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entry 08/10/08, 19:16
Site Fundraiser

Thanks to the folks who have donated to help support the site. Most of the people donating have chosen not to notify me of their identity, so I'll have to thank them personally here on the forum.

The generous people who have made donations so far have us almolst half way to our goal. I've already paid to renew the software license, so the money received covers the software fees and recharges the fund for the monthly hosting fee. Thank You

I really appreciate your help. It's a shame that the host increases resources in our plan every year, but charges the same fee. It's now reached the point where we have far more resources than we need, but there is no smaller hosting plan (with the amount of control I need to do the job) to drop the price. If it were less money, I'd fund it myself.

Site Software Update

I'm still waiting to find a fix for the RSS import errors using the new software before I upgrade the site. I'll probably submit it as a bug and hope they send me a fix. You win't see any obvious changes outside of added features, mostly in the blog and gallery plugins. The new blog is really cool, because you can choose a featured story. The new template for the blog is also a major improvement.

For those who would like to preview the new software, there's a test board. If you registered there in the past, you can login and take a look around. If you'd like access now, shoot me a pm and I'll pre-register you so you can login. The reason the test board is offline is legally we can only have one public install per license. Test boards are allowed but must be kept offline. If I submit a bug report, they'll be visiting this site to check the error.

Thanks Again!


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post 11/9/08, 17:58
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Well, we only made about $200 toward our goal this time around. The ticker on Amazon shows $170, but I got one check by mail for another $30.

I've kicked in more funds, and also paid to renew the forum software plugins.. so it's ok for the time being.

We'll see what the future brings, as I leave the donate boxes up.

Thanks again to all who donated.

Oh, on the forum software upgrade.. I've put that on hold pending the problem with RSS feeds I discovered. Until they fix that, or I find a workaround, I won't be upgrading the software.

I'll take another serious look in the offseason.. if we keep the site going beyond that.
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post 11/10/08, 14:06
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Mark, when it's time just post a topic in the Jets Forum and I'm sure most will kick in. I tend to ignore the bottom of peoples posts and I'm sure a lot of others do as well.


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post 11/14/08, 1:45
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QUOTE (vro1 @ 11/10/08, 14:06)
Mark, when it's time just post a topic in the Jets Forum and I'm sure most will kick in. I tend to ignore the bottom of peoples posts and I'm sure a lot of others do as well.

It's not a big deal. I don't think people need to be prodded to donate. If I post it'll be the same folks who have given all along to donate, and I'm not going to call on them again. I just kicked in some money into the fund, and that'll be ok for awhile.

Thanks for your concern.

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