The Secular Homeschool Community FAQ

Here you can find answers to questions about how the board works. Use the links or search box below to find your way around.

SecularHomeschool forum rules

SecularHomeschool.com members who frequent the forums have a talent for supporting others with care and consideration, and offering help without being overbearing. Most of our members know what constitutes proper behavior. Even so, occasionally there are instances where forum behaviour or activity becomes questionable, and for those situations, we direct you to the following rules for the SecularHomeschool.com community forum:

  • Do not SPAM the forum

SHS defines spamming as sharing any unsolicited advertisements for goods or services in your forum posts. If you wish to promote your item on our website, please check out our Media Kit for information. If you are a homeschooler who is also affiliated with a product or service, you may not post directly about that product or service in the forum but you MAY include a link to that product or service in your profile signature.

  • Do not post "offensive" posts, links or images

Do not post anything which could be considered offensive, hateful, racist, sexist, discriminatory, obscene, or vulgar. Remember that there is another person at the other end (something that can be easy to forget when we are sitting at home in our comfort zone)

  • Remain respectful of other users, moderators and administrators at all times

This is a place for secular homeschoolers to come and discuss and support each other. All posts should be professional and courteous. Members should post in a way that is respectful of other users. Flaming or abusing users in any way will not be tolerated and will lead to a warning. You have every right to disagree with your fellow SHS members and explain your perspective. However, you are not free to name-call, attack, degrade, insult, or otherwise belittle them. It does not matter what title or power you hold in these forums, you are expected to obey this rule. Doing otherwise after an initial warning will result in temporary or even permanent banning from the forum (this will be left to the discretion of the moderation team). Please remember to stay mature and thoughtful at all times. (basically act like a grown up:)

Note: The moderators of this forum retain the right to revoke the membership of any SecularHomeschool.com member at any time for willfully breaking any of these forum rules.

Board FAQ

Here you can find answers to questions about how the board works. Use the links below or the search box above to find your way around.

vBulletin CMS

The vBulletin CMS allows you and your users to create, edit and publish articles directly to your site. It combines a simple to use content manager with a unique organizational system that lets you control the smallest detail of the site from the number of sections, to the overall layout, to the placement of widgets and displays on each page.

Blog FAQ

The Blog system gives you your own personal space at The Secular Homeschool Community. Depending on how the administrator has configured the blog, you will be able to create your own entries and control who may view them.

Search FAQ

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