New Side Bar

[boro_boy]

I will be installing a new sidebar and placing 2 adverts on it. Please can I have some feedback, these banners will help to pay for the site. I am also thinking about having a paid section where there will be no adverts for just £1 per month.

I need your feedback though as you are the people who use the forum.

Thanks :nod:

[thereyouhaveit]

well as long as theres a skin on the board where its ad free for the members thats all that matters, right now im using the purple one so I dont have to put up with that bar and the other ad that shows up in posts.

[boro_boy]

well as long as theres a skin on the board where its ad free for the members thats all that matters, right now im using the purple one so I dont have to put up with that bar and the other ad that shows up in posts.
Yeah we will have a non ad version. :)

I'm going to see how much we make with the sidebar for this coming week as i'm off. If it doesn't perform then i'll probably end up removing it.

[thereyouhaveit]

well you been doing forums long enough to know members aint keen on ads all over the place as well as popups but having skins ad free for members is a way out of pissing off so many ;)

[boro_boy]

Yeah especially the regulars. I've made so many mistakes in the past 5 years, lol.

[thereyouhaveit]

well I aint going to argue that :)

[boro_boy]

Haha, I don't think anyone can really. Hopefully though, the new adverts will help fund the site as i'm broke at the moment and will be till the new year / when my wages will be sorted.

[thereyouhaveit]

then go for a smaller package on your hosts till the forums backup and active, cant see it using much resources right now.

[boro_boy]

Nah its not, I already dropped down one level. There are loads of different ones now, guess it won't harm having a look at them.

[thereyouhaveit]

what you paying now $30ish a month?

[boro_boy]

$48 :icon_redface: I'm just looking at the cheaper ones now.

[thereyouhaveit]

$48 :icon_redface: I'm just looking at the cheaper ones now.

:yikes: wow, I think mines about £17 a month and working great

[boro_boy]

Who are you with?

[thereyouhaveit]

Virtual Private Servers - VPS Hosting with cPanel, VPS Hosting with Plesk, VPS Hosting with Directadmin, No setup fees :: KnownHost LLC (http://knownhost.com/services/vps.html)

[boro_boy]

PowerVPS :: Linux cPanel VPS (http://powervps.com/cpanel-vps.php)

Mines the middle one but I got a special deal :)

[thereyouhaveit]

I think its the VPS Ltx one I have, runs our forum great and when you think were 24/7 most times user wise

[boro_boy]

I think its the VPS Ltx one I have, runs our forum great and when you think were 24/7 most times user wise
yeah fair one, i've had no problems at all with powervps at the moment "touch wood" so i'm going to stay with them for the time being.

[thereyouhaveit]

yeah fair one, i've had no problems at all with powervps at the moment "touch wood" so i'm going to stay with them for the time being.


understand that but saying that your paying a lot more when theres no need untill as I said when the forums get more active.

[Craig]

I think I've got to agree with HL here, if the forum can handle a smaller package then cut back a bit and save a bit of cash.

[boro_boy]

I think I might drop down to the lowest package and see how it handles. Should be fine as were not that busy. We could probably survive on a Shared hosting plan at the moment lol

[RedRabbit]

funny; at home I can see the adverts but not at work.... may be it's something I have installed :eusa_think:. Adverts don't bother me and I click on them once in a while to help out (at least I hope it helps out :nodyes:); popups do annoy me, but with firefox hardly get any.

[poolie_chick]

I don't care about ad. banners. They're better than pop-ups.

[Middlesbrough No1 Fan]

I will be installing a new sidebar and placing 2 adverts on it. Please can I have some feedback, these banners will help to pay for the site. I am also thinking about having a paid section where there will be no adverts for just £1 per month.

I need your feedback though as you are the people who use the forum.

Thanks :nod:

its not that shitty one you added a long while ago is it? couldn't stand that sidebar..

[boro_boy]

Its not too bad to be honest, i'm using my brothers pc at the moment and he's got a wide screen. :)

[Powerhitter0418]

I barely even noticed it.

[Middlesbrough No1 Fan]

Thank god i dont use the blue skin..

[Dee4life]

I don't mind it and I will click every so often on the ads to bring in some money.

[boro_boy]

thanks but you don't need to click.

[TorquayMadChris]

I will be installing a new sidebar and placing 2 adverts on it. Please can I have some feedback, these banners will help to pay for the site. I am also thinking about having a paid section where there will be no adverts for just £1 per month.

I need your feedback though as you are the people who use the forum.

Thanks :nod:

Meh, Seen worse. its ok for me because i have a firefox add-on that allows you to filter pop-ups and flash movies. So all i see is a white box. :thumbup:

[Ronaldo]

I dont like the new sidebar, it makes the blue skin look tacky. I might switch between the purple and green wide skins

[boro_boy]

I've got used to it tbh. Been on for a day.

[Craig]

I see no adverts, although I do see the sidebar... It doesn't look too bad. Especially on a thinner version of the blue skin.

[superally]

doesnt really bother me,i dont really notice it.

[hammer9]

i used Green style without side bar. :undecided:

dont bother make side bar for green style ;):nodyes: