8thcivic FAQ - Everything you wanted to know about 8thcivic

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This thread is designed to be an all-encompassing thread about the site's features and most commonly asked questions.

What are the Site Rules?

What are the Marketplace Rules?

How does the Rep System Work?

What is iTrader?

How do I deal with a troublesome member, offensive post, or other violation of the site rules?

What are Referrals?

Can I change my username?

What do some of these acronyms people are using mean?

What is VIP membership, how do I get it?

Is there an 8thcivic IRC chat?

Why can't I post a new thread in the For Sale Section?

Can I have a signature?

What are the sig size limits?

I am having trouble logging on to the site, or I am logged off frequently.

How do I start a new thread or reply to an existing one?

How do I add images to a post?

I can't see the webpage properly. What's going on?

How do I search for an existing topic?

How do I cancel my VIP membership?

Is there a way to donate to 8thcivic.com?

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Site rules:

**Updated site rules-Please read** - 8th Generation Honda Civic Forum

8thcivic.com Rules

The following rules apply to all members of 8thcivic.com. They are instated to ensure a well-run board and to embrace meaningful discussions related to the civic

1. No vendor advertising unless you are registered as a vendor with our site. This includes but is not limited to threads, posts, avatars, and signatures. For advertising information please contact the site administrator.

2. Before posting a question, please conduct a search for an answer.

3. Absolutely no postings of nudity or sexually explicit materials. This site is "work friendly" and any images or avatars deemed unacceptable will be removed.

4. The moderators and administrators of 8thcivic.com have the right to edit/open/close/move/delete any thread or post.

5. Posting in all CAPS is forbidden. If the majority of a message is determined to be made up of CAPS it will be deleted and the user will be warned.

6. Circumventing the inappropriate language filter is forbidden. Repeat offenders will be banned.

7. No bashing vendors, shops, or other websites without just cause. 8thcivic.com reserves the right to determine when just cause has been proven, so all complaints should be sent to our staff for evaluation. If you don't like it and haven't talked to our staff about it, don't post.

8. 8thcivic.com is an English-speaking forum. The contents of every message SHOULD be written with proper English. If you have been warned and the content is not corrected within 24 hours, your message will be deleted. The international forums are allowed to use some native language but entire threads may not be in a language other than English.

9. Post subjects should give an honest description of the content inside. This information should either be included in the subject or description line. Furthermore, subjects and messages should not have any derogatory comments towards any race, gender, sexuality, ethnic background, or age.

10. All issues with members should be taken up by email or through the use of our pm system. If you like, you may contact a moderator or staff member to mediate.

If someone has made an offensive post, or is violating the site rules, rather than starting/participating in an argument, please click the report bad post button on the left hand side of the post in question. This alerts staff members to the situation and we can take appropriate actions. If you choose to participate in a public flame war/argument rather than doing this, you may be on the receiving end of a reprimand rather than a thank you note.

11. Flaming will not be tolerated for any reason. Users who verbally assault other posters on a regular basis will be banned. Name-calling is not acceptable. Moderator's judgment applies here. "You are wrong" is not a personal attack; "You are an idiot" is. Forum-wide abuse of this rule will result in the enforcement of the Zero-tolerance policy found here.

12. New Topics should be posted in the correct forum with an accurate description. Topics posted in the wrong forum will either be moved or deleted without moderator notification. If you continue to post messages in the wrong forum, you will be warned. If you cannot locate your thread, view your started threads in your profile. If it is not listed it was deleted.

13. Our tech forums are here to answer important technical questions pertaining to the civic. The quality of the content is very important, thus questions lacking technical merit will either be deleted or moved.

15. When replying to a thread in ANY of our tech forums, the poster should have at least one of the following: additional content pertaining to the subject, a related technical question. Replies with useless, unrelated comments or questions will be deleted.

16. No cross posting allowed. Do not copy the text from your new thread to another thread in a different forum. You may copy the link to your first thread and post that in another forum if you feel that the topic is related. The goal is to prevent two discussions on the same topic at the same time.

17. Street racing related threads are not permitted and will be deleted on sight. No questions asked. 8thcivic.com does not tolerate nor condone illicit activities. This includes excessive/top speed runs on public roads. All racing and speed related posts are deemed to be on public roads unless adequate proof is provided that it was done on a private track, such as a timeslip or video clearly showing it is not a public road.

18. The For Sale forum is for contributing members of the site. In order to sell or buy anything in the Marketplace you must have at least 30 posts. All "For Sale" threads must be posted in the Marketplace only, all other threads will be deleted. Please read the rules that are stickied in that forum.

***ATTENTION! RULES -PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING IN THE FOR SALE FORUM*** - 8th Generation Honda Civic Forum

19. "Low Balling" in the Marketplace is not allowed. This includes comments on price, where to get it cheaper or any inflammatory remarks. (8thcivic.com/moderators/admin is in no way responsible for any transaction that takes place through this site. We are not Ebay. Please read the full set of rules in the for sale area before posting a product for sale.)

20. Using the PM system to solicit non-vendor sales or to circumvent any of the site rules or policies is strictly prohibited. Any member engaging in this activity will be banned.

21. No posting of copyrighted or proprietary information without consent. This includes service manuals, software, music, etc...

22. Multiple screen names is strictly forbidden. Any member found to be posting under two screen names will be banned for a minimum of 7 days and the additional accounts will be removed. Any repeat offense of this rule will result in a permanent ban of the member.


Members that violate these rules will typically be warned. If the offense is repeated then they may be banned for a time determined by the administrators and moderators.

LEGAL RIGHTS Finally, you agree and realize that 8thcivic.com is privately owned website, and that you have NO RIGHTS whatsoever to use this message board, except at the sole discretion and permission of 8thcivic.com. And, that at any given time, for any or no reason whatsoever, your account can be terminated.

Freedom of Speech? - Although the constitution of the United States guarantees that "Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech", this web site is not Congress nor a part of the United States Government. Freedom of Speech rights do not extend to this privately owned web site. Profanity towards other users, or deliberately causing drama is not tolerated. The guidelines of this web site governs the behaviors and activities of the members. If you choose not to follow the guidelines agreed to during registration, the result is a suspension of your account.

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Rep Guide:

Rep Guide

The reputation system is intended to recognize a member when they have posted content that contributes to the community in a positive manner. This can be (but is not limited to) Do It Yourself articles, photographs, assistance with technical information or otherwise, etc... You gain reputation as other are worth 6000 and reset your counter... basically add 6000 points for each of these over the user's rep to calculate their score

Dark Green Boxes Are Worth 150
Light Green Boxes Are Worth 250
Golden Boxes Are Worth 800

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You start out with 10 points of rep, but you cannot give rep till you hit 50 posts (or an additional 10 points of rep so = 20 points of rep).

Your reputation score alters how many points you give to a member when you give reputation to them. Once you meet the minimum post count, you will give 1 point of reputation. Here are a few things that add to how many points you give:

Register Date Factor
For every 180 number of days, users gain 1 point of reputation-altering power.

Post Count Factor
For every 500 number of posts, users gain 1 point of reputation-altering power.

Reputation Point Factor
For every 100 points of reputation, users gain 1 point of reputation-altering power.

There are a couple of restrictions on what must happen before your reputation points given begin to count for other members.

Minimum Post Count
A user must have 50 posts before his reputation hits count on others.

Minimum Reputation Count
A user must have 10 pts of rep before his reputation hits count on others.

Example:

This user has 1500 posts, has been registered for 180 days, and has 4 bars of reputation:

+1 point (since they have passed the minimum posts to give rep)
+1 rep for 180 days registered (1 point for each 180 days)
+3 rep for the post count (1 point for each 500 posts)
+4 rep for their personal reputation total (400+ points accumulated)
=9 rep given each time.


When reputation is given to another member, the amount of points given is determined at the time that the reputation is given. If the member's reputation altering ability changes in the future, it does not increase the amount of points given in the past to other members.


