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Title: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on July 13, 2009, 07:45:58 PM: Ok, so I'm a little excited!

Myself and WingedZephyr have been plotting >.>

As was announced, the winning banner would be used on the new website and forums. The original idea was to redo the website, rewrite the information and them create a forum skin to match, but with limited time and indeed lack of funds (meaning I have to squeeze this in where I can) we've decided on a new plan.

The forums are the most stable area of the system, so why not make use of their stability, coding and security features? With that in mind we decided to merge the website and forums into a single system, the forums will change a little in appearance (although not significantly, bar the colour scheme updates) and a website will be incorporated into the forums.

We also have some plans for other areas of change and these are going to be released in a single release hopefully within the next couple of days, expect things to look different but the standard layout will remain much the same, during this time please report ANY bugs to our bugs board and we will deal with them.

During this time the forums may intermittently be unavailable as things are changed, IRC will remain online as usual should any wish to chat. Those preferring the old colour scheme (the current one) will still be able to choose it if so wanted.

Thank you for your patience and your usage of the forums, please make any bug reports or suggestions to the relevant boards.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: KittKat chunky~ on July 13, 2009, 07:48:46 PM: well im gonna be gone for 3 weeks in slovakia... but im so glad that your being able to keep this forum up.... well done you! :D
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Asia Kali Yusufzai on July 13, 2009, 08:17:39 PM: We are eternally grateful to your dedication and perseverence, despite this being a non-profit thing for you.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on July 14, 2009, 02:41:21 AM: And as you can see the changes are mostly in place.

The website area is still being setup perfectly so expect this to change during the next couple of hours.

The skin has been updated to WingedZephyr's and the smilies were also redone by her. There are 4 new smiley sets - Foxes, Cats, Wolves and Dragons, the others will be made available later.

I hope you like it :)
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: ST-84 Sahelanthropus on July 14, 2009, 02:44:08 AM: The colors are a nice change, but frankly the new layout is terrible. It looks more like a personal blog than a forum.

Is there an option to change it back in my profile?
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: WingedZephyr on July 14, 2009, 02:50:10 AM: If you click the tab that says "Forum" at the top of the screen, it's essentially the same thing as the old layout. It's a different link, too, so if you have FF bookmarked somewhere, you can just change the link of the bookmark to open to the forums straight away.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on July 14, 2009, 02:53:33 AM: Quote from: Tweak on July 14, 2009, 02:41:21 AM
The website area is still being setup perfectly so expect this to change during the next couple of hours.

Had you also paid attention to my post you would have seen the above. The forums now have all panels removed so it looks like it did before. Calling my work terrible after myself and WingedZephyr have spent the last 3 hours working on this is harsh and upsetting. We're doing this in our free time, I worked on this over a paid project of mine.

Post Merge: July 14, 2009, 02:57:02 AM
Whoops, correction on my previous time frame, more like 9 hours.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Shenzii on July 14, 2009, 02:57:31 AM: i like the work that you have done.. but it's slightly harder for me to focus on what I'm looking at.. perhaps its just me. I also miss the old smileys. Other than that.. I like the banner at the top and the colouring. It's nice to see something new.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on July 14, 2009, 03:00:04 AM: The old smilies will likely return later on, all other smilies sets have now been opened, they are available in your profile, under Look and Layout preferences.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Shenzii on July 14, 2009, 03:00:55 AM: Alright. Thank you.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: ST-84 Sahelanthropus on July 14, 2009, 03:01:35 AM: Honest opinions are not always going to be just peaches and cream.

I'm sorry if I just insulted you two on a personal level for giving my critique on the layout.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Shenzii on July 14, 2009, 03:05:21 AM: Thank you lots for minimizing the windows on the pages.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Asia Kali Yusufzai on July 14, 2009, 03:07:32 AM: i quite like the layout, though the look is a bit too startling, but that's probably because of the contrast from the last one.

The smileys are good, cus now they're not rather rough and buggy. but these are a bit small and some of them are hard to decipher.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Timmy Fox on July 14, 2009, 03:15:27 AM: Well, i love the remake, the new smiley sets are kinda okay, but i liked the old ones better tho :/
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Victoria the Dark Rose on July 14, 2009, 03:16:40 AM: i love it i just miss the foxy
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: WingedZephyr on July 14, 2009, 03:27:07 AM: (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/magicalcow17/Preview2.jpg)

That's a preview image of all four species of the new smiley sets... All drawn from scratch by me. Some of them are easier to see than others, such as the cats, so if that's an issue, you're free to change to whichever one you think looks better. As Tweak said, all you have to do is go to Profile > Look and Layout Preferences > Current Smiley Set.

And remember this isn't necessarily the end of the forum changes.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Victoria the Dark Rose on July 14, 2009, 03:29:24 AM: sweet those r nice
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Timmy Fox on July 14, 2009, 03:30:46 AM: I like the foxes best :P
Tho i do miss the old ones :/
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Victoria the Dark Rose on July 14, 2009, 03:33:36 AM: i still do miss the lod ones to but they r still cute
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on July 14, 2009, 03:41:44 AM: Quote from: Tweak on July 14, 2009, 03:00:04 AM
The old smilies will likely return later on
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Victoria the Dark Rose on July 14, 2009, 03:43:29 AM: Yeah really
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on July 14, 2009, 03:46:37 AM: I have said it twice now, it is quite likely.

