cocopops
12-09-2005, 10:23 AM
I guess that means I should become a ezSupporters Member, does that mean we have to pay?
In an effort to lower the cost of our Gold Community, we are going to make the Other Pics forum open only to ezSupporters and Community Chest contributors beginning December 19th, 2005 until we renew our Gold membership. Our Gold membership expires on March 4th, 2006.
If you visit JJB regularly, consider becoming an ezSupporter or making a contribution to the Community Chest. The benefits will make your visit much more enjoyable.
Why Other Pics and not any other forum?
Other Pics is our busiest forum by far with over half a million page views a day. Sadly, only 5% of those page views are ezSupporters’.
The cost of our Gold Community is based on the page views of non-ezSupporters only. ezSupporters’ page views are not counted towards the cost of Gold.
The features offered in Ezboard’s Gold Community package are essential to running this board effectively. They include:
GOLD FEATURES
- Sticky Topic keeps important information at the top of the board
- Hot Topic identifies and emphasizes topics that users have found interesting
- Create a customized logout page
- Administrators can enable an optional profanity filter with the ability to add additional words
- Community Profile & Active Members List
- Forum Styles (ezSkins), including the ezboard classic view
- Trade Theme Definition Files to easily change the entire look and feel of your board
- Membership by Approval gives Administrators complete control over who is allowed to read and post in their community
- Weekly backups and free restores protect your board
- Administrators can create Invisible Forums - viewable only to allowed members
- Make multiple copies of a topic with Copy Topic
- Unlimited customizable emoticons
- Leave a Shadow (or placeholder) of any moved topic in its original forum
- Priority Customer Service
How do I become an ezSupporter?
Three easy ways to become an ezSupporter:
1) Take An Offer – Get an ezSupporter account for FREE when you sign-up for valuable services or products. Click here to view the offers. Select "Take An Offer." This will only take you to the list of offers. There is no purchase necessary to view the offers.
2) Use your credit card to purchase an ezSupporter account for $7 for 6 months or $12 for 12 months
3) Use your PayPal account to purchase ezSupporter. If you have bank account, you can open a PayPal account.
If you have any payment questions, please contact ezboard.
BENEFITS OF BECOMING AN EZSUPPORTER
ezSupporter is great and well worth it.
As an ezSupporter, you will get all of these features:
1) Ad-free browsing when visiting your favorite ezboard communities . This means no pop-ups and no banners!
2) Unleash the true power of ezInbox with your ezSupporter account! You get total access to ezboard's web-based, user-to-user messaging system as an ezSupporter. Here's what the full-featured ezInbox offers:
Add up to 20 custom message folders. Each folder can hold 100 messages
Unlimited message sending capability ' send as many messages as you want at any time
Send a single message to up to 20 users
Access to both the me Friends and Ignore User list. Ability to accept messages only from users you identify as friends.
Save your unfinished messages in the Draft folder, and copies of your sent messages in the Sent Items folder.
Get copies of your inbox messages sent to your email.
Without ezSupporter you're limited to just two folders with five messages per folder storage, a five message per day sending limit, and no access to special features like the Friends or Ignore User list.
If you like to send and receive private messages, a full-featured ezInbox what you need. And it's only available on ezboard, and only with ezSupporter.
3) Master Account. With Master Account you can link up to five of your global ezboard accounts together under one email address. This means that you can switch between your accounts on the fly ' without ever logging in and out ' from inside your Control Center or on any community, even when making a post. Master Account makes multiple account management ez.
The other great benefit of Master Account is that all your linked accounts enjoy ezSupporter benefits. It's like getting five ezSupporter accounts for the price of one!
For anyone who uses more than one account regularly, Master Account saves time and energy.
4) Profile Skinning
The online community experience is all about individual ex-pression, and what better way to express yourself than with an extraordinary public profile? With Profile Skinning, you've got the ability to shape your online identity any way you want right at your fingertips. And the real power in this feature comes from its flexibility: every aspect of your profile is customizable using CSS.
Don't know CSS? Don't even know what CSS is? Don't worry! We offer a library of elegant pre-made skins you can choose from. Or visit the Profile Skin Trading Forum where you can find cool skins to use for your account made by fellow ezboard users. This feature is so easy to use; all you need to do to add a custom skin is simply cut and paste.
5) Make Me Anonymous Online
Everyone likes a bit of anonymity now and again ' and it's easy to find it in the ezboard world when you've got ezSupporter. One of the most widely used features, Make Me Anonymous in Who's Online lets you pass under the radar at any community (board administrator permitting) with the Who's Online feature enabled.
6) As an ezSupporter, your page views for any community visited are subtracted from its total when calculating Gold Community price. The more ezSupporters who visit a community, the less Gold Community will cost!!
7) Access to the Community Center, ezboard's ezSupporter-only forums where you can lounge with ezboard regulars, suggest features, vote on important issues, and trade profile skins.
How do I make a contribution to the Community Chest?
Two ways to make a contribution to the Community Chest:
1) Direct Payment – Make a minimum donation of $1 using your credit card or PayPal account. After this transaction goes through, you will be given unlimited access to the Other Pics forum for life.
2) Accept Offer – ie. Join Netflix through Ezboard and they will donate $24 to our Community Chest. After this transaction goes through, you will be given unlimited access to the Other Pics forum for life.
If you have any payment questions, please contact ezboard.
How much money do we need to raise to renew our Gold membership?
Last year, we renewed Gold for a year for $1,030.00. Ezboard lowered the cost of Gold from $20,000/yr to $1,030.00/yr after thousands of people purchased ezSupporter accounts.
Our current renewal cost is $45,000/yr. We're confident that enough people will purchase ezSupporter, so that that number will drop to a more reasonable number just like last year.
