Re: Forum Bandwidth, Donations etc

Post by **Jazzscot** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 8:48 pm

not sure if the forced subscription route would work. I for one would defo go for the donation route. worth giving something for the chat and help the members of this forum offer. Great forum long may it live on

Jazz

marravtr · Post by **marravtr** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:01 pm

yep as other have said, i dont mind chucking a few quid in, keeping it voluntary is the best way to go

tattie · Post by **tattie** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:10 pm

I don't mind putting in a few pounds for the enjoyment and info this site has given me for the last

how many years.
But I feel that an exclusive you ain't paid you ain't getting in set up, would be not very good.

Cheers

A.M.

ChrisC · Post by **ChrisC** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:27 pm

I'll go along with Tattie, marravtr,jazzscot,etc
Well said F/S,Mike
ChrisC

Zakalwe · Post by **Zakalwe** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:04 am

Forced subscription will be a death knell. This is a fairly quiet forum, at the best of times, and it cannot really put any obstacles in the way of people either signing up or posting.

Move it to a cheaper host (SimpleMachines is pretty good, very flexible and cheap), and put a donation sticky in each sub-forum. Update it daily to show if we are in arrears and need a donation, or if we are OK for the month. I'm pretty sure that someone would chip in as soon as they saw that the meter was running low (I know I would)

Beamish · Post by **Beamish** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 11:15 pm

Fair point Timbo and worth looking into IMO

bikerpiker · Post by **bikerpiker** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 6:56 pm

ChrisC wrote:I'll go along with Tattie, marravtr,jazzscot,etc
Well said F/S,Mike
ChrisC

Aye ,great 'site ,.....i agree with above ,.......on a few occasions in the past when i had my 'storm i dont know what i'd have done without you guys

warby221 · Post by **warby221** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:26 pm

Donâ€™t mind donating myself but on voluntary bases

I use to post a lot on a VFR forum till some of my posts ended up in the memberâ€™s only part of the forum.
After a word about intellectual copyright and the fact that they ether make it available in the open forum or delete they reappeared in the open forum. :mad2 :mad2
Never posted on there again if they want to use my knowledge for making money then they can pay me

Zakalwe · Post by **Zakalwe** » Mon Apr 05, 2010 6:55 pm

Any update on this?

cupasoop · Post by **cupasoop** » Mon Apr 05, 2010 7:11 pm

Zakalwe wrote:Any update on this?

We've moved to a host with no bandwidth limit so we shouldn't run out again and it's cheep so no donations should be necessary (unless you want to slip me some cash...personal gift you understand

). I'd rather the site stayed free, money just complicates things.

Pete.L · Post by **Pete.L** » Mon Apr 05, 2010 7:26 pm

cupasoop wrote:
Zakalwe wrote:Any update on this?
We've moved to a host with no bandwidth limit so we shouldn't run out again and it's cheep so no donations should be necessary (unless you want to slip me some cash...personal gift you understand ). I'd rather the site stayed free, money just complicates things.

Wu Whoo!

I'll slip you something for free, you little devil.

Wondered what the move was all about

Pete.l

marravtr · Post by **marravtr** » Mon Apr 05, 2010 9:15 pm

i'll go with the flow on this one, im happy to chip some spondoolies in, cracking site

simo · Post by **simo** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 7:50 pm

A Tenner/year sounds good to me. Via Pay Pal even better

seb421 · Post by **seb421** » Wed Apr 07, 2010 3:53 am

simo wrote: A Tenner/year sounds good to me. Via Pay Pal even better

Jesus Christ, servers aint that expensive mate,

this is a really good un, that gives unlimited upload, as well as download/ bandwidth (i.e massive files could be hosted and download 24/7)

https://billing.justhost.com/signupv3/? ... OFF&fcn=uk < special discount that too

tony.mon · Post by **tony.mon** » Wed Apr 07, 2010 10:01 pm

cupasoop wrote:and it's cheep so no donations should be necessary

Cheep eh? and you moved the site at Easter?

What you won't do for a punchline..........

VTR1000.ORG