com to the Community Team.
Forum rules
- Post with respect toward others. This site is aimed at a general audience, please be considerate of this. #
- Please do not link to warez, cracks, or any other material that does not respect copyright. No support will be provided to such sites.#
- Please don't post on this site recruiting for personal projects or offer services outside of our Wanted! forum. We consider this to be spam. If you would like to recruit people, use the Wanted! forum or PM a community member whose signature explicitly allows you to. #
- Report any posts you feel contradict our policies by using the "post report" feature and the Community Team will handle them as needed. Please do not reply to these posts yourself. #
phpBB Product Support
- We provide support here for official packages released by the phpBB Team. Limited support will be provided for packages downloaded from other sources. Please see the relevant announcement topic in each forum for additional notes. #
- Although we are happy to help if possible, problems with server configuration (Apache, *nix, etc.) or general php coding may better be better asked at sites specifically dedicated to the support of the particular product involved. We are unlikely to have the same expertise in those areas as dedicated support sites. #
- We don't have control over any forum beyond those hosted at phpbb.com or area51.phpbb.com. We write, maintain and support the phpBB software but have no control over anybody's use of our software. For any questions about non-phpbb.com domains, please contact the relevant site's administrators. #
- Community support is offered on the board, in Discord, and IRC. Please do not contact Team Members or other community members for support unless asked to do so. #
- Unless you have new information pertinent to your request, we ask that you please wait 6 hours before bumping your topic. All team members and community members here are volunteers. #
- As phpBB is Open Source Software, all staff and community members are volunteering their time to support you. Please consider this before posting. #
Linking offsite
- Linking to your own site or another in a support context is acceptable, including linking to support sites for Extension and Styles authors. It is also fine to link to your own site in your signature or website profile. #
- General linking within posts to other sites is not necessary. Promotion of non-phpBB sites, including alternate fora systems, hosting providers, and other material unrelated to a phpBB support context is not permitted. #
- Promoting your own site without a support related context is not permitted. Users wishing to advertise on phpbb.com should see our advertisement information. #
Signature and Avatar rules
- Avatars should be no larger than 120x120 pixels and cannot contain animation. #
- Signatures may contain up to five lines of normal sized text OR a single image that is no more than 60px high, 468px wide in size and two lines of small sized text. The font size of signatures should be normal or small only. #
- Links in signatures are limited to a maximum of 5* links. *phpBB Team members and users affiliated with the development and maintenance of phpBB are allowed further additional links to aid support of the product. #
Moderating policies
- All rules apply to forum posts as well as private messages and cover www.phpbb.com, area51.phpbb.com, and all phpBB Discord and IRC channels. #
- The phpBB Team is responsible for the interpretation and enforcement of these rules. Warnings and bans or placement on the moderation queue will be utilised as necessary to run the site smoothly. #
- Attempts to evade bans or moderation queue will result in further discipline. If you feel you have been treated unfairly by a team member, please contact the relevant team leader. #