We're current;y in the process of lightening the darker areas of the theme to reduce the "glare" and "brightness" from it.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Vosur Aekira on July 14, 2009, 04:04:13 AM: Would it be possible for each individual user have their own favored color-scheme. I rather enjoyed the red-and-black version myself.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Victoria the Dark Rose on July 14, 2009, 04:06:12 AM: really that would be swwwweeeeeetttttttttt
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on July 14, 2009, 04:08:26 AM: The other themes will be opened up once this one is done.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: ¿ Jesse Pawman ? on July 14, 2009, 04:09:40 AM: Thank you Tweak and WZ! The forums look great!

Just one thing. I'm not too fond of the 'green' pawprints that show new posts. But that's just me being picky.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Victoria the Dark Rose on July 14, 2009, 04:11:35 AM: i want a dark blue and black theme
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: WingedZephyr on July 14, 2009, 04:15:44 AM: Victoria, while your input is very much appreciated, it isn't necessary to reply to every single post in the thread. Please try to condense your thoughts into a smaller amount of replies.

Also, Tweak has already stated that other themes will open up later... Please let us finish our work on the current one.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Victoria the Dark Rose on July 14, 2009, 04:18:11 AM: i know lol just messin with you guys its kinda fun listening to yall
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Nbah on July 14, 2009, 09:08:01 AM: Awesome changes, I hope the old icons really do return, I liked them :3
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Aqua Wolf on July 14, 2009, 11:31:57 AM: You guy's are doing a great job. And I'm pretty sure everyone on Furry Forums appreciates the work you guys do to maintain this site. I know I do. So thanks. Can't decide weather I like the new or old smileys better though. lol And thanks again for all your wonderful work. Good Luck!
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Timmy Fox on July 14, 2009, 11:37:48 AM: Yeah, everything is awesome! But the old smiley's was pretty good. Anyways, keep up the good work ^_^
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: KittKat chunky~ on July 14, 2009, 03:19:40 PM: ok, some things not quite so good, however, im so amazed how you manage to keep this up, and for that i think its great... your doing this only for us, and you gain no income from it.... i take my hat off to you guys... :3
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Victoria the Dark Rose on July 14, 2009, 04:04:07 PM: thank you furry staff members :3
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: ¿ Jesse Pawman ? on July 14, 2009, 04:07:13 PM: So what's going to happen with the old www.thefurryforum.com domain? wihtout the /forums at the end of it?
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Victoria the Dark Rose on July 14, 2009, 04:08:17 PM: im not sure :?
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on July 14, 2009, 04:25:40 PM: Quote from: Â¿ Jesse Pawman ? on July 14, 2009, 04:07:13 PM
So what's going to happen with the old www.thefurryforum.com domain? wihtout the /forums at the end of it?

It'll redirect directly to here, just need to sort it.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Victoria the Dark Rose on July 14, 2009, 04:30:01 PM: oh okay
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Xleena on July 14, 2009, 07:47:24 PM: I don't really see what everyone's complaining about, I think everything's kinda good if i'm honest.

I kinda think its a little blunt to say you like the old smileys better, because WZ made those new smileys herself, so maybe people should be a bit more considerate!

Sorry, I don't mean to be all critical of people's comments but still :S

Good job Tweak and Winged Zephr :)
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: KittKat chunky~ on July 14, 2009, 07:51:14 PM: yay, i actually prefer these new smileys.... this way they are all there right in front of you... can wait till the other ones come... yay CAT smiley.... and i must say i absolutely LUV the banner pic...... go go FF!
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on July 14, 2009, 07:56:00 PM: The other ones are available.

Profile -> Look and Layout Preferences -> Smiley Set
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: KittKat chunky~ on July 14, 2009, 07:56:32 PM: OMG, YAY!!!! now i absolutely adore FF.... rave on!
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Octavia on July 15, 2009, 05:16:13 PM: Indeed, the new look/layout looks great. the new look might bring in some new members as well...or make current members become more active.

and I like the new smilies.. they don't over power your post like the older ones did...these new ones are smaller and look nicer and i'm sure the other ones to come out will be just as good as these new ones..

Great job you two. Nice work :3
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on July 22, 2009, 08:42:40 AM: Apologies for any slowdown in service over the past hour, I was building a database index to speed up searching. It took an hour and a lot of grunt to generate but now it's done, any searches done should be considerable faster.

Also a nice 100+MB to a whopping 400+MB in database space due to it!
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Vosur Aekira on July 22, 2009, 12:00:35 PM: -Piles on a bunch of chocolate-covered granola bars- Sorry, too many Kudos?

((Just kidding, ya'know we appreciate what you do in upkeeping this place.))
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on July 23, 2009, 08:01:38 AM: Hi all,

Apologies for the downtime experienced earlier, during the course of routine maintenance it was discovered that one of the tables in the database had become corrupted, this then resulted in various errors appearing through out thee forums.

The backup from only a few hours ago was downloaded, extracted and the relevant piece of data removed and replaced within the database, data loss, if at all, is minimal.

Any issues please post in the bug report board, both myself and WingedZephyr will be unavailable for the next few hours as we both desperately require sleep, WZ has classes in 4 hours and I, myself, am very unwell.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Asia Kali Yusufzai on July 23, 2009, 02:07:07 PM: get well soon tweek, and both of you deserve a rest.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Vosur Aekira on July 23, 2009, 09:13:57 PM: Tweak, you work too hard in keeping these forums up-to-speed. I'm glad you do so and I would hate to see this place go to tatters, but consider your health first.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on July 23, 2009, 09:31:56 PM: I try to keep my health in check.

Last night I managed to get 5 hours sleep, which makes a total of about 12 hours sleep in the past 94 hours. I think I'll be making that up over the weekend.

