Took me awhile to notice site was live with the big Info pages at top. Finally logged in and played a bit. I'm old and change is usually hard for me except when it comes to software and hardware. Looking new and fresh!
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Posted 12/19/2024.
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I am still waiting on my developer to finish up on the Classifieds Control Panel so I can use it to encourage members into becoming paying members. Google Adsense has become a real burden on the viewing of this site, but honestly it is the ONLY source of income now that keeps it afloat. I tried offering disabling the ads being viewed by paying members, but apparently that is not enough incentive. Quite frankly, Google Adsense has dropped down to where it barely brings in enough daily to match even a single paid member per day. But it still gets the bills paid. But at what cost?
So even without the classifieds control panel being complete, I believe I am going to have to disable those Google ads completely and likely disable some options here that have been free since going to the new platform. Like classified ad bumping, member name changes, and anything else I can use to encourage this site to be supported by the members instead of the Google Adsense ads.
But there is risk involved. I will not pay out of pocket for very long during this last ditch experimental effort. If I find that the membership does not want to support this site with memberships, then I cannot support your being able to post your classified ads here for free. No, I am not intending to start charging for your posting ads here. I will just shut the site down and that will be it. I will be done with FaunaClassifieds. I certainly don't need this, and can live the rest of my life just fine without it. If I see that no one else really wants it to survive neither, then so be it. It goes away and you all can just go elsewhere to advertise your animals and merchandise.
Not sure when this will take place, and I don't intend to give any further warning concerning the disabling of the Google Adsense. Just as there probably won't be any warning if I decide to close down this site. You will just come here and there will be some sort of message that the site is gone, and you have a nice day.
I have been trying to make a go of this site for a very long time. And quite frankly, I am just tired of trying. I had hoped that enough people would be willing to help me help you all have a free outlet to offer your stuff for sale. But every year I see less and less people coming to this site, much less supporting it financially. That is fine. I tried. I retired the SerpenCo business about 14 years ago, so retiring out of this business completely is not that big if a step for me, nor will it be especially painful to do. When I was in Thailand, I did not check in here for three weeks. I didn't miss it even a little bit. So if you all want it to remain, it will be in your hands. I really don't care either way.
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Some people have indicated that finding the method to contribute is rather difficult. And I have to admit, that it is not all that obvious. So to help, here is a thread to help as a quide. How to become a contributing member of FaunaClassifieds.
And for the record, I will be shutting down the Google Adsense ads on January 1, 2025.
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Responding to email notices you receive.
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In short, DON'T! Email notices are to ONLY alert you of a reply to your private message or your ad on this site. Replying to the email just wastes your time as it goes NOWHERE, and probably pisses off the person you thought you replied to when they think you just ignored them. So instead of complaining to me about your messages not being replied to from this site via email, please READ that email notice that plainly states what you need to do in order to reply to who you are trying to converse with.
New Site Looking Good!
- Thread starter JColt
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i just keep getting pop up ads all over
So many pop up ads now 
The new format itself is ok- it’s pretty much the same as other herp forums. I can even live with the ads, but there are a lot more spam posts than before.
And I can’t figure out how to bump my ads- it appears that feature is gone now.
And I can’t figure out how to bump my ads- it appears that feature is gone now.
EriksReptiles
Member
So many pop up ads now
Same here. Every time I click on a new category or classified I get a popup or ads on the top/left/right/bottom of the window. Classified sections have ads between each reptile classified, its hard to navigate around and deal with. I don't remember ads like this before. As a contributing member I thought that removed ads. For people who use the site for free, I get it, but not for paying members. I tried referencing the paid membership table, but the link is broken.
Guys, please! This is all new to me too! This is an entirely new system, and it is much MUCH more complex than the older vBulletin platform. I had YEARS to learn the other system whereas I have only had DAYS to work with this one. There was a LOT of custom programming done in the old system and much of it either needs to be implemented here, or else because of expense and tedium, just might never return. All that was put together over years of trial and error to see what would work for the most members. There might be options here in the admin section for me to make some beneficial changes, I don't know yet. Maybe I can tweak somethings with the banner ads popping up. I just don't know yet.
Regardless, I have also personally been through a LOT lately, and I only took this on because it was either DO it, or the site would have been gone because of upcoming server changes that were going to kill this site. So it was DO or DIE time for FaunaClassifieds. If you would all rather, I can just pull the plug an be done with it. I have some pocket change $$ coming in from the Google Adsense ads that make it worthwhile to put in the effort,. But it they are such a burden that I will have to do without them, well, then what incentive do I have to keep this site running? I know it has to give value to you all to keep coming back here, but bear in mind that it also needs to have value to ME in order for me to keep it running. If you all don't think that is a fair trade, well, just let me know.
Regardless, I have also personally been through a LOT lately, and I only took this on because it was either DO it, or the site would have been gone because of upcoming server changes that were going to kill this site. So it was DO or DIE time for FaunaClassifieds. If you would all rather, I can just pull the plug an be done with it. I have some pocket change $$ coming in from the Google Adsense ads that make it worthwhile to put in the effort,. But it they are such a burden that I will have to do without them, well, then what incentive do I have to keep this site running? I know it has to give value to you all to keep coming back here, but bear in mind that it also needs to have value to ME in order for me to keep it running. If you all don't think that is a fair trade, well, just let me know.
Socratic Monologue
Well-known member
Ads? C'mon...who doesn't know how to deal with ads? 
Seriously.
A couple things I like: we can toggle the 'new posts' between all new posts and only unread ones.
I also like how easy inserting that screenshot was.
Kind of neat how all the goofy emoji things from the old site are here -- I do not think those are standard XenForo offerings.
Seriously.It is worth noting that everyone who has posted in this thread so far is a paying member or moderator. We are trying to help.
A couple things I like: we can toggle the 'new posts' between all new posts and only unread ones.
I also like how easy inserting that screenshot was.
Kind of neat how all the goofy emoji things from the old site are here -- I do not think those are standard XenForo offerings.
Yes, I asked the developer to include those old codes because many of them were embedded within old posts here. I couldn't see where having both old and new would be any undue burden for anyone.Ads? C'mon...who doesn't know how to deal with ads?
It is worth noting that everyone who has posted in this thread so far is a paying member or moderator. We are trying to help.
A couple things I like: we can toggle the 'new posts' between all new posts and only unread ones.
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I also like how easy inserting that screenshot was.
Kind of neat how all the goofy emoji things from the old site are here -- I do not think those are standard XenForo offerings.
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