The Complete Guide To Habbox Forum
Every forum has its guide. Or maybe not ;)
Heres a guide to the forum. Stick at will :p
What is Habbox?
Habbox is a habbo fansite. Habbox has a range of features for information, fun, and other stuff about habbo, including, News of Habbo UK, US, and international. It even has news about real life aswell, it also has guides to habbo, and even a feature of Habbo Friends.
Habbox forum, is the forum for habbox. Powered by vBulletin version 3.0.7 but it may be upgraded to later versions when they are created. The forum has a range of forums for Habbo and Habbox also from Forum Rules and Announcements, to VIP-Sub forums and other stuff. Categories are shown below.
Habbox
Help
Questions-Comments
Trading
Graphics
Habbo
Outside Habbo
VIP Forums
Forum Rules
General Forum Rules:
1. Respect other people's views - Everyone has different views on different topics, respect their views as you would expect them to respect yours.
2. Don't swear - It really is as simple as it sounds. The forum filter will substitute the letters of swear words with *-signs. However some words might not have been censored as of yet, and are not suitable on this forum. It is not allowed to try to avoid the swearing filter or to post any swearing that does not come up as ****
3. Don't give your msn or email or ask for somebody else's - To protect people from getting hacked, it's strictly forbidden to tell your msn or email or ask for somebody else's msn or email. If you need to contact somebody send them a Personal Message. The only emails that you are allowed to mention are the @habbox.com emails that can be found on the Habbox site.
4. As forum name use the exact same name as your Habbo name - If you have more than one Habbo name, your forum name has to be the same as one of them. If it is not we will change your forum name to your Habbo name. An exception to this rule is when you become a Habbox VIP, then you may change your Forum name to any name that you want, as long as it is acceptable by us.
5. Do not post anything that can be considered as being rude or insulting towards people working for Habbox - We don't allow any form of abuse, but are extra sensitive when it comes to abuse towards Habbox Staff. THIS INCLUDES IN REPUTATION COMMENTS!
6. Do not post your photo anywhere on the forum - The reason for this is your safety as some people may start stalking you pretending to be something that they are not.
7. Don't imposter anybody from Habbo or Habbox - It is not allowed to pretend to be somebody that you are not, this includes VIP members using Habbox job titles or similar titles that make them look like Habbox staff.
8. Do not pretend to work for Habbox when this is not the case - Don't suggest in any way that you are working for Habbox, not on this forum or on Habbo or anywhere else.
9. Don't sell or buy Habbo accounts - Because the original owner can always get his old habbo back with the original email entered when the habbo was created, it is strictly forbidden to sell or buy Habbo accounts. Trading rares for credits is at your own risk.
10. Don't ask for free furni, credits or anything else - This includes asking for free furni for giveaways.
11. Do not name anybody for hacking, scripting, trashing or any other bad things - Because we don't want innocent people being accused of illegal activities, we don't allow accusing others at all. This means it's also NOT allowed to accuse hobbas or Habbo Staff of abusing their powers or anything else. Also posting any images of people is NOT proof of them doing anything wrong as it could be an alteration.
12. Do not post any (links to) texts or websites that contain information about how to conduct activities, that are considered illegal by Habbohotel - This means you are not allowed to give any information about scripting, hacking or scamming and anybody found doing so will be banned and may be reported to any relevant authorities.
13. Do not advertise any websites that are Anti Habbox or have Anti Habbox content - This includes other forums or comments due to poorly moderated sites.
14. Do not post anything offensive about other sites - This includes sites that have anti habbox content. It is strictly forbidden to ask or talk about flooding, hacking or damaging any website in any way.
Shoutbox Rules:
15. Don't flood the Shoutbox - Don't post the same message more than once within five minutes.
16. Do not post pointless messages in the shoutbox - This means lots of smilies or letters etc.
17. Do not post links to any websites that encourage breaking the Habbo Way - This includes Scripting, Scamming and hacking site, breaking this rule is a instant forum ban
Personal Message Rules:
18. Don't send Personal Messages to Habbox Staff or Hobbas that they haven't asked for - Do not ask for friend requests or anything else. If you need urgent help on Habbo Hotel use the call for help button and wait in your room.
