As those of you who have been coming to the Cove for a while know, from when the site went live in January of 1996, until 22 December 2003 - almost 8 years - there was no advertising on the site. For about the first 6 years everything here was free.
Over the years a lot has changed. More recently it has taken a lot more of my time to keep the site up and running. I have been through several servers, a major software upgrade and other events.
With some regret, I have decided to take 'non-irritating' advertising. No bells, no blinking or distracting ads, but none the less they do take space. I had hoped to better cover costs by taking Contributions in exchange for access to download attachments in threads, but so far only 124 people have helped out in this respect. So.....
I started this thread to advise folks of the change, although I'm sure it comes as no surprise as I have already inserted several ads.
Feel free to discuss in this thread, but be nice. Eight years without advertising is a long time in internet time.
If you, or your company, are interested in 'tastefully' advertising here, see http://elsmar.com/advertising.html
Over the years a lot has changed. More recently it has taken a lot more of my time to keep the site up and running. I have been through several servers, a major software upgrade and other events.
With some regret, I have decided to take 'non-irritating' advertising. No bells, no blinking or distracting ads, but none the less they do take space. I had hoped to better cover costs by taking Contributions in exchange for access to download attachments in threads, but so far only 124 people have helped out in this respect. So.....
I started this thread to advise folks of the change, although I'm sure it comes as no surprise as I have already inserted several ads.
Feel free to discuss in this thread, but be nice. Eight years without advertising is a long time in internet time.
If you, or your company, are interested in 'tastefully' advertising here, see http://elsmar.com/advertising.html