| Forum Rules |
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The forum rules are available here.
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| User levels |
Who are Administrators?
Administrators are people assigned the highest level of control over the entire board. These people can control all facets of board operation which include setting permissions, banning users, creating usergroups or moderators, etc. They also have full moderator capabilities in all the forums. The admins can be contacted via email at 
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Who are Moderators?
Moderators are individuals whose job it is to look after the running of the forums from day to day. They have the power to edit or delete posts and lock, unlock, move, delete and split topics in the forum they moderate. Generally moderators are there to prevent people going off-topic or posting abusive or offensive material.
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Who are Sponsors?
Forum Sponsors are registered members who have upgraded their account and chosen to support the forum through a small, once-off fee. They have several membership perks available to them that normal users do not as thanks for supporting the forum.
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Why should I become a Sponsor?
First and foremost - to access the cool membership benefits! These include the prestigious Forum Sponsor rank, the ability to have a custom image displayed beneath your name - an avatar, the ability to upload pictures on-the-fly within posts and private messages, a signature length upgrade to 400 characters - enough for 2 tickers plus extra, and access to future competitions and dinners. Secondly, it's cheap: lifetime membership is only $10! Thirdly, it helps pay the hosting fees associated with keeping this website running, and 100% of the monies left over go back into competitions and annual Sponsor dinners - LTV is and will always remain a not-for-profit organisation!
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How do I become a Sponsor?
A small membership fee of $10 gets you lifetime membership of LTV, and is payable online via PayPal or bank transfer. Alternate methods of payment may be possible. To enquire about membership, please contact a board administrator at
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| User preferences and settings |
The times are not correct!
The times are almost certainly correct; however, what you may be seeing are times displayed in a timezone different from the one you are in. If this is the case, you should change your profile setting for the timezone to match your particular area. Please note that changing the timezone, like most settings, can only be done by registered users.
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How do I show an image below my username?
There may be two-three images below a username when viewing posts. The first image is a Sponsor tag, you receive this amongst other privillages when you upgrade your membership. The second is an image associated with your rank; these take the form of metallic pearls indicating how many posts you have made or your status on the forum. Below this may be a larger image known as an avatar; these are unique or personal to each user and can be any image they wish. Only staff and Forum Sponsors are permitted an avatar.
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How do I add a signature to my post?
To add a signature to a post you must first create one; this is done via your Profile. Once created you can check the Add Signature box on the posting form to add your signature. You can also add a signature by default to all your posts by checking the appropriate radio box in your profile. You can still prevent a signature being added to individual posts by un-checking the add signature box on the posting form.
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How do I change my rank?
In general you cannot directly change the wording of any rank. Ranks are used to indicate the number of posts you have made and to identify certain users. For example, moderators and administrators have a special rank.
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| Posting issues |
How do I edit or delete a post?
Unless you are the board admin or forum moderator you can only edit or delete your own posts. You can edit a post by clicking the edit button for the relevant post. If someone has already replied to the post, you will find a small piece of text output below the post when you return to the topic that lists the number of times you edited it. This will only appear if no one has replied; it also will not appear if moderators or administrators edit the post. Please note that normal users cannot delete a post once someone has replied.
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How do I edit or delete a poll?
As with posts, polls can only be edited by the original poster, a moderator, or board administrator. To edit a poll, click the first post in the topic, which always has the poll associated with it. If no one has cast a vote then users can delete the poll or edit any poll option. However, if people have already placed votes only moderators or administrators can edit or delete it; this is to prevent people rigging polls by changing options mid-way through a poll
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Why can't I access a forum?
Some forums may be limited to certain users or groups. To view, read, post, etc. you may need special authorization which only the forum moderator and board administrator can grant, so you should contact them.
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How do I post images?
Images can indeed be shown in your posts. However, only Forum Sponsors can upload images directly to the forum. If you are not a Sponsor you must link to an image stored on a publicly accessible web server, such as http://www.photobucket.com. You cannot link to pictures stored on your own computer nor to images stored behind authentication mechanisms such as Hotmail, password-protected sites, etc. To display the image simply enclose the address of the image in the BBCode [img] tags: it will look something like [img]http://www.image.com/myimage.jpg[/img].
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How can I report inappropriate posts?
Simple. Click the '!' button in the top right hand corner of posts to mark the post out to staff members. It should be dealt with promptly, with all administrator decisions final and indisputable.
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| Topic types |
What are Announcements?