Everything seems stable though, any problems, please report them.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: ¿ Jesse Pawman ? on July 27, 2009, 02:58:50 AM: I love you Tweak. We all love you Tweak.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on July 27, 2009, 02:59:48 AM: >.>

Donate then? KKTHXBAI!
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: KittKat chunky~ on July 30, 2009, 02:13:27 PM: i would, yet i am too young for a credit card.... and my income is purely from working part time as a farm hand so is very small, but once i can.... shoop!.... ^_^ wuv u for all of this tweak!
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on April 03, 2010, 02:38:38 AM: As many of you will have noticed the frontpage of the forums has changed slightly. This is due to an upgrade to the portal system we use.

Unfortunately, however, it appears there are a number of bugs both within the system and the upgrade. These will be fully investigated and remedied tomorrow once I've slept.

Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: WingedZephyr on April 03, 2010, 02:59:24 AM: You're awesome for working on the forums as usual. :)

Make sure you sleep and take care of yourself too.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Vosur Aekira on April 03, 2010, 03:35:35 AM: Tweak, I'll keep reemphasizing this until I make sure you have it in that skull of yours. Keep yourself healthy first, then worry about us.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on April 03, 2010, 09:28:09 AM: Who wants healthy? That's booooooring!

Well, I plan to crack on with it today, maybe. Server decided it needed sleep too!
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on April 04, 2010, 08:09:28 PM: All now seems to be working as it should.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: White Wolf Guardian on April 04, 2010, 10:03:00 PM: Yay that's good, now make sure to get some sleep c:
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: ___ on April 05, 2010, 12:43:23 AM: Yea Tweak!
Thing's wouldn't be as fun without our own Satanic dragon running around. xD
You get some rest, k? :)
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on August 01, 2010, 04:33:35 PM: The memberlist (http://www.thefurryforum.com/forums/index.php?action=mlist) has been altered slightly to make using it easier and to add some additional features.

At present the images used on the page do need to be altered to fit our theme as the standard ones are for the default forum theme. These will be updated ASAP.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: White Wolf Guardian on August 01, 2010, 06:27:34 PM: Ohh! I love the new features and the "Posts" "Last Active" views :D
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Crevan Fox on August 10, 2010, 10:30:51 PM: Oh Wow, I LOVE IT, And remember tweak get some sleep ok, We don't want you leaving us ^_^
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on August 24, 2010, 11:46:57 AM: Quote from: Crevan Coleo on August 10, 2010, 10:30:51 PM
Oh Wow, I LOVE IT, And remember tweak get some sleep ok, We don't want you leaving us ^_^

I couldn't. If I left, the forums go offline..thus it's impossible to leave.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on October 14, 2010, 08:00:22 PM: A few changes made today:

* New search engine installed for the forum - expect MUCH faster search results
* Avatar directory moved - see bug report on intended improvements
* Online user threshold dropped to 5 minutes
* Various database changes to ensure greater performance
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: White Wolf Guardian on October 14, 2010, 09:37:08 PM: So by user threshold you mean if we aren't active for 5 minutes, our status is set to offline?
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on October 14, 2010, 10:01:58 PM: That's right, yes.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Shenzii on October 15, 2010, 07:11:48 PM: Works for me ^^
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on November 07, 2010, 10:38:29 AM: Changed the report to moderator links to buttons.

Report to Moderator in a post is the quickest way to report something you wish to flag up, including if you want a thread deleted or double post removed, it'll directly contact the relevant moderators to ensure a quick response.

Report to Moderator with PMs will send to Zeph or myself (or both) and can be used to report any offensive messages or problems you receive so we can investigate.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: White Wolf Guardian on November 07, 2010, 04:41:53 PM: More noticeable with the box around it, but purple would make the font invincible D:
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: WingedZephyr on November 07, 2010, 05:53:36 PM: I wanted to make it yellow. :P
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on March 03, 2011, 10:03:14 PM: So, I just rebuilt all the forum files to try and remove the hundreds of errors that were accumulating.

I have tested it and everything seems to be working but please report any bugs to the bugs report board so I can take care of them.

Thanks.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Enzi on March 03, 2011, 10:25:36 PM: +Gives thumbs up+
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on May 05, 2011, 10:14:18 PM: For those who haven't noticed some changes recently:

* Profiles can now be reported to the staff
* Some more things that I can't remember because I do too much

Additionally our report system has been altered to send all reports to a board that only staff can see. This allows a higher number of staff members to deal with a specific warning much quicker.

This system will also mark a reported post so that multiple reports will happen less frequently, this text will also change colour depending on whether we have solved the report or not.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on May 10, 2011, 02:56:16 PM: A few updates are being made to the Portal system, please bear with us during these changes.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on May 10, 2011, 04:26:17 PM: Some changes are still to be made but the portal is back online.

It was discovered that the old portal system was being run insecurely by the creators, we take security very seriously here and as a result have switched over to a new system. As it so happens, this system sports a few new features and an improved shoutbox.

The data stored on the old portal will be migrated where possible.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on May 22, 2011, 12:56:29 AM: The old staff list has been removed and replaced with a custom built page. Only took 4 hours! ^_^ Although, I have a feeling I'll probably recode it all again sometime as it's a bit messy <.< == >.>

http://www.thefurryforum.com/forums/index.php?page=staff
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: White Wolf Guardian on May 22, 2011, 12:58:02 AM: Holy crap that's amazing O_O, I'll definitely be looking at that a lot more. *Gives a thumbs up and a pot of gold*
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: WingedZephyr on May 22, 2011, 01:01:11 AM: *gives Tweak his Satan treats*
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Kaprika on May 22, 2011, 01:09:24 AM: the staff button on the upper list is gone though

>>
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: WingedZephyr on May 22, 2011, 01:11:43 AM: It's in the navigation menu on the homepage now.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on May 22, 2011, 01:18:46 AM: The navigation bar was getting cluttered and it was decided to cut out a few modifications and consolidate them. This not only improves performance but will speed up work as I know the code better.