To give reputation to a member, click on this image
to the bottom left of their post:


In the past, this system has been abused by members that openly request that other members provide them with reputation in exchange for returned reputation, regardless of the content of the post made. (Reputation abuse....) This results in an inaccurate system where a member's score may be solely determined by them begging for reputation and this is not the intended function. As such, 8thcivic.com stipulates that requesting reputation points from another member, either publicly or privately, is against the forum rules. Any posts requesting reputation will be edited/removed and the member will be warned by staff. Repeat violations of this will result in further action.

Negative reputation adversely affects a member's score and should be used sparingly, if at all. If you have a problem with the way a member has conducted themselves on the forum, please use the report bad post icon to flag the issue to the site administrators/moderators so we can try to resolve the issue as amicably as possible. Please keep in mind that the staff has full access to view/edit all reputation comments left for others and that abuse will not be tolerated.


You can only give out rep 10 times a day, and 45 times before you can hit the same person again.

To check your rep, click on the User CP, it's found right at the bottom of the page, under "Latest reputation received". If you don't see any listings, it's because you haven't received anything. Start posting some good stuff!!

Only the 10 most recent reps given to you are displayed.

= positive rep
= negative rep
= member has/had not yet met minimum post count and as such, the rep didn't add to your score
= member's reputation has been disabled (you probably won't see this one)

We have different messages that appear when doing a mouseover on a user's reputation bars. These change depending how many points you have.

Any questions/comments, PM me and I'll update the thread.

Thanks to 2fast4u2, atruhondagrl, Webby, Izzy, Tim and everyone that contributed in the original rep thread!
Rep Points?

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iTrader:

ITrader

iTrader is an ebay-style feedback system. This enables you to provide positive or negative feedback regarding a transaction with another member. You can do this by clicking on the # beside the "iTrader" in the user's profile, more specifically, to the left of a post they've made.

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How to deal with a troublesome member / offensive post / site rule violation

How to deal with a troublesome member / offensive posts / site rule violation

This is taken directly from the site rules.

**Updated site rules-Please read**

10. All issues with members should be taken up by email or through the use of our pm system. If you like, you may contact a moderator or staff member to mediate.

If someone has made an offensive post, or is violating the site rules, rather than starting/participating in an argument, please click the report bad post button on the left hand side of the post in question. This alerts staff members to the situation and we can take appropriate actions. If you choose to participate in a public flame war/argument rather than doing this, you may be on the receiving end of a reprimand rather than a thank you note.

Keep it on topic. Warnings have previously been issued for racist and ignorant comments, and further action will be taken to those that can't show basic decency towards one another.

If someone has made an inappropriate comment, PLEASE ALERT US!!! All you need to do is click on the Report Bad Post button beside the post and it sends an e-mail to us to take a look. Another alternative is to send a Private Message to a staff member regarding the situation.

If you try to argue with them and participate in a public fued, you might be on the receiving end of a warning (or worse) rather than being thanked and recognized for your help in diffusing the situation.

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Referrals:

referrals

If someone signs up on the site and enters your username under the "referring member" field, then you will get a referral count added to your public profile. Unfortunately, viewing who you referred is not possible at this time.

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Can I change my username?

username change possible?

Unfortunately, due to the excessive strain this places on the database, username changes are not available.

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What are some of the common acronyms used on this forum?

General Terms and Acronyms

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What's the deal with VIP membership?

The benefits are explained here:

http://register.8thcivic.com/

You can sign up here:

http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/payments.php

You'll get options such as a bigger mail box, signatures, a bigger avatar, blue name, optional title, VIP member box under your name, access to VIP threads, etc... plus you're supporting the costs of running this massive site!

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I am having difficulties posting a for sale thread.. Why is this?

http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12737

New User Restriction - To protect our members from quick buck scammers, and to weed out commercial profit scrubs, you must have 31+ viable posts, and be a member for at least 45 days to start a sale in this forum. If we witness evidence of a new user spamming replies and posts just to get their post count up, they will be banned.

