update.. I made it more or less agressive.. I moved the ads lower, I removed the lower search box, I removed the links ads for firefox and google toolbar from the links block and I moved the advertisments blocks to a lower place... I also re-added the help block... One thing though, I added an ad at the top of the window.. I think it's better this way... also, I added a border around it, as requested by billiob, and I think it's much nicer this way...
One thing though, the important one, which is why I'm writing this mail... I've been reading the google policies and been looking in their help and blogs, and newsgroups and whatever.. we CANNOT MODIFY the code they give us... so the search block which had a search on 'aMSN's site" can't be there.. because all we can have is a search on "amsn.sourceforge.net" which is far more than the 10pixels allowed for the side panel.. so I had to remove searching amsn.sf.net because of this. Also, notice I added something new.. just type any search in the google box... That's it.. good night KKRT On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 10:12:30AM -0400, Youness Alaoui wrote: > Hi, > if you don't like the idea of being paid, then don't :p you do it for fun, > cool, others are not > motivated and they might be motivated with a little money.. or just for the > fun of "I can get > paid"... > About godaddy, I didn't take any subscription there, we're still waiting to > see which hosting > plan is best, with which service, and do we want a virtual dedicated server > or just a site > hosting (no ssh, only ftp...) we'll see.. The choice will be made depending > on how much the ads > can generate... > > KKRT > > On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 03:37:46PM +0200, Philippe Valembois - Phil wrote: > > Hi, > > I don't like the idea to be paid for the work I do on aMSN... > > Don't forget aMSN is for most of us a hobby and nothing more... > > For me, if we have too much money we can keep it in safe for days where we > > could need it... And don't forget : for now you decided to take > > subscription > > to godaddy.com but what do you do if it will be insufficient ? You could > > have > > to use another server maybe more expensive.... > > Phil > > > > Le Wednesday 04 October 2006 07:50, Youness Alaoui a écrit : > > > I also agree on that, unless someone becomes a dictator (6) :D but yes, > > > the > > > purpose is to increase productivity not start flaming.. competition is > > > good, but as long as it's in a good spirit... For now, we should decide if > > > it's ok to do this or not.. how to share the money will come afterwards... > > > > > > KKRT > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 07:39:27PM +0300, Vivia Nikolaidou wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > We must find a way to share the money, something everyone will agree > > > > upon, and something more specific than "who contributes the most". > > > > Otherwise, we might end up arguing about "who deserves more money", > > > > which will eventually decrease productivity. > > > > > > > > Personally, I don't care. I was about to add a "don't care" section > > > > when I saw the email, then I saw Jerome added it, then again... if I > > > > don't answer at all, it will count as a "don't care", won't it? (In > > > > fact, I did sent the reply, but I accidentally used my gmail account > > > > and now it's deferred 451 :( ) > > > > > > > > Vivia > > > > > > > > On 10/3/06, Youness Alaoui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > I'm going to reopen an old discussion we already had many times... > > > > > I subscribed aMSN to the adSense program (http://google.com/adsense) > > > > > This will have us add google ads inside of amsn's website, I think > > > > > it's > > > > > not agressive, I've seen it a lot, and I don't find it agressive like > > > > > other ad banners... > > > > > I hope everyone agrees with this. > > > > > These ads will generate funds, and I hope we'll be able to use that to > > > > > buy a domain and webspace with godaddy.com (2000GB transfer per month, > > > > > 200GB space... ).. this will allow us to at least have a decent speed > > > > > for the forums... > > > > > Also, I'm hoping that if we can get enough money, we'll set up > > > > > bounties.. which means, for each bug (or commit) a certain amount of > > > > > money will be given as a 'reward'.. and I sincerely hope that this > > > > > will > > > > > motivate people to work a little bit more on aMSN... > > > > > Finally, the only issue with this is that google doesn't work with > > > > > paypal, their only way of pay is by sending checks monthly to an > > > > > address with the check labeled to an individual's name. I gave mine. > > > > > This, of course, brings up the question of "do you trust me?".. I hope > > > > > everyone trusts me to manage that money... Also, if we really get > > > > > enough money, I'd like to give a small salary to everyone > > > > > participating, rewards from time to time, etc.. for example, I'm > > > > > managing the team (less and less), but if I spend hours on aMSN > > > > > everyday talking about the issues, assigning tasks and answering > > > > > emails, reviewing svn commit logs, etc... but I don't do any commit... > > > > > does it mean I don't have the right to receive a small amount of money > > > > > ? This applies to anyone else.. like Nowhereman, or snipe for example, > > > > > they help in the forums, they work on the userwiki (not really:P WHERE > > > > > ARE YOU!!! :p) but they can't commit anything... so maybe they'll also > > > > > need a little encouragement.. > > > > > of course, all this, is only 'if we get enough money'... if we get 7$ > > > > > a > > > > > month, and the hosting costs us 6.29$ then we can't expect to give > > > > > much > > > > > rewards... > > > > > > > > > > Final thing.. IF this whole subject brings ANY trouble... people start > > > > > yelling, complaining, or anything, this whole thing will be shut down > > > > > entirely to avoid any additional problems. We all know that with money > > > > > comes problems, well, I hope we're all mature enough not to be greedy, > > > > > but if we are, then everyone will loose... > > > > > > > > > > I'll post a poll, just to make sure everyone agrees... once the > > > > > majority is giving his ok on the subject (I DO NOT WANT ANY FLAME WAR > > > > > TO START), then we'll add the ads to the website... if most people > > > > > don't want this to happen, then we'll drop the idea. > > > > > > > > > > *Add Google AdSense > > > > > - Youness > > > > > - Alvaro > > > > > > > > > > *Stay with SF and no ads > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hope to hear from you! > > > > > KaKaRoTo > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > >-- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. 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