Expect more changes over the coming months both here and on IRC, although it'll take some time, Zeph and I have some BIG plans in the work. A few people know a bit more (advantage of being in IRC, I randomly tell people things) but for now we're keeping quiet!
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: WingedZephyr on May 22, 2011, 01:23:58 AM: *mumble mumble* -BIG PLANS- *mumble* -IMPORTANT- *mumble* -SECRETS- *mumble mumble mumble*

XP
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Kyriin on May 22, 2011, 05:11:06 AM: Ooooh~ Now I'm excited X3
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Philly Tanuki on May 22, 2011, 08:30:33 AM: Sounds like there is going to be some mighty fine stuff in the future! btw, I like teh staff page!
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Pea on May 22, 2011, 08:59:18 AM: Thanks Tweak for everything! I hope you enjoy doing stuff like this because if you do then it isn't really "work" and we can all feel better about ourselves in the knowledge we aren't mooching off you ^_^
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on May 22, 2011, 11:40:55 AM: Quote from: Chris the Lizard on May 22, 2011, 08:59:18 AM
Thanks Tweak for everything! I hope you enjoy doing stuff like this because if you do then it isn't really "work" and we can all feel better about ourselves in the knowledge we aren't mooching off you ^_^

If I didn't enjoy it, I wouldn't be doing it :P

I'm pleased with how it turned out, I haven't coded anything more than a few bug fixes for a while, it was nice to get back into it.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: ✡ on May 22, 2011, 04:42:18 PM: *pokes zephyr* tell drake the secret? :3
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on May 22, 2011, 05:31:10 PM: Quote from: KangaDrake on May 22, 2011, 04:42:18 PM
*pokes zephyr* tell drake the secret? :3

There's things planned that I haven't actually told Zeph yet. I should probably do so.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: ✡ on May 22, 2011, 06:57:32 PM: woah :o they're so secret...even zeph doesn't know
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Vosur Aekira on May 22, 2011, 07:32:01 PM: When the changes happen, they won't be secret anymore.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: WingedZephyr on May 23, 2011, 03:08:03 AM: Pffft. Tweak never tells me anything unless I pester him enough about it. :P
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: iKero-chu™ on May 23, 2011, 01:22:58 PM: I ish so excited for new change.
:3
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on June 02, 2011, 01:20:11 AM: * New icon added in board views. When clicked this will take you to the last unread post in the thread.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Ares the Ram on June 02, 2011, 02:31:31 AM: I like it. Makes it easier to mod nyehehehehehe
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Pea on June 02, 2011, 05:35:34 AM: Good job Tweak :D
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: icy wolf on August 01, 2011, 05:19:05 PM: yay for the last post option
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: WingedZephyr on September 04, 2011, 10:18:03 PM: The Suggestions section of the forum has been entirely reorganized to work better with the addition of the new Helpdesk.

All of the old boards in there have been removed and replaced with direct links to the appropriate Departments of the Helpdesk. I did my best to ensure that any discussions still open in any of the old boards were transferred over to the Helpdesk as tickets.

Hopefully this will make things a bit easier to use and understand for everyone.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on September 26, 2011, 06:49:57 PM: + On upgrade the search daemon was changed to a faster service.
+ Forum language files have been updated to UTF-8 and the database has been converted. This allows better special character compatibility whilst reducing the database size.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Pea on September 26, 2011, 06:52:35 PM: Some images on the site aren't loading now. I'll go make a ticket.

EDIT: Nevermind, I did some looking around and it doesn't seem to be that big of a problem.

Also what's the point of having foreign special characters if the forum language is English?
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on September 26, 2011, 06:56:48 PM: Most likely due to the change to UTF-8, some of the images get redone. Once I've seen your ticket I'll sort it out.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on September 27, 2011, 10:41:16 PM: ! Trialling a new ad placement after the last post on a thread.

This trial will last for 7 days to see if the ad placement provides a viable income source. The next few months are the last that I can guarantee being able to pay the cost out of pocket and without additional support financially the forums may be forced to downsize or even close.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Vosur Aekira on September 27, 2011, 11:10:50 PM: Doesn't seem like a bad placement so far, both places where they are now.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Kaprika on September 28, 2011, 02:25:39 AM: close down?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
D8
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on September 28, 2011, 11:30:33 AM: Quote from: Kaprika on September 28, 2011, 02:25:39 AM
close down?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
D8

If the bills aren't covered in some way, then this may be the only option. I don't want to do it but for the first time since I started fully supporting the forums I am very concerned. Money is going to become very tight and I will not have the cash to pay for it any longer.

Quote from: Lizard on September 26, 2011, 06:52:35 PM
Also what's the point of having foreign special characters if the forum language is English?

It also supports such things as copyright symbols etc directly, rather than forcing a conversion which uses more space. Everything you see when reading is stored like that in the database rather than taking up to 5 times the space for a special character.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: icy wolf on September 28, 2011, 02:41:11 PM: would clicking on the ads help make more money?
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on September 28, 2011, 03:05:44 PM: The only way money is made from the ads is by clicking them.

However, it is against the Terms of Service of the Advertising company for me to ask for clicks or for people to click them repeatedly and will result in my account being terminated, losing all current and future payments.

