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Hosting / website costs - You can help!

Thu Jun 09, 2016 3:17 pm

Hi All

It doesn't cost a fortune to run this site, but since the shop shut I have gone back to paying for it out of my own pocket, plus there's sometimes maintenance, support, user administration etc.

I definitely don't like the idea of running ads on the site.

If you like the site and want to contribute to its ongoing success then please consider sending a tip via PAYPAL, or maybe something from my Amazon wishlist (I'll try and keep some smaller items on there, but in the meantime there's always vouchers.)

I've also considered setting up a Patreon campaign for the site, if anyone would feel more comfortable donating that way?

Thanks for reading - Andy S
 
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Re: Hosting / website costs - You can help!

Fri Jun 10, 2016 5:37 pm

Many thanks Frazer :-) :thumbsup:
 
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Re: Hosting / website costs - You can help!

Fri Jun 10, 2016 8:19 pm

Thanks also to HawkerHunter :D
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Sat Jun 11, 2016 10:21 am

Many thanks to Krijn and Adicakes!

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Sat Jun 11, 2016 10:22 am

(Yes I know it's Patrick Bateman, I liked it anyway! :p)
 
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Sun Jun 12, 2016 9:02 am

Thanks also to Keith and Vee, Stan Doff and KaoS.

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You're all being very generous!
 
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Re: Hosting / website costs - You can help!

Sun Jun 12, 2016 9:52 am

Enough for the rest of the month?
 
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Re: Hosting / website costs - You can help!

Sun Jun 12, 2016 5:50 pm

What are the costs approx per year and how much time does it take up as a matter of interest? :cool:
 
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Re: Hosting / website costs - You can help!

Sun Jun 12, 2016 5:52 pm

I will give another donation if I sell some chuffing kites :cool:
 
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Re: Hosting / website costs - You can help!

Mon Jun 13, 2016 1:52 pm

Hosting is about £80 a year if we don't exceed our bandwidth, but I think they've upped that recently as I don't get so many notifcations any more.
Obviously admin is variable as with any service. I manually check all new users to keep down spambots (we used to get hundreds.)
Sometimes we get manual updates (phpBB fixes etc.) which I've tried to keep simple by not installing too many modifications on the site this time, but they still require backups and checks. I've got a few of these to do soon.
Sometimes we get a server-side update (the database server, or PHP base update) that throws things wobbly for a bit. That's been good for a while.

Thank you for your contribution Harvey!
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Tue Jun 14, 2016 8:33 am

Thanks to Coogee and Craig :-)

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Re: Hosting / website costs - You can help!

Thu Jun 16, 2016 10:55 am

More thanks! Thank you honchoboy and Ian Newham!

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