Great story Bill :!: I'm way to old to understand terms like URL but I still appreciate the story. I'm the guy that didn't grow up with computers & asks his grandkids to fix his computer. This computer stuff all seems like magic to me. :lol: I do appreciate the patience shown by guys like shnels...

cstemig wrote:I got the invite from Fowler, so I'll tag along for the ride. Good to see a lot of familiar faces here.... No Ruskies so far!

Best of luck with this new site.

Is that you Chuck?

Jeez I feel like one of those Walmart greeters

The primary source of income I have seen for most community or discussion sites is ad space. Website owners earn money either by users clicking on the ads (I've seen anywhere from $0.50 to $1 per ad click) or number of impressions (usually only pennies per one thousand impressions, an impression is...

Thanks for the post nelson.

Very interesting read & gives us all a little better idea about you

Congrats on the daughter

Welcome 9manfan

Good to have you aboard

Thanks for the reply Jsb

$20 a month is reasonable as covering $250-$300 a year in expenses seems like a possible
breakeven. I wouldn't think even a small business would complain about a $250 charge for
advertising space.

I was guessing the hosting costs of maintaining a website were much more.

I question how a website like this generates revenue. The owner isn't charging a membership fee and so is all revenue a result of advertising fees? I'm sure there are expenses to hosting a website. Are those a $100 a month, $500 a month, or $1000 monthly. Reason I ask is on another website the troll...

Jsb wrote:Looks good except for the sub forums. I have never been a fan of using them. To much work to view, lol.

I actually agree with ya. I only view the main forum. Less is better in my opinion.

There is no man behind that curtain! MNFOWL is Just the default admin account here :mrgreen: I have no idea what that means as I'm computer lingo challenged :D So nelson & mnfowl are one in the same? Give us a short bio about yourself nelson. I assume your some sort of computer guru. And thanks...

Nice to see a lot of the old gang showing up on here

Now the challenge will be keeping the trolls out

Good luck nelson-we are all rooting for ya