Post by Wycco on Jan 17, 2003 15:27:45 GMT -5
Fairly frequently people ask about the "Donate money" link at the bottom- pop ups and advertising and the various other financial aspect of Shamu Croak- how much it costs me... etc..etc..etc..
Actually- The Shamu Croaks Forum is hosted for free by a company called proboards- they provide the basic forum software and the web address at which Shamu Croaks resides.
Proboards also controls the pop-ups and advertising- they make the bulk of their money by companies such as hotels.net and findwho.com paying them to do pop ups on this forum.
I collect no money from the pop-ups or other advertising. I do not make or collect money from anything related to Shamu Croaks (nor do I pay any monthly fees).
Now regarding the link at the bottom of the page to make donations to get ad-free viewing. This is purely handled by Proboards. If someone makes a donation- the money goes straight to Proboards- and in exchange the next "x" # of clicks on Shamu Croaks will result in no advertising- regardless of who is online.
Feel no obligation to click on the link... I used to pay for such a service back on the origonal Shamu Croaks forum (hosted by XSORBIT)- but since we have moved to Proboards I have not contributed anything to being ad-free myself: so noone should feel it is their duty to do so.
One last note regarding Pop-Up stoppers: I am aware that Proboards now gives you nasty messages if you have a pop-up stopper running on your machine. I am not responsible for that message- and I apologise if you get it.
Just to let you know- Proboards do consider Pop-Up Stoppers to be against their Terms Of Service. Since proboards do provide excellent service for free- I do turn off my pop-up stopper whilst on this site- its the least I can do!
Actually- The Shamu Croaks Forum is hosted for free by a company called proboards- they provide the basic forum software and the web address at which Shamu Croaks resides.
Proboards also controls the pop-ups and advertising- they make the bulk of their money by companies such as hotels.net and findwho.com paying them to do pop ups on this forum.
I collect no money from the pop-ups or other advertising. I do not make or collect money from anything related to Shamu Croaks (nor do I pay any monthly fees).
Now regarding the link at the bottom of the page to make donations to get ad-free viewing. This is purely handled by Proboards. If someone makes a donation- the money goes straight to Proboards- and in exchange the next "x" # of clicks on Shamu Croaks will result in no advertising- regardless of who is online.
Feel no obligation to click on the link... I used to pay for such a service back on the origonal Shamu Croaks forum (hosted by XSORBIT)- but since we have moved to Proboards I have not contributed anything to being ad-free myself: so noone should feel it is their duty to do so.
One last note regarding Pop-Up stoppers: I am aware that Proboards now gives you nasty messages if you have a pop-up stopper running on your machine. I am not responsible for that message- and I apologise if you get it.
Just to let you know- Proboards do consider Pop-Up Stoppers to be against their Terms Of Service. Since proboards do provide excellent service for free- I do turn off my pop-up stopper whilst on this site- its the least I can do!
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