1. Go to Site Info at the top menu and select "contact us" to report an issue.

We ask that members report spam in the effort to main the quality of the network.

Control your page settings by clicking "Settings" located in the box at the top right corner of your page. A menu will appear on the left side of the page from which you may choose to change your settings for:

1. Appearance - Change the appearance of your profile page with available templates and/or to further customize.

2. Privacy - Change settings for who is able to view your content, etc..

3. Email - Change settings for messages you want to receive from the BLU Network. We notify you of messages you receive and never give out your private email address..

If you've read the site rules, you should know that direct promotion and advertisement of businesses and services is not permitted on centralvalleyVine.com; however; having said this, businesses are not prohibited from promoting on the site. Here's the acceptable way to do it:

Dos:

1. Create a profile - On this site, you may create a profile for personal or business purposes. Create a business profile and fill it with content about your business including general and contact information. When you create your profile, it's automatically placed in a business directory for searching by city and business category.

2. Promote your business by posting blogs or forum discussions regarding topics which are of interest to the general public. For example, a pest extermination company may post a blog about the effects of weather on the increase in indoor infestations. The blogger can then state that for more information or questions, you can visit their profile page. What you can't do is merely post an advertisiment in the blog or forum sections stating "For the best pest control, call Joe's Pest Control Service at 111-1111" - this is unacceptable. The key method is to contribute meaningful content to draw people to your profile page - this is indirect promotion.

3. For businesses which do not have their own websites, your profile page is given a URL address which you can use to refer potential customers to your profile page for more information about your business or service.

4. In the future, centralvalleyVine.com will offer a paid banner advertising service.

Don'ts:

1. Don't place direct advertisements on the blog, discussion forum sections of the site.

2. Don't directly solicit members of the site to purchase or join affiliate marketing programs or other social network sites.

3. Don't spam site members or non site members.

4. Don't promote "adult" businesses.

5. Don't promote businesses which are criminal in nature.

6. We have, also, created the Home Based Business Club - A forum for people to share or find legitimate information about home based businesses.

Please remember that this site is primarily for residents of the Central Valley to connect and share ideas, thoughts and experiences. Conducting prohibited business activity on or in connection with centralvalleyVine.com could ultimately result in getting reported to the appropriate authorities (if applicable) and getting banned from the site.

It's important to remember that your activity on the site ultimately results in visits to your profile page. The more you participate, the more visits you get.

1. Promote your business and interests. Highlight your services and/or products on your page through text, photos, video, music, links, widgets, applications and more.

2. Use your profile page as your business website and promote it with your personal profile page URL.

1. Customize the theme of your profile page with our templates which can be customized further to reflect your business or personality.

2. Choose and add applications to your page to give it interest or make it fun.

3. Themes and applications are available from the menu on the left side of your page.

Updated 7-31-09