If an ad interests you then feel free to click it as it will also benefit the forum. If you happen to find an ad which "interests" you daily then click them, but I'm not allowed to ask you to click them.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: icy wolf on September 28, 2011, 03:37:10 PM: ok, are you allowed to tell us how much each ad makes ? so i can ask other people to click on the ads then ?

COME PEOPLE CLICK THOSE ADS ....
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on September 28, 2011, 04:41:13 PM: Click the ads if they interest you.. >.>

And the amount varies.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on October 05, 2011, 01:36:20 PM: Unfortunately the ad account has been disabled.

At this time an appeal is pending but in the event it is unsuccessful all revenue will be lost (I had enough to cover a month's fees in there).

I will keep you updated.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: KerotheFox on October 05, 2011, 02:14:11 PM: o.o oh no
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on October 06, 2011, 03:36:50 PM: To keep you updated.

At present no answer has been received regarding the appeal, we are still awaiting this.

However, I would like to organise a mass donation attempt. I have some ideas in action but they need significant funding to secure. Please donate all you can over the two months, ignoring the donation meter. During this time, raffle tickets will be worth double their previous amounts and the person able to donate the most by the middle of December will be given a special prize.

Please be aware without your help the forums will have difficulty continuing to run. I have no intention at this point to close them and will give at least a month's warning in the event it does have to occur. But with your help, we can keep them going. I just need support from everybody here.

Thank you

Edit: Donations above that of the donation limits are fine, please contact me if you wish to make one.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Kaprika on October 06, 2011, 04:07:21 PM: what has changed may i ask?

for months this site has run fine, years in fact. has one of the people helping pay for it ducked out on you??
why now..whats different??
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on October 06, 2011, 04:21:30 PM: I no longer have any income. I'm currently unemployed. I was keeping it running on student loans whilst I was studying but now, as I'm no longer a student I have nothing but unemployment benefit coming in.

Equally, I will soon be moving over to the USA which will cut any income I have off entirely, that's when there will be absolutely no money left to pay for it but I'd rather secure something now than fight for it in 2-3 months when I'm trying to focus on other things.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Kaprika on October 06, 2011, 05:49:25 PM: oh no....thats terrible.

well i hope you can find new employment readily, and get on your feet fast.

as a curious fur...is there any chance that even if things DO turn for the worse, and the unthinkable happens...would there be a possibility that when you DO get everything stable later on...that the site may come BACK?
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on October 06, 2011, 08:19:39 PM: Quote from: Kaprika on October 06, 2011, 05:49:25 PM
oh no....thats terrible.

It was expected. I just thought I would have found some job by now.

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well i hope you can find new employment readily, and get on your feet fast.

Depends how my current applications go and how soon I can get permission to work once I move to the US.

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as a curious fur...is there any chance that even if things DO turn for the worse, and the unthinkable happens...would there be a possibility that when you DO get everything stable later on...that the site may come BACK?

Most likely. Things will work out though, I'm sure.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Puncia on October 06, 2011, 09:08:00 PM: I've cooked up something that might help. I hope.
http://www.thefurryforum.com/forums/index.php?topic=18072.0 (http://www.thefurryforum.com/forums/index.php?topic=18072.0)
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: icy wolf on October 08, 2011, 02:22:09 AM: oh no i dont want to see the forums go...

insted of paying to host it cant you host it your self ?

i think the owner of ontario furries ( not furs there are two difrent ones) hosts it him self. i know him in rl.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on October 08, 2011, 11:47:48 AM: It wouldn't be nearly as good. There's a reason I host externally after all. Bandwidth is expensive, it can't be matched with a home connection.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on October 08, 2011, 11:42:05 PM: ! Added theme switcher to the homepage!
! Added further mobile support through Tapatalk

More information is below and is taken directly from Tapatalk. Please note that the free versions are read-only, you need to pay to get full write access too. But we are now enabled for it.

Tapatalk is a forum app on the iPhone (http://tapatalk.com/mobile.php#iphone), Android (http://tapatalk.com/mobile.php#android), webOS (http://developer.palm.com/appredirect/?packageid=com.newnessdevelopments.forums), Windows Phone 7 (http://www.board-express.com) and BlackBerry (http://tapatalk.com/mobile.php#blackberry). Tapatalk Forum App provides super fast on-the-go forum access to majority of the discussion forums that has activated the Tapatalk plugin.

Showing New and Unread Thread with Avatar and Number of reply:
(http://tapatalk.com/mu/77ec8c55-d161-2949.jpg)

Images are thread are converted to thumbnail and allow full-screen viewing
(http://tapatalk.com/mu/77ec8c55-d19e-1d77.jpg)

Ability to see Who's Online and what they are doing:
(http://tapatalk.com/mu/77ec8c55-d1b3-cbe1.jpg)

Ability to search by topics and posts:
(http://tapatalk.com/mu/77ec8c55-d1cd-05b1.jpg)

Ability to upload images directly from Android and iPhone!:
(http://tapatalk.com/mu/77ec8c55-d44e-0fbc.jpg)

Forum Moderation support:
(http://tapatalk.com/mu/77ec8c55-d44e-0fbb.jpg)

Check out http://www.tapatalk.com (http://www.tapatalk.com) for more information!
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Pea on October 09, 2011, 01:01:40 AM: Maybe someday I'll be able to use this. Thanks for your hard work though ^_^
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: White Wolf Guardian on October 09, 2011, 01:03:07 AM: Enough said! *Points down at the message*

