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February 10, 2005
It's good to have friends
Cassandra at Villainous Company and John at Aargghhh!!! scooped me! I'd planned on doing a one-time-only appeal for donations for website maintenance next month when we renew our hosting agreement for the Marine Corps Moms website. but they've always been a bit ahead of the curve and their kind words today about the Marine Corps Moms website are no exception.
We have some exciting things planned for the next year, but this is rapidly outgrowing being able to justify the hit to my budget as just a hobby. We're not looking to make a profit - all donations over and above what we need to fill our wish list will be used to support our other projects (cool ties, sand scarfs, Operation Santa).
I'll do a complete "SOTS" (State of the Site) on March 1, but here's a preview.
- We need more web space. We're bumping up against our available disk space and are at 75% of bandwidth capacity. It's growing steadily which is exciting - we appreciate each and every reader.
- Currently, we're using an older version of Movable Type and we desperately need to upgrade this to the newest version. The main reason for this is the daily deluge of comment and trackback SPAM. I'm spending at least an hour a day deleting offers for online poker, home financing, viagra, and increased penis size. Updating will provide better tools to deal with this.
- We plan to launch a discussion board that will allow a better interface for parents and spouses to connect with each other. Right now, a fair number of readers are using the comments feature - awkward at best. To do this, we need to purchase vBulletin software and get it up and running.
In a few weeks, we'll give you a comprehensive overview of where we're going and what we're doing. To that end, we'd like to hear from you - what do you find useful, what would you like to see more of . . . or less of?
Please contact me at deb@marinecorpsmoms.com. PayPal donations can be sent to that same address. And we'll find a way to express our thanks to anyone who donates.
Posted by Deb at February 10, 2005 03:30 PM
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Heh. Gee, at my *Army* site, we don't get spammed with p*nis size spams...
I'm sorry. I couldn't resist.
We use MT-Blacklist which helps keep it under control, but we too need to upgrade to the new version of MT.
I'm just reluctant to do it on my own, and I've been too lazy to find someone to do it for me.
Posted by: John of Argghhh! at February 10, 2005 04:16 PM
LOL
Funny I had to read it here first. Everyone tell Deb to tell me what she is planning so I can get it done for her. LOL
Too funny...couldn't resist either.
Posted by: Sean (site webmaster) at February 11, 2005 02:02 AM