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Title: Coding Policies [Updated 02/06/13]
Post by: aIURbliS on September 19, 2012, 05:20:34 am
All policies take effect January 1, 2013, any code created after that are required to follow .


Coding Policies

1) If your code uses any deprecated elements or attributes listed in the following links, you must state that you use them in your topic:
        HTML: http://www.w3.org/TR/html5-diff/#obsolete-attributes (http://www.w3.org/TR/html5-diff/#obsolete-attributes) , http://www.w3.org/TR/html5-diff/#obsolete-elements (http://www.w3.org/TR/html5-diff/#obsolete-elements)
        jQuery: http://api.jquery.com/category/deprecated/ (http://api.jquery.com/category/deprecated/)

2) If a code is NOT written by you, you must contact the author for permission to republish or modify the code.

3) If your code uses jQuery, direct the user to this topic for the latest version: http://support.createaforum.com/5/jquery-v1-8-update/ (http://support.createaforum.com/5/jquery-v1-8-update/) with the exception that if your code will only work with certain versions of jQuery. If an older version of jQuery is used, a warning is required stating that some codes may cease to work because of it.

4) Foul language is prohibited

5) The title of your topic must use the following format: [Code] NAME VERSION NUMBER(if more than 1)

6) If your code is hosted on a server and becomes deleted or unavailable, you must either A) Release the code which can be loaded locally, or B) State at the very beginning of your topic that the code is no longer available.

7) If anywhere in the topic of your code or in the code itself, you do not include Created by YOURNAME, you automatically give permission to allow others to modify or republish your code in any way.


If any policy is violated, the author of the code will be contacted and given 1 week(7 days) from the date of contact before the code's thread is deleted. Policy #7 will not result in your topic being deleted.