Commenting Policy

Livingonthepatio.com is a resource blog that provides quality information about expanding your living space and making the most of what’s outside your home using creativity and having fun. And without breaking the bank. One of the ways to improve this collective resource is having interaction within the site through the use of comments.

While we appreciate each comment, if your comment does not follow our comment policy, it will be removed. Continuous abuse of the policy will result in permanent ban of the IP address, domain, and the email used.

How to Use the Comment Section on Our Blog

  • If you have a general question or impression directly related to one of our blog posts, please submit a comment at the bottom of that specific post. 
  • Questions not related to a specific post or requests for help in some way should be directed to us using our Contact form. 
  • If your comment contains personal information, or you have a personal question specific to the site, we will delete your comment and use your email to contact you regarding the question.

Policy

Comment Name
Please use your name or nick-name for commenting. Keywords inserted into the name field are not allowed. Comments using keywords such as “Garden Design Company” or similar will be flagged as SPAM and deleted.

Valid Email
Email addresses are required for commenting. They are not published on the blog, nor shared. Email addresses that look like SPAM will be flagged as SPAM.

Language
English is the published language for our blog. Please leave your comments in English. 

Appropriateness
Livingonthepatio.com is a family-friendly site. Any comment that includes offensive or inappropriate language/images/links, and/or is considered rude by livingonthepatio.com will be edited or deleted.

No Personal Attack Comments Permitted
In the interest of civility, no personal attacks are permitted in this blog’s comments. You may question or contest the content, but not attack the blogger, nor any other commenters. Failure to respect fellow participants on this blog may result in removal and blocked access.

Add Value
A comment which does not add to the conversation, runs off on an inappropriate tangent, or kills the conversation may be edited, moved, or deleted.

Limit Links
Other resources can be very helpful. But in order to prevent SPAM and assure quality, limit links to no more than two per comment. DO NOT sign your comments with a backlink to your site. They will be removed.

All Rights Reserved
Livingonthepatio.com reserves the right to edit, delete, move, or mark as spam any and all comments. We also have the right to block access to any one or group from commenting or from our entire blog.

Hold Harmless
All comments/images/links within livingonthepatio.com comments are the responsibility of the commenter, not livingonthepatio.com. By submitting a comment on our blog, you state and agree that the comment content (to include images) is your own, and you agree to hold livingonthepatio.com and all its representatives harmless from any and all repercussions, damages, or liability.

If You Have Questions . . .

Questions regarding our policy may be submitted to livingonthepatio.com by using our Contact form.

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