AS Running Costs and Suggestions Thread

[stripped fred]

Sounds OK to me. At least worth trying for a while to see how it goes.

[martybabes]

I haven't paid anything yet?  What do I do, and when?

[worldofceri]

Sounds like a good plan, however there seems to be shiteists queueing up to chuck money at the site at the moment, so I'd be inclined to stick with self-funding for now.

[Rod/b]

Sounds like a good plan, however there seems to be shiteists queueing up to chuck money at the site at the moment, so I'd be inclined to stick with self-funding for now.

I would if I knew how to

[Stanky]

Linky to the FundRazr page can be found in the first post

[JohnDeere]

Catching up after being quiet on the forum for a while - sidetracked with life and other things.  Have added my bit to the Fundrazr bucket.

 

A question: are there any savings to be had (and performance/reliability to be gained) by moving hosting to a cloud provider like Amazon Web Services?  I run my (admittedly tiny) Wordpress site in AWS and it's free for the first year.

[Stanky]

Thanks JD

 

Potentially, though the bit that we get hit for is the data transfer - the actual stoage used by the site is pretty small but the nature of forums is that a disproportionate amount of data - images, videos, etc - gets requested by members and thats where AWS will crucify you.

 

The current hosting has a very generous data transfer allowance and dedicated bandwidth, again something which cloud providers won't give you - 90% of the time its fine, but its a pain in the backside when you have a noisy neighbour on the shared hosting who keeps destroying the network.

[KruJoe]

Just did my first donate to the new fund, and was very proud to see you've chosen a Castle_Cleland pic for our front page!

Cheers for the hard work, chaps. Much appreciated.

[Longblackcoat]

Here you go chaps, have some dosh. 

[fiatdaft]

What's the link again?

 

 

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[fiatdaft]

Or copy the link again .

 

 

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[fiatdaft]

 

 

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[Cavcraft]

Just did my first donate to the new fund, and was very proud to see you've chosen a Castle_Cleland pic for our front page!

Cheers for the hard work, chaps. Much appreciated.

Actually, that reminds me I owe a few quid for the driveshaft things for the Ignis.

[KruJoe]

... and for the Ignis

 

Can you do BACS, Billy? I'll pm...

[Cavcraft]

Thanks, Joe and huge apologies for forgetting

[Guest Breadvan72]

e-Zlotys sent.

[Rod/b]

If i donate, can i borrow that goat to come and lean against my car?

[Stanky]

I believe the goat may have been structural.

[KruJoe]

Ha ha, you bunch of townies!

 

 

It's a sheep, not a bloody goat! 

 

[anonymous user]

I thought it was a Laaaaada

[HillmanImp]

I did think that was a goat too from the photo.

 

Mainly as I've never seen a sheep fight with a Lada. Here is a photo of a goat thats already won.

 

 

Anyhow, I've also made a payment. I paid a couple of times before but the lack of transparency put me off a regular payment. Not read the thread but expect the people who do the work to charge a wage for their time.

[fred]

Still reckon a 10 percent donation from car sales / Roffles are in order here , bring in a few shekels

[anonymous user]

e-Zlotys sent.

Presumably a refund is in order, or is it like the DVLA?

[The Moog]

Presumably a refund is in order, or is it like the DVLA?

It was refunded this morning.