You are now a member of the webs premier social community network dedicated to all things equine! You are now able to build your profile, add mini-profiles to feature your horses individually, create your social network of contacts, share photos and videos, join groups by interest, jump into the forum discussions, create and vote on polls, journalize your thoughts in your blog, add local and national event listings, post free photo and video classified ads, add your 'boys' to the stallion directory, enter the monthly photo contest, and much more!!

As you are a new member, please take a couple of minutes to read through the information below ~~ it will hopefully answer any questions you may have about the site, and help you get the most out of what Equine-Friends.com has to offer you.

Help with the site
If you have any questions about this site and its functions, you are welcome to contact the site admin (angelzarabs) or any staff member ~~ however, first we ask that you check the Site Guide as your question may already be answered.

Site courtesy
As a site run purely for its members, we would like to inform you of a few house rules of the site to ensure this site keeps up a quality community for you.

A) We have many youth members and strive to keep Equine-Friends clean and family friendly so that our next generation of horse owners, breeders, and trainers can have access to the most invaluable resource there is....YOU!! Some of the best lessons ever learned are little kernels of knowledge dropped by an experienced mentor, and this is definitely the place to share.

B) Courtesy should be given when responding to forum posts, blogs, etc. There is ABSOLUTELY no flaming of people, horses, breeds, or disciplines allowed or tolerated. We have the right to share our opinions here, even if they differ. Please respect someone elses thoughts and views by not responding harshly if you disagree. If you have additional information to share that may support your stand on an issue or opinion, share it and cite references so that your view is seen as an educated response.

C) The "Golden Rule" is always the best thing to keep in mind! When rating profiles, videos, or photos shared please remember that someone elses time was spent on the content.

D) Spam or unwanted content will be deleted immediately, and your account may be as well. Please reference topic A. Any fraudulent, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, harassing, abusive, threatening, racially offensive, offensively directed towards people based on their gender or sexual orientation or otherwise objectionable material is considered unwanted.

Meet your new contacts
As a new member, you obviously want to start networking and searching for your new network contacts, why not take a second to introduce yourself to the site in the new members forum. ~~ Click here to introduce yourself and meet others.

The Stallion Directory
You will find the stallion directory through the main menu on the far right; this tool is a free directory that you can use for promoting your stallions that are at stud to the public. There are lots of fields to enter as much information about your stallions as you would like, and once completed simply look at your listing to add as many photos as you would like! ~~ Click here to take a look at the directory.

The Marketplace
You will find the marketplace through the main menu on the middle right; this option takes you to the online Auction, our Horse Classifieds (by breed), the general classifieds, and the Equine-Friends store where merchandise like our Photo Contest Calendars are available.

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Finally, we would like to once again welcome you to Equine-Friends.com. If there is anything you would like to suggest or request for the site, please visit the bottom of the forums page, where there is a feedback forum for the site. We take a serious interest in what our members want to see and use on the site so please send us your feedback and we will see what we can do.

You will notice when you enter the site you already have one contact, and one new message. As default your first 'friend' is the site administrator (angelzarabs) ~~ this is so if there are any new announcements, changes or updates to the site we can let you know quickly and easily.

Next, please visit 'My Account' on the top menu to start updating your details.

Thank you, and we hope you find this equestrian network invaluable.