Here are some quick tips as to how to make your search for what you are looking for go along a lot smoother.

♦USE THE SEARCH!  It does nothing but waste your time if you request a file and then wait for someone to send it directly to you, when a quick search will give you what you need instantly.  Start with the search and you will save yourself some time! 

Searching in this format is best - AB1234

• No spaces
• No edition number
• No course name or title

♦Request any files you can't find in the forum.  But limit them to only one subcourse to a topic.  Requests for two or more will be deleted. 

We only allow one request per topic.  Once that request for a single item has been fulfilled we are then able to change the status from [request] to [solved].  Requests that have multiple files, regardless of how related they may be, they are much harder to solve.  To simplify this problem we do not allow any request that has a list of two or more items.  This also lets us keep our forum looking "Dress Right Dress".

1. The forum
2. Downloads sections

These are just come quick tips and special circumstances for this forum.  Be sure to read our guidelines on behavior and etiquette for the rest of the site.

There are a few guidelines (we're not even going to call them rules) which we have here on our site. In a perfect world everyone would come here first read every world, take it to heart, without us having to slam this page in everyone's face, and everyday would be Christmas. So because we don't live in a perfect world we will enforce these guidelines on a case-by-case basis. Some points are more flexible than others, but if you are able to understand the basic concept that we expect, then everyone will have a much better experience visiting our site.

Before you go posting anything around the site, I try to emphasis this as much as possible, please USE THE SEARCH FIRST. We tell most everything that its like an Army version of Wikipedia, and we stand behind that claim religiously. This site is powered by its own high-speed dedicated server with sole purpose to search our extensive database as quick as possible.

Here are the basic rules that apply everywhere you are able to post on the site.

1. No CAPS. Internet etiquette rule number one. Reading something in all caps can be uncomfortable to read and some users classify this as shouting and rude.
2. No Lists. In forums that are used primarily for requesting and solving problems, do not create lists. By creating lists this just turns a simple request into a complex and slightly greedy demand. Someone comes by that is able to solve one request and not the other we can continue to leave the unsolved request open and the solved request can be closed. This makes a huge difference when there are 100's of requests in the forum.
3. No Trading! This site is licensed under theCreative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. This allows all content here to be free and shared with anyone as long as one thing remains. It's free! Trading just replaces money with another material item. If you have something share it. Otherwise keep it to yourself.
4. No E-mail addresses! You can enable notifications by checking the box "Notify me of new posts in this thread" under every post in the forum. Posting addresses only turns the site into a farming grounds for SPAMbots.
5. No Swearing. While we do have the ability to enable swear bans on the site so that these words never show up, we have decided against them. Remember these are guidelines, not rules. If someone does swear we will assume that everyone who sees it can be adult enough to ignore it, just like in the real world. However to some this may be offensive, so out of respect for them, we ask that you watch your language.
6. Be Respectful of other users. This should come without saying. Any flame wars that start in the forums will be quickly put out but banning everyone involved. If you can't get along take it outside and handle it there. There is no flexibility on this one, if you just hate life and want to use our site to let everyone know, you're going to hate us even more when we ban you from the site. Be nice and play well, remember your military discipline.

This site also allows you to post in nearly every section. In places other than the forum and comments, these are concrete rules and there is no flexibility. Anything you submit may be altered to maintain the professionalism we try to maintain on the site.

Depending on the section of the forum you are in, depends on how the posts are treated. In some areas the forum is used to solve file requests, other areas are used for chatting and sharing various other items like jokes and pictures. If a posts ends up in the wrong forum we will move it to where we feel it best fits. If its a complete contradiction of the rules then we may end up deleting it.

Comments are treated as notices and are highly encouraged. Once an issue that was pointed out in a comment has been addressed, then that comment will be deleted. For example, let say an article has the wrong citing to an FM. Someone leaves a comment pointing this out, fellow visitors take notice of the comment, and once an admin is able to take a look at the issue he will correct the article and delete the comment. Leaving the comment no longer makes any sense with the problem fixed and would only lead to confusing future visitors to that article.

Everything here is free, so show us some respect to for bringing you this site and adhere to these rules.

Last but not least. Have fun and enjoy our site!

P.S. We love feedback on how we are doing!