19. Do not use Personal Messages for advertising - It is very annoying to receive spam off people.
20. Do not send abuse, threats or any othe kind of bullying to anybody - We have the ability to read any personal message sent on the forum but we will only do this in extreme circumstances, by using our personal messaging you agree for us to be able to check your personal messages if we receive complaints about abuse or bullying of any kind, depending on how serious we think the matter is we may report it to the relevant authorities.
Forum Thread Rules:
21. Don't post for the sake of your post count - It's always nice to have a high post count, it may seem as though people will respect you more with a higher number beside your name - but it doesn't really mean anything on these forums. We respect each of you whether you have 1 post or 1000. If we think you are posting for the sake of your rank, we will assign you your very own rank: 'Ridiculous Poster'.
22. Don't post short or meaningless messages - We don't want replies like "i dono" or "why" or "yeah". We have set the forum so that any message must contain at least 9 characters, do not try to get around this by adding meaningless characters.
23. Don't post messages containing more than 15 smileys - This causes a lot of lag and is annoying for people with a slower internet connection.
24. Don't double post - Don't post two or more messages in a row. If you need to write something else, simply edit your post which you can do by clicking the icon in the top right corner of your message. This also means you cannot use the "Quote" option twice in a row.
25. Don't post any obscene or offending alterations - This includes gory alterations or alterations containing a lot of blood, and also holds for avatars and signatures, the main reason for this is due to the varied age range of habbox members.
26. Let Administrators and Moderators deal with any posts breaking the forum rules or any other problems concerning the forum rules - Do not post a message in which you tell another forum member they have broken the forum rules. Don't post a message in which you ask for another forum member to get banned or unbanned. If you think there has been a rule broken, click on the "Report Bad Post" icon at the top right of that post and explain the problem. If your problem is not about one particular post, you can also post a message in the "Report Abuse" forum with a brief description and some details of the problem (add a link if possible) then we will look into it.
27. Do not abuse the "Report Bad Post" button - Anybody who abuses this option on posts with which nothing is wrong will find themselves in trouble.
28. Do not ignore a Moderator's warning - Due to certain people not respecting our hard working staff we have now introduced a temporary ban for less severe cases but after one temporary ban the next ban you will receive is a permanent one. if you discover you are banned check your email that you have registered with and you will have an explanation why and for how long you have been banned.
29. When in the competition forum only post competition entries - Do not post questions or comments it is not the place to do so.
30. When posting in the news and rumours forum do not post things that you know are not true - This includes posting fake screenshots and your own made up stories.
31. Do not post any advertisments for anything illegal or what would be considered inappropriate for anybody from 11 years old upwards - Habbo Hotel is aimed at people aged 11 years old or over so we do not want anything to offend anybody in anyway.
32. Only give reputation points for posts that deserve them - There are many reasons to give good reputation points. The post may have helped you, had been well written or be a very good reply. Anybody asking for reputation points in posts or giving rep points to others just because its a friend or negative reputation points just because you don't like somebody will not be tolerated. Anybody caught doing this may get a big reduction to their rep points or worse!
By using this website, you are agreeing to the following Terms and Conditions:
-You will follow the Forum rules formulated above.
-Although the Administrators and Moderators of habbox.com and habboxforum.com will attempt to keep all objectionable messages off this forum, it is impossible for us to review all messages. All messages express the views of the author, and neither the owners of habbox.com , habboxforum.com Forum, or Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. (developers of vBulletin) will be held responsible for the content of any message.
-The Administrators of habboxforum.com may terminate/remove/transfer/modify/limit your service at any time without notice.
-If you have access to add anything to a calender you must take responsability for what you add, giving your date of birth etc is a very risky thing to do and at your own risk.
-Should you ever sign up for our paid membership (Habbox V.I.P.) you will warrant the following:
-habboxforum.com reserves the right to terminate/remove/transfer/modify/limit any or all parts of your subscription at any time without notice.
-Nobody at habboxforum.com or habbox.com would get to see your credit/debit card details or Ask for them, Only paypal get access to them, Go to www.paypal.comfor more information, I would just like to add that they are the company who process most of Ebay's credit/debit card transactions and many other worldwide organisations aswell.
-refunds will only be given at the Habbox owners' discretion.
habboxforum.com reserves the right to modify these rules at any time without notice.
www.habbohotel.co.uk Official Copyright and Legal disclaimer.
Habboฎ, Habbo Hotelฎ, Sulake and associated logos are trademarks of Sulake Group. All rights reserved. Copyright, trademarks and other rights in the material from Habbo Hotelฎ and other services of Sulake Group on this website are owned by Sulake Group. All rights reserved.
