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      CommentAuthorSean
    • CommentTimeApr 18th 2008 edited by Sean on the 18th April 2008 at 21:28:59 EDT
     
    As of this post, I have removed the Kontera Ads from OD. They will no longer show up on the home page, design pages or in the forum.

    At this point, we only have Google Adsense running.

    The money earned to date on Kontera will be used for some sort of contest as I mentioned in a previous post.

    I will follow up in a couple days on that once I talk with Joe and Christopher again.

    The site should load a little faster now that it's not trying to load the Kontera code.

    If you notice any improvement in load times because of this, please comment.
    • CommentAuthorMattKern
    • CommentTimeApr 18th 2008
     
    [yea]
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      CommentAuthorNickyD
    • CommentTimeApr 18th 2008
     
    Lightning fast for me tonight.
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      CommentAuthorarwen54
    • CommentTimeApr 18th 2008
     
    beautifully fast, thank you, Sean
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      CommentAuthorgreg
    • CommentTimeApr 18th 2008
     
    woot
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      CommentAuthorbakercad
    • CommentTimeApr 18th 2008 edited by bakercad on the 18th April 2008 at 22:19:34 EDT
     
    wow....a lot faster, thank you!
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      CommentAuthorperthmetro
    • CommentTimeApr 18th 2008
     
    faster
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    no long loading times. awesome.
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      CommentAuthorSean
    • CommentTimeApr 18th 2008
     
    Excellent. Keep the feedback coming and lets see how things run over the weekend.
    • CommentAuthorMattKern
    • CommentTimeApr 18th 2008
     
    Yes, it is amazingly faster.
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      CommentAuthoricyone
    • CommentTimeApr 19th 2008 edited by icyone on the 19th April 2008 at 00:35:57 EDT
     
    sweet and speedy...bigsmile
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      CommentAuthormdizzle
    • CommentTimeApr 19th 2008
     
    I think the servers deserve a nice back massage for all the weight they were pulling with those ads.
    They made some money though, sweet! I'm excited for the contest, always brings out the nicest designs.
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      CommentAuthorperthmetro
    • CommentTimeApr 19th 2008
     
    With the ads gone, why not have a once a year 'donation' day where we all donate something to OD? $5, $10 whatever. Sort of like an appealathon. We could even donate 10% to a charity if a set target is reached?
    • CommentAuthorUrgenus
    • CommentTimeApr 19th 2008
     
    Definitely faster now. From where i sufr anyway (finland)
    • CommentAuthorniemion
    • CommentTimeApr 19th 2008
     
    For me (Phoenix) it's very fast right now.

    It may be just temporary, but for now it seems very good.
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      CommentAuthorcoollew
    • CommentTimeApr 19th 2008
     
    Way faster for me also thanks Sean bakie
    • CommentAuthorMattKern
    • CommentTimeApr 19th 2008
     
    Posted By: perthmetrowhy not have a once a year 'donation' day


    Pete, I think thats a great idea.
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      CommentAuthorgnome
    • CommentTimeApr 19th 2008
     
    Awesome!
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      CommentAuthoryugnats
    • CommentTimeApr 19th 2008
     
    good riddance!
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      CommentAuthorgreg
    • CommentTimeApr 19th 2008
     
    Posted By: perthmetroWith the ads gone, why not have a once a year 'donation' day where we all donate something to OD? $5, $10 whatever. Sort of like an appealathon. We could even donate 10% to a charity if a set target is reached?
    yes, but what are we donating money for? the hosting is free so there aren't really any expenses. a competition? we haven't had a (successful) competition yet, and i'm presuming there was enough cash from kontera/google ads brought in over the last year to cover at least one contest.
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      CommentAuthorJeremyD
    • CommentTimeApr 19th 2008
     
    truth be told, I forgot we even had them. *pats ABP on the head*. But still, glad to hear they're gone.
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      CommentAuthorgnome
    • CommentTimeApr 19th 2008
     
    I actaully installed ABP on my old machine because the kontera code lagged the whole system. (2x450MHz PIII, 4x256MB SD100 RAM, 2x74GB SCSI HDD, Nvidia GeForce 2 and Creative Sound Blaster.)
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      CommentAuthorjanpd24
    • CommentTimeApr 19th 2008
     
    Works great! I got rid of Kontera on my site a long time ago too.

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