davieG Posted 30 May 2007 Posted 30 May 2007 Hello and welcome to Foxestalk In case you didn't know this forum is an independent and privately run forum. It's paid for and administered by Mark. Mark does this at a personal cost to himself, he has fought hard against rising costs to the idea of having the site swamped with annoying adverts and pop ups, yes even porn site ones for MasterFox in order to maintain it's appeal and to keep it 'clean' for all forum members. He's not implemented any subscription/joining fee as he wishes to ensure it's available to all LCFC fans and other visitors. That said a site like this doesn't come cheap so if you feel that you get: All the very latest football gossip Enjoyment and laughter Thought provoking banter, yes even Thracian and Hullfox's And would like to make a contribution then a PayPal link has now been attached at the bottom of every page. davieG (In case you're wondering I'm not related to Mark in any way in fact I've never even met him, I just appreciate the tremendous job he does with this site and his extremely generous nature in providing it free to all of us.)
davieG Posted 1 June 2007 Author Posted 1 June 2007 Following requests from Anish and others I've asked Mark about the running costs and what was needed to take the forum to the next level, I attach his response: The cost of the forum is £280-300 a year. Since it all began I’ve had to pay that and buy the forum software (which also has to be renewed every 6 months for upgrades) so I’ve spent about a £1000 altogether, and chose not to make a single penny through advertisements, subscriptions as I felt it wouldn’t benefit people’s use of the site.As for taking it up to another level of server, if that was a possibility I’d love to. Search would be on all the time and there won’t be any server busy messages! But the prices are totally out of my reach. The server that a site as large as ours needs would cost at least £150 month, probably pushing more towards 200. I don’t think it’s a possibility so don’t know if that would be worth mentioning? Even if some people say they will donate, I can’t expect people to keep providing money and take the risk of having to pay £150 a month towards it myself. At the time of asking Mark has received 7 donations.
davieG Posted 30 June 2008 Author Posted 30 June 2008 Another year has passed so it's seems appropriate to remind people that if they want to make a contribution I'm sure Mark would appreciate it. davieG
davieG Posted 8 August 2008 Author Posted 8 August 2008 With the new season about to kick off heralding a new dawn a reminder that following LCFC wouldn't be the same without this forum, no flags, no FTFC, no Thracian monologues, no polls, no Dagger's picture parade, no TPH biscuit, nymphs and WTF threads. You know you all love it so dig deep and make a contribution. Thanks in advance. PS - Don't forget to use the shopping link.
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