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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.
Posting photos as file attachments
- Thread starter WebSlave
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hhmoore
tired & cranky shadow
The easy solution would be to choose another browser.
Maybe one of the more tech oriented people knows a workaround for Edge.
Maybe one of the more tech oriented people knows a workaround for Edge.
It's just weird because it always worked until a week and a half ago. Just wasn't sure is I did something wrong in my settings.
So, are other Edge users having this same problem?
When you get to the attachment page, there should be a chart showing the file types acceptable as well as the dimensions and/or file size limits of those files.
Sorry, but there has to be limits on image and file sizes, otherwise people will be uploading images that cannot be viewed without some pretty extensive scrolling being needed. It is rarely the case that someone actually NEEDS to upload a 20 megapixel image to show what they need to show.
So you do need to know the sizes of the images you want to upload, and be prepared to modify them if they do not fit within the constraints of the attachment process.
I believe the limits I have set are reasonable, but if some think they are not, please let me know.
Sorry, but there has to be limits on image and file sizes, otherwise people will be uploading images that cannot be viewed without some pretty extensive scrolling being needed. It is rarely the case that someone actually NEEDS to upload a 20 megapixel image to show what they need to show.
So you do need to know the sizes of the images you want to upload, and be prepared to modify them if they do not fit within the constraints of the attachment process.
I believe the limits I have set are reasonable, but if some think they are not, please let me know.
No never had a problem with size. I just never had that problem before or it said file too big. Just glad to figure it out
Robert Walker
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Is that picture of a snake I might recognize Randy?
why yes that would be!
WildSideExotics1
Member
Ok i think this pretty much answers the question I had. If I wanted to add more then 4 pics I just have to add more to a single file then down load that file?
hhmoore
tired & cranky shadow
You could put more than one image in a file...but I probably wouldn't choose that option.
For advertising purposes, my preference was to use a photo host (photobucket, for example). Using the IMG codes, the images can be inserted into the body of the ad - rather than at the end - allowing for descriptions of each. That eliminated any guesswork as to which animals were which, and kept things organized.
If you need more images for other reasons, such as a BOI thread, just add them in another post.
For advertising purposes, my preference was to use a photo host (photobucket, for example). Using the IMG codes, the images can be inserted into the body of the ad - rather than at the end - allowing for descriptions of each. That eliminated any guesswork as to which animals were which, and kept things organized.
If you need more images for other reasons, such as a BOI thread, just add them in another post.
WildSideExotics1
Member
Ok ok kool. Thank you for that information
tonydejavu
New member
I posted links thinking it would help with your server, haha. Thanks for the tip!
BTW, I increased the number of attached photos (or other files) from four (4) to six (6). I had some of my own photos to attach to a thread, and was just too lazy to do them four at a time. So what the hell....