Thank you all for your support.
Please let us know if you have any questions.
In an effort to lower the cost of our Gold Community, we are going to make the Other Pics forum open only to ezSupporters and Community Chest contributors beginning December 19th, 2005 until we renew our Gold membership. Our Gold membership expires on March 4th, 2006.
If you visit JJB regularly, consider becoming an ezSupporter or making a contribution to the Community Chest. The benefits will make your visit much more enjoyable.
Why Other Pics and not any other forum?
Other Pics is our busiest forum by far with over half a million page views a day. Sadly, only 5% of those page views are ezSupporters’.
The cost of our Gold Community is based on the page views of non-ezSupporters only. ezSupporters’ page views are not counted towards the cost of Gold.
The features offered in Ezboard’s Gold Community package are essential to running this board effectively. They include:
GOLD FEATURES
- Sticky Topic keeps important information at the top of the board
- Hot Topic identifies and emphasizes topics that users have found interesting
- Create a customized logout page
- Administrators can enable an optional profanity filter with the ability to add additional words
- Community Profile & Active Members List
- Forum Styles (ezSkins), including the ezboard classic view
- Trade Theme Definition Files to easily change the entire look and feel of your board
- Membership by Approval gives Administrators complete control over who is allowed to read and post in their community
- Weekly backups and free restores protect your board
- Administrators can create Invisible Forums - viewable only to allowed members
- Make multiple copies of a topic with Copy Topic
- Unlimited customizable emoticons
- Leave a Shadow (or placeholder) of any moved topic in its original forum
- Priority Customer Service
How do I become an ezSupporter?
Three easy ways to become an ezSupporter:
1) Take An Offer – Get an ezSupporter account for FREE when you sign-up for valuable services or products. Click here to view the offers. Select "Take An Offer." This will only take you to the list of offers. There is no purchase necessary to view the offers.
2) Use your credit card to purchase an ezSupporter account for $7 for 6 months or $12 for 12 months
3) Use your PayPal account to purchase ezSupporter. If you have bank account, you can open a PayPal account.
If you have any payment questions, please contact ezboard.
BENEFITS OF BECOMING AN EZSUPPORTER
ezSupporter is great and well worth it.
As an ezSupporter, you will get all of these features:
1) Ad-free browsing when visiting your favorite ezboard communities . This means no pop-ups and no banners!
2) Unleash the true power of ezInbox with your ezSupporter account! You get total access to ezboard's web-based, user-to-user messaging system as an ezSupporter. Here's what the full-featured ezInbox offers:
Add up to 20 custom message folders. Each folder can hold 100 messages
Unlimited message sending capability ' send as many messages as you want at any time
Send a single message to up to 20 users
Access to both the me Friends and Ignore User list. Ability to accept messages only from users you identify as friends.
Save your unfinished messages in the Draft folder, and copies of your sent messages in the Sent Items folder.
Get copies of your inbox messages sent to your email.
Without ezSupporter you're limited to just two folders with five messages per folder storage, a five message per day sending limit, and no access to special features like the Friends or Ignore User list.
If you like to send and receive private messages, a full-featured ezInbox what you need. And it's only available on ezboard, and only with ezSupporter.
3) Master Account. With Master Account you can link up to five of your global ezboard accounts together under one email address. This means that you can switch between your accounts on the fly ' without ever logging in and out ' from inside your Control Center or on any community, even when making a post. Master Account makes multiple account management ez.
The other great benefit of Master Account is that all your linked accounts enjoy ezSupporter benefits. It's like getting five ezSupporter accounts for the price of one!
For anyone who uses more than one account regularly, Master Account saves time and energy.
4) Profile Skinning
The online community experience is all about individual ex-pression, and what better way to express yourself than with an extraordinary public profile? With Profile Skinning, you've got the ability to shape your online identity any way you want right at your fingertips. And the real power in this feature comes from its flexibility: every aspect of your profile is customizable using CSS.
Don't know CSS? Don't even know what CSS is? Don't worry! We offer a library of elegant pre-made skins you can choose from. Or visit the Profile Skin Trading Forum where you can find cool skins to use for your account made by fellow ezboard users. This feature is so easy to use; all you need to do to add a custom skin is simply cut and paste.
5) Make Me Anonymous Online
Everyone likes a bit of anonymity now and again ' and it's easy to find it in the ezboard world when you've got ezSupporter. One of the most widely used features, Make Me Anonymous in Who's Online lets you pass under the radar at any community (board administrator permitting) with the Who's Online feature enabled.
6) As an ezSupporter, your page views for any community visited are subtracted from its total when calculating Gold Community price. The more ezSupporters who visit a community, the less Gold Community will cost!!
7) Access to the Community Center, ezboard's ezSupporter-only forums where you can lounge with ezboard regulars, suggest features, vote on important issues, and trade profile skins.
How do I make a contribution to the Community Chest?
Two ways to make a contribution to the Community Chest:
1) Direct Payment – Make a minimum donation of $1 using your credit card or PayPal account. After this transaction goes through, you will be given unlimited access to the Other Pics forum for life.
2) Accept Offer – ie. Join Netflix through Ezboard and they will donate $24 to our Community Chest. After this transaction goes through, you will be given unlimited access to the Other Pics forum for life.
If you have any payment questions, please contact ezboard.
How much money do we need to raise to renew our Gold membership?
Last year, we renewed Gold for a year for $1,030.00. Ezboard lowered the cost of Gold from $20,000/yr to $1,030.00/yr after thousands of people purchased ezSupporter accounts.
Our current renewal cost is $45,000/yr. We're confident that enough people will purchase ezSupporter, so that that number will drop to a more reasonable number just like last year.
Thank you all for your support.
Please let us know if you have any questions.