BEAR.
October 10th, 2016, 08:59 PM
Hey guys!
As many of you are aware, the site has had rather consist bouts of going over the script execution limit. With only 20,000 executions per day, and the total amount of executions used daily being around 50,000 - 60,000, the staff looked into upgrading the plan we have for the site.
Unfortunately though, their highest plan only offers 40,000 executions -- which wouldn't be enough. While the administrators managed to obtain more executions temporarily from the host, hence why the site hasn't yet crashed today, this won't last long.
The only plan that could potentially support us is their Cloud hosting, however we would be required to pay upwards of 80$/month in order to keep the server up.
Which isn't really an option. We want to give you guys the best site possible, but we do not have the financial means to support this and it wouldn't be right for you guys to pay over 700$ to keep this site afloat.
Instead, the staff is looking into moving hosts - while also being able to migrate the site to that host. The host we found, which has 75,000 hourly script executions would be enough to maintain the site without the risk of it going down. (And is still cheaper than Webs.)
That being said, migration alone costs about 150$.
To ease some the load off the staff (and give those users that have asked about donations the opportunity to donate), we're going to be holding donations. This is limited time only. Meaning that you only have between 24 and 48 hours to donate before it closes. This short period of time is because of our script limitations; when that is lifted, we will be susceptible to going down.. and it's possible the host will not be as willing to lift the suspension early.
If you would like to donate, go to Edit Profile and scroll down until you see Paid Subscriptions on Your Control Panel. Select that and the price you would like to pay. The lowest is 2$ USD, and the highest is 20$ USD. The Miniature donation does not offer perks; however if you're willing to pay a little more, you can receive the perks listed under Standard and Super donations.
We can work with users on custom donations (including different currencies), but you will only receive the prizes from the lower tier. (Example: You donate 15$ and you'd receive the Standard perks).
If you have a specific perk (i.e. a different idea from the ones above) in mind, you could also PM a staff member to work out the cost!
The profits from these donates are solely going towards paying for the migration (which means you WILL be able to keep everything on the site) and they are not mandatory.
For those willing and able to pitch in, thank you! <3
As many of you are aware, the site has had rather consist bouts of going over the script execution limit. With only 20,000 executions per day, and the total amount of executions used daily being around 50,000 - 60,000, the staff looked into upgrading the plan we have for the site.
Unfortunately though, their highest plan only offers 40,000 executions -- which wouldn't be enough. While the administrators managed to obtain more executions temporarily from the host, hence why the site hasn't yet crashed today, this won't last long.
The only plan that could potentially support us is their Cloud hosting, however we would be required to pay upwards of 80$/month in order to keep the server up.
Which isn't really an option. We want to give you guys the best site possible, but we do not have the financial means to support this and it wouldn't be right for you guys to pay over 700$ to keep this site afloat.
Instead, the staff is looking into moving hosts - while also being able to migrate the site to that host. The host we found, which has 75,000 hourly script executions would be enough to maintain the site without the risk of it going down. (And is still cheaper than Webs.)
That being said, migration alone costs about 150$.
To ease some the load off the staff (and give those users that have asked about donations the opportunity to donate), we're going to be holding donations. This is limited time only. Meaning that you only have between 24 and 48 hours to donate before it closes. This short period of time is because of our script limitations; when that is lifted, we will be susceptible to going down.. and it's possible the host will not be as willing to lift the suspension early.
If you would like to donate, go to Edit Profile and scroll down until you see Paid Subscriptions on Your Control Panel. Select that and the price you would like to pay. The lowest is 2$ USD, and the highest is 20$ USD. The Miniature donation does not offer perks; however if you're willing to pay a little more, you can receive the perks listed under Standard and Super donations.
We can work with users on custom donations (including different currencies), but you will only receive the prizes from the lower tier. (Example: You donate 15$ and you'd receive the Standard perks).
If you have a specific perk (i.e. a different idea from the ones above) in mind, you could also PM a staff member to work out the cost!
The profits from these donates are solely going towards paying for the migration (which means you WILL be able to keep everything on the site) and they are not mandatory.
For those willing and able to pitch in, thank you! <3