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Welcome back if you were waiting for a few minutes while we were offline. We did a few layout updates along with the introduction of a new twist on the Intern system which you'll see after I finish telling you about the updates.

Themes and Skins are now a redirect forum to the website where we'll be housing all of our Themes and Skins from now on - open to public view. For now it's not completely done but hopefully with it being in the public eye a little more we'll be more enticed to hurry it up. We see this as a revolutionary easy way for anyone on ZB looking to find a theme for their board to quickly and painlessly do it. This also condenses the layout to make the more interesting discussions (which people will hopefully want to spend more time viewing) such as the newly-expanded Design sector.

We felt that your showcases weren't getting the proper attention they deserved. Therefore, we've sorted them in to three clever organizations: Signature & Small Graphics, Themes/LP's, and Live Theme & Codes all on the index. Enjoy the expanded attention and critique on your work.

There's also a redirect to the WIP Theme Guide by Joe in the Documentations area.

And now the update that will effect the longterm of Outline:

Outline Internship Program!
Join the quest to become an Outline Staff Member!

We're taking our internship role at Outline for a little twist. We're setting a goal to get the many talented Designers and Coders all active and working on Outline in order to provide the community with more quality resources. In order to do this effectively, we have to go out looking through the community for participates who are interested in helping out forums around the network. There's no prior activity required, you just need to be registered when applying. We're interested in not just hiring the most advanced coders and designers - but training people who have a lot of potential. You'll get to work and train in hopes to become one of the next Outline Staff Members. There's no guarantee that you'll get a job if you get accepted in to one of our 10 Intern positions available, as we're only going to be hiring the most outstanding 3 or 4 individuals at the end of the process. However, no matter if you get it or not you can come out a manually-trained coder or artist.

However, this isn't a school. We're not going to be posting tutorials and lessons for you to follow - all the training you'll receive will be custom and manual by our current Staff team. Our requirements are that you will need to show some of your work, whether it was just a stab in the dark at you trying to teach yourself or you're already fully trained and you have some masterpieces ready to share with me. You must be able to have some degree of professionalism as in kindness, decent (doesn't have to be perfect) grammar, and a willingness to learn no matter the level you think you are. If you also are familiar with posting in the community that is a great plus, but as long as you can produce quality resources by the end of your term we'd like to accept you. Please note that Interns have no moderation powers until/if you're accepted in to Staff at the end of the 30 days. To apply, simply PM me this format and we'll set up for an interview to get to know eachother if we don't already:

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[b]My Outline Username:[/b]
[b]I can do the following:[/b] Code, Design, Post
[b]Examples of my work:[/b]
[b]Past forum jobs:[/b]
[b]Current forum jobs:[/b]


This will be a moderately bearing task for all involved, don't apply if you're planning on dropping out. You will need to be able to compete with your intern peers and listen to the Administration when working.

Cody, Joe, Sith
Outline Administration

Member of the Month at Outline rewards a member whom we, as staff, think has set an example that other member should follow. This member would be kind, helpful, and just overall someone everyone enjoys.

If it weren't for girls on the internet it'd be one giant sausagefest and there'd be no one to e-slap you after you command them to "MAKE ME A SAMMICH!". It's a man's e-world out there, though, and you have to be a very brave Woman to be the 1 in 10 against us men. Before I get yelled at for being sexist I think I'll move on and describe our particular choice for this month's Member of the Month. She joined us after we were cracked last October, giving us a giant leap back on our feet after the devastating event. Disappearing for some time, we're glad she decided to rejoin us again last month. Please join me in congratulating the founder of the "EPICEST Chat Thread Ever" and the winner of the Member of the Month August - Kira!




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Ripping is something that is not tolerated on Outline- unfortunately multiple users have been shown the door for doing so. While ripping isn't tolerated, sometimes it goes unnoticed- either that or the people that spot it are unsure what to do. Well- unsure no more! We've got a shiny, brand spankin' new rip report page waiting to be used.

http://outlineforum.com/pages/rip/

Reports are sent to yours truly, and for doing so, you may get some tokens as a reward. Plus a brownie if you're lucky. :O

Okay, so this doesn't mean go report your friends and report everything you possibly can... Use it for any kind of ripping though- theme ripping, graphic ripping, no copyright, etc. Just a bit more official I guess.

Outline is a free resource board; we create a home for skins, themes, tutorials, and more. Feel free to have fun, sit back, and relax. We're usually pretty chilled, so it's rather easy to go with the flow.

Although we are lenient on some things, the rules below will be enforced. If you cause a disruption, make a show, repeatedly break rules, etc, action will be taken. You can be warned verbally, warned via the warning system, and/or be banned for a set amount of time.

1. Ripping. We have a zero-tolerance policy for ripping. Any user caught ripping someone else's work will be banned and if it continues, permanently banned. Minor offenses will earn you a warn in your warn log.

What is ripping exactly?

Ripping is when you edit, use, or distort a piece of work by someone else without their permission. Even if you give credit to the owner, it is still ripping. (Unless you have permission, of course.) Simply hue changing an image (or any other minor/major edits) and reposting it is also counted as ripping.

Once again, you cannot edit or repost anything without the original owner's permission. This is ripping, and you will be punished.

2. Language. This is an English speaking forum, so no need to talk in Spanish, French, Pig latin, txt msgs liek dis, etc. Please try to make it a point to use proper grammar and punctuation. It really does make a difference, and we (as staff) do pick up on it. Try not to post overly negative comments, especially to the newer members.

3. Swearing. Swearing is tolerated here, but only to a point. Don't go overboard and drop the f-bomb every other post. It's not 'cool,' in all honesty. Most of us find it rather annoying. Think of a better word if possible.

4. Trolling. We follow the simply written definition of trolling found on Wikipedia (Link). Trolling will be punished with bans and warns if it is continued over time as we like to ensure our members have a safe environment to post in at all times.

Definition of Trolling

 

A troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room or blog, with the primary intent of provoking other users into a desired emotional response[1] or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.

5. Illegal Material. This is one more thing that we do not want around here. Save your pirate information for MSN or somewhere else; it doesn't belong here.

6. Advertising. Keep advertisements in the right area. (and follow the guidelines, too) We don't like trashing your topics, but sometimes it has to be done.

7. Spam. We've had users make over 500 posts in 24 hours before.. Trust me, it can get crazy really fast. Try to make your posts at least a sentence long, and think about it for at least 0.350325325 seconds. That one millionth of a second can really make a difference. Posts containing only emoticons and 'lol' or other one-word posts are frowned upon here and you could find yourself with a warn as a result of them.

8. Egos. Please, watch what you say about yourself. No need to inflate your own ego. The day you realize to get off your own high horse, you'll be a lot more respected around here.

9.Bans. Bans are usually final, and will be for a set amount of time. We usually have a good reason for beating you with a hammer. If you honestly have a question about your ban, PM a staff member on another site or email one of us.

10. In addition to following these rules, make sure to follow the Zetaboards ToS. Anything stated in there that is not above also applies here.