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Well yesterday I was informed by the CTO of my webserver, that the site is just simply getting to large, and is causing problems. Even though we did upgrade the yabb forum software, it seems that its still causing problems. I have a few options right now, that I am still undecided what to do. It seems that the forum/chat section of the board has got very popular, and I would hate to see it go.

option:

1. Remove forums & Run the basic site, like last year (35 Month)

2. Have TurboEF9 host our forums through a subdomain and I will host the rest of the site through another server (35 Month) That means New forum software too though, (start from scratch)

3. Run a dedicated server from my home, this means building a server and upgrading our DSL line to more like a small business line. (550 for server/100 a month for dsl)

I have 1 week to figure it out.. :(

Jeff

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first i wanna say thanx for all you and this site have helped me out. Also i was wondering, havent people been sending you money? Well what you should do is charge $1 a month, or more if needed, to run the site like you said in the third option. That should be enough money to keep the site goin. I know id be willing to pay $1 a month to keep this site going.

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you could try setting up an ezboard (http://www.ezboard.com) - or maybe its time to see if anyone else who visits this site wants to help sponsor? :)

Work something out... I might have something for you to advertise in return for some cash.

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Try to find a cheap forum..30 sounds kinda high.

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This site has helped me out alot (and still is, and still will Im sure ;D ). Whatever you decide keep us informed.

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Jeff-

What if you and beau started to sell some stuff to the HMT guys to fund the site? For example all the supplies that are needed to build manifolds and things like that. Put together oil line kits and stuff. Sell if for a small mark up as a fund raiser. Then in support for the site everyone can get the stuff from you guys. I have a pretty good supplier for all my metal. If you guys are interested lets talk and we can work out some details. To save on shipping you can just work through me. Everyone from here can let me know who they are and then I will send any profit from them to you for funding the forum.

Tell ya what.. Right now I have a bunch of d series and zc flanges. I need to unload them. If anyone is interested I'll sell them for $15 plus shipping and send $5 to Jeff for eveyone I sell. I think I paid close to $20 for each. Just doing my part to help.


Todd

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Todd, we have thought about that.. But I want the site just to be able to pay for itself, without me shipping crap to people. I would have done that along time ago, but I'm not in this to make money, and it seems like I'm really going to have to start getting some funds to keep this site alive. I have had about 160 bucks in donations (thanks) But that would be just 1 1/2 months of dsl, heh. and of course all my friends and family are like "you should make everyone pay blah blah" thats not what this site is about.. I will never make it like that at all. I think this site has helped alot of people in saving tons of money and that was my objective.. Now it has just turned into more of a pain in my ass than anything >:(

I dont know whats going to happen right now, because I'm broke, and I would rather finish my race car than build a server and pay 100 a month to keep these forums alive.

Jeff frank

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First I would like to thank Jeff for the site and trying everything he can do to keep the forums alive and free. It's great there are still people out there on the internet trying to help and not just make a buck. I have learned so much and saved a lot of money because of this site. Having a place I can go to ask questions and opinions from people who really know what their doing is awsome. I would hate to see the forums go, but if there's no way to keep the forums how about just having chat rooms or an instant message type program. Something we can all download and run on our computers so the load on the server would be minimal. Just another idea...

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Well, the chatroom now is alive and kickin'.

It gets a little slow during the day, but there are ALWAYS people in there..

At night there is normally 15+ people in there all chatting..

We need to see the support to know what direction we're going to take.

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i know its more work, but how about t-shirts or some ---- like that? if you found someone to make em cheap i'm sure you could make a bunch of money, but again, thats sort of a pain in the ass. i would be down to donate some more money, i seriously love reading here. i dont understand why less than 20 people or whatever donated, when there are hundreds of people here, but thats ok.....if i were you i would want to get my racecar done too......good luck man, whatever you decide will have to do.