Topic: Forum keeps going offline

[solarsplace]

Hi

OK, I've made a starting donation

Come on chaps, if everyone just chips in a pound or two then we will have a faster forum in no time

Cheers all.

[Razor]

Hi Stew,

It seems reasonably quick today.  Have you had sufficient donations for the upgrade then?  or is it just a fluke at the moment?

Ray

[PaulP]

I've just donated 6 quid. Come on guys, dig deep!

Let's not take the forum for granted.

Paul

[Yousef]

Thanks peeps, we are at ?21 total so far.
Ill leave it open if we get ?100 ill upgrade.

if not ill refund you donations.

Ceers,
Stew

[Razor]

C'mon guy's, lets do this.  Just donate the price of a curry and we'll be there in no time.

Ray

[Peripatetic Phil]

Thanks peeps, we are at ?21 total so far.
I'll leave it open if we get ?100 i'll upgrade.

Stew, can you clarify, please : are there recurrent cost implications if we upgrade, and if so, what is their approximate magnitude and how would you plan to cover them ?  And what are the recurrent costs for the present site, and how are they covered ?  I would assume that, at the very least, you have to renew the domain name at about ?9-00/year, plus the cost of a basic hosting package.

** Phil.

[Yousef]

Hi,

It would cost 90 per year for a VPS, that would be every year.
At the moment i pay like 40 pounds per year for the hosting, but we have exceeded the space limit with the package.

A VPS means we will have enough space for years to store images and posts.

Stew

[Peripatetic Phil]

OK, so looking at the stats for recent messages I can see ten active members.  We can almost certainly safely double that, because those stats go back only nine hours or so.  Assume, then, a minimum of 20 active members,; on that basis we would each need to chip in a fiver a year to cover the running costs.  Sounds good value to me.  Count me in.

** Phil.

[Vindaloo-crazy]

I'm up for that.