What are the acceptable items that I can place for sale on the 8thcivic.com marketplace?

http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12737

8th Generation Civic Parts, Accessories, Etc. ONLY - Items must be specifically usable on the 8th Generation Civic Models. Only 8thgen civic/6thgen Si models can be sold here. Mobile audio/video and radar detectors are ok. Game systems and laptop computers are NOT acceptable. No selling your Spider-Man comics or Barbie collection. Again, this is not Ebay!

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Can I have a signature?

Signature!???

You certainly can, however, this feature is restricted to VIP members only.

VIP membership is explained in greater detail here:

8thcivic FAQ - Everything you wanted to know about 8thcivic

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I am having trouble logging on to the site, or I am logged off frequently.

http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/696548-post.html

Originally Posted by webby

Members having issues logging in on 8thcivic,

I don't know how to clear my cookies?
Internet Explorer Users - read below.

Firefox Users - scroll down a little while.

For other browsers, it's usually very similar to these instructions below. PM me if you are having any problems getting on to 8thcivic.


Internet Explorer Instructions
In internet explorer, go to www.google.com
1.at the top go to "tools"



at the dropdown - go to "internet options"

the below window will pop open. On the general tab click - delete cookies When you get the prompt -"do you want to delete - click ok"


After you've done this - click ok at the bottom of this popup window. Then close out of Internet Explorer, and reopen it again. This time navigate back to:

www.8thcivic.com, and at the top log back in with your user name/ password and click the box "remember me" - then click "log in"



This should resolve any issue you may have with logging in or getting kicked off of 8thcivic.


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Firefox Users



For Firefox users, the process is very similar.
point your browser to www.google.com
at the top - "tools"


options - you'll get the below popup window. Click "privacy" at the top.


Click the Clear now button on that page.

It will open a new window yet again giving you options on what you'd like to clear. All you need to clear is cookies. Put a check mark next to it and click the clear private data now button.


After you click that - it'll take you back to the previous image. Just click "ok" at the bottom.

Close out of firefox, and restart it. Then go to www.8thcivic.com
at the top right you should see the login/pw "remember me" box as displayed above for Internet Explorer. Insert your user name, password, click the remember me box, and click log in.

[dentrecords]

How do I start a new thread or reply to an existing one?

http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/showp...02&postcount=3

Originally Posted by webby

For some members not familiar with online forums, it may seem confusing on where to even start. I get emails all the time asking how to post a new topic, so I've created this post to show you how.

Get to the message boards by going to - www.8thcivic.com/forums

If you haven't yet become a registered member, you'll need to sign up with an acct to post on 8thcivic. To sign up - click here.

An explanation of what VIP is, and the various accts can be explained here.

All you need is a free acct to post in the majority of the site. Once you register an acct, you'll need to click the activation link sent to you through email. Once you've clicked the activation link in the email, you can post topics and reply to topics on 8thcivic.

Navigate to the message boards - www.8thcivic.com/forums/

and take a few minutes to read through the various forum categories. This will help you to understand where your specific topic needs to be posted.





The best thing to do is to actually do a search on the site to see if someone else has already asked the same question you may have.





Click search and in the first box you can place your search on 8thcivic. A list of threads that relate to the keywords you search on will be displayed. Take a few minutes to read through some of these threads to see if your question can be answered. If you can find a thread that you can post additional questions on the topic - add on to the pertaining thread by posting a reply.

If you need to start a new thread, follow the instructions below.

Enter the forum category that you think makes the most sense. For this example we're making a post in the detailing forum. This is what you should see entering:



Click New Thread and it will open a new window where you can create a subject line, and the body of the message just as you would type an email. The more specific you are with your subject lines, the better the site will continue to grow with information. Vague subject lines like - "what is wrong with my car" doesn't help someone searching the site. Rather, "Help me repair these paint scratches on my car" is much more specific and beneficial.

That way if someone searches about "paint scratches" - your thread will then show up on their search, and may be beneficial to their problem.

The other benefit to posting relevant subject lines, is that it helps reduce the number of repeating questions - if the users USE the search button first. Having 300 topics on "what intake should I buy" gets rather monotonous, and obviously gets irritating toward some members answering the same questions repeatedly.

