psaboy Posted August 30, 2021 Posted August 30, 2021 15 hours ago, DK_Barons said: sure, just pick the cash/check option and it will give you my mailing address Thanks, got it check on it's way tomorrow. Quote
MDAlum82 Posted September 4, 2021 Posted September 4, 2021 How much to I need to donate to shut off the inane "badges" alerts? Sheesh.... 1 Quote
gonzoron Posted September 4, 2021 Posted September 4, 2021 1 minute ago, MDAlum82 said: How much to I need to donate to shut off the inane "badges" alerts? Sheesh.... Once you get to 10 it slows down 1 Quote
nmsu_aggie Posted September 5, 2021 Posted September 5, 2021 C’mon folks… we are only $15 from the halfway point for full funding for the GID. I want to see more booster badges on here!! 1 Quote
Donnie Baker Posted September 13, 2021 Posted September 13, 2021 I’m ready for my ads to disappear, I swear to God I am 2 Quote
FinePrint Posted September 17, 2021 Posted September 17, 2021 Great use for my Capital One rewards points!! Ready for my adds to take a hike! 4 Quote
globemstr3 Posted October 20, 2021 Posted October 20, 2021 On 8/18/2021 at 10:16 PM, DK_Barons said: It's (past) that time again. A new year is upon us. There are teams to support and bills to pay. There is a now a new Booster group available. The old group is now once again exposed to the ads on the site. To be placed in the Booster 2021-22 group and have the ads hidden from view until July 1, 2022 make a donation of $30 or more anytime this fiscal year. Thank you for all your past and your continued support of the Gridiron Digest. I wanna help is all. No stones thrown here. Just help maybe. Its apparent you have a domain name. Dont know how many members we have but lets say for chuckles 1500. I think the site uses an onsite Server as Ive seen a request for RAM and such? Have you ever considered transferring it to a Web Site hosting company (other than Go Daddy) as it would eliminate most homegrown costs? Really curious how it costs 3000+ for a basic forum? No harm no foul. Just a question. Quote
DK_Barons Posted October 21, 2021 Author Posted October 21, 2021 9 hours ago, globemstr3 said: I wanna help is all. No stones thrown here. Just help maybe. Its apparent you have a domain name. Dont know how many members we have but lets say for chuckles 1500. I think the site uses an onsite Server as Ive seen a request for RAM and such? Have you ever considered transferring it to a Web Site hosting company (other than Go Daddy) as it would eliminate most homegrown costs? Really curious how it costs 3000+ for a basic forum? No harm no foul. Just a question. I have been kicked off of 3 different shared hosting companies due to a breach of contract. This forum dominates the processor (actually MySQL is what does it) and it isn't fair to the others sharing the space. We had one that was just $7 a month for hosting and their bandwidth caps were large enough based on our past use at the time. so we set up there and didn't last 60 days until I go the eviction email stating we were breaking their network. I think that was the last one before I rented a dedicated server then later we got our own and collocate it in Fort Wayne. 1 Quote
DK_Barons Posted October 21, 2021 Author Posted October 21, 2021 9 hours ago, globemstr3 said: I wanna help is all. No stones thrown here. Just help maybe. Its apparent you have a domain name. Dont know how many members we have but lets say for chuckles 1500. I think the site uses an onsite Server as Ive seen a request for RAM and such? Have you ever considered transferring it to a Web Site hosting company (other than Go Daddy) as it would eliminate most homegrown costs? Really curious how it costs 3000+ for a basic forum? No harm no foul. Just a question. I forgot to touch on the costs. Our collation is just over $200 a month. I budget it at $2500 a year. The forum software went up from $170/yr to $240/yr this fall (they hadn't changed the price for e over 10 years though). Our SSL certificate runs $399 every 2 years so $200/yr. We own the .net, .com, .org, and .info URLs which costs about $100/yr to keep the registrations up to date. To keep the hard drives on a 3 year replacement rotation it costs between $100/yr to $150/yr depending on the current market prices. Then there's all the hours I put in that would be billed at $75-$100/hr that I charge exactly $0/yr for 🙂. I'm sure that are a few minor incidentals I'm leaving out but it's pretty easy to see how quickly we reach an annual operating cost north of $3k. I don't mind sharing these numbers at all. I think I had a similar post on a recent years post where it was ask. I think this thing has far outgrew anything Tim ever imagined when he started it up. 3 4 Quote
