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Re: Donations for Server Cost
« Reply #120 on: December 03, 2008, 07:33:09 am »
Pays the cost of the servers. Right now this service costs more than makes which is not good and may lead to paid only forum model.
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Re: Donations for Server Cost
« Reply #121 on: December 03, 2008, 07:48:07 am »
SMF are the costs around the same now -  took a look at the first post in this thread to see if it's been updated.       Sure isnt a cheap endeavor to run this service.     

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Re: Donations for Server Cost
« Reply #122 on: December 03, 2008, 07:21:07 pm »
Updated it took out one subtracted 300
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Re: Donations for Server Cost
« Reply #123 on: December 25, 2008, 10:25:56 pm »
i would if i could sorry :-\

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Re: Donations for Server Cost
« Reply #124 on: December 28, 2008, 05:16:28 pm »
Uhm.. just a question, are these ran on a powerful DEDI? Or your own server?

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Re: Donations for Server Cost
« Reply #125 on: December 28, 2008, 07:15:11 pm »
Multiple dedicated servers
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Re: Donations for Server Cost
« Reply #126 on: December 30, 2008, 07:29:38 pm »
So what are we talking about per month for each individual forum? 

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Re: Donations for Server Cost
« Reply #127 on: December 30, 2008, 07:50:09 pm »
About 2k per month for all forums.
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Re: Donations for Server Cost
« Reply #128 on: December 31, 2008, 06:34:08 am »
SMF For Free,

Firstly, thank you for making these forums for us! They are great and very nicely laid out. (I was looking for a good looking forum and I went through some forums like phpBB, but found them hard to work). So these forums are really easy to use! Thanks for that!

Secondly, I was wondering do you have to have a PayPal account to help the forums, or do can you donate using other means?

Once again, thanks for the awesome effort and support you provide here on the forums and thanks for the free forums!!!

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Re: Donations for Server Cost
« Reply #129 on: December 31, 2008, 10:03:06 am »

Secondly, I was wondering how much money the smfforfree forums make together for you. 

(NOTE:   following comment is from me as a MEMBER here not as a MODERATOR)

I don't think that is any of our business?      (That is of course up to him)

I do, though, think that we all need to, as we can, chip in and donate .. even small amounts to help and it should never be thought of as a one time thing.    I do, as I can  (lately Ive not been able to do so)    It does help and I would hate to see it go to a paid only mode -  just not so sure it would work.

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Re: Donations for Server Cost
« Reply #130 on: January 08, 2009, 09:04:36 pm »
If i purchase ad free credits would that help out? Or would that not really be a donation?

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Re: Donations for Server Cost
« Reply #131 on: January 08, 2009, 09:16:36 pm »
That helps too.
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Re: Donations for Server Cost
« Reply #132 on: January 08, 2009, 09:20:51 pm »
Does all the money for the ad free credits go to you?

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Re: Donations for Server Cost
« Reply #133 on: January 08, 2009, 09:21:32 pm »
Sorry meant to also ask how they work. If i buy them how do i use them?

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Re: Donations for Server Cost
« Reply #134 on: January 08, 2009, 09:25:14 pm »
They go automatically after they are purchased. Each time someone views any page of your forum an ad free credit will be subtracted.
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