1. Registration & Your Account |
| 1.1. What do I do if the country is incorrect? |
| This site attempts to determine your country from your IP address and in your case has determined your country to be United States. Occasionally, our records may be incorrect, especially if you live near a national boundary. In such cases where you are trying to register and your country is not actually United States we request that you register under United States and then contact us to inform us of your true country. We will then amend your registration as soon as possible.
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| 1.2. What's the difference between my account being 'verified' and 'approved'? |
| Verification is the process of proving that your email address is valid. Once you've done this you can access most of the site. Approval is us saying that we're happy with your profile and you can now be seen on search listings, send messages and use the chat page.
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| 1.3. How long do I have to verify my account? |
| Once you've entered your details you should receive an email straight away containing your verification code. In some cases, where your email service provider perceives it as junk mail, this email may take a day or two to arrive or may not arrive at all. If it hasn't arrived within two days please contact us.
When you've received your verification code, you have 0 days to enter it on the registration page. Any accounts that are not verifed within 0 days are automatically deleted.
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| 1.4. What happens when I delete my account? |
| Many internet sites retain your details for a period of time after you delete your account. This can be just in case you're "not sure" and want to come back, or simply for technical reasons where there is information linked to your account seen by other members (such as messages). However, this site is designed so that your information is deleted immediately with the exception that, provided you've verified, we keep a record of the screen name you've used. This is so that we can avoid confusion and stop anyone using the same name in future and identify any articles, reviews or comments that you've written on the site which will remain.
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2. Use of this site |
| 2.1. What types of photos can be uploaded? |
| Our upload page supports gif, jpeg, png, wbmp, wxbm and bmp files. Unfortunately, other types of image cannot be uploaded so you'll need to convert to one of these first. Please be aware that photos are reduced in size and resolution to fit on the site, so if you have a particularly large photo you might be better off reducing it in size with a local application first, especially if you have a slow internet connection as it will then upload faster.
Portrait, rather than landscape, photos will fit in their places on the site better, but this isn't a restriction as photos are automatically cropped to the correct shape.
Photos will generally be approved provided they are not obscene, don't contain nudity and are not obviously of something other than the person registered (such as photos of film stars, landscapes or plant pots!).
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| 2.2. Why have I been logged out? |
| If you find you've been logged out and returned to the home page it may be because of your first use after a prolonged period of inactivity. During busy periods, your session may time out after 20-30 minutes of inactivity.
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3. Other |