nmsu_aggie Posted October 21, 2021 Posted October 21, 2021 10 hours ago, DK_Barons said: I forgot to touch on the costs. Our collation is just over $200 a month. I budget it at $2500 a year. The forum software went up from $170/yr to $240/yr this fall (they hadn't changed the price for e over 10 years though). Our SSL certificate runs $399 every 2 years so $200/yr. We own the .net, .com, .org, and .info URLs which costs about $100/yr to keep the registrations up to date. To keep the hard drives on a 3 year replacement rotation it costs between $100/yr to $150/yr depending on the current market prices. Then there's all the hours I put in that would be billed at $75-$100/hr that I charge exactly $0/yr for 🙂. I'm sure that are a few minor incidentals I'm leaving out but it's pretty easy to see how quickly we reach an annual operating cost north of $3k. I don't mind sharing these numbers at all. I think I had a similar post on a recent years post where it was ask. I think this thing has far outgrew anything Tim ever imagined when he started it up. Thank you for what you do DK. I might also add that all of the content moderators on here are not compensated for their time (or their troubles)! I can think of very few investments that I have made over the past few years, that have given me as much enjoyment as the DIgest, and I don't read but about 15% of the topics. 3 Quote
foxbat Posted October 23, 2021 Posted October 23, 2021 On 10/21/2021 at 10:15 AM, nmsu_aggie said: Thank you for what you do DK. I might also add that all of the content moderators on here are not compensated for their time (or their troubles)! I can think of very few investments that I have made over the past few years, that have given me as much enjoyment as the DIgest, and I don't read but about 15% of the topics. Most folks probably spend more per month on a gym membership that they never use than on GID for the year ... and probably don't enjoy the gym half as much when they go as GID. Then again, there is always that one friend that you have that keeps asking you for your Netflix password. 3 Quote
DumfriesYMCA Posted October 25, 2021 Posted October 25, 2021 Can someone tag me tomorrow and remind me to become a booster. I read PayPal wrong and my thing doesn’t process until midnight lol Quote
sr1 Posted October 25, 2021 Posted October 25, 2021 I will try to remember to contact you tomorrow Quote
DK_Barons Posted October 26, 2021 Author Posted October 26, 2021 22 hours ago, DumfriesYMCA said: Can someone tag me tomorrow and remind me to become a booster. I read PayPal wrong and my thing doesn’t process until midnight lol Quote
DumfriesYMCA Posted October 26, 2021 Posted October 26, 2021 27 minutes ago, DK_Barons said: I’m here I’m just still waiting on this darn money to transfer “Taking a little longer” 🙄🙄🙄 this is why I hate PayPal btw I got a expired certificate today for the site Quote
DK_Barons Posted October 26, 2021 Author Posted October 26, 2021 3 hours ago, DumfriesYMCA said: btw I got a expired certificate today for the site Yeah, it expired at 3:00am today. I installed a new one after lunch today. Quote
DumfriesYMCA Posted October 26, 2021 Posted October 26, 2021 11 minutes ago, DK_Barons said: Yeah, it expired at 3:00am today. I installed a new one after lunch today. Very nice transfer processed and I just donated. Thanks for keeping the site running Quote
jtsprung Posted October 28, 2021 Posted October 28, 2021 How do I get the ads to disappear? I made my $30 donation today, but they are still there, or do I need just be patient? Quote
DK_Barons Posted October 28, 2021 Author Posted October 28, 2021 1 hour ago, jtsprung said: How do I get the ads to disappear? I made my $30 donation today, but they are still there, or do I need just be patient? It's manual, I will go check on it for you. Quote
jtsprung Posted October 28, 2021 Posted October 28, 2021 1 hour ago, DK_Barons said: It's manual, I will go check on it for you. Thanks! Quote
globemstr3 Posted October 30, 2021 Posted October 30, 2021 Please accept my donation of 25 Dollars on behalf of MDAlum82 to your general fund. Keep up the good work. Thank You! 1 Quote
nmsu_aggie Posted October 30, 2021 Posted October 30, 2021 C’mon folks!! We are only $275 away from meeting budget for this site and we are two weeks away from determining sectional championships. I personally hope y’all will consider donating so that the GID exceeds the needed funds to operate. 1 Quote
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