What is my ID number?
Answer: Your ID number is the number after the part that looks like this: ID=
You will find your ID number in your vote code that you received when you joined, the voting
code that you put on your web site.
How Many Times Can I vote?
Answer: For Topsites that aren't Ad free a person can vote once a day for each member they choose to on the topsites.
That means if a topsites has 20 members, a person can vote up to 20 times that day.
One vote for each member on the topsites. Any additional votes that same day won't be counted.
Only unique votes are counted. Topsites that are Ad free can choose how many votes a member can make.
The Topsites Don't Update When It Should.
Answer: The Topsites only updates when new unique votes are clicked in or out.
If no new unique votes are clicked in or out then it won't update.
Unless the topsites is counting page loads there will be no changes in votes to see.
Topsites that are counting page loads also only update when a new unique vote is clicked in or out.
I can't seem to get my banner to show up. All that I see is a box with a red X in the corner.
Answer: Make sure your banner URL address is correct. Picture URLS end in gif, jpg, art, ect.
Picture URLS do not end in html or htm.
Right: http://www.mysite.com/pictures/banner.jpg
Wrong: http://www.mysite.com/pictures/banner.html
Also, this could be caused by the server your banner is on.
Many free hosting sites such as Geocities, Angelfire, Tripod etc. don't allow banners on their servers to be used on web pages unless
the web pages are on their server.
Try contacting the company you get the Internet through and see if they offer web space for personal home pages for their subscribers.
Most of them offer this service to their subscribers to create web pages and store files, try putting your banner there.
In my member info, what does "Web Site URL Vote Picture Will Be On" mean?
Answer: If you are using a URL forwarding service then in your member information,
the part that reads, "Web Site URL Vote Picture Will Be On", put in the URL of your web site the
vote picture will be on, otherwise the vote picture won't show up.
My vote picture doesn't show up.
Answer: The vote picture does not show up until the web page is on the server.
It won't show up until after you upload your web page to your server.
Also, the vote picture will only show up on the web site you signed up with.
If the URL address in your member info is different than the URL address the vote picture is on,
or your ID number is wrong the vote picture will not show up and no page load votes will count.
If you have a firewall or anti-virus program on your computer try renaming the part in the vote code
from votepicture.cgi to votepicture.art
If you make any changes in your member info you may need to hit your refresh button to see the vote picture.
Why is my site is not on the Topsites?
Answer: You need to click on the vote picture at least once for your site to show up on the Topsites.
You need at least 1 vote in to be on the Topsites. Also, it may not have been moved from the que into the Topsites yet.
My site is not on the Topsites anymore, where did it go?
Answer: If the Topsites was reset to zero you need to click on the vote picture at least once for
your site to come back on the Topsites.
The rankings are not working properly. For example, the person in 7th place on the Topsites, on their vote picture it shows
the number 6 and the person who is in 6th place on the Topsites, their vote picture shows the number 5 on their site.
Answer: On the web page your vote picture is on,
try hitting the refresh or reload button on your browser, that will update the vote picture.
If that doesn't help then the reason it is showing different
is because it is ranking the members live when the vote pictures are loaded to a members web page.
The rankings on the Topsites aren't live, they only change when votes are clicked in or out.
So they may not always coincide but the rankings are correct.
Is my password safe?
Answer: Yes, All Ultimate Topsites passwords are encrypted. That means nobody
can ever see your password, not the owner of the Topsites or Ultimate Topsites
administrators. That is why if you lose your password you will receive a new one, not the one
you originally had.
Why does it matter if passwords are encrypted?
Answer: If you sign up with a Topsites and use the same username and password you use on your web site
anyone who has access to them can then hack into your web site.
Can I change my password?
Answer: Yes, you can change it from your edit page. Just type in the password you want.
What if I lose my password?
Answer: Enter the email address you signed up with from the members edit section,
and a new one will be sent to you.
What if I forget which email address I signed up with?
Answer: Email the owner of the Topsites, you can find their email address on the Topsites where it
reads "Contact Webmaster". Tell them you forgot the email address
you signed up with and they will send you the email address you signed up with or change it for you if you need it changed.
What is hits-in and hits-out?
Answer: Hits-in is the number of votes that come in from a members site and hits-out is the number of
hits out from the Topsites to a members site.
What is Hits In +Page Loads?
Answer: Hits-in is the number of clicked in votes that are clicked in from a members web site and +Page Loads is the number of
unique visitors a Topsite members web page receives with the Topsite vote picture on it.
A Page Load is only counted once per visitor in a 24 hour period.
Can the Topsite owner change my hits-in and hits-out?
Answer: If the Topsite is reset, all the sites hits-in and hits-out are reset at once.
No one site can have their hits changed without all the other sites changing too.
What this means is that the Topsite owner cannot increase or decrease individual
sites hits-in and hits-out.
What is the reset time?
Answer: The reset time is when all in and out hits are reset to
zero.
What is the Featured Site?
Answer: The Featured Site is a random site which changes each update.
I used special code or a program to vote repeatedly to increase my votes
and now it seems my IP address is blocked and I can't connect to Ultimate Topsites.
Answer: The topsites recognized this and automatically blocked your IP address.
If you remove the special code or stop using the program to increase your votes in
a short time the topsites will automatically allow your IP address to connect again.