This website is neither owned nor operated by Sulake Group and it is not part of Habbo Hotelฎ or any other service or website owned or operated by Sulake Group. Sulake Group are not responsible for any content on this website and the views and opinions expressed herein are not necessarily the views and opinions of Sulake Group.
How Do I Register?
You can register by clicking Register on the toolbar below the banner. Fill out the forum and begin. You will need to answer a confirmation email encase you entered a fake email address.
How Do I Post?
Ok, once you have registered, and logged in, choose a forum, and click above all the topics, an image that says on it New Thread.
To post in a thread, choose a thread in a forum, and click near the top or bottom Post Reply
You can also use the Quick Reply feature where on each post next to a button called Quote there should be a button called Quick Reply. Click on that and start writing in the bottom box.
User Titles
User titles are words below your name in your profile or your post. When your post count gets to a certain number, your user title will change. A list of them is below.
Newbie 0
Junior Member 50
Member 100
Greater Member 250
Senior Member 500
Habbox Elite 1000
Habbox Master 2000
Habbox God 3000
VIPs can change their user title to anything they want, and PM properclone for HTML user titles. Habbox Staff do not use the basic post count changing user titles, but have their job title in it instead.
Name Colours
People in different user groups have different name colours.
Administrators
Habbox VIP
Habbox VIP
Habbox VIP
Habbox VIP
Staff
Cautioned
Members
User Control Panel
User control panel, has a lot of options in it. It includes:
Edit Signature
Edit Email and Password
Edit Profile
Edit Options
Edit Avatar
List Messages
Send New Message
Track Messages
Edit Folders
List Subscriptions
Edit Folders
Event Reminders
Paid Subscriptions
Buddy / Ignore Lists
Attachments
Avatars
Avatars are little images next to your name in posts, and under your name in profiles. You can change them in your Profile, and different user groups have different avatar size limits.
Administrators: Unlimited
Manager: 200x200
Habbox VIP: 150x150
Staff: 70x100
Members: 75x75
Profiles
Everyone has a profile. When you click on their names it takes you to their profile where it has lots of stuff. Your avatar, your user title, your user profile picture (If you can get one) Your post count, find all your posts / threads, your daily post count, and lots more. You can change your profile in the UserCP.
User Groups
There are several user groups that you can be in. You cant exactly choose to be in any but VIP and Member. VIP you have to buy your way in, and staff, you get asked to be one if you are right for the job.
A list of user groups is shown below.
Administrator
Manager
VIP
Staff
Member
Cautioned
Banned
Reputation
People can give you reputation for good and bad posts. You get one extra green Reputation Block each 100 reputation points you get. Your Reputation Power (How much damage your rep does to one post) goes up when you have a certain amount of reputation points and post count. People who have just registered have a Reputation Power of 0. A list of User Reputation Ranks is shown below.
-100 is infamous around these parts
-50 can only hope to improve
-10 has a little shameless behaviour in the past
0 is an unknown quantity at this point
10 is on a distinguished road
25 will become famous soon enough
50 has a spectacular aura about
75 is a jewel in the rough
100 is just really nice
125 is a glorious beacon of light
150 is a name known to all
175 is a splendid one to behold
200 has much to be proud of
250 has a brilliant future
300 has a reputation beyond repute
350 has much dedication towards Habbox
VIP Membership
would just like to introduce to you Habbox V.I.P. Membership. This is where you can subscribe by paying a small fee on a 1 ,3 or 6 month term at the minute you can only pay using Paypal, below is a list of the subscription prices.
Nobody at habboxforum.com or habbox.com would get to see your credit/debit card details or Ask for them, Only paypal get access to them, Go to www.paypal.com for more information, I would just like to add that they are the company who process most of Ebay's credit/debit card transactions and many other worldwide organisations aswell.
Habbox V.I.P (1 month) ฃ1.00 / $1.75 / 1.50
Habbox V.I.P (3 months) ฃ2.50 / $4.75 / 4.00
Habbox V.I.P (6 months) ฃ4.50 / $9.00 / 7.50
The different coloured subscriptions are the same as each other the only benefit is that your name will show in a different colour when showing whos online.
Go to the Subscriptions page to become a Habbox V.I.P. Member
or to buy VIP for a friend.