Sent from my DROID3 using Tapatalk

Thanks Tweak <3
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: [Sov] on October 09, 2011, 03:32:23 AM: Does any of the proceeds of us buying this app go to the forums? Cause if not I'm just going to avoid it on my phone....it's almost 2.99 on the iPhone. x_x
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on October 09, 2011, 01:04:20 PM: Quote from: White Wolf Guardian on October 09, 2011, 01:03:07 AM
Enough said! *Points down at the message*

Sent from my DROID3 using Tapatalk

Thanks Tweak <3

No problem. I thought it may help you as well. :)

Quote from: Katayida on October 09, 2011, 03:32:23 AM
Does any of the proceeds of us buying this app go to the forums? Cause if not I'm just going to avoid it on my phone....it's almost 2.99 on the iPhone. x_x

Nope, that's the app only. Our activation of it is free.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Kyriin on October 15, 2011, 10:04:51 AM: I'll use this! Always looking for useful things for my phone, I'm quite sure this ranks high!
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on October 17, 2011, 12:07:33 PM: Just a quick update. The Ad account is now being reviewed regarding my appeal and I should get an outcome in the next few days. This does not mean that it will be unsuspended, but it is at least being investigated.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: icy wolf on October 17, 2011, 03:11:39 PM: how did the ad account get subspended. :?
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on October 17, 2011, 03:22:24 PM: Suspicious activity
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Puncia on October 17, 2011, 05:46:35 PM: Well on a brighter note, I've already given away 4 PFP badges with perhaps more on the way..?
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: KerotheFox on October 17, 2011, 09:26:33 PM: Quote from: Puncia on October 17, 2011, 05:46:35 PM
Well on a brighter note, I've already given away 4 PFP badges with perhaps more on the way..?

I being one of them <3
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: WingedZephyr on October 19, 2011, 01:10:15 PM: The profile field options for "Parents", "Siblings", and "Children" have been removed. Two new profile field options have been added: "Avatar made by" and "Signature image(s) made by", to be used for crediting artists for artwork in your profile.

These new profile fields will appear above your signature. I currently have them in use, so you can see what it looks like.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Puncia on October 19, 2011, 03:45:17 PM: Rather nifty! Though I prefer my way since it takes less room.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Pea on October 19, 2011, 03:50:15 PM: No more parents, siblings and children options? I object.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: WingedZephyr on October 19, 2011, 04:39:41 PM: Quote from: Puncia on October 19, 2011, 03:45:17 PM
Rather nifty! Though I prefer my way since it takes less room.

You're free to use whichever way you want. It's just there in case people prefer not to use up their Personal Text or Signature space for the information. :)
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Pea on October 19, 2011, 11:32:23 PM: The additions are nice but why were those other three options removed? I used those D:
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: WingedZephyr on October 19, 2011, 11:43:20 PM: A number of reasons. The original reason they were first added into the forum has long since not been applicable to the current community; they seemed to be the least widely used or essential profile options; a lot of new members over the years have been confused about their purpose or meaning; the list for profile options has been getting long and cluttered... etc. etc.

We do realize that some members may have used them, and we're sorry if it's an inconvenience for you, but we believed the benefits outweighed the drawbacks overall.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Puncia on October 20, 2011, 12:29:35 AM: Quote from: WingedZephyr on October 19, 2011, 04:39:41 PM
You're free to use whichever way you want. It's just there in case people prefer not to use up their Personal Text or Signature space for the information. :)

Oh I know. XD I like the idea a lot since it makes it a lot easier to credit the people that deserve it.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on October 27, 2011, 01:37:08 PM: Quote from: Tweak on October 17, 2011, 12:07:33 PM
Just a quick update. The Ad account is now being reviewed regarding my appeal and I should get an outcome in the next few days. This does not mean that it will be unsuspended, but it is at least being investigated.

My appeal was denied and the ad account is unlikely to be reinstated and all revenue made and that hadn't yet been paid out has been lost. I have contacted them further but it seems highly likely that this will be the final decision.

Unfortunately whilst that allows us to return to the forum with no adverts, we're now more reliant on your donations. Please keep them coming in.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Pea on October 27, 2011, 05:40:03 PM: This is very disappointing news......
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on November 14, 2011, 05:05:54 PM: + PM attachments are now available
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on November 23, 2011, 09:58:47 PM: ! Tapatalk plugin updated

The changelog is as follows:

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1. add subscribed pagination support
2. add pm pagination support
3. add pm/subscribed topic unread number check since last check time
4. add search/who-is-online permission control
5. add user participated forum interface
6. add emoji package

(all above features need app support)

7. fix special character posting issue
8. fix repeated login issue
9. fix magic quote issue on some server
10. fix forum verify issue when guest is banned
11. fix search error log issue
12. fix board icon may not exist issue on some forums
13. fix user name and avatar do not match issue in subscribed topic list
14. fix issue when function 'iconv' does not exists
15. fix mod conflict with SimpleSEF
16. fix on Maintenance Mode, admin can not login issue
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on November 25, 2011, 11:20:43 PM: Tomorrow morning (around 10am GMT) the forums will be taken offline temporarily to allow for an upgrade to our portal software.

The new features include:

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Two new positions for blocks: header and footer.
Revamped permission system with the ability to deny permissions.
Complex display options using PHP expressions for block display.
Implemented basic flood protection for shoutbox.
Introduced group based shoutbox moderators.
Added ability to prune shoutboxes with various options.
Links posted to shoutbox are now shortened.
Added ability to whisper (post private shouts) in shoutbox.
Better handling of ignored users in shoutbox.
Brand new RSS Feed block with a better parser.
Allow selecting blocks (not) to show in pages on page add/edit.
Allow overriding block titles using language strings.