[dentrecords]

How do I add images to a post?

http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/697848-post.html

Originally Posted by webby

To add images to your post, scroll down below the submit new thread button is, and you'll see additional options. There you will see:



Click manage attachments and it will open a new window for you. It will have the option for you to browse for 3 files on your pc to upload, or the URL to the file online that you'd like to upload. All of the sizing requirements are listed on that window as well. After it completes the upload you can close the pop up box. Finally clicking submit thread will make your post active, and your images will appear.

If you'd like to use an online server other than 8thcivic to host your images, you can use one of many free services like tinypic.com, imageshack.us, photobucket.com, and many more. Just upload your files and gather the URL code to the image you've uploaded. You'll have to insert the code that looks like [ img] www. tinypic.com/mypic.gif [/img]. Just without any spaces in the line of code. The "[img]" starting and "[/img]" closing tags will make your picture load into the site.

[dentrecords]

I can't see the webpage properly. What's going on?

http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/738953-post.html

Originally Posted by webby

8thcivic.com uses Javascript Code

In Internet Explorer, how do I turn Java or JavaScript off or on?

To enable or disable Java or JavaScript in Internet Explorer 4, 5, 6, or 7, follow the appropriate instructions below:
Windows
Internet Explorer 7

To enable or disable Java, follow these steps:

1. From the Tools menu, select Internet Options... .

2. Click the Programs tab.

3. Click Manage Add-ons.

4. Highlight Java Plug-in.

5. Under "Settings", click Disable.

6. Click OK, and then OK again.

To enable or disable JavaScript, follow these steps:

1. From the Tools menu, choose Internet Options... .

2. Click the Security tab.

3. Click Custom Level... .

4. Scroll to the "Scripting" section of the list. Click Disable or Enable.

5. Close and restart your browser.

Internet Explorer 6 and earlier

1. From the Tools menu, choose Internet Options... .

2. Click the Security tab.

3. In versions 5.x and 6, click Custom Level... . In version 4.x, click Custom and then Settings:

* Java: Scroll to the "Java" section. (In version 6, you will find this section under "Java VM", under "Java permissions".) To disable Java, click Disable Java. To re-enable Java, click a different setting, such as High Safety or Medium Safety.

* javascript: Scroll to the "Active scripting" section of the list. (In version 6, this is under "Scripting".) Click Disable or Enable.

4. Close and restart your browser.

Mac OS and Mac OS X

Note: Microsoft is no longer developing or distributing Internet Explorer for the Macintosh. UITS strongly recommends that you use a different browser, such as Safari or Firefox.

1. From the Explorer menu (Mac OS X) or the Edit menu, select Preferences... .

2. To expand the list, next to Web Browser, click the triangle.

3. Select Web Content. On the right, beneath "Active Content", select the checkbox for Enable scripting.

4. Return to beneath Web Browser and select Java. On the right, under "Java Options", select the checkbox for Enable Java or Enable Java (Apple MRJ).

5. Click OK. Close your browser and restart it.

[dentrecords]

How do I search for an existing topic?

The search feature is your friend.

http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/search.php

[webby]

There are multiple ways, but the easiest is by using the link provided here.
http://www.8thcivic.com/subscriptions.html

[webby]

Members have asked for a way to donate to 8thcivic.com without becoming a VIP member. The link to donate is
http://www.8thcivic.com/subscriptions.html

[ethlar]

VIP members are able to create a customized signature to follow their posts with, however for the sake of other members we do place a restriction on the content of their signatures.

The limits are as follows:

One image that is no larger in dimensions than 450x130 pixels and also no larger by file size than 30kb. If you need help creating an image that meets these restrictions you can request assistance in the photoshop subforum. If you are using photoshop you can use the image optimization utility or save for web and devices option to alter the quality of the image to meet the limits.

In addition to the image you can include up to 2 lines of text or quotes.


If your sig image or overall content exceeds these limits the staff may remove your sig and send you a PM.