Announcements often contain important information and you should read them as soon as possible. Announcements appear at the top of every page in the forum to which they are posted. Whether or not you can post an announcement depends on the permissions required, which are set by the administrator.
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What are Sticky topics?
Sticky topics appear below any announcements in viewforum and only on the first page. They are often quite important so you should read them where possible. As with announcements the board administrator determines what permissions are required to post sticky topics in each forum.
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What are Locked topics?
Locked topics are set this way by either the forum moderator or board administrator. You cannot reply to locked topics and any poll contained inside is automatically ended. Topics may be locked for many reasons.
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| Login and registration issues |
Why do I need to register at all?
Registration is our way of making sure that people play fair when posting about businesses, it allows us to make sure that a business isn't just plastering the board with self-advertising or that users aren't making unfair remarks on their livelihoods. It also allows us to make sure that everyone who signs up is protected from legal issues arising from libel charges, as to view posts a user must be registered, and to be registered you have to agree to the Registration Agreement.
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What is the Registration Agreement?
This was the legal information you are presented with upon clicking the 'Register' link on the board. It contains measures which protect both the owners and users of this board, as well as anyone advertising on it. It may be updated, however the administrators will generally inform everyone when this happens.
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How do I prevent my username from appearing in the online user listings?
In your profile you will find an option Hide your online status; if you switch this on you'll only appear to board administrators or to yourself. You will be counted as a hidden user.
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I've lost my password!
Don't panic! While your password cannot be retrieved it can be reset. To do this go to the login page and click I've forgotten my password. Follow the instructions and you should be back online in no time.
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Is my information safe?
LTV will never sell or pass on your private information, including email, to third parties unless required so by law. It resides away from public view on a database which powers this forum, and is safe from anyone but the most dedicated internet hacker.
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Can I have more than 1 account?
While we do not actively police multiple accounts, in general it is frowned upon as there is no good or fair reason why somoene would need more than 1 account. Sockpuppetry refers to the practice of owning more than 1 account for malicious purposes, and evidence of sockpuppet accounts will lead to questioning and a possible warning or ban.
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| Advertising and businesses |
Can I advertise my business on here?
Formal advertising is available to reputable wedding businesses via purchase request in the form of a small picture or text advertisement at the top of a forum or forums of your choice. Please contact to enquire about advertisement pricing terms and conditions. All monies go towards the running of the website and member competitions.
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What is the policy on 'Free Advertising'?
Members, Sponsors, Wedding Suppliers, advertisers and staff are welcome to share their positive experiences and recommendations of any and all companies, however signing up accounts simply to advertise a company will be considered abuse of the service provided and will be met with disapproval and warning. Besides the negative impact on the company involved, the user may face a forum ban if continued bad behaviour is seen.
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Can I post negative reviews on a business?
If you have had a bad experience with a company you are welcome to share it provided you share it in a mature, thoughtful, objective, calm and rational manner, assuming that they made a genuine mistake all the while. Business flaming, slanderous statements and blatant putting-down will not be tolerated, and the poster of such comments is subject to legal action by the business involved and a forum warning and/or ban.
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I'm the owner of a business and I have concerns over some posts on this site.
Please feel free to contact to discuss this further, we would love to sort the issue out in a way that pleases everyone.
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| PhpBB 2 issues |
Who wrote this bulletin board?
This software (in its unmodified form) is produced, released and is copyrighted phpBB Group. It is made available under the GNU General Public License and may be freely distributed; see link for more details
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Why isn't X feature available?
This software was written by and licensed through phpBB Group. If you believe a feature needs to be added then please visit the phpbb.com website and see what the phpBB Group has to say. Please do not post feature requests to the board at phpbb.com, as the Group uses sourceforge to handle tasking of new features. Please read through the forums and see what, if any, our position may already be for features and then follow the procedure given there.
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Whom do I contact about abusive and/or legal matters related to this board?
You should contact the administrator of this board. If you cannot find who that is, you should first contact one of the forum moderators and ask them who you should in turn contact. If still get no response you should contact the owner of the domain (do a whois lookup) or, if this is running on a free service (e.g. yahoo, free.fr, f2s.com, etc.), the management or abuse department of that service. Please note that phpBB Group has absolutely no control and cannot in any way be held liable over how, where or by whom this board is used. It is absolutely pointless contacting phpBB Group in relation to any legal (cease and desist, liable, defamatory comment, etc.) matter not directly related to the phpbb.com website or the disrcete software of phpBB itself. If you do email phpBB Group about any third party use of this software then you should expect a terse response or no response at all.
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