Managers Control Panel Guidelines

CityGuideSite.com ("CGS"), owned and operated by Slick Website Development, Inc. ("SWD"), collectively referred to as ("SWD-CGS"), has established the following Guidelines to help maximize the quality of and set forth the type of information, products or services that may be placed in any of the following areas of Your Managers Account including, but not limited to, the Local City Guide Site Features, the Managers Forum, the Support Ticket System and the Suggestions Feature, all of which are collectively referred to as the Managers Control Panel ("MCP"). All CGS Managers must comply with these Guidelines, in addition to the City Guide Site Consolidated Terms of Service.

SWD-CGS, in its sole discretion, may remove any product or service or information posted by You in the MCP that does not comply with these Guidelines or any other applicable agreement or terms. SWD-CGS reserves the right to change these Guidelines at any time without notice.

Please help us maintain the quality of information placed on the MCP. If You see a product or service or information posted (e.g. forum thread, new suggestion, voting comment, etc.) that violates our guidelines or terms, please complete the Contact Us form.

General Information

SWD-CGS provides the MCP as a platform for You to edit Your Local City Guide Site, to discuss topics with other Managers and CGS Support Staff, to suggest and vote on new features, and to learn about various website development resources while placing this information on the World Wide Web for Your use. CGS Managers should be aware that:

General Rules

  1. Fraud. You may not use or manipulate this Service for any fraudulent activity or purpose, including collecting payment from other managers or customers on information, services or goods offered through the MCP and not providing the information, services or goods purchased.
     
  2. Interference. You may not spam our system and/or impose an unreasonably or disproportionately large load on our system. You may not put any material on Your MCP that contains any viruses, trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, or other computer programming routines that may damage, interfere with, surreptitiously intercept, or expropriate any system, data, or personal information.
     
  3. Passwords. You are solely responsible for actions taken under Your password and should not disclose it to anyone else. You cannot use Your password for any unauthorized purpose.

Manager Guidelines

CGS Managers must:

  1. Comply with applicable laws. You may not offer for sale or sell a service, good or information to any other manager or customer in a jurisdiction where it violates applicable laws or regulations.
     
  2. Provide accurate information. You must accurately describe Your CGS License and ONLY the city or area You have Licensed to target while dealing with Customers, Support and/or other Managers through Your MCP. You may not include any language in Your forum or suggestion descriptions, including Your name or city, which may confuse Support or other managers or cause Your CGS License to be included in search results that don't accurately describe Your CGS License.
     
  3. Provide accurate contact information. You must provide an accurate name, mailing address and email address on file within Your MCP.
     
  4. Engage in ethical marketing practices: Managers must not engage in practices that are in any way connected with the transmission of "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," unsolicited advertising, or other unsolicited mass distribution of email. Please see the Spam Policy detailed below for more information.
     
  5. Avoid adding any information in Your MCP that is "adult oriented" in nature or marketed in an objectionable manner, as determined in SWD-CGS's sole discretion.

Information that is Prohibited by SWD-CGS

It is the responsibility of the Manager to ensure that the information in Your MCP is appropriate for displaying under all applicable laws and regulations. In addition, every MCP must be consistent with SWD-CGS's policies, as determined in SWD-CGS's sole discretion. SWD-CGS, expressly reserves the right to, but has no duty to, reject or remove any information from Your MCP in SWD-CGS's sole discretion.

Spam Policy

SWD-CGS explicitly forbids spamming. Prohibited spam or otherwise impermissible marketing activities in Your MCP may include, but are not limited to, the following:

  1. Sending mass email to recipients who haven't requested email from You, and/or sending email with a fake return address
     
  2. Promoting through Your MCP with inappropriate links, titles, descriptions, or use of any content for which You do not have the appropriate rights.
     
  3. Promoting through Your MCP by posting multiple submissions in public forums that are identical.

If You're not sure if something constitutes spam, please exercise caution. SWD-CGS may take action, at our discretion, if we believe Your MCP has engaged in impermissible marketing activities, spamming, or other violations of these Guidelines or any other applicable agreement or terms

Other Important Rules

  1. Other Rules Regarding Your MCP. Additional rules for Your MCP may be posted at various places within Your MCP. SWD-CGS, in its sole discretion, may change these rules without notice.