When was Snow Valley created?
Even though my member join date says November 27, 2004, Snow Valley (or Winter Sports forum as it was called, initially) only opened its doors December 13, 2004. Gradually, the place changed and with it came the name Snow Valley which was adopted as the place's name when our website was created back in August and the snowvalley.ws domain was purchased.

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Snow Valley Domain List
Website: www.snowvalley.ws

Forum:
http://forum.snowvalley.ws - as of September 16th, this is the primary domain of the forum.
http://forums.snowvalley.ws
http://wintersportsforum.com
http://s4.invisionfree.com/Winter_Sports

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How can I contact the forum owners?
You may contact me through a number of way:
a - through our website contact sheet;
b - by email to webmaster@snowvalley.ws;
c - by Personal Message and/or post here in the forum.

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Who is Andrew_w?
Andrew_w is me when I'm not at home (example, at work). This way I can still post on the forum when I'm not on my home computer. So don't be wary if you see Andrew_w posting.

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What is a Golden Member?
See this topic for details on what it is as well as the benefits and how to become one.

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How to become an Affiliate?
See this topic for details on what you need to do to become an affiliate. You will also find affiliate banners you may use to link back to us.

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How can I advertise Snow Valley at other places?
Along with the affiliate banners linked to above, there are also some other banners you can use in your signature or other places. You can find them here.

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What are the user/title ranks?

Above is the default pips and user titles depending on your number of posts. Here we use group icons for each member group. Below is a summary of them, including their user name:
Secretary General -
- Race Director
Alpine Skiing Coach -
- Biathlon Coach
Cross Country Coach -
- Ski Jumping Coach
Coach -
- + Golden Member
Skier -
- Skater
All members join as Skiers but if you'd prefer to be a Skater (Ice Skater), you can PM me so that I move you to the other group.

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I am new to these type of forums. How can I learn how they work?
There are a number of tools available for you on here to help you get started with these forums.
First of all, you can take a look at our Invision Boards 101 topic for an overview of the board's main features and how they work.
Secondly, you can head over to the Help pages for more information concerning the board.
If you are still having trouble, feel free to send me a Personal Message by clicking here. I would be more than happy to help.
And, in case you haven't yet, hop on over to our Introduce yourself topic and tell us a bit about yourself so we can get to know you better!

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My PM inbox is empty but it is telling me that it is full
This is a bug with the InvisionFree software that we have no control over unfortunately and, therefore, cannot fix. Your best solution is to create another account just for PMs iif you prefer keeping your previous account. If you don't, you can always PM me if you'd like to use the same user name with the new account.

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What are PDF files?
As you may have noticed, alot of the information available for Winter Sports are in PDF format. As can be found on Adobe's PDF info page, PDF stands for Portable Document Format and "is the published specification used by standards bodies around the world for more secure, reliable electronic document distribution and exchange". They normally originate from a Microsoft Word document but with the added incentive of being more compact and thus easier to exchange.
To read PDFs, you need a specific program called Adobe Reader, which is a free software provided by Adobe at their website. You can go straight to the download page here.

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Who designed the forum?
The skin is the work of a user named Zeus00 at IF Skinzone. It has been modified by me throughout the months.
The team icons were designed by a good buddy of mine, FalconDawg, a very good graphics designer. The fancy little "WS" watermark in the posting windows is also of his doing.
The Buttons are the work of Egomednog also at IF Skinzone.
The little envelopes next to the topics were found at Invisionize although they are not there anymore.
The forum markers were edited by me from a number of different sports-related images.
The banner and most of the extra coding on the forum are done by myself.
The scripts used on this site have different authors: Mercury and Stefan from IF Support, the good people at iFusion, namely James, and Dynamic Drive.