Policy on Use of your Signatures

[Technical Support]

If you have a forum signature to use, then . . .

1. We encourage members to use their Signatures, but please understand that each time you turn your signature ON in a post topic, it costs our web site extra bandwidth.
   
   
2. Please use your Signature conservatively (only turn it ON in your Post Reply button once per page).
   
   There are thirty (30) posts per page, or 30 posts per topic page. Some topics have several pages because the topic may have more than 30 posts, which causes the extra posts to go to Page 2 or Page 3 of the same topic.
   
   
3. When posting in a discussion topic that contains multiple pages, we ask that only one post on each page has your signature turned "on".
   
   
4. If you see that you have several posts on the same page with your signature turned on, then please click on the EDIT button of each post to manually turn OFF the signatures (except for one). If you do not have an EDIT button, just ask a moderator to help.

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While IPIU is entering it's 19th year anniversary, The Private Investigator Forums are approaching our 9 year anniversary. We have grown to over 50,000 members worldwide.

In order to keep the forums running well and to prevent problems, please follow these simple rules for the use of your optional Signature when posting.


GUEST MEMBERS who are not union members, which may include Licensed Private Investigators and other Professionals, typically have a Level-1 Professional Signature approved by Legal Affairs.

Here are samples:

WILLIAM REAGAN
Licensed Private Investigator (CA# 000000)
California, USA

WILLIAM REAGAN
Licensed Private Investigator (CA# 000000)
ABC Investigations
California, USA

In the above sample, there is no address, city, website, email, or phone.

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To qualify for a signature upgrade, the guest forum member must either have:

1. A website of their own,
2. Or, they must become a union member of IPIU.

Click on the following topic links for details:

Want to provide your Email/Website to other PI's?

Obtain your own website for as little as $7/month

Upon approval of any of the above, the following is an example of an approved full signature:

WILLIAM REAGAN
Licensed Private Investigator (CA# 000000)
ABC Investigations
Sacramento, California
www.abc-investigations.com
your.name@pi-agency.us

Those who have been approved by Legal Affairs are prohibited from circumventing the intended purpose of the approved Signature File. Legal Affairs will instruct Technical Support on the approved formatting of the Signature.

For all other signatures and posting of images (including QUOTES) the following rules apply:

1. Please use your Signature conservatively. When posting in a topic that contains multiple pages, we ask that only one post in each page has the signature turned "on". If you see that you have several posts on the same page with your signature turned on, then please click on the EDIT button of each post to manually turn OFF the signatures (except for one).
   
   
2. Appropriate and conservative posting of images in topics and replies is welcomed. However, we encourage our members not to over do the posting of images that do not relate to the topic at hand. Each time an image is posted, it costs the forum bandwidth.
   
   
3. If a member is using the QUOTE feature of another member's comment, please delete the image from your QUOTE and any other off-topic sentences that do not relate to your answer to the quote.
   
   
4. For text signatures that are not preapproved: 2 lines of Size 3 font, or 4 lines of Size 1 font and up to 90 chars per line. All other font sizes above 3, including use of more than the allocated number of lines, requires preapproval. Go to the following Message link:
   
   http://ipiu.org/forums/sendmessage.php
   
   
5. For images in signatures (with no other text): 1 image up to 300 pixels wide, 125 pixels tall and 20k in size.
   
   
6. For images and text in signatures: 1 image up to 100 pixels wide, 40 pixels tall and 7k in size, unless you request preapproval here:
   
   http://ipiu.org/forums/sendmessage.php
   
   
7. Administrators, Moderators, and Forum Guides are to abide by the same policy in casual (unofficial) posts and comments.
   
   
8. Associates and agents may not advertise or use web referral links to advertise or promote any other web site unless preapproved by Legal Affairs. We ask all of our members to refrain from using any non-approved referrals or web links in their signatures.

Do you wish to post your company or contact information?
Go to this topic: Posting Your Website - Home Page

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