This would help us pay for the site that is costing us a lot of money each month due to how popular you all have made Habbox, We thought offering you added benefits on the forum would be the best way so you get something for your money not like some sites who just ask for donations, of course you dont have to subscribe and can still use the forums as before, if you read below you can see the comparison between V.I.P. and normal member benefits.
FEATURES ------------------------- V.I.P. --------- MEMBER
The colour of your name ------.----- GREEN ----------- BLUE
that you can have ---------.-----..- ORANGE
-----------------------------------. PURPLE
-----------------------------------. BLACK
Get a @habboxforum.com email ------- YES ----------.... NO
account with 10mb of space
Get VIP access to listen to the radio -- YES ------------- NO
so you can get on even when its full
(Unique static IP's Only)
Your own sub-forum that you can ---.- YES ---.--------- NO
use how you like (within the rules)
Your habbo's picture on the main -.---- YES --------..--- NO
site that once clicked on opens
your own sub-forum
More forums to ----------------..-..---YES -----......--- NO
see and use
Number of users you can -------..------ 10 -----------.-- 1
send a pm to at one time
Number of messages ------------------ 100 ------.------ 30
that can be stored
Avatar size ---------------.-----.--- 150 x 150 ------- 75 x 75
Profile picture size ---------------.-- 150 x 150 --------- N/A
Open and close your ----------.------- YES -------.----- NO
own threads
Change your user title ------------...-- YES ---------.--- NO
Make yourself invisible ---------.---.--- YES ------..----- NO
See who gave you -------------..-..--- YES -------..---- NO
reputation points
You can change your name to --------- YES ----..------- NO
anything as long as its acceptable
to admin.
You can post events in the-------------YES--------------NO
habbox vip calender.
Have a HTML User Title.----------------YES--------------NO
Get 15 Reputation Points a month --.-.- YES --------....-. NO
while VIP.
Monthly Prize Draw:The chance to WIN- YES ----------..- NO
50 Reputation points every month.
The winner will be announced at the
start of each month in the VIP Lounge
The chance to WIN great prizes in ----- YES ------------ NO
competitions with DJ-3000
posted in the VIP lounge
There will be many features added and improved for V.I.P. members and with the help of the subscribers we will be able to get our future projects running a lot quicker than they are. We are working on all this on a daily basis.
Go to the Subscriptions page to become a Habbox V.I.P. Member
or to buy VIP for a friend.
Please make sure you have read and understand our Forum Rules as these rules apply to Habbox V.I.P. members just like they do our normal members.
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Calendar Features
Supports multiple private and public calendars
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Weekly, monthly and yearly views
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Private Messaging
Pop-up notification when new PM recieved
Private Message Tracking
Private Message filing in custom folders
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Signature Editor
Email and password changes require current password
Joinable Public User Groups
Admin Control Panel Features
Styling & Templates
Templated system
Conditionals supported in the templates
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Ability to upload / download styles and languages
Language & Phrase Management
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Multiple languages supported
Phrase manager
Users & Usergroups
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User banning (by name & IP)
Global ignore user aka 'Tachy goes to Coventry' - when enabled all posts by the specified user will be ignored/unseen by other members. Automatically added to the all users ingnore lists
Unlimited Moderators and SuperModerators
Permission system, based on user, usergroup or forums
Board Maintenance
Task Scheduler
Control Panel, Moderator & Task logs
Board statistics
Maintentance - Database backups, table repair
Post Prunning
Moderation
Moderation queues for user registration and posting
Calendar moderation
Import Facility
Import facility - import posts and members seamlessly upgrade from other bulletin board systems, including Infopop's Ultimate Bulletin Board, UBBThreads, OpenTopic, ezboard, and Ikonboard
Attachments
Multiple attachments and types (types defeined by admin in CP)
Attachment thumbnails (requires PHP to have GD enabled)
Storage type options for attachements (database or file system)
Attachment moderation
General
Multiple calendars supported
Paid Subscriptions (PayPal, WorldPay, NOCHEX and Authorize.net)
Private forums
COPPA compliant
Server Settings and Optimisation options configurable via the adminCP
Editable FAQ for your own boards
Context sensitive help throughout the adminCP
Administrators
Administrators administrate the forums and their names are in RED.
A list of administrators is below.
Jrh2002
Sierk
JackHb
DJ-3000
.x.!Anita!.x.
properclone
WAYNE_J
Spectate
Soyers
THE END :)
