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[MattF]

Cool - let's host it at Matt's.....

VB and MySQL. Ooh, that combination is getting me all tingly..........


not.

[pirate-storm]

although i prob cant afford it but im willing to pay £20 a year to keep forum id be lost without you guys as i cant fix my truck myself

[MattF]

Just going on a slightly different tack Andy/Nigel, have you ever considered using a forum software that is possibly less resource intensive than VB? (Working on the assumption that server load itself is one of the problems you are having).

[MudSurfer]

Just going on a slightly different tack Andy/Nigel, have you ever considered using a forum software that is possibly less resource intensive than VB? (Working on the assumption that server load itself is one of the problems you are having).

That's what we're talking about, bringing your talent to the table - what sort of work would be involved in moving to a Unix/Linux environment and not losing any of the data stored???

[Albannach]

still waitin in for my stickers

I didn't get any stickers, but that's not why I subscribed. I subscribed because I'd found the info I got from here saved me a fortune.

What about chargin to change your user name!!!!!

I suggested that to Koi, just after I changed mine

One suggestion for financing the site but keeping it free for newbies and lurkers is: Annual Site Costs/Number of fee paying members = Annual membership fee.

How about deleting accounts not posted from, for say one month after creation? But e-mail the user before deletion asking for a contribution.

Tiered memberships is a great idea, as is micro shops and affiliate links to Milners, LAS, Tony (sorry, but you make money from here too), 4Crawler and Rough Trax.

What needs to be remembered is that individually, most of the ideas in this thread won't be enough, but collectively they could keep the forum alive.

[KERRSURF]

I just asked a newbie for a tenner and he is paypaling the money.

job done.

get out there troops and get collecting!

[MattF]

If I remember correctly, Lucky would already have a good idea on that side of things. I believe his areas of interest/expertise include SQL, PHP and the like.

[Bibs]

I just asked a newbie for a tenner and he is paypaling the money.

job done.

get out there troops and get collecting!

I'll do my bit an put a flyer on the one next to my work. Where are the flyers you can print out????

I do have the URL on my bonnet for all to see for advertising

[Albannach]

I just asked a newbie for a tenner and he is paypaling the money.

job done.

get out there troops and get collecting!

To you or Koi?

[KERRSURF]

To you or Koi?

you mean it's meant to go to Koi?

[KERRSURF]

here look, he actually went for it, good lad.

Bahamas no less.

http://www.hiluxsurf.co.uk/forums/sh...ad.php?t=42380

[Apache]

You sad fXXXer I will send you mine .......that's not the point ..I don't want them ...I just to be able to post and ask for help...

You dont ... want... them?!

I sweat blood!

[Apache]

"How about deleting accounts not posted from, for say one month after creation? But e-mail the user before deletion asking for a contribution."

Great idea! Most of them are just after referrals anyway, and if they dont wanna stump up some readies for that, screw em!

Other than that, what Nero and Mud said...

[MattF]

Just on another slight sidetrack, whereabouts, if you don't mind me asking, is the problem area or bottleneck? Is it merely the volume of data being transferred per week/month, searches impacting db performance, other limits or restrictions? What is causing most load and/or performance issues? (Other than VB).

[OzTec]

Install one of these and try viewing your webpage:

http://www.seamonkey-project.org/
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

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