dagorkan said:
Did you get any donations yet?
Yes, one guy donated.
Also, the ad-free system is now functional. I've made myself a donator and am now enjoying the beauty of an ad-free Codex.
Perks related to donations are still up in the air, but things that are pretty much set in stone right now are these:
- 15$ will get you a year of ad-free Codex.
- 10$ will get you half a year
- There will be no public list of donators, just one that Codex admins can view
- If you donate, you should give your username IN BIG OBVIOUS LETTERS in the donation note, like this:
Codex username: CALIS. Also, please indicate whether or not you'd like the "patron" forum rank.
The ad-disabling is tied to your forum account, so only registered forum users who are logged in will get their ads disabled. Yes, this means you have to pay twice if you want your alt to be ad-free as well! Cruel and unusual taxation on alters, yay! :D
I'd personally be in favor of also implementing this on the other network sites (DAC/Terra Arcanum/Codex/wutever) so you can get them all ad-free for a year for 20 bucks, but since none of those other sites have code for this in place yet that needs to be done first. I will look into changing DU's code at TacticularCancer so that it works there as well (since it's one big user table, anyway)
Info for people who have donated in the past 12 months:
We've decided to extend the ad-free site to people who have donated 10 or 15 bucks or more in the past 12 months only, since Taluntain's logs don't go back any further.
So if you've donated in the past 12 months, you should dig up the transaction details:
- the date when it was made
- from which paypal account it came (mail)
- the name of the donor on the account
- the amount donated
and PM them to Taluntain. He'll then verify the details and change your status in our Awesome Donator Tracking System (tm). Hit refresh and watch the ads disappear.
Info for people who want other perks for their cash
Don't pester Taluntain about this, not his job, ours. Final decision on perks you get is still pending, but there will be no ranks, titles, avatars, etc. for people who don't want them.
Q: What if I don't want any benefits from my donation?
Simple. Just don't provide your username with the donation and we'll never know.
I'll compile the above into an official "donations" page once the staff has a consensus on what other perks (if any) get given to donators.