And bug fixes include:

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SMF 2.0.1 and 1.1.15 compatibility.
Improved compatibility with other mods.
Improved Right-To-Left languages support.
Several fixes to package database functions.
Custom theme friendly fix for broken headers.
Unescaped entities in shout dates could break shoutbox.
cutoff tag was displayed when it shouldn't be.
max-height failed on older browsers.
Copyright was misaligned due to recent changes in SMF.
Fixed MySQL 5.5+ compatibility.
Board news pagination link was sometimes broken.
Applied board permissions to the article management area.

Usually a modification upgrade can be done without you noticing but as the Portal is so deeply interconnected with the forums and we have multiple modifications some of these changes will need to be made manually. We apologise for this inconvenience.

This should only take 5-10 minutes to complete.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on November 26, 2011, 12:08:18 PM: This has been postponed slightly as I'm lazy and slept in, it'll be carried out in the next few hours.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on November 26, 2011, 02:34:51 PM: This has now been completed. Please report ANY problems to the helpdesk. I'm not sure if anything has been missed.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on March 14, 2012, 07:18:15 PM: + A new profile option has been added.

This allows you to have a fully profile when selected - see http://www.thefurryforum.com/forums/index.php?action=profile;area=customized (http://www.thefurryforum.com/forums/index.php?action=profile;area=customized) to enable and set it up.

For an example see Zeph's profile (http://www.thefurryforum.com/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=618)

Note: The bugs that occurred in this feature should now be fixed. If there are any further issues, please mark the following helpdesk ticket as unresolved and leave a comment about the problem: http://www.thefurryforum.com/forums/index.php?action=helpdesk;sa=ticket;ticket=157 (http://www.thefurryforum.com/forums/index.php?action=helpdesk;sa=ticket;ticket=157)
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Buddywolf on March 16, 2012, 02:41:49 AM: Yay It actually asks for a buddy approval thing. Now I can know if I am ever added as a buddy buddy :3
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on March 16, 2012, 04:05:18 AM: Old buddy lists have now been converted to the new system. This was done one-way so that only those on your buddy list were added and the buddy didn't have you added as the new system does.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: WingedZephyr on March 28, 2012, 04:35:15 AM: + There's a new FAQ page (http://www.thefurryforum.com/forums/index.php?page=faq) available in the forum menu.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on March 28, 2012, 07:00:32 PM: ! The Portal is in need of an upgrade again. This will occur as soon as possible.

This upgrade brings a number of bug fixes, nothing that important.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on April 02, 2012, 10:49:19 PM: The above has now been completed.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on May 09, 2012, 10:03:03 AM: ! Tapatalk plugin upgraded

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1. fix some content format issue
2. fix some warning issue in error log
3. fix post issue with verification
4. fix participated topic and user profile view can not work issue in some case
5. fix can not send pm issue in some case
6. add custom forum icon support
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on August 13, 2012, 07:07:39 PM: ! A new advertisement provider is being trialled. This will hopefully help with costs as my bank account is very low.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: anoni on August 14, 2012, 01:33:59 PM: Just want to mention that the same advertiser gave me an add for "Sexy asians in your area who want to chat!" T_T
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Timmy Fox on August 14, 2012, 02:46:41 PM: I've been seeing a bunch of casino ads... seems like it's the only ones available in my area >.>

That's....probably the worst ad for me, being a poor student and honestly having better stuff spending my money on than casino >.>
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Beatnory on August 14, 2012, 02:52:56 PM: I think it would be fair to tell you all that I use add blocker.

is it not better to use google ads?
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on August 14, 2012, 04:35:43 PM: We used Google Ads previously and they didn't work out as expected.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Timmy Fox on August 14, 2012, 10:09:28 PM: Quote from: Beatnory on August 14, 2012, 02:52:56 PM
I think it would be fair to tell you all that I use add blocker.

is it not better to use google ads?
I also do, but I've set an exception rule for the forum :3
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: JoJoJoshua on August 15, 2012, 01:37:33 AM: Should I see mine up there? o.o
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on August 15, 2012, 02:37:25 AM: It's there, will just be random with the others.

If anyone has any suggestions for gaining income for the forum costs, please let me know.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: anoni on August 17, 2012, 08:44:55 AM: You could work more on donation drives. Maybe set up a sort of fun-raiser, have people willing to donate.

A really good system to use is have a level of degree for donators.
The system my clan uses is this:

Donations are not reset, once you have donated those donations are added to your tally for life.
$5+ = Get a donator rank, get two permissions on the TF2 server, get your name mentioned on the front page and in a sticky post.
$20+ = Get a donator+ Rank, get six permissions on the TF2 server and some permissions on Gmod.
$50+ = Get sponsor rank, get 10 permissions on TF2 server and more on Gmod.

I realize you don't have game servers, so the permissions will have to work a different way, but having different ranks for different donators depending on how much they pay can be a good incentive.

Also, when someone donates and you do get a sizable donation, publicly thanking the donators can make other people feel more inclined to donate so they get thanked as well. Having a sticky thread of all the people who have donated and how much they've donated (ranked most being on top) can also be very helpful.

I also think being more public about the raffle would be a good idea. Maybe put something about it on the front page? Another thing is, if you are actually in financial trouble, doing a public post that you need donations, although is a bit iffy (as in yes, it does make you feel bad) but it will get you a few donations.

My clan does it and we've made over $450 in the last 3 months, purely in donations.

