Adds on top and bottom of the posts I can live with.

But these bloody adds all through posts are getting damn annoying

How do I get rid of these damn things.

The more threads and posts I read about this 'issue' the more I'd like to see what all the fuss is about.

Then again, maybe not. 

The adds are a lot more welcome than the posts from some people here.

Sprintcyclist wrote on May 6^th, 2020 at 5:37pm:


I agree, Sprint. I keep getting one for Muslim brides - 100% "intact", papers available upon enquiry.

I'll have to ask Gordon what it means.

Valkie wrote on May 6^th, 2020 at 5:22pm:


Get an effective ad blocker.

FD says he is running this place at a loss of $250.00 per month.

He has always had income from ads.......and still...a net loss of $250.00 a month...he says.

Frankly, I do not believe him, but, on the other hand, he is not seeking financial assistance from Members.

He says he has a dedicated server and that is what is costing him....large.

I don't understand it all.

I took over a diminishing Forum, a large one in its prime, and the Owner was a very ill bloke, and it cost me about $250.00 a year.

I am damn sure Monk is not paying $250.00 a month to run his Forum.

Jasin wrote on May 6^th, 2020 at 9:24pm:



how much have you donated?

Part of the problem is no or very few new members coming and the inevitable drop off of existing members—I have not seen Phemanderac post for years now and he was a good poster, high quality posts.

Cleaning up the front page as I have suggested might help to get visitors to join.

I think a dedicated server is extravagant—and if it goes down in the middle of the night here there is no one to tell Hostgator about it. With a shared server plenty other website Admins will be screaming to Hostgator, some in the same or adjacent time zones to it—i.e. would be screaming to Hostgator during our night.

Transferring from YABB to an SQL based platform would do the most good, going by what FD said about it. Be a nightmare to export/import all the data (posts, avatars, PMs, passwords, user groups etc) from YABB to another platform unless this is done by the host. Not sure what platform allows for MRBs, phpBB3 doesn’t, really, (use Forum Moderator functions?) Then move to a better host than hostgator.

phpBB3 will alllow Forum Moderators to be appointed—some permissions for this role are global so, like here, a Forum/MRB Mod will not be able to ban members from his or her board.

WARNING:

Members will have problems posting YouTubes and other media for people on Windoze10. Well, not posting but members using W10 won’t be able to see them.

I have not seen anything yet to convert a YaBB forum to a database style forum, so we would start afresh, and keep this one online somewhere as a read only thing.

We had a lot more issues with the site going offline back when we were on a VPS. Sometimes it was me who requested the reboot or whatever the fix was. But it has definitely been a lot better since the upgrade. Not enough to justify the expense but.

I will look into making the ads work, then consider my options in terms of downgrading the hosting and switch the forum software. I have only heard that report about resource consumption from one person, so I am still a bit skeptical about it.

I am about to move from phbBB3.3 to paid-for software. I have added an enhanced search module—cost me a bit over $200 and I will need to pay a small sum yearly to be able to receive support, download updates etc. Will be good. Just waiting for a phpBB3.3 migration module.

You can all move to Naffy’s board.

It does use processor cycles and bandwidth and produces only trouble on OzPol. Why not put ads in the PA board? Then at least it does something for the whole site.

GMods meddling in MRBs is going to send OzPol on another downward turn as are ads within posts.

As to less trouble on the dedicated server—this place goes down more often than my place.

I look at it every day.

Look at as in look at.

His opinion has been noted and will be taken into consideration.

"Where are these bloody adds (sic) coming from?"

Scotty from Marketing?   

Jovial Monk wrote on May 9^th, 2020 at 5:08pm:

I don't think you even know what you're trying to say most of the time.  Skunk.

freediver wrote on May 9^th, 2020 at 10:55am:



That's nice.
I will be sorry to lose Ozpolitic in its present form.
It's the best Australian forum right now.

Monk da Skunk waltzes in from his PA Forum to tell FD how to run his.