Forum Sponsor

[Rikki]

Hello, I would like to purchase become a forum sponsor soon though I wanted to know something. Will my sponsor service include a forum ad, or just a text ad in the box below the ad which says Forum Sponsors? Either way im still willing to do this, is there anything against reptile related forums?

[Matt_K]

Im not sure how many different ways we need to answer this question.. I believe this is now the second time you have asked this.. We are NOT selling any forum sponserships, photo accounts OR taking any donations at this time..

-Matt

[CamHanna]

I don't mean to put you on the spot Matt, but I wouldn't mind a gold cup under my name. Do you know when all this stuff will be going again? Jeff's been gone longer than I've been a member, maybe it's time that someone more available be givin the authority to manage the site.

Y'all are doing a great job though and I don't mean to get anyones panties in a knot by bringing up old issues.

Cam

[peterm15]

im in the same boat..

[HeatherRose]

I'm with Matt, how many times can we say this...?

We don't know when we'll be able to take donations again. We know as much as the rest of you, in fact.

We're not hoarding any donation taking powers just for fun, you know :p

[Matt_K]

I can honestly say that I don't know when or even IF they will be available again.. Jeff has requested that no one donate or anything, and he did that a while ago, as he didn't need the donations any longer. As soon as we (Mods) hear something, you guys will be the first to know..

-Matt

[Rikki]

Calm down a little Matt, I was asking about ads before not sponsorship, you dont have to act like that. Very rude and un professional. Anyways, thanks...

[Bartman]

How is that rude? It's been made clear multiple times that no money can be sent by members to the site.

[HeatherRose]

Matt isn't being rude or unprofessional in any form. We're asked this a lot, there's a sticky in the general discussion about this, and you yourself have even asked before about supporting the site. Any way to support the site, it's all the same...we can't do anything about it right now.

[CamHanna]

No prob'm; didn't mean to rock the boat.

PS - I don't thinks Matt's rude, witty, but never rude.o>

[Rikki]

Lol, yeah.... Well sorry if "I" sounded rude.... No worries...

[marisa]

Hey, it's a GOOD thing when a website doesn't need donations for once is it not? I understand wanting forums or banners, they will come back in time. But for now, yay! It's free! :D

Marisa

[bighillreptiles]

seems a little stupid to me that a few can keep as many pick as they want and others that want a account can't get one just my 2cents worth

[marisa]

Paul I'd respond but I honestly do not even know what you are saying here:

"seems a little stupid to me that a few can keep as many pick as they want"

THe people who have already donated get NOTHING extra but a gold cup gif image, and a photo account. Photo accounts can be had anywhere on the internet, not just at ssnakess.com

Marisa

[CamHanna]

I think Paul's point was that some members can have lots of their photos hosted while others, who are willing to support the site, cannot. I have found www.imageshack.us to be a very good host.

[marisa]

But what's the differance between using ssnakess.com photo hosting and someone elses? I mean heck, there are tons of free ones out there even. I understand *totally* wanting to donate, just not the anger that seems to be associated during this time when the site is simply not taking anymore. It's not really a big deal in my mind. I didn't even donate before they cut it off....I don't really feel I am missing anything. I simply host my photos elsewhere, and that's about all! :D

Marisa

[HeatherRose]

I'm with Marisa on this... I don't understand why people just don't get a photo account at www.photobucket.com ... it's completely compatible with ssnakess, and even has an [img] tagged link all set up for you.

[spidergecko]

The reason I think it is better to have space here is that it is more likely someone interested in seeing my animals will actually see them here when they browse the gallery. Admittedly, the gallery doesn't seem to be used the same way I've seen it used on other boards (eg: regular comments, posting, etc.) JMO.

However, it makes no difference to me because my internet provider (Rogers) gives hundreds of Mb in space.

[peterm15]

rogers gives space for pics... where

[Steve]

I don't like the whole 'no donation' thing because some people who would like to have a banner or some other advertisement on the site can't. This seems to only let the existing advertisers been seen

[Matt_K]

We all share your frustration.. And we all understand that members don't find it 'fair' or whatever else. I just don't understand why we have to keep beating this dead horse.. This issue has been discussed about 20 times now.. It comes up monthly and NOTHING has changed..

We (the Mods) are not the ones that decided we didn't want/need donations anymore, nor are we the ones who were offering Banners, Forums, Personal Classified Forums or Photo Galleries. We're just aswering what we can, and as frustrating as that may be, it's all we can offer at this time.. There is a thread/post on this made by Jeff which explains everything, I suggest anyone that is upset by not being able to donate, search for it and read it for yourself.

-Matt

[ReneeB]

Could one of the mods sticky Jeff's post about this to the top of the general forum for us that an't find the post while searching (I keep getting the 60 seconds thing even if I haven't been here all day, and yes I've cleared every cache, cookie, etc from the site from my system), as well didn't Jeff change his name on here to something else?

Perhaps Jeff could give a mod (or a few mods) some admin powers while he is away to help members out more than they can now?

[Matt_K]

http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=51971&perpage=15&highlight=server&pagenumber=3

[ReneeB]

Thanks Matt.. couldn't find it under Jeff's name, now I see why..
:)

[spidergecko]

Originally posted by peterm15
rogers gives space for pics... where

First off, I meant "tens of Mb" not hundreds. I was writing different than I was thinking :rolleyes:

I am talking about webspace. You have 7 webspace accounts with Rogers and each one gives 15 Mb so you get 105 Mb of free space. With the new move to Geocities and Rogers' quest for money vs. customer care, the webspace is becoming useless for anything more than storage. I use it now just so bandwidth isn't taken from my paid hosting account.

[marisa]

If you use the rogers webspace with geocities, they give you more than standard storage, and i think it's 1 or 3 gb of transfer a month, which is more than geocities normally does....and your rogers one has no ads on it like the free one. So in reality you are getting more since the merge. And also Rogers pays THEM for the merge, not the other way around. :| But obviously not the time or place to discuss this. :D :D

In any case, admin powers for us won't help as we still cannot accept donations. :) Although it would be convienent to be able to make a "Crested Geckos by Matt_K" forum so he'll stop clogging the exsisting one with his army. :D :D :D

Marisa

[Matt_K]

Originally posted by CamHanna
PS - I don't thinks Matt's rude, witty, but never rude.o>

Is this Sarcasm young man??????

Thanks man, at least there are a few people who can tell the difference!! :D

-Matt

[bighillreptiles]

Well Im saying is that if sSNAKESs ever start to axcept accounts again I also would like one but what can one do but wait it out till Jeff gets his a$$ in gear So the Mods can Stop getting harassed over his neglect of his site my 2 cents worth

[marisa]

The site isn't being neglected!

How is NOT wanting your money hurting you?!?!

YES it sucks you can't have photo hosting, but its available EVERYWHERE.

Yes it sucks people can't get banners, again there are other places to advertise.

I cannot believe so many people are upset that they can't give their money to someone! It's like being mad at IGA for not selling fruit anymore. It's THEIR choice! Thank goodness Jeff doesn't need donations anymore, that means financially the site is doing just fine!

Let's drop this now because as Matt pointed out, its a dead horse being beaten for no reason at all.

Marisa

[marisa]

I am closing this now because it's pointless to keep it open.

The website going perfectly fine as it is now, and although some cannot handle that, I will not allow anyone to come and say Jeff is doing this or that when in reality, its no ones business but ssnakess.com when it comes to taking donations or not.

CLOSED - And any other threads started on this topic will also be closed.

Marisa