Also an idea we will be implementing to the clan soon is forum achievements, you get achievements for posting x amount, going to x boards, being online x amount of times, posting secret messages and donating :P. We haven't implemented it (or made it yet, we're going to use an original program made by our web development team) but it should be good, increase activity and donations for those who want all the achievements.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Beatnory on August 17, 2012, 10:22:42 AM: sorry anoni but if you donate something you do this becouse you want to help Tweak and this forum and not becouse you want to have a higer rank.
this way you make people how have money more important then people how don't have (much) money.
the hole fandom is about respect each diffrent and being yourself.

I am a supporter that donors have more rights. but not that they are made publibelijk important.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: anoni on August 17, 2012, 12:44:27 PM: Unfortunately Beatnory, I don't think TFF is getting enough donations because of that. The donations are because Tweak is running out of money and if he runs out of money we will have to find someone else to run the site or, dare I say, the site will go down.

I think in times like this, when the actual fate of TFF is at stake, doing what I suggested would be the best way to get more donations. It's not bad, your not charging people to do services that they could normally do for free and your not forcing anyone to pay anything. You're just encouraging more donations, not because we want more money, but because the server needs more money to be up.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Beatnory on August 17, 2012, 12:50:58 PM: it sure will works. it's more how. you put people under social pressure to donate. it makes people unhappy.
but I understand that there is no other choose. I'm against it but I won't complain when there will come so system.

One thing. I would be happy if there is also a possibility to donate without to be a part of this system.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: WingedZephyr on August 17, 2012, 01:17:11 PM: Thank you for the suggestions, Anoni. Whether or not we can implement something similar, we appreciate the help.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Otebon Albrecht on August 17, 2012, 01:35:35 PM: In a way, you are both right.

Donators should offer their hard-earned money because they feel it is a good thing to do, but some do it for the perks associated with being a donator. The way I understand it works now is that if you donate at all you receive "Donator" status which changes your profile name's color to purple (assuming you aren't part of staff), turns your paw prints purple and gives you one to show that you are "Rank 1" of the Forum, gives you a few added features like the ability to save your posts to draft and play more games in the Arcade, enters your name into the monthly raffle (which is linked to on the Portal Page in the top three posts when it's updated), and writes your name in a Donator Page that I've forgotten where it is (>_>).

When you donate, however, you don't (by any means) HAVE to have your name proclaimed for the world to see as you can have it all appear as Anonymous (Tweak and WZ can still see your name as they still enter you into the raffle and give you the donator perks).

I could be wrong and I encourage people to do their research and double check me, but that's how the system works as I understand it currently.

I guess the thing of it is, when people do something nice and they see that others know it, that encourages them to do it. When I was learning to become an instructor for martial arts, my Master told me to "Punish in private. Praise in public." What he meant was that if someone does something that you have to punish, don't chew them out in front of everyone as that is overly embarrassing. But if they do something worthy of praise, tell them in front of others. It gives everyone around the notice that such-and-such a behavior is acceptable (and worthy of praise) as well as gives the person receiving the praise that little added boost as they know that they did well, and so does everyone else.

I'm a big fan of Donator Perks as I find it follows that system.

In other news, I'm free to help raise money for the form Tweak. Although I may not really have any ideas worthwhile (I guess I could do a fundraising project like Puncia did... but I'm worthless for designing avatars. Perhaps I could do story commissions for charity?) I'm available to help if you give me a job to do.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Timmy Fox on August 17, 2012, 05:34:51 PM: I'm okay with the donator drives stuff until' it comes to the point of "pay this and get this awesome thing". I mean more, sure donating your hard earned money is of course something to be encouraged and being featured as a donator is nice, but when it becomes a "donate to get more content!" as in "donate to access these boards!" or "donate to get these much better privileges!" is where I'd cross my line. Being an underage student and quite broke, I swear, if I had the money I would donate a LOT to this forum, but I barely have $10 for myself currently and much less have I been able to use paypal (I just were able to get it few months ago). I'm sure I'm not the only one in this situation and while I wouldn't mind to see people donating and getting nice thank yous for that, from my perspective it's less fun to see those that are able to donate get better things and priveliges because they donated.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Tweak on August 18, 2012, 12:29:38 AM: The forums won't become like that if I can help it. I prefer to provide them for free. In the current circumstances I just do not have the needed funds to secure the hardware for another year.

It's likely any fundraisers etc we run will lead to benefit everyone here. ;)
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Puncia on August 18, 2012, 11:20:24 AM: I don't mind the small bonuses donators get, they're well deserved but nothing users can't go without and still enjoy the forum fully. Many online games have burned themselves on being free to play and then forcing users to pay in order to get the full gaming experience. I'm glad Tweak has a higher standard.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Beatnory on August 18, 2012, 11:31:39 AM: isn't is better to use a cheap hosting. I don't know what what the requirements for the hardware. but this way it can be cheaper.
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: Kyriin on August 19, 2012, 05:24:17 AM: Quote from: Tweak on August 18, 2012, 12:29:38 AM
In the current circumstances I just do not have the needed funds to secure the hardware for another year.

As I've probably told you before, if you need anything to lean on server-wise, I'm more than happy to let you host the forums and IRC on my dedi if anything happens. I'm sure it could handle it. You know this, anyway!~ I've told you probably millions of times I'm always happy to help some way or another. Especially since I haven't donated (yet!)
Title: Re: Forum changes
Post by: anoni on August 19, 2012, 06:05:50 AM: I'm sure the problem with hosting the server on your dedicated is (unless you're renting it from an external company) it's based in Australia. As a minority of server members live in Australia, it would mean, generally, worse connection for a majority of the forum.

That and security, but I do agree, I still think in desperate times like these, we should think about using a cheaper method of server hosting.