08-06-2005, 07:11 AM
The current plans focus on keeping this site up in some form, so let's keep "new site" ideas back for now. Either way, I wouldn't have the time to start a completely new site from scratch.
Donations might be a way, I dunno yet. Depends on the info I will hopefully get soon.
Dumping the art section would basically be Plan A, but it would make me (and most others) cringe. A lot. Again, depends on the numbers and the other suggestions. I'll try to keep it, but it IS the bandwidth killer (heck, even the main site is a bandwidth killer, but the art one is a monster).
The site layout is actually pretty much optimized, presenting a compromise between "good looks" and "low bandwidth cost". That had been one of the key aspects of the redesign. Add to this that most people will have the two or so images in their cache, the layout doesn't weigh into the calculation.
Ketnar might be an option, but I honestly doubt that they're much cheaper than the current one. Angelfire and Geocities would explode instantly. Keep in mind that Soni's paying quite a bit for the DHZ monthly. I'll idly probe that alley, but for now, I'd like to stay.
EDIT for new replies:
Nothing has been deleted, and I have an offline copy of the site (minus board) on my local computer. The problem isn't that the files are gone, but that hosting them is a bitch ^^;
So if Bill Gates suddenly came over and said "Sure, I made a server for you, just upload!", I could do it instantly. Mr. Gates' absence is the reason for this thread :P
Togashi's absence has caused lots of problems in the past, and this is the last "straw", so to speak. :(
Let's see how things work out. :)
Donations might be a way, I dunno yet. Depends on the info I will hopefully get soon.
Dumping the art section would basically be Plan A, but it would make me (and most others) cringe. A lot. Again, depends on the numbers and the other suggestions. I'll try to keep it, but it IS the bandwidth killer (heck, even the main site is a bandwidth killer, but the art one is a monster).
The site layout is actually pretty much optimized, presenting a compromise between "good looks" and "low bandwidth cost". That had been one of the key aspects of the redesign. Add to this that most people will have the two or so images in their cache, the layout doesn't weigh into the calculation.
Ketnar might be an option, but I honestly doubt that they're much cheaper than the current one. Angelfire and Geocities would explode instantly. Keep in mind that Soni's paying quite a bit for the DHZ monthly. I'll idly probe that alley, but for now, I'd like to stay.
EDIT for new replies:
Nothing has been deleted, and I have an offline copy of the site (minus board) on my local computer. The problem isn't that the files are gone, but that hosting them is a bitch ^^;
So if Bill Gates suddenly came over and said "Sure, I made a server for you, just upload!", I could do it instantly. Mr. Gates' absence is the reason for this thread :P
Togashi's absence has caused lots of problems in the past, and this is the last "straw", so to speak. :(
Let's see how things work out. :)