Official hosting donations and Thanks thread.
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Re: Official hosting donations and Thanks thread.
OK, at this point I need to say a couple of things.
First - A BIG THANKS! to everyone who believed in ASV enough to make it happen. Your generosity will keep the site going for several years.
Second - because of that generosity, at this point we are no longer in need of donations and will not be for a couple of years. If you still want to donate, thats great and please feel free to do so. But at this point its not needed.
Third - At one point I had registered and was appoved for a Google Adsense account that I was going to use to keep ASV going. That is not needed now and we have decided to keep the site ad free. no ads, no popups none of that stuff.
Now what ASV really needs is.... articles for the front page (you have seen the new front page right?) Van of the Month is pretty much covered but I can only write so many articles and thats what we need to keep the content on the front page fresh and updated. SO if you want to donate, donate an article for the front page.
ASV, the ad free place to be.
First - A BIG THANKS! to everyone who believed in ASV enough to make it happen. Your generosity will keep the site going for several years.
Second - because of that generosity, at this point we are no longer in need of donations and will not be for a couple of years. If you still want to donate, thats great and please feel free to do so. But at this point its not needed.
Third - At one point I had registered and was appoved for a Google Adsense account that I was going to use to keep ASV going. That is not needed now and we have decided to keep the site ad free. no ads, no popups none of that stuff.
Now what ASV really needs is.... articles for the front page (you have seen the new front page right?) Van of the Month is pretty much covered but I can only write so many articles and thats what we need to keep the content on the front page fresh and updated. SO if you want to donate, donate an article for the front page.
ASV, the ad free place to be.
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Re: Official hosting donations and Thanks thread.
Awesome! You be sure to let us know when there isnt enough to cover ok?
As for write ups ... let's do it people!
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Location: West Coast, B.C., Canada eh?
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Re: Official hosting donations and Thanks thread.
Mongke Khan says "this place is going to save me money in the long run, so I should invest in it!"
Thanks for the support!
and we're still AD free and we still need articles for the front page...hint hint
Thanks for the support!
and we're still AD free and we still need articles for the front page...hint hint
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Re: Official hosting donations and Thanks thread.
snapple paid it forward and sent a donation in the name of 365redux
Thanks!
Thanks!
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Re: Official hosting donations and Thanks thread.
thanks to alanselo for his donation, welcom to the ASV family!
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Current - 2004 Astro Cargo
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Re: Official hosting donations and Thanks thread.
How much of a donation would it take for this site to allow posting pictures like some other site I know?
Thanks, Jim
Thanks, Jim
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Well, fact is we do allow posting pics, however as you know our attachment quota is maxed out and since we don't want to delete members pics in order to make room ( could you imagine the time involved contacting members to ask if it was o.k to delete their pics? lol ) we have suggested that members use one of the dozens of free photo-hosting sites available in cyberspace to link pics from. Why increase costs when there is a perfectly good work-around available to all for free?astroturf wrote:How much of a donation would it take for this site to allow posting pictures like some other site I know?
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Re: Official hosting donations and Thanks thread.
Zam, This has always been a big sticking point for me.
I know it's easy, everybody is doing it...
Never the less, I will donate. I will be by the bank tomorrow, and donate shortly there after.
Love the site. Thanks for being here.
Jim
I know it's easy, everybody is doing it...
Never the less, I will donate. I will be by the bank tomorrow, and donate shortly there after.
Love the site. Thanks for being here.
Jim
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Re: Official hosting donations and Thanks thread.
I agree that hotlinking images here instead of hosting them on the site is easier for admins, cheaper etc.
I only want to present one caveat. Lets say I post some project photos from a photobucket account for example. Later I decide to move my photos to a different hosting site, say Flickr. Now I have to repost. There are other scenarios. We've all seen broken image links in forums before.
Then there's the other edge of the sword. I host photos of my van on ASV and post them, and maybe they include some people. Some years go by, and I'm no longer a member (for whatever reason). Now I don't want those photos posted anymore, and I can't remove them since my account is closed.
My point? It's good to have options. Storage space is cheap nowadays.
I only want to present one caveat. Lets say I post some project photos from a photobucket account for example. Later I decide to move my photos to a different hosting site, say Flickr. Now I have to repost. There are other scenarios. We've all seen broken image links in forums before.
Then there's the other edge of the sword. I host photos of my van on ASV and post them, and maybe they include some people. Some years go by, and I'm no longer a member (for whatever reason). Now I don't want those photos posted anymore, and I can't remove them since my account is closed.
My point? It's good to have options. Storage space is cheap nowadays.
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Re: Official hosting donations and Thanks thread.
well, this really is not the thread to have this converstaion, but the attachment quota has been increased.
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93 Astro Cargo (totaled)
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92 Astro Conversion (sold)
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Re: Official hosting donations and Thanks thread.
Tap Tap Tap...
Is this thing on?
Did Y'All receive my donation?
Thanks, Jim
Is this thing on?
Did Y'All receive my donation?
Thanks, Jim
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Re: Official hosting donations and Thanks thread.
Yes, yes we did...I thought I updated this at the same time I changed your rank...
Sorry bout that.
Sorry bout that.
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Re: Official hosting donations and Thanks thread.
So what is the max attachment size now?justice wrote:well, this really is not the thread to have this converstaion, but the attachment quota has been increased.