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Donat-o-Meter
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 7:05 pm
by Namu
How difficult would it be to fix the donate a meter. I am not sure what your donations are like now, but fixing it may encourage some donations.
Just a thought.
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 10:31 pm
by DW_ToxicWaste
I have struggled with it. If anyone out there knows how to fix it, I'm all ears.
I don't know PHP at all, so I scour the internet looking for fixes. I see a lot of people with the same problems, and I see some with it working, but I can only find "try this" colutions, not the definitive one.
Any ideas?
Rich (TW)
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 11:14 pm
by DW_WailofSuicide
What might be interesting, although it might be too cutting edge, is to try and get some financial support for the server through advertising. Nothing huge, but maybe a logo that gets displayed before and after a match. Might be worth looking into. I don't think many of the bigger stodgier companies would be willing to do that, but I think it's something that some smaller companies might see the value in. Particularly with UT07 and the massive requirements it surely will take to handle huge numbers of players -- I'm thinking we will start to see this more regularly.
Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 12:17 am
by DW_ToxicWaste
That's actually a really good idea. Why wouldn't say a video card company want to have their logo appear every time a map starts? And with the traffic we get? That's a lot of captive players.
Nice job. I might just follow this one up!
Rich (TW)
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 8:59 am
by Namu
Is the google Ads section that replaced private messages providing you a source of funding?
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 2:29 pm
by DW_ToxicWaste
Not yet it isn't. And I doubt it ever will, but I figured it couldn't hurt to see what happened. I doubt most people have even noticed it, never mind clicked on anything.
Losing the PM section was a coincidence. I was trying to streamline the website a little more, and apparently it disappeared. I'll put it back, but in the mean time, it's still in the navigation bar.
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 3:14 pm
by Namu
So what needs to be done with that goole bar for you get get money for the servers? I have no problem clicking on the ads and seeing what they are about to help you out.
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 5:01 pm
by DW_ToxicWaste
Well, I can't officially say that :cyclopsani:
Thanks for thinking of me. The PM block is back BTW.
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 4:09 am
by kaeolian
Going back to the original subject, is the donato-metre working now it still says no donations have been made but im now seeings numbers come up with names ???
confusion> kaeolian
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 8:15 am
by Stormgirl
check the announcements section for an explanation of that kaeolian :)