Back Up and Changes
Great news, Gen7Accord Club's forum is now back online! It took a grueling 5 hours, but it was worth it. There has been a few major changes:
1. Advertisements - Yes, we now have advertisements! But don't worry, I won't be putting anymore, this is the extent of it. Why? As I've mentioned in my previous posts, simply because we are growing so quickly, that I can no longer privately fund the site in it's current state. These advertisements are in no way making any profit or income, but is a mere fund raising tool to help get us some money to upgrade the server to a dedicated host, thus providing faster service and much less downtime. The plan we're currently using is one of the lowest end plans, and server load really hurts us. Instead of closing down the site, we will need to build some steady funds in order to upgrade to a better host. This will make our awesome community faster and more powerful. We make the most money from clicks on the advertisements, so if you see something you are interested in, please help support the club by visiting the sponsor's site. Google's AdSense is what we use, and they provide very high quality links! So don't be afraid =)
2. Navigation menu changes - The navigation menu is now slightly reorganized. I've added a link to the Blog, and put the link to your Private Messages in the navigation menu at the top as well.
3. Forum Pruning - You will see some really old inactive posts dissapear from the Classifieds now. Classifieds posts will only remain for 60 days without any activity before being removed.
Some new changes to come:
We will be changing the look of the forum very slightly, and doing some house cleaning on the members. We have a lot of spammers who are trying to register, so we will be deleteing all members that have been inactive for a year, and have less than 10 posts. Of course if you would like to keep your account active, and fall into the criteria above, please let me know ASAP so we don't kick you off =)
Thanks for all your support and patience!
1. Advertisements - Yes, we now have advertisements! But don't worry, I won't be putting anymore, this is the extent of it. Why? As I've mentioned in my previous posts, simply because we are growing so quickly, that I can no longer privately fund the site in it's current state. These advertisements are in no way making any profit or income, but is a mere fund raising tool to help get us some money to upgrade the server to a dedicated host, thus providing faster service and much less downtime. The plan we're currently using is one of the lowest end plans, and server load really hurts us. Instead of closing down the site, we will need to build some steady funds in order to upgrade to a better host. This will make our awesome community faster and more powerful. We make the most money from clicks on the advertisements, so if you see something you are interested in, please help support the club by visiting the sponsor's site. Google's AdSense is what we use, and they provide very high quality links! So don't be afraid =)
2. Navigation menu changes - The navigation menu is now slightly reorganized. I've added a link to the Blog, and put the link to your Private Messages in the navigation menu at the top as well.
3. Forum Pruning - You will see some really old inactive posts dissapear from the Classifieds now. Classifieds posts will only remain for 60 days without any activity before being removed.
Some new changes to come:
We will be changing the look of the forum very slightly, and doing some house cleaning on the members. We have a lot of spammers who are trying to register, so we will be deleteing all members that have been inactive for a year, and have less than 10 posts. Of course if you would like to keep your account active, and fall into the criteria above, please let me know ASAP so we don't kick you off =)
Thanks for all your support and patience!
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