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Nov 28, 2001 9:21:25 GMT -5
Post by Hadoken on Nov 28, 2001 9:21:25 GMT -5
I'm not sure if anyone has really noticed the fact that there are no longer any evil popups or banner ads, but I'm sure all of ye will be happier from now on. Lately it seemed like the popups just got worse and worse, and after talking to Mr Jackstraw yesterday I decided to donate the crappy dollar and get a nice 1000 page views without any ads at all.
Doubt it will last long..soooo enjoy it while ye can. hehe
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Nov 28, 2001 9:32:55 GMT -5
Post by Unnamed on Nov 28, 2001 9:32:55 GMT -5
Thank you! Actually ive found its no so bad if you just minimize the window it opens since it doesnt make multiple, it just chages the page on the one it spawned.
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JackStraw
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Nov 28, 2001 15:43:44 GMT -5
Post by JackStraw on Nov 28, 2001 15:43:44 GMT -5
Hado - You are officially a "No-Ad Knight of the MP5 Roundtable" <whilst I dub him shoulder to shoulder with a max'd out HK MP5>. Oh happy day! I think the board loads a wee bit faster now too!! It's the little things in life that make it oh so good......I for one am diggin' this!!!!!!!!!!
Have any idea how many pageviews go by in a day? I'm too lazy to spell a full word out. Please mock me. provide me an address (via email or private msg) and I will gladly donate towards addl. pageviews without pop-up ads.
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Nov 28, 2001 15:48:49 GMT -5
Post by Minky on Nov 28, 2001 15:48:49 GMT -5
I too would gladly donate a buck or two as needed to keep the ads at bay! If you have a Paypal account I can zip some change to you whenever, or I can just stick it in an envelope and mail it out. Let me know oh wise overlord of the board.
*bows down*
BTW, this is so much nicer with none of those ads popping up, but I must admit one will be missed....The pizza one! Mmmmmm ;D
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JackStraw
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Nov 28, 2001 15:52:14 GMT -5
Post by JackStraw on Nov 28, 2001 15:52:14 GMT -5
;D Just put my money where my mouth is! ;D
I just added $5.00 to the "No-Ads Proboard Donation" facility for this board. Enjoy posting to the board ad-free for a while. We'll see what kind of mileage we get out of this.
[glow=red,2,300]HO-HO-HO - Merry Christmas To MI Airsoft![/glow]
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Nov 28, 2001 16:01:20 GMT -5
Post by Newman on Nov 28, 2001 16:01:20 GMT -5
Thanks JackStraw, you are truly a good Airsofter. Or just a rich bastage! ;D
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JackStraw
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Nov 28, 2001 16:04:21 GMT -5
Post by JackStraw on Nov 28, 2001 16:04:21 GMT -5
Not rich, but gainfully employed (remember, I'm the old fa*t around here with the family). Just sold some stuff on eBay too, so got a bit of cash in the account. It will be gone soon enough.
<JackStraw's next click is off the Favorites menu to drool at the M24 Socom pics again>
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Nov 28, 2001 17:30:31 GMT -5
Post by Unnamed on Nov 28, 2001 17:30:31 GMT -5
we are all in your debt, honorable semi-rich people.
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Nov 28, 2001 18:24:04 GMT -5
Post by Hadoken on Nov 28, 2001 18:24:04 GMT -5
Thankye Mr Jackstraw! This ad free business really does seem to make the pages load a lot faster. I'm not really too sure how many hits the boards get a day, but with your donation combined with mine we should have 6000 ad free/pop up free views. That should last a while! Thanks again for the support, hopefully I'll have a REAL page up soon instead of this free hosting stuff, then we won't have to worry about ads at all. Yippy!
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Nov 28, 2001 20:48:00 GMT -5
Post by Bigmack on Nov 28, 2001 20:48:00 GMT -5
add two more bucks... Merry Xmas! Bigmack
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Nov 28, 2001 21:20:26 GMT -5
Post by Hadoken on Nov 28, 2001 21:20:26 GMT -5
Holy crap, thats 8000 ad free page views now. Thanks a lot good sirs. I never thought this would happen really, sure the pop ups were annoying but I didn't think anyone would give their money up just to stop em for a while. Means a lot to me. Methinks that'll do for now, we'll see how far this will take us. *me wishes for months*
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Nov 28, 2001 23:29:07 GMT -5
Post by Ed on Nov 28, 2001 23:29:07 GMT -5
What is this would coming to? We have pay to NOT see adds? Something is making my stomach turn and it is not Pancheros.
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Nov 29, 2001 14:06:53 GMT -5
Post by Ballista on Nov 29, 2001 14:06:53 GMT -5
Ed, proboards.com uses advertising to pay for server space. Running a server isn't exactly cheap.
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Nov 29, 2001 17:59:22 GMT -5
Post by Unnamed on Nov 29, 2001 17:59:22 GMT -5
yeah they do need to make some money but i think boards should be free. If i knew anything at all about boards or programming id make a software program to build a forum on any page you wished.
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Nov 29, 2001 20:10:15 GMT -5
Post by Locutus on Nov 29, 2001 20:10:15 GMT -5
Unnamed, it has nothing to do with charging for the program, its the server and bandwidth required to support it. This forum does not run on the site that Hadoken has his website on. It is ran on the proboards server. Message forums create heavy loads on servers. The advertising is to pay for the servers and the bandwidth used. There are many forums you can use for free that do not have advertising on them, but you must install them on your own server. Your server must have a scripting language installed (Perl, PHP or ASP), as well as a SQL database (SQL Server, MySQL, mSQL, Postgre), most free web hosts do not offer this, and you also must know your away around setting up server side scripts and databases.
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