Link Posted March 2, 2015 Author Share Posted March 2, 2015 Hey eclipse users, as you know once again I pay the server monthly bills to host the site myself which runs me about 130$ Would be really helpful and much appreciated if the members could pitch in the keep the site growing and be more involved.These donations will also help towards member of the month awards and more. The donation page can be found at the top in the navigation bar, thanks to all those who have and who will donate!- Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkywardRiver Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Be helpful to yourself and find cheaper hosting. I got unlimited everything for two years at just under $50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Due to the amount of traffic the site gets it requires a VPS and that's why the cost is high. At least that's what Evan said a year or two ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkywardRiver Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Even so, with some digging you can get a top quality VPS with a bunch of perks for cheaper than that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathtaker26 Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 I'll donate when I get a job, Toothpaste honor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathtaker26 Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 > Even so, with some digging you can get a top quality VPS with a bunch of perks for cheaper than thatVPS's are shared, with Eclipse's traffic, shared hosting wouldn't be effecient, we'd have the server down A LOT MOREI think Zarachi/Link/Yukiro/TooManyUserNames is using a Dedi, which is why the price is so high, which is what he SHOULD be doing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkywardRiver Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 lol I was just told the site had a VPS D: What's going on? lolMy point still stands though. There's more affordable options out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsh Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 It gets pricy, everyone was telling me they could host me on there 5$ a month hosts as well. Trust me, I was getting kicked off the servers I was hosted on because I was to big. Moved to share hosting, was moved to special shared hosting as it was unfair to other users on the same computer as mine. Was told I needed to move to dedicated hosting.High traffic requires special needs. I was paying around 60-80 I believe and the site would go down a good amount in high traffic times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link Posted March 3, 2015 Author Share Posted March 3, 2015 Too much traffic, dedicated server is needed. There is no other option, even if there was I wouldn't want to risk the quality of the site for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathtaker26 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Okay, for future reference, a vps and a dedi are two different things, even if they seem similar.VPS, or Virtual Private Servers are basically virtual machines. You can have many running on one system, so they're "Share hosting" because you're sharing one system with other people. Same for IP Address, they're on the same switch. Well, Dedi's or Dedicated Servers are their own system entirely and run like your regular PC, so you're the only server running on the machine. In a VPS if one website is getting more traffic then you, it's chopping into your own resources.The more ya know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helladen Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Our **Dropbox** link hit its bandwidth limit daily. If you know how big **Dropbox** allows its downloads, it is about 20 GB. That's a lot just from one download.* The total amount of traffic that all of your links together can generate without getting banned is **20 GB per day**.* The total number of downloads that all of your links together can generate is **100,000 downloads per day.**A lot of members visit the site, many of which probably have not registered, but it does get a lot of traffic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VBsix Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Being still relatively new to the forum I might have missed or overlooked something but have you considered adding a monthly donations goal and setting up a graph of sorts somewhere on the homepage for all to see how much is needed to support the site another month?I think this would make it easier for people to decide how much they want to donate instead of thinking up a random number, it may also encourage people to be more generous since they will be presented with a goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeNjO Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I'll donate when I get paid, As above, can you somehow fix up a donation "goal"? So we know how much is covered and how much is left? I think i can muscle up to pay monthly if the above is done. I hate blind donating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link Posted March 3, 2015 Author Share Posted March 3, 2015 Donation goals is a good suggestion, I'll get on it after work today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xelander Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 The day I get a part time job is the day I'll donate, I'm living on a way to tight budget right now. Hope it ends up working out in the end for you Link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeNjO Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 VBsix's suggestion is a good one, if you could make it somehow part of the main forum page? Like above the 'latest scores' and about the same size? Just trying to be helpful. Makes it easy to find but doesn't instantly hit new comers with DONATE NOW and make you look all about the 'monies'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helladen Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 I've added a **Donation Sidebar**.The total cost for the site is $119, it is set to $125 for handle fees.* You will be automatically placed in the **Donator** group upon donation and when you donate, you will get 500 forum points per dollar you donate.* It will keep track of donations at a monthly basis and automatically.* You may only donate $5 and above and are limited to $100 per donation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peaverin Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 That donation bar is a nice addition to the site. Although I haven't got much money now, it encouraged me to donate a little bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyce Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Meep, it uses PayPal which for some reason don't accept my debitcard. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeNjO Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 How I see this now, Link currently has gained $70 towards the website bill that he didn't have before. Anything is a bonus as its money he didn't have. Keep the community alive and donate, I'll be doing it on a monthly basis and hope people will help foot the bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xelander Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 > Meep, it uses PayPal which for some reason don't accept my debitcard. :(If you really want to, I think you can get paypal prepaid cards somewhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyce Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 > If you really want to, I think you can get paypal prepaid cards somewhere?They don't sell these outside of the US and UK, aside from a couple of specific countries I'm afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xelander Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 > They don't sell these outside of the US and UK, aside from a couple of specific countries I'm afraid.Import them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsh Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Or just get a normal credit card and put it in on paypal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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