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Namu
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How difficult would it be to fix the donate a meter. I am not sure what your donations are like now, but fixing it may encourage some donations.

Just a thought.
Namu
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I have struggled with it. If anyone out there knows how to fix it, I'm all ears.

I don't know PHP at all, so I scour the internet looking for fixes. I see a lot of people with the same problems, and I see some with it working, but I can only find "try this" colutions, not the definitive one.

Any ideas?

Rich (TW)
DW_WailofSuicide
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What might be interesting, although it might be too cutting edge, is to try and get some financial support for the server through advertising. Nothing huge, but maybe a logo that gets displayed before and after a match. Might be worth looking into. I don't think many of the bigger stodgier companies would be willing to do that, but I think it's something that some smaller companies might see the value in. Particularly with UT07 and the massive requirements it surely will take to handle huge numbers of players -- I'm thinking we will start to see this more regularly.
DW_ToxicWaste
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That's actually a really good idea. Why wouldn't say a video card company want to have their logo appear every time a map starts? And with the traffic we get? That's a lot of captive players.

Nice job. I might just follow this one up!

Rich (TW)
Namu
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Is the google Ads section that replaced private messages providing you a source of funding?
Namu
DW_ToxicWaste
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Not yet it isn't. And I doubt it ever will, but I figured it couldn't hurt to see what happened. I doubt most people have even noticed it, never mind clicked on anything.

Losing the PM section was a coincidence. I was trying to streamline the website a little more, and apparently it disappeared. I'll put it back, but in the mean time, it's still in the navigation bar.
Namu
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So what needs to be done with that goole bar for you get get money for the servers? I have no problem clicking on the ads and seeing what they are about to help you out.
Namu
DW_ToxicWaste
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Well, I can't officially say that :cyclopsani:

Thanks for thinking of me. The PM block is back BTW.
kaeolian
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Going back to the original subject, is the donato-metre working now it still says no donations have been made but im now seeings numbers come up with names ???

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Stormgirl
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check the announcements section for an explanation